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• MEETING MINUTES
November 16, 1992
Gerry Horak, Council Liaison
Tom Peterson, Staff Support
The regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board was called to order at 6:35 p.m. in the
Council Chambers of City Hall West, 300 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado. Board
members present included Chairman Bernie Strom, Vice Chairman Lloyd Walker, Jan Cottier,
Joe Carroll, Jim Klataske and Laurie O'Dell. Member Rene Clements -Cooney was absent.
Staff members present included PIanning Director Tom Peterson, Deputy City Attorney Paul
Eckman, Janet Meisel, Steve Olt, Kirsten Whetstone, and Kayla Ballard.
AGENDA REVIEW
Tom Peterson reviewed the Consent and Discussion Agenda. The Consent Agenda included:
Item 1 - Minutes of the September 28, October 5, and October 19, 1992 P & Z meetings;
Item 2 - Elm Ridge Ranch, Preliminary and Final, Case #49-92; Item 3 - Collinwood
Amended PUD, Final, Case # 23-87E; Item 4 - Harmony Market PUD, 1st Bank, Final,
Permanent Building, Case #54-87F; Item 5 - Sundance Hills, Fling Two PUD, Referral of
an Administrative Change to the Planning and Zoning Board, Case #128-79B; Item 6 -
PZ92-13 Easement Vacation; Item 7 - PZ92-17 Easement Vacation; Item 8 - Phillips
Annexation and Zoning, Case #47-92, A; Item 9 - Greenstone Annexation and Zoning, Case
#54-92, A. The Discussion Agenda included: Item 10 - Resolution PZ92-18 Adoption of the
Prospect Road Streetscape Program Design Standards and Guidelines as an Element of the
City's Comprehensive Plan, Case #49-91; Item 11- Wuerker Annexation and Zoning, Case
#50-92A, and; Item 12 - Marine Sports West and Harris Machine PUD (Keulen
Subdivision), Preliminary and Final, Case #43-92.
Item 5, Sundance Hills, Filing Two, PUD was pulled for discussion by a member of the
audience.
Member Cottier moved approval of Consent Items 1, 2, 31 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Member
O'Dell seconded the motion. The motion to approve passed 6-0.
SUNDANCE HILLS FILING TWO PUD - REFERRAL OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE
CHANGE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD - Case #128-79B
Steve Olt, City Planner, gave the Staff report recommending approval of the proposed project.
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money with me to the United States. They told me I could make it up in Holland or let it sit
there in come over for vacation to Holland and spend your money there. I said there must be
another way. So I went to a lawyer and a good lawyer too. He knew what he was talking
about. Many lawyers don't. And he advised me I could do two things. Diamonds was against
the law in the United States. So I didn't. He said what you can do you can ship a house over.
I said ship a house over. What in the world am I going to do with ship a house over. He said
maybe you can get a place to live in there. All right. So I built a house there and let them
build a house there built of African teak wood and shipped it over to the United States. Let
anybody say if they can do that. Or ever tried."
"So, after it was shipped over here, I settled down in Eunice, New Mexico. It's a small town
and I couldn't find employment so I moved to Albuquerque. I had the house still standing there
locked up. Old friend of mine that sponsored me came in trouble. His wife had an accident.
I give him the house for nothing. Because I like man, I like people. Real people. That's what
he did. When I was with my back on the wall, he was human enough to find out what to do
for a fellow like me and for his friend. That was my brother, Martin. So, after that, I have to
move to Albuquerque and set up shop there. For in Eunice, New Mexico I couldn't do it
because there was nothing to do there. It was a little oil field town. Nothing to do. So I went
to Albuquerque. And in 1956, the Air Force get the smell of me and top secret cleared me for
doing their work in high precision work. I'm not just come around for no sense at all. I knew
my business."
"So, after I was on there, and the work opened down, I went to Fort Collins because I wanted
to go commercial. I shipped the whole kittenkabootle to 921 East Prospect. I found out a place
that was a former shop where they build cabinets and the man went broke and died. So I took
over the place. First leased it for seven years then decided to buy it. I was there on the place
for 25 years. The last few years I didn't do nothing anymore. After 57 years of hard labor,
I had enough. So I decided to retire."
"Now I think all the neighbors all those years that I run the machines up there, not one neighbor
ever complained because they were human beings like me. And knowing that I had to fight the
hard way myself, the reason that I started there was my son-in-law together and worked it. We
did work for Coors that was out of this world of precision. As you know, Coors has also a
ceramic plant. And that I was classified too. Since I was top secret cleared, they could use me
there too. And with my shop I helped produce and rebuilt their machinery. They were very,
very, very proud about me. And they give me all the work I wanted. I helped them rebuild
their system going over from metric, which was quite a job. And they were very pleased with
me and I with them. We worked in a very, very friendly way. The engineers all like me
there."
"So, after several years I have to retire because I was getting up in age, you know. So sold out
and I was retired for 2 years. I didn't like it too well and going to work was all I wanted to do,
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see. And then from there, I decided to keep retired and give those people Ron Brown and Bruce
a chance to make themselves a way of living. They got families. So I said you can rent the
building from me for a very low price to help you out. This I did. Ron the far part, Bruce the
middle part and the office I kept for myself just in case I want to go back to work again. But
that has not happened yet."
