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o TEW MEDFORD (OREGOIO MAIL TRIBUKZ Sunday, August IS, 19S7 Provisions of Proposed An ordinance which will allow county government to Regulate land subdivisions outside city limits is due for public hearing before the couy court soon. The ordinance has been pre pared by Hahn, Wise and Barber, planning consultants of Redwood City. Calif. It has been referred to the county court after approval by the bounty planning commission. Meeting Scheduled A meeting between the county court and Hohart O. Pritchard of the California consultants firm is scheduled for Aug. 26. The court will obtain necessary information on the ordinance at the fleeting. Q Notice of a public hearing will be given later, according to Judge Rodney Keating. Planning commission Dresident John Pletsch has explained that the ordinance is not concerned with zoning and does not control use of the land. If adopted, the ordinance will become effective In 30 days. Objectives sought through the measure are: (1) better living conditions in new subdivisions; (2) development of only those areas which can be economical ly serviced and maintained; (3) simplification of land descrip tions: (4) extension without ex pensive labor of necessary streets, utilities, and public areas; (5) enhancement of property val ues In subdivision and adjacent lands; (6) protection of purchas ers from unexpected assessments. Under the ordinance, the coun ty planning commission will act as an advisory body to the coun ty court in subdivision matters. CrtitM Committee The ordinance creates a subdi vision committee of three com mission members appointed by the commission president, plus the county surveyor as ex-officio member. - No legal entity (person, asso ciation, corporation) will be al lowed to offer or sell any land subdivision or a part thereof in the county until It complies with all requirements of the ordi nance. A"subdivision" is defined as a parcel of land divided into four or more parcels of less than five acres each for transfer of owner ship or building development. It must exist as a unit under single ownership on the" tax rolls for the year preceding partitioning. Minor Subdivision A "minor subdivision con tains two or three parcels. For minor subdivisions, two copies of a preliminary map must be filed with the planning commission. Approval by at least two members of the subdivision committee is needed. Approval of the tentative map will be deemed final approval. In cases of regular subdivi sions, containing four or more lots, ten copies of a preliminary map and a statement of the pro posed subdivision must be filed with the commission at least 20 days prior to the meeting at which consideration isadesired. Filing fee is $25. County departments, cities within six miles of the subdivi sion, irrigation and other dis tricts will be given copies by the commission. Report io Commission Within 10 days, each county department must report to the commission on the map's con formity with department regula tions. The commission, within 30 days after the map has been filed, Tt JODGE THE BORSWIRD YOU MUST SEE AND DRIVE THE BORGWARD. COME IN F IN Q OUT FOR TOURSElf. ( 4 CYL. QHV ENGINE j VjO MILES PER HOUr ' AT ISKID-PROOF ROADABILITYJ o LOW-MEDIUM Jl LARGE PBIPrt f . RR1KIHB IBM V r Jtw ARRELL MILLER GO. OLDSMOBILE 415 South Riverside Avenue must approve, conditionally ap prove, or disapprove. It may suggest the advisability of dedicating aras for parks, playgrounds, schools and other public building sites. The subdi vide may be required to set aside areas for school sites for purchase within three years. May Be Refuted Subdivision approval may be refused when the only use avail able to the property is prohibited by ordinance or law, or if the property is deemed by the health department unhealthful or unfit for human occupancy. Tie subdivider must have the property surveyed and a final map prepared within six months after the preliminary map is ap proved or conditionally approv ed. Final map filing fee is $13 plus $1 per lot. Contents of all maps are speci fied in the ordinance. Submitted to Surveyor The final map will be submit ted to the county surveyor for examination. If the subdivision does not conform with ordinance requirements, he may advise the subdivider of needed changes and allow time for their comple tion. If the surveyor approves, the map is given to the planning commission. The commission, up on approving the map, submits it