MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1963
Sign Variance Request Approved by City
Council; Planning Commission Overruled
on 10th St., Dakota St., Pearl
st. and Whittle ave.; and for
resurfacing a portion of South
Grape st.
Authorize the water depart
ment to install a water main on
loth st. from Lincoln to Hamil
ton sts.
Establish funds for water
mains on 10th st., Bessie St.,
and Crestbrook rd.
Accept a completed paving
project on Hillcrcst rd., and
approve an assessment ordi
nance for the improvement.
Approve additional one-hour
ine Medford ritv mnnrii
Thursday night overruled a
recommendation of the planning
commission and voted 4 to 2
to grant a sign variance to the
Leland Clark Insurance com
pany in the Oregon Bank build
ing on Jackson st.
The firm had requested a
variance to permit erection of
a 2 by 4-foot sign parallel to
the facade of the building. The
planning commission had rec
ommended against the request
because such a sign would vio
late the set-back provisions of
the city code.
n representative ot tne insur-1 f-
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the council to exhibit photo-i v
graphs which he claimed illus-! 4 - a, V
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against the face of the building
which the planning commis
sion had suggested would not
serve adequately for purposes of
identification.
He claimed that a sign iden
tifying the previous occupant
of the building had been virtu
ally the same size, and had
been removed only when anoth
er sign company offered to in
stall a new one at about half
the yearly cost of the existing
sign.
Non-Conforming Sign
City Planning Director Ned
Langford pointed out to the
council, however, that the pre
vious sign had been non-conforming;
that is, it had been
erected prior to enactment of the
city's sign ordinance. Copy on
a non-conforming sign can be
changed, according to the ordi
nance, but new signs may not
be erected which do not con
form. Councilman William Singler
said he felt the insurance com
pany was a "victim of extenu
ating circumstances," and that
the council "ought of give them
their sign."
Councilmen Jack Edson and
Robert Cunningham voted
against the request. Edson, im
mediately after the vote, moved
that the sign ordinance be
amended to provide that signs
in a limited commercial zone
be installed "flat against the
building." The council unani
mously supported the motion,
anri tha mnllnr will innai. nn
the agenda at the next regular j br J V
meeting of the planning com-! -i
mission.
In other action, the council
voted to:
Grant a change of zone from
single family to multiple fam
ily for property located at the
southwest corner of Crater Lake
ave. and McAndrews rd.
Annex Properly
Annex to the city property
situated north of Stewart ave.
and west of Chestnut st.
Acquire, accept and dedi
cate for municipal purposes a
20-foot strip on Barnett rd. deed
ed by Luther M. and Anne
Davis; a parcel of land on Mc
Andrews rd. between Biddle rd.
and the freeway owned by the
Oregon state highway depart
ment; and a 1,500 square foot
parcel along Bear creek owned
by Leon L. and Dons G. Evans.
A p p r o v e a cooperative
agreement with the Oregon state
highway department for instal
lation and maintenance .of a
traffic signal at Riverside' ave.
and Barnett rd.
Authorize a lease with the
White City Realty company to
erect a sign on city property
at Table Rock rd. and Antelope
rd.
Authorize a lease with Rob
ert A. Burk. Eagle Point, per
mitting agricultural use of 14.3
acres of surplus land at the
municipal airport.
Amend Building Code
Amend the building code
whereby a temporary (one not
to remain in existence more
than four years) public building
may be constructed with a mini
mum clearance of four inches
from the ground, provided that
all wood within 12 inches of
the ground be treated with an
approved preservative.
Award contracts and estab
lish funds for paving projects
Mrs. Bigalow to
Head Hear) Fund
Mrs. Earl Bigalow, executive
secretary of The Carpenter
Foundation. 1005 East Main St.,
Medford, has been appointed
Jackson County Heart Fund
chairman for 1964.
Kenneth C. Hume, assistant
vice president of the First Na
tional Bank of Oregon, has been
named state chairman for the
1964 Heart Fund campaign in
Oregon, according to Dr. Earl
D. DuBois, Oregon Heart asso
ciation president.
Assisting Hume by serving
as central region chairman is
William F. Gwinn, Albany.
Gwinn will be one of thousands
in Oregon who will help organ
ize volunteers and collect con
tributions during the week of
Feb. 17 to 23 to support heart
and blood vessel research in
Oregon.
During l2-fi3 the Oregon
Heart association allocated more
than $100,000 to support re
searchers in Oregon. Numerous
breakthroughs in medical sci
ence are expected this year in
order that premature death and
disability be halted.
parking around the Jackson
county courthouse.
Accept a report that no defi
ciencies exist in storm and sani
tary sewers on 10th and Lincoln
sts.
Prcqualify Firms
Prequalify D. A. LaVelle
Construction company, Portland,
LaVelle Construction company,
San Jose, Calif., and Arrow
Wrecking company, Indianapo
lis, Ind., to bid on city projects.
Approve appropriations from
the city's park and recreation
of $23,000 for renovating Haw.
thorne pool; and $18,500 for con
tinuation of the Jackson park
development project.
Deny the request of Robert
C. Messer to operate a car rent
al agency at the municipal air
port. Mayor James Dunley, and
Councilmen Richard Travis and
Terry Green were absent. Coun
cil President Robert Baccus pre
sided. The next regular meeting
of the council is set for 7:30
p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, in the
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Attendance at Museum Breaks Record for One Month
improvement fund in the amount council chambers in city hall.
Some 14,901 persons visited
the Jacksonville museum dur
ing August, 1963, for the larg
est attendance at the museum
for any month since it was
opened.
The month's total is 1.613
more than the same month a
year ago. So far this year
nearly 50,000 have visited the
museum with the total since
July, 1950, now 588,911 persons.
Visitors last month were from
47 states, Washington D.C., and
21 foreign countries. States
which did not have visitors reg
istering were Vermont, Rhode
Island and Delaware.
Groups and organizations who
toured the Museum during the
month included the First Pres
byterian senior adults from
Portland, Sacramento State col
lege study tour, Al Minn's Fun
camp from Hawaii, Ashland
Assembly of God Sunday school
class. Girl Scout Troop 6, Los
Altos, Calif., escorted by Girl
Scout Troop 192 from Medford;
Cub Scouts from Den 3, Pack
60 from Central Point, and the
Trailways Grand Circle tour,
which made two visits.
Gifts and loans presented to
the museum in the last month
include early day Jacksonville
and mining equipment, cloth-
I n g, china, bedding, photo
graphs, material, tools, and old
records.
The items were received
from Otto W. DeJarnett, Mrs.
Wayne Piland, R. Lee Younger, !
Lonny Harris, Miss Mabel
Mears, Mrs. Verna Flowers, all j
Medford; Mrs. Joseph P. Mar-;
tin, Rogue River; A. J. Dur-1
ham, Ashland; Rayford W. Hi-1
att, Grants Pass; Frank A.
Terry, Butte Falls, Louis Nil
son, Beaverton; Carl, Doyle!
and Jerry Barlow, Jackson-
ville; Miss Ethel Wilkinson, ;
Paradise, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. j
David C. Mosby, San Francisco,
Calif.; Mrs. A. J. McCallen, i
Miss Agnes Love, Hamilton Mrs. Arthur Hicks, Bellingham,
Aaris, Mrs. Mitchell Anderson, Wash.; and Richard E. Riddle,
I. N. DeLamater, all Portland; Riddle, Ore.
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