"All of a sudden we found out that we polluted the air. Well, that was news to me. I had been
around a long time. I know where pollution come from. Pollution come in on Prospect from
the cars not from these little bitty motors that once in awhile run, you know, outside. Put a
little water to it and it was only 2 or 3 minutes that their in. That's it. In the water they have
to readjust them so they do the job. You see."
"So there is no way of having noise, or pollution of the air, and that comes from Prospect, from
thousands, and thousands, and thousands of cars during the day that come and pass. I lived
there. And my front room is on the street. So you know, I never complained. Why should I?
Everybody has to go to work, everybody has to do a job. So, when I was retired I didn't mind
it. But there are people who mind it very much if you ride in a nice car. But I worked 57 years
for what I got and if I buy a nice car, I deserve it. Don't you think so? And sometimes
jealousy bring people far off the track. And I just cannot say I feel sorry for those people. If
they live my life, they have a hell of a lot of work to do. Thank you very much."
Chairman Strom said "Thank you. Anyone else who would like to speak to us?"
Rudolph Denz, 925 East Prospect, said "I guess I would like to start off by making a comment
about Mr. Keulen's statement about the small engines. The engines they are running are bigger
than the ones I have in my car. They run 200 horsepower V-8 engines over there. I have a
four cylinder, 130 horsepower engine. Mine has pollution controls. They don't. That's a lot
of difference. I think I kind of started this mess when I filed the complaint against them last
July. And I got a letter here from the Planning Department, the Building Permit Department,
that states that they were supposed to be in compliance by the loth of September. Well,
September came and went and they are still operating. And I called the City again and said,
well, once they filed for a PUD they are allowed to continue. And I'm like, John, I don't think
that's right. You know, we still got the problems. We got smoke, we got noise, we got smells,
we got traffic problems over there. But maybe that's the talk about here."
"I guess the problems I'm having now is the fact that if it is approved and this is, I guess, what
is been recommended, is I don't see how the conditions of the approval, I don't see how they
can be monitored at all. Even after this letter was received by Keulen and supposedly put into
effect by September 10, these guys were running engines as late as 10:30 at night. And that's
ridiculous. Running them on Sundays, holidays, week -ends. I mean it's ... The exhaust that
comes out of those things is not, goes through no pollution controls, they are a gas and oil
mixture, they stink like mad. They're terrible. And I think it's just a totally, completely,
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unacceptable type of business to have right next door to a residential area. The standard of
living we have right there now I think is very nice and I just really hate to see it change. I like
living where I am at but if it continues like it would be, I think I would want to move. I really
would. Thank you."
Chairman Strom said "Thank you. Anyone else that would like to speak to us?"
Marilyn Moore said "I'm Marilyn Moore and I live at 925 East Prospect and I'm the closest
neighbor across the fence from where they are in operation. Last summer I spent most of the
time with my doors and windows shut because I couldn't even carry on a conversation between
the noise and the fumes. And I'm wondering if this does continue in operation, how is it going
to be enforced that we don't have the fumes and noise that I had all summer so that I could
enjoy my life. And I also wonder about the hours on Saturdays if they do operate because
Saturdays and Sundays are my days to stay home and enjoy my home and that's going to be
taken away from me. And I guess that's my biggest concern."
Chairman Strom said "Thank you. Anyone else who would like to speak to us tonight?"
John Haggerty said "My name is John Haggerty and I would just like to add one more thing.
The Prospect Springs development is just east of this. I think the people that live in there take
quite a bit of pride in that particular development. It's very well maintained, it's adjacent to the
bike path, it's a very desirable location. We have a lot of elderly people that live in there,
people that bought those homes originally when this place was first developed seven or eight
years ago. We have access to the bike trail and the greenbelt areas. We see what is going on
with the drainage project just to the west of us when they rechanneled the Spring Creek through
there and the bike path and all that has really taken on a whole of beauty throughout that entire
area. And as I say, I think we maintain our area very meticulously, make sure that the greenbelt
areas are maintained and to have this kind of use right next to it, it just doesn't fit. And I think
you can not only see it when people go down the bike path when they look to the north of the
bike path, they can see the boats and the hoist and the things parked out there in that area. And
I suppose you can plant some trees but it's going to be sometime down the road before that ever
takes affect to shield that. And, again, just as far as compatibility with the neighborhood, that
is something that I ask that you take into consideration."
Chairman Strom said "Thank you."
John Keulen said "Ladies and Gentlemen. I have one more thing to say. Twenty five years ago
when I started business there, there was nobody around. There was a small house left in and
an elderly gentleman by the name of Mr. Meyers, I never hardly saw him. A year and half or
two years ago, I don't know exactly the time, all of a sudden, they came flying down they
wanted to build condominiums. I never said you cannot do that. That didn't even come up in
my mind. They never ask me what I was doing. And I wasn't planning to tell them either.