to the county clerk. The subdivider must then file with the county clerk an agree ment or bond, or make a deposit. Following this, the map will be given to the county court. The agreement is between the subdivider and the county, speci fying the period within which improvement work will be com peted. If work is not finished on time, the county may complete it and recover full cost from the subdivider. Deems Sufficient The bond is for such a gum as the county engineer deems suffi cient to cover cost of improve ments, engineering, inspection and incidental expense plus re placement and repair of existing streets and other improvements aged in the development of the subdivision. In lieu of the bond, the subdi vider may deposit cash in an. amount fixed by the county judge. The county court must act on the map within 10 days after it is filed with the county clerk. If the court approves, the map is recorded by the clerk. Altered Map If the court denies approval, the subdivider has 30 days in which to file an altered map to meet specifications. It is filed with the planning commission and follows the same procedure as the first, map. General regulations for the design of subdivisions are in cluded in the ordinance. Streets and highways must conform in width and alignment to any master plan approved by the county court. Rights-of-way must be dedicated. If the subdivision contains a portion of a right-of-way to be acquired for a public freeway or parkway, the county court will determine boundaries and the subdivider will dedicate the area within the right-of-way. Existing Streets All streets will be, as far as practicable, in alignment with existing adjacent streets. When continuation of the center line of an existing street is amprac ticable, the streets must be sep arated by at least 200 feet. FABULOUS DOIlGUiinD .. STIT10H WJtCONS FAMILY TOURINS SPORT SEDAN BORGWARD Streets must intersect one another at right angles where ever possible. Where necessary, dead - end streets may be approved without turn-arounds, provided that con trol of access across the streets is vested in the county. In all other cases, a turn-around with a minimum 30-foot radius will be required. Whenever a major street or state highway intersects any other street or highway, prop erty lines at each block corner must be rounded with a curve of not less than 30 foot radius. Street Intersections Property lines at block corners on all othehr street intersections will be rounded with a curve of at least 20 foot radius. No street or highway will have a grade of more than 12 per cent unless topographical condi tions make one necessary. Reserved strips which control access to public ways or which minimize values for special im provement assessment will not be approved unless necessary for protecting public welfare or sub stantial property rights. Restrictions are listed for streets and highways not in cluded in master plans: Major streets or highways: minimum right-of-way, 86 feet in commercial areas, 80 feet in residential; minimum pavement width, 60 feet in commercial areas, 56 feet in residential. Secondary streets or high ways: minimum right-of-way, 60 feet, except up to 80 feet where the street may become a major street in the future; minimum pavment width, 40 feet. Local Streets Local streets: minimum right-of-way, 60 feet; minimum pave ment width, 36 feet. One - way streets: minimum right-of-way, 60 feet; minimum pavement width, 18 feet. Hillside streets, with cross slopes more than -16 per cent and lot sizes more than 20,000 square feet: minimum right-of-way, 60 feet; minimum pavement width, 26 feet. Two -level streets: rights-of-way, variable; minimum pave ment width, two to 18 foot paved sections with room for proper slope between. Dead-end streets and service roads, when not over 350 feet long: minimum right-of-way, 60 feet; minimum pavement width, 34 feet. Parking Provisions Parking provisions are in cluded in the ordinance. The subdivider will be re quired to dedicate and improve a service road to and from any lot proposed for commercial use which fronts on any major or secondary street or highway. In place of this, he may dedi cate and improve an area adja cent to such lots for off-street parking purposes. The subdivider must dedicate and improve a service road to the front of any lot which fronts on any freeway, state highway or parkway. Entrance to the rear of a lot will be prohibited when the rear of the lot borders on any major or secondary street, high