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Now why in the world did they inform first before they started building. Everitt built those
buildings, I think they did. But they didn't tell those people that I was doing business there for
so many years. Well, they were stuck with what they bought. That's not my fault. They
bought the condominiums for themselves and they don't live that long there. And the noise, I
could tell you what they are talking about. In the winter months, you could hear a needle fall.
In the summer months, there are only four months that they really do work and in those four
months they have to make a living for the winter time. Now, sometimes, if a boat take a half
hour longer at night, they stay a half hour longer. As far as I know, no more. And all there
is to it is they like to win this case."
"Well, I ask you people, use common sense. And that goes first instead of being a lawyer and
talking back. I don't. I'm not a lawyer. I only have plain schooling from the old country and
learn a trade being machinist and tool -and -dye maker and I have the highest grade. Another
thing, they were so good that President Reagan and President Bush send me all their big color
pictures for appreciation and I can show you that tomorrow if you want in a white envelope with
all the pictures in there and all the diplomas I get for the work I did for this United States.
Believe me, and they were great. Every American will see, their eyes get wide open, they can't
believe it. I say well, how you get that John. I say I work hard for your living. I say maybe
if you do, you get somewhere. That's all. Thank you very much."
Chairman Strom said "Thank you. I'm going to close the public input portion of the meeting
and come back to the Board for discussion. Questions or comments?"
Member Walker said "I would like some clarification from the applicant on the ... when you are
dealing with the boats on the project, I mean, can you explain to me if you have any work to
do are you, are the boats being stored on site for any length of time?"
Mr. Evans said "Some might be stored there for a little bit, yeah, but we try to have a high
turnover rate because of the limited parking. And like I said, we will pull powerhead, lower
units, whatever we need to do and work on them and have the people bring the boat back. A
couple things, it's not like a junkyard or something there. Any of the equipment we have
outside including the A -frame I painted. It's painted black. You know, it's not just a big old
rusty A -frame. Okay."
"A couple other things I want to address if I could. One thing, we did start a PUD. This didn't
come up September loth. Ron and me, when did we ... it was like February, March. We met
with Ted (Shepard) and started a PUD to get the zoning or ... we didn't really know what it was
that we needed. Anyway, we started at the same time that the business was starting, you know,
about the time April came when we were trying to work on this we got kind of swamped with
the business and we kind of put the PUD aside a little bit. That's what happened. Okay, as far
as all that. So we were trying to do the right things all along as far as that goes. Okay, that's
how this thing got .... and when the complaint came then we thought oh, well, we'd better go see
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about that and finish the PUD then, you know, and see what we had to do. So that's kind of
our own fault but as kind of a circumstance of things to. We never started a business before.
You know, there's a lot of things to do. So, and right at the height of it, all this work hits. So
that was one thing that we set aside that we shouldn't have. We know that now."
"Next, as far as neighbors, the only neighbors we have that don't want us, apparently, are the
ones here on the board of the apartments next to us. The people on this side of the road, I never
hear anything from them. In fact, three of them brought boats in to be serviced to me. I think
they are appreciative that I'm right across the street."
"Next, as far as, like that water in the test tank, you can put that on your plants or something
when we're done. The motors just don't pollute. It's not like what's being said here. That
doesn't exist. Yeah, there's a little smoke, if I spill a little gas, a little oil or something, yeah,
we got a little bit of pollution but as far as sticking something in the water and it's just dumping
pollution, what would our lakes look like? If you go to Boyd Lake or something, you don't see
a cloud of smoke down there. I mean, you know, that's exaggerated is what I'm trying to say
about that."
"Yeah, that one we got to contest a little, too. This 10:30 at night running. And then the trees
for the A -frame, you know, we are going to put those up. We are going to put some bushes up
that will grow over near the fence. Where we're at is not, you know, I don't know how good
the aesthetics are anyway, if you ask me. If you look right to the west, your looking over at
a diesel shop, a paint shop, everything else. So I don't know about that part of it. But I just
wanted to add that to it. It's not like it's a big polluted junkyard or something like that. It's a
nice clean shop."
"The Fire Department came in and gave us a clean bill of health right off the bat. I just want
to remind them, we're not running big engines no more. That's out. There's no more smoke,
noise, all that kind of stuff."
Chairman Strom said "Please address your comments to the Board and let's not get a conflict
going. "
Mr. Evans said "I just wanted to make that clear. They keep coming up with that and that's it.
The last one was run today."
Chairman Strom said "I have a question in terms of your operations. You said that you were
in the process of initiating a PUD and you got really busy and had to set it aside and I can
understand that. What happens, though, if your operating during your regular business hours
as you've suggested from 7:30 to 6:00, I think it was, and your business builds to the point to
where you can't handle it in those hours. How will you deal with that situation?"
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Mr. Evans said "Well, that I'm just going to have to limit a little bit. These are some of the
concessions I'm making to get along with the neighbors. It's going to take me .... the fact be
known, I'm probably going to run a little bit farther behind because I can't test before I leave
for the lake. But that's one of the concessions I'm making. How to get along there."
Chairman Strom said "So you're willing to live by that hard and fast in terms of 7:30 to 6:00."
Mr. Evans said "Well, they can watch me. There's video cameras nowadays, you know."
Chairman Strom said "Thank you. Are there any other Board questions?"
Member O'Dell said "Kirsten, what about monitoring compliance with these requirements?"
Ms. Whetstone said "My understanding is that a PUD would be monitored the same way any
use in any zone in the city is and it does come down to a complaint basis. Of course, unless
somebody from the City or somebody who knows about that PUD and knows that they are doing
something that they shouldn't be doing, same procedure as a non -conforming use is to file a
complaint with the zoning officials."
Member O'Dell said "The other question I have is the applicant mentioned that you were present
when they tested one of the engines. What is it like? Is it inside the building, is it outside the
building in a big tank, do they ... can you describe it please?"
Ms. Whetstone said "I have a picture I can show you of the tank then I can explain the tank.
I guess you can get the scale of this. It about 3-1/2 to 4 feet high and the engine sits down
inside and most of the top of the tank is covered with metal so just where the engine is, is a hole
and I went over to the property line and it was very difficult to discern whether this engine was
running with the traffic out on Prospect. It was sort of a puttering sound, like a car running.
And these are trolling engines, fishing engines. They are not V-8 engines. I have seen those
too. of
Member O'Dell said "And where is this located on the site? Is it the southernmost part of the
site?"
Ms. Whetstone said "That's correct. This is the southernmost. This is a view of the site from
the bike path, the Spring Creek bike path, looking north. I'll point out a few things here. This
is the condominium project, this is the fence between the two, this is the Mr. Keulen's garage
and his house back here. And this white building here is the shop and the test tank sits right
here. There is a little shed and the chain link fence runs along here. This pasture is owned by
this property to the west so this is all one ownership."
Member Carroll said "Why don't you show us the rest of the slides."
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Ms. Whetstone presented the rest of the slides to the Board which included Mr. Keulen's house,
his garage, their shop, the property to the west which is a non -conforming use, the hedge that
separates the west property from Mr. Keulen's property, the property to the east, the insurance
building, the condominium project, looking into the yard which includes the shop, the A -frame,
five boats in the yard, the test tank, the hoist, looking to the west, the property that does the
diesel repair, the metal shop building that is next door, and looking north from the bike path.
Member Walker said "I have a question, now this is a non -conforming use, is that correct?
Now, by that, irrespective of what's going on there now, what is allowed to happen in this? In
other words, it was a non -conforming use as a machine shop, I guess, is that ....could that be
legally continued, would that be the only other use of that particular building without a PUD?"
Ms. Whetstone said "Actually, a little history on the non -conforming use, when it was annexed
and put into the R-P zone, that machine shop was in operation and so it became a legal, non-
conforming use. But, as Mr. Keulen said, he retired and that use did cease to exist for a period
of a year. It might have had a couple of other uses in there but once that use ceased to exist,
that non -conforming use did go away. And then there was a PUD for the retail sales and just
in keeping with the area, it's not something that is typically done on a lot of PUDs but there was
on that Altair PUD the sunset clause, treating it as if it were a non -conforming use given the
residential nature of the area, the same as the diesel repair place, that if that use ceased for a
period of one year, that it would revert back to its R-P zone. The only thing, by right, that
would be allowed there would be single family residential. Anything else would require a
planned unite development, including multi -family or anything."
Chairman Strom said "Kirsten, you visited the site. Did you observe the safety clean solvent
that they were using and could you give us a sense for what kind of odor that gives off?"
Ms. Whetstone said "From what I saw, it was similar to what bicycle shops use in town, along
College or wherever they are located, and it's basically odorless and you could put your hands
in it. It's not what people used to use for cleaning. You could work in it with your hands."
Chairman Strom said "It would seem likely that the fumes that have been observed must be
coming from somewhere else? Is that your sense?"
Ms. Whetstone said "I can imagine that some fumes could be coming from Prospect Road or
maybe from the corner where there is auto -related, there is a gas station repair shop on the
corner of Prospect and Lemay and, I think that the engines that they had been testing, I had
heard they were testing the large engines with a garden hose, they have to run in water, that they
do initially set off a plume of smoke and that is very likely that some of that odor could have
been from those engines. "
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Member Walker said "I would like to make some observation and comments. What we are
dealing with here is, as I perceive it, is a case where the LDGS has to really take a close look
at that and that is that we have two potentially incompatible uses side by side. This business and
the residences next to it. Now, I think we have to consider even though this was a machine
shop and had been running as a machine shop for years, the fact that it ceased to be a machine
shop and is now been put into this particular use, as far as I am concerned, the past history has
no consideration. We are looking at it as if they were putting in a new structure to operate this
business so I have to question what is relevant. And of course in situations like this, there is
always the question of the fact that in a sense, what was existing here prior to this situation, in
terms of these side by side uses, where the residence is, is so we have this other use that is
coming in and we have to meet some compatible criteria, I would suggest."