way or parkway. When the rear of a lot borders on a freeway, state highway or parkway, the subdivider may be required to dedicate and improve a planting strip adjacent to the parkway or freeway. Alley . Required An alley at least 30 feet wide will be required at the rear of any lot proposed for commercial use. SEE IT! DRIVE IT! AT THE TOWN AND COUNTRY HOLIDAY MEDFORD ARMORY AUG. 22-23-24-25 Phone SP 2-6209 County When a subdivision contains lots of an acre or more in size, the commission may require that blocks be capable of future division into parcels of normal size. Easements of not less than five feet in width will be grant ed on each lot for public utility, sanitary sewer or drainage pur poses. Overhead wire line easements will be provided at the rear of all lots except where alleys are available. Conform to Regulation Size and shape of all lota in the subdivision must conform to any zoning regulations. Lots can not be less than 50 feet wide, 80 feet deep, or 5,000 square feet in area. A 60 foot width is required for corner lots. Side lines of all lots, so far as possible, must be at right angles to facing streets. No lot can be divided by a city boundary line, nor will lots be permitted without frontage on a street. Uniual Conditions Lots other than corner lots may front on more than one street only where necessitated by topgraphich or other unusal conditions. The subdivider may be re quired to dedicate and improve walkways across long blocks or to provide access to schools, parks, or other public areas. He must dedicate, subject to previous water rights, a right-of-way for storm drainage pur poses, conforming with lines of any natural water course in the subdivision. Adequate storm drain systems, levees or pumping systems to avert overflows or floods must be provided. All improvements must con form to the "Standard Subdi ILLINOIS VALLEY Veterans Name Delegates By HELEN BOTTEL Cave Junction Dele gates were named to the national con vention of Veterans of World War I at a meeting last week. They include Clem Arnold, El wood Hussey, Blake Miller, Otto Tryon, and Charles Angevine, as alternate. The convention is set for Sept. 8, 9, 10, and 11 at Min neapolis, Minn. At the World War I auxiliary meeting, Judy Rawson was ap pointed by President Charlotte Tyron as chairman of the booth and float committee for the Illi nois Valley Jubilee. Weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Gage were Mrs. C. O. Arnold and her daughter, Mrs. Fannie Jiroy Mrs Arnold, an aunt of Mrs. Gage, is the wife of C. O. Arnold, a Pasadena jeweler. Mrs. Jiroy is principal of the Linda Vista school in Pasadena. Mr. and Mrs. Gage visited them in Pasadena two years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cross returned Monday from Oak Har bor, Wash., where they attended the wedding of their daughter, Lylabelle, to Henry Haga. Over the weekend they visited relatives in Olympia, and stopped' at the Errol Stephens home in Portland. Also home from the Cross Haga wedding are Mrs. Wayne Saffer and daughter, Loretta, who arrived Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Milligan spent a recent weekend in Prine ville, Ore., visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Wilhelms and sons, Bill and Bob, spent the weekend at B e a v erton, where they visited Wilhelms' brother, Charles. Mrs. Victor Brown of O'Brien is recuperating from an eye op eration at the Medford hospital. Guests last week at the Rofcert (Mike) Smith home in Keiby are Mrs. Smith's mother jnd step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Kelder, of Los Angeles. Portlanders Mr. and Mrs. Reno Franklin and son, Kim, left last week after spending a week with Mrs. Franklin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George 'Simmons. At the Guy Dick home last week are Guy's brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jtohn Dick, and a friend, Erma Vincent all of Los Angeles. Mrs. Dick's sis ters, Mrs. Irene Robinson of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Mrs. Mil dred Phelps of Torrance, Calif., also visited the Dick family, the Evenly RADIATED HEAT! BEAUTY SAFETY COMFORT! NO SOOT! NO SMOKE! No damper needed GUARANTEED SAVINGS ON FUEL BILLS Send height and width of your fireplace opening and receive complete information by return mail. SMITH-DYNGE LUMBER CO. Subdivision Ordinance Reviewed vision Improvement Specifica tions." Improvement Flans Improvement work plans must be approved by the county en gineer before works begins. If construction of streets, service roads, alleys or high ways will interfere with under ground utilities, sanitary sewers or storm drains, the latter must be installed first. Service connections must be placed so as to avoid disturbing street or alley improvements when connections are made. Streets and highways will be paved to cross sections and grades approved by the county engineer. The subdivider must improve extensions of all sub division streets, highways, or public ways to the intercepting paving line of any county road, city street or state highway. Structures for drainage, ac cess or public safety will be in stalled as determined by the county engineer. Sidewalks Installed Curbs, gutters and sidewalks must be installed by the subdi vider. Sidewalks will have a minimum width of four feet. Sanitary sewer facilities con necting with an existing city sewer system will be installed to serve each lot. No septic tanks or cesspools will be per mitted , without approval from the county health department. Water mains and fire hy drants connecting to the water system serving the area will be installed. Street trees may be required by the commission. . Provisions will be made by the subdivider for all railroad crossings within the subdivision. Map of Improvements When improvements have been completed, a map with im provements included must be Luther Sheriers and the Earl Sheriers. ' Mrs. Marian Greene reports an enrollment of 13 children at her Green Garden school on the Redwood highway. Seven or eight kindergarten or first grad ers will be accepted before the school's capacity is reached, she said. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Greene this summer are their grandchildren, Richard and Cherilyn JCellert, of Klamath Falls. James B. Sharp, 73, a former resident of the Illinois valley, died July 22 in Los Angeles. He made his home with his daugh ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Mike) Smith, for seven years before moving to south ern California in 1954. Mrs. Smith went to Los Angeles for funeral services. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Etherton and Janice arrived home Tues day from a trip around the Olympia Peninsula. En route they visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Forward at Toledo, Wash. Janice Masters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Masters, of Grants Pass, was a recent guest at the E. V. Cooke home in Cave Junction, Visiting relatives in the val ley last week were Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Cooke of Seattle. Cooke is the cousin of Jim, Ed and Ells worth Cooke; and of Mrs. Paul Fattig of Wonder. ' Fuller Bennett, a former resi dent, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Bert Adams, this month. Recent guests at Mrs. Adams' home in Kerby were her two sisters, Eleanor Glass from Walnut Creek, Calif., and Lottie Wood cock of Ashland. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith at Rancho Park last week was Ralph's sister, Mrs. Harry Shetrone, of Simi, Calif. Mrs. Shetrone came to take her daughter, Dorothy, and her two nephews, Paul and James Smith, to their homes, after a summer in the Illinois valley. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sedam of Los Angeles visited Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hutchison at Holland, and Al Brown at his mine on Althouse creek last Monday. At the Paul Glines home this week are two of Mrs. Glines' brothers and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton R. Lewis of Los Angeles and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lewis of Seattle. With the Modem THERMO-RITE Glass Fireplace FRONT! Special hut-treated glas. panels in beautiful .olid brats frame, with draft control make your fireplace an efficient heal producer. filed with the county engineer. Permanent iron pipe monu ments will be set at each bound ary corner of the subdivision, along the exterior boundary lines at intervals of not over 500 feet, ' and other points. ' Concrete monuments depres sed below street, grade will be set at intersections of street center line tangents. Permanent elevation bench marks will be required at each street inter section. The subdivider may obtain ex ception to parts of the ordinance. To do so, he must file a peti tion with the preliminary map. The county court has final de termination on granting excep tions. Appeal Decision Appeal may be made from any decision of the planning commission, subdivision commit tee, county engineer or county surveyor. The subdivider must file notice of appeal in writing with the county clerk within 10 days after the disputed decision. A written report to the county court will be made by the party whose decision is being appeal ed. Within 10 days of the appeal filing, the court will set a hear ing date, to be within 10 days thereafter. The court will rule then on the appeal. Three Face Death in Bombing Murders Los Angeles (IB Three men Saturday face death or life im prisonment for the fire bombing murder of six persons in a neighborhood bar last April 1 4. A Superior Court jury Friday returned a verdict of first de gree murder against ex-convict Clyde Bates, 36; Manuel Cha vez, 25, and Manuel Hernandez, 18. The jury recommended the death penalty for - Bates and Chavez, but requested that Her nandez be sentenced to ,life im prisonment. The vedict was returned by jurors after three days of delib erations. Judge Maurice Spar ling ordered the three to be re turned to court Aug. 20 for sen tencing. Witnesses testified the defend ants dumped- a bucket of gaso line in the Club Mecca and set the fuel aflame after being thrown out of the bar earlier for annoying patrons. The explosion and fire that swept through the tiny bar burn ed five patrons and a waitress to death. NO PLACE LIKE HOME Lyndhurst, N.J. (IP) Edward Cizon- wasn't worried when a dozen birds escaped from a cage in his auto after an accident Fri day. The birds homing pigeons were waiting for him when he got home. . Dividend Rate rr toe 7i ( TV; j Current VV Jl S I SAVINGS 126 East Main Medford Holmes to Attend Meeting in Medford In Early September Salem IW Sixteen cities all over Oregon have been selected by Gov. Robert D. Holmes for his living tour of the state next month to spur industrial and business development. The governor, Development Department Director Julius Jen sen and other state development leaders will make these stops: Tuesday, Sept. 3, .Eugene, meeting Eugene hotel, 10 a.m., luncheon, Eugene hotel, 12:15 p.m.; Coos Bay, meeting Coos Bay armory, 3:30 p.m., dinner, Tioga hotel, 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, Medford, meeting Medford armory," 10 a.m., luncheon, Hotel Jackson, 12:15 p.m.; Klamath Falls, meet ing Klamath Falls armory, 3:30 p.m., dinner Winema hotel, 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, Bend, meeting Bend armory, 10 a.m., luncheon Pilot Butte Inn, 12:15 p.m.; Ontario, meeting Ontario armory, 3:30 p.m., dinner, Moore hotel, 6:15 p.m. Baker Meeting Friday, Sept. 6, Baker, meet ing Baker armory, 10 a.m., luncheon Baker hotel, . 12:15 p.m.; La Grande, meeting La Grande armory, 3:30 p.m., din ner Hoke Hall, Eastern Oregon college, 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, The Dalles, meeting, The Dalles armory, 10 a.m. luncheon, The Dalles hotel. 12:15 p.m.; Pendleton, meeting Pendleton armory, .3:80 p.m., dinner, LaFontaine's 6:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, Albany, meeting and luncheon, Albany hotel, 10 a.mr and 12:15 pm., Salem, meeting room 6, state GALVANIZED IRON ROOFING 27Vi" WIDE - LAYS 24 INCHES o 6 ft. $1.68 7 ft $1.96 8 ft. $2.24 10 ff. 52.80 12 ft. $3.36 Grange Co-Op Supply CENTRAL POINT - ASHLAND Phone NO 4-1261, SP 3-4022 or Mil 5-402T & LOAN ASSOC ATION Sine ISO. capitol building, dinner, Marlon hotel: Tuesday, Sept. 17, Tillamook, meeting new Moose temple, 10 am., luncheon. Victory house. 12:15 p.m.; Astoria, meeting and dinner Astoria hotel, 3:30 pm. and 6:15 pm. Portland. Roseburg - Thursday, Sept. 19, Portland, time and place to be set. Friday, Sept. 29, Roseburg, meeting at Roseburg armory, 10 ajn. luncheon site still to be set. Hundrers of industrial, busi ness, labor and public leaders are being invited to the regional sessions which are aimed at helping regain Oregon's econom ic growth through new and ex panded industry. "We plan to make this an op portunity for the free exchange of ideas for encouraging and de veloping new industry," the gov ernor said in announcing the 16-stop list. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport When it comes fo opening a savings account, there will never be a time as good as NOW. Nothing is easier than putting it clL But nothing in better (for your financial fu ture) than getting started at once upon a program of sys tematic saving. Don't wast precious time. Open a sav ings account here NOW! 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