"A couple of things concern me. One is that this is very seasonal use. Summertime is when
the business is very active and obviously there is a time when there is the greatest potential for
conflict in uses because at the time that these individuals are very busy, the people who live next
door are wanting to enjoy the outside aspect of their home and open up the house and so forth.
So I have concerns about the compatibility issue there. A comment was made about if this was
operating on Saturday, that's in direct conflict with the kind of use patterns that would be used
next door. But I can understand why they would want to run on Saturday, in fact, I imagine
with my experience with seasonal business is that you work all the time for a short period of
time of the year and then you kind of back off. So I question how this is going to be workable
from both sides, both in terms of providing the neighbors, the residential neighbors, some
reasonable quality of life and also provide the individuals running the business with the economic
activities that they need."
"In the Auto -Related and Roadside Commercial criteria, Item 2 says that all repair, painting and
body work activities plan to take place within an enclosed structure. We are not doing that here.
I question how we meet that criteria. This is an absolute criteria. Yes must be answered. It
was shown that testing of engines was taking place outside, removing engines from boats takes
place outside, so I think that Criteria 2 was not being met and that's an absolute criteria so I
question how we can approve this by the fact that the absolute criteria is not being met. We
have two potentially incompatible uses we have to look at very closely. This enclosed
requirement is one of those things that the system has set up and I don't see that this is being
met."
Ms. Whetstone said "I would like to address that the criteria states that repair, painting and body
work activities. It doesn't say anything about taking off motors from boats. And also it's the
test tank there has been some talk about possibly putting that in an enclosure."
Member Walker said "I'll stand by my interpretation."
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Member Carroll said "This concerns me. I think probably from the basis that this is a non-
conforming use, 1967, when this property came into the city, Mr. Keulen was operating his
machine shop there but 25 years ago the City sought to zone this a residential zone and .... which
basically made the machine shop a non -conforming use. Under the laws and the statutes that
we operate on, the City didn't go to the gentleman and say we're sorry, your annexed, you have
to shut your machine shop down. But the machine shop continued to operate under a non-
conforming use and the idea when the City annexed these properties with non -conforming uses,
is that what will happen is basically what has happen here. As time goes on, the non-
conforming use will cease to exist. In this case, the gentleman retired and stopped his machine
shop and whatever is going on will eventually stop. And the expansion of non -conforming uses
or the transfer of non -conforming uses under City law is very much frowned upon because the
idea is we are recognizing that this use is really not compatible with the zoning under which it
came into the City but in fairness to the individual who owned the business, we will let him or
her continue to operate it as long as it stays just the way it is. And that's really a trade-off."
"This was actually recognized when the Altair PUD came in and that basically, in the PUD, said
that if the operation ceased to exist for a period of one year the PUD would expire. And that's
what happened. So, it seems to be in one sense of the word, if you get away from the idea of
a PUD, what's happening here is what supposed to happen. The City annexes land that has non-
conforming uses, that non -conforming use basically plays itself out, in this case it took some 20-
25 years, and then eventually the use will become conforming and will become residential,
commercial, retail or whatever the use happens to be."
"I am concerned that Mr. Evans and Mr. Brown started their business, they don't seem to be
particularly evil, conspiring men. They saw a building out there that Mr. Keulen had used for
his business, it looked like a good business for them, Harris Marine went out of business, and
they went and operated it. I'm sure the buildings are very much conducive to their use as a
auto -related business. However, in doing so, that was illegal, anymore so than if anyone starts
any business in any other part of the city that doesn't conform. This business has been operating
now for about 11 months in that capacity and unfortunately for them, they operated it in such
a fashion that it was incompatible with the neighborhood, which made them relatively angry.
Now I understand the last V-8 engine ran yet today."
"I guess the way we have to look at it is the way Mr. Walker did as if we go back to this period
one year ago and Mr. Brown and Mr. Evans came in and said we would like to propose a boat
repair and machine shop in this particular district. I understand that this is a PUD. I understand
that it is an allowable process but it still strikes me, it is a one lot area, it really strikes me, as
you will, as a rezoning or a permission to say let's take this PUD and continue it and if it is a
compatible use, we still have a recommendation that after the discontinuation period of 12
months, any machine or repair shop used not allowed by the R-P zone must be re -reviewed and
subject to the PUD process. It would seem to me that if this machine shop in this particular
area is compatible, we ought not to have that. If the machine shop is compatible, that's fine.
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So, again, I'm certainly not in the business or having the intention of putting anybody out of
business but I have some trouble qualifying this. I also agree with Lloyd's comment recognizing
staff's interpretation of repair when do you actually start repairing an engine, when you take it
out of the boat, when you unbolt it, when you run a sleeve drive in it. It seems to me as soon
as you start to get out a wrench, tools, a screwdriver, and socket wrenches, you are in the
process of repairing. And that takes place outdoors."
Member Cottier said "I would like to say that I appreciate the comments of Lloyd and Joe. The
thing I'm struggling with is the fact that in 1990, this Altair PUD was approved and all of us
approved it. And I don't remember the details of that particular PUD and whether there was
any neighborhood opposition to it or anything like that. So I'm a little troubled by consistency
here and I guess I do think that with the restriction that are being offered at this point the
proposed use is trying to fit in with the neighborhood and have minimal impact. But I'm real
troubled by the fact that we all approved the last one."
Chairman Strom said "Altair was an entirely different character of use. It was essentially a
retail operation and operated with delivery service. To the best of my recollection, there wasn't
anything in terms of automotive repair or anything of that nature. It was pet supplies and that
sort of thing."
Member Carroll said "That's in here as a retail showroom for pet supplies, water filters and
coolers, gas fireplaces and logs, corn heaters and electric fencing was what that was approved.
And that still seems to me conceivably a legitimate use."
Member Cottier said "But the logic that this was a non -conforming use also is what I'm
addressing because what I'm suggesting is with the restrictions they are offering now, that the
pollution aspects I don't think are valid to use as an example of how that's a less appropriate use
there now."
Member Walker said "I would like to comment that right next door we have an insurance
business so it's not like it's a mixed -use area. And again, along with the Altair, I think there
are different uses here. I believe that my concern on this is that the nature on which this
business is being conducted is a question I have. I also, in referring again back to Item 2, it
also talks about storage of various things to take place within that enclosed structure. Now,
again, I will leave that open to the Board's interpretation but I have to sort of think motors are
being pulled out of the boats, boats are being stored, we saw slides of five boats outside. So,
again, it's just the kind of use on this property does not, in my mind, meet that criteria 2.
Again, Altair was a different type of business. I voted for that. I felt like it was workable given
the nature of the neighborhood just as the insurance company is. I just feel that this type of use
is not appropriate."
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Chairman Strom asked that if a developer came in with a less dense proposal, would there be
less justification.
Mr. Eckman stated that since this was a zoning condition, the condition would have to be
removed in the same kind of process. It would take an ordinance to do this since the condition
has been placed on the property by an ordinance. He stated that the reason this condition
controls over the LDGS minimum of 3 units per acre is because this is a more specific
regulation.
The motion to recommend approval carried 6-0.
MARINE SPORTS WEST AND HARRIS MACHINE PUD (KEULEN SUBDIVISION) -
PRELIMINARY AND FINAL - Case #43-92
Ms. Whetstone said "The next item was the Marine Sports West and Harris Machine PUD.
This request is for a preliminary and final PUD for a 2,000 square foot boat engine, mechanic
and machine shop in an existing accessory building. The primary use on the property is an
existing single family home. The property is located at 921 East Prospect Road and the zoning
is R-P, Planned Residential. The 2,300 square foot accessory building was a former machine
shop and later a gun restoration shop as a non -conforming use. In January 1990, a PUD known
as the Altair PUD, was approved for this building to allow a retail showroom and various uses.
These activities have since ceased and the legal non -conforming zoning status has expired. The
PUD has also expired."
"No exterior remodeling or new construction is proposed on the site. A neighborhood meeting
was held a couple months ago. Primary concerns were noise, fumes, smoke and compatibility.
The applicants have since agreed to prohibit testing of engines on site with the exceptions of
small fishing engines which can be tested in an underwater test tank. All other work can be
conducted inside the building. This planned unit development meets the minimum of 50%
required on the Auto -Related Point Chart of the Land Development Guidance System and the
applicable All Development Criteria have been addressed. The Transportation Department does
not have any concerns about this proposed use. "
"The existing building is about 2,300 square feet and is a wood frame, one story residential
character structure. Because of its previous use as a machine shop, the building is supplied with
an excessive amount of commercial three-phase electrical power. The proposed PUD would
occupy approximately 2,000 square feet with the remainder of the building for office space for
the owner and resident of the property."
"Several properties to the west of this site are currently operating similar auto -related and non-
conforming uses. The property directly west is involved with auto body restoration, repair and
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Chairman Strom said "I will jump in with a thought or two. Devil's advocate side maybe but
I suspect that the use is, as proposed now, granted that it hasn't been conducted necessarily in
the best fashion in the past several months, but I have a pretty strong suspicion that a lot of the
worst odors have been coming from the paint shop whether or not it's a commercial use or
hobby shop. I've been in areas where auto painting has been done and it can be a very, very
offensive kind of an odor. That isn't to say that there might not be something coming off of this
use but a relatively small motor in a water tank and in, basically, indoor mechanical and
machine shop uses, generally speaking, are, seems to me, would be much less likely to cause
noise and odor and smoke problems. But that's just gives you some sense why I'm struggling
with this. Other thoughts?"
Member O'Dell said "I think that the concessions that the applicants are making to the neighbors
in hopes of getting along with the neighbors is admirable and I have to believe that our system
of compliance with zoning ordinances works. So, even though it makes it the responsibility of
the neighbors to monitor the compliances in a lot of ways, I think because the applicants
recognize that the neighbors are already watching and they're willing to have them watch them,
I believe that it is going to work. And I believe that our zoning administrators or zoning
officers will be responsive in this situation as well. So I will favor a motion of approval."
Chairman Strom said "Would someone like to make a motion?"
Member O'Dell said "Sure. I will make one. I move approval of Marine Sports West and
Harris PUD (Keulen Subdivision) Preliminary and Final."
Member Cottier said "Second."
Chairman Strom said "The motion is seconded. Is there discussion?"
Member O'Dell said "I really should add that the recommended condition by the Staff I will read
aloud. Because of the existing residential character of the neighborhood, and because of the
potential for future residential development in the area, the Marine Sports West and Harris
Machine PUD shall expire should the business discontinue for a period of 12 consecutive
months. After a discontinuation period of 12 consecutive months, any repair or machine shop
use, or any use not allowed by the R-P zone, must be re -reviewed and subject to the PUD
process. "
Chairman Strom said "I assume that that's acceptable to second? Any other comments,
discussion on the motion? Can we have the roll call please."
The motion to approve passed 4-2, with Members Carroll and Walker in the negative.
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Chairman Strom stated that in a case like this, it was appropriate to remind the opponents that
they do have the right to appeal if they so wished to City Council.
THER BUSIN
Mr. Peterson stated that there were four PUDs that were near expiration that the Board needs
to take action on. These PUDs were the Park South PUD Final, the Market Place Lot 3 PUD
Italian Oven PUD Final, Huntington Hills Second PUD Final, and the Kingston Woods Second
PUD Final. He stated that staff was recommending the execution of the development
agreements, the final plans, and the final plats be extended until the December 17 P&Z meeting.
Mr. Herzig commented that the process is working for the City. He stated that the review
process of the utility plans takes longer than the Planning and Zoning process. He stated that
the more complex their review gets, where they review sub -drain design now that wasn't
reviewed in the past, and there are more environmental issues.
Mr. Peterson stated that the feedback received from developers is that, in many cases, they do
not have their financing packaged together and they need time to negotiate. He added that the
City is doing a lot more with the utility plans and do not wish to approve utility plans until they
meet City criteria and standards. He stated that it was understood that it was inconvenient for
the Board to reconsider items such as these every month because they didn't get complete for
one reason or another.
Chairman Strom asked if it would be difficult to come up with a more realistic guess as to how
long it would take each of these individual ones to come to fruition or are they case -by -case
situations.
Mr. Herzig stated that each project is unique in itself and it is often times it's is working with
a neighbor, some cooperative, some not. He added that part of the complication in these plans
is that the engineering community is very busy with designs and have a difficult time keeping
up with the work, thus submitting incomplete work, which takes more review on the City's part
to get a project complete.
Member Carroll suggested that, in the future, these items should be placed on the Consent
Agenda instead of under Other Business at the end of the meeting.
Member Carroll moved to extend to the December 17, the execution of the development
agreements, final plans, and final plans of Park South PUD Final, the Market Place Lot
3 PUD Italian Oven PUD Final, Huntington Hills Second PUD Final, and the Kingston
Woods Second PUD Final. Member Klataske seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.
The meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m.
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painting. A large metal building has been constructed for this purpose. The property further
west is involved in auto and diesel repair work with outdoor storage."
"The proposed business has two owners, thus two employees, and that would be a stipulation
on the PUD. There would be no painting or body work activity at this site. No testing of
engines would be allowed on the site as stipulated on the PUD with the exception of small
fishing motors which can easily fit in the underwater test tank. The applicants estimate that they
test approximately 4-5 engines per week with each test lasting approximately 5 minutes. The
applicants have agreed to test all large engines at a location off the site. The applicants have
also stipulated on the PUD that the hours of operation would be limited to Monday through
Saturday from 7:30 to 6 p.m."
"Staff has reviewed the land use element of this request and supports the proposed use at this
location. Given the relatively large size of the existing accessory building, the fact that the
building has existing three-phase commercial power, the limited number of customers and the
minimal traffic impacts, the presence of similar non -conforming uses to the west, and restrictions
that have been agreed to, Staff finds that the approval of this auto -related use would not
adversely impact the residential character of the neighborhood. With the stated PUD conditions
on the hours of operation, the number of employees, testing of engines, and so forth, Staff feels
the land use is compatible to the existing residence and the residential neighborhood to the east.
The neighbors to the west and south have stated they have no objections to the proposed land
use."
"Staff is recommending the following condition to provide a sunset for this PUD as if it were
a non -conforming use and to protect the residential character of the area. This is the same
condition that was used on the Altair PUD which was previously approved at this site. The
condition reads as follows: "Because of the existing residential character of the neighborhood,
and because of the potential for future residential development in the area, the Marine Sports
West and Harris Machine PUD shall expire should the business discontinue for a period of 12
consecutive months. After a discontinuation period of 12 consecutive months, any repair or
machine shop use, or any use not allowed by the R-P zone, must be re -reviewed and subject to
the PUD process." The applicant is here to give a presentation and answer questions and
additionally, I have some site shots of the area if you would like to see them, you can let me
know. "
Chairman Strom said "Thank you. Any questions for Staff?"
Member Carroll said "Just one. As I understand it, this is basically as it is now, it is a non-
conforming use but now since it's expired, it is now, what should I say, a not -legal non-
conforming use."
Ms. Whetstone said "That's correct."
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Member Carroll said "So the applicant could, if they wished, petition to have the zoning
changed, which to change the zoning to a zone that would allow the use or come through a
PUD. Are those the two alternatives that are available?"
Ms. Whetstone said "That is correct. Those are the two."
Member Carroll said "What about asking for a variance in front of the Zoning Board of Appeals
or is that an alternative."
Mr. Eckman said "The Zoning Board of Appeals doesn't have the authority to change the use
in a zoning district."
Member Carroll said "Thanks."
Chairman Strom said "Other questions? Can we have the applicants presentation?"
Bruce Evans, applicant, said "I'm Bruce Evans and I'm the owner and operator of Marine Sports
West. Basically what we do there is service boat engines, outboards, stern drives, and gear
boxes. We tune them up and stuff like that. What we do, because of the kind of limited
parking where we are at, we'll have the boat come in, we'll pull either the power head off or
the drive off of it, and we'll take them in our shop and fix them and have the boat come back
when we are done with it. That's the, because we do have a little bit of limited parking there.
We do not want to have too many."
"Basically, our biggest concern at our neighborhood meeting was they had the problem with us
running the engines, and the smoke and noise and stuff. So that's why we changed our PUD.
You know, basically to get away from that so we wouldn't, so we could get along with the
neighbors a little bit better and that aspect of it. But we don't do, just to continue a bit, like on
the boats, we don't do any of the fiberglass work or nothing like that. It's basically just engine
work and most of its in the shop. We rarely do any. The only thing I have outside is an A -
frame hoist for if I have to get a large engine out. We are going to move that from the fence
over next to our building so its kind of out of their way."
Chairman Strom said "Could you take the microphone with you when you are over there so we
can get this on the record?"
Mr. Evans said "Anyway, the A -frame is located right about here (pointed to a place on a slide)
and we are going to move it from here over to the this part of the building. Okay, there is a test
tank here for small engines and an apple tree. The test tank is kind of under that. Yeah, we
going to plant a couple trees right here (pointed to a place on the slide). There is already two
fences here as a buffer zone between us. And that's basically all we..."
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Chairman Strom said "If I could ask a question, a question of smoke and noise, do you, were
you operating differently or were you...."
Mr. Evans said "We were operating... See, we were just, it wasn't nothing out of the ordinary.
For someone that's never been around a marine engine or something especially two stroke
engines, they burn the oil with the gas. It gives a little bit different odor to it. It's not really
any more pollution or anything than anything else. Really. But the thing is if we didn't leave
that much running but it was a little bit of annoyance, I could understand it. You know, if I
never smelled it before and all of a sudden some white smoke or blue was coming over my fence
and it stunk, so that's why we amended it and we are going to take all our boats to the lake to
run them. Because most of the time we end up there anyway. A lot of time we run them is just
the preliminary to make sure everything is running all right before we left. So we don't need
to make a trip for nothing or we have to come back if something isn't right."
"So, that's our main concern because that's the main thing was like the smoke, the noise, the
pollution, all of that. So we are getting rid of that. That's not going to be there anymore. As
far as the small engines, they don't really produce any. They are just little fishing engines that
aren't as loud as a lawn mower. We have run one for Kirsten here in the tank. She heard it
then. Traffic from Prospect Road drowns it out. You know, when you are standing in the back
really."
"So, that was our main concern that we are going to get rid of that part of our operation but
everything will be pretty much done inside the building. Because we only work on the engines
specifically, you know, if we don't do much work on the boat itself. We don't have accessory
departments or anything like that."
Chairman Strom said "Thank you. Any other questions for Mr. Evans?"
Member Walker said "Mr. Evans, let me just clarify that you are through the note on your
PUD, you are saying that you have limited hours of operation and those will be the only times
that any sort of activities such as this engine operation would take place. And I believe that was
what, 7:30 to 6:00, was that correct? So that would be the only time that any sort of activity
would occur relative to engine running and so forth?"
Mr. Evans said "Yeah. I mean that would be at 6:00 we're going to go home."
Ron Brown, applicant, said "If I could tell you a little bit about my business. My name is Ron
Brown and I will be operating the machine shop part of it. Actually, my business and Bruce's
kind of go hand -in -hand. He will tear the engines down and then I operate in the back 1/3 of
the building right here, this area (pointed to a place on the slide). I have my machine set up and
Bruce gets an engine torn down, I immediately take the engine and I do all the boring, and the
sleeving and all the necessary machine work so Bruce can put it back together and make it run."
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"Also, I was with Harris Marine out on the Interstate for 35 years. I built up a real good
business as far as re -boring and sleeving outboard motors and I do quite a bit of work by UPS.
The UPS blocks in and I take them back out to UPS and send them back to other marine dealers
in three or four states around, really. So, my business is pretty simple but it's kind of relative
to marine and its relative to what Bruce does."
Chairman Strom said "Thank you."
Mr. Evans said "Since I have amended this that we're not going to run engines or boats, the
large ones that make all the noise, if there is questions from the neighbors, I would like to be
able to answer them."
Chairman Strom said "Sure. Thank you. Other Board questions or comments at this time?"
PUBLIC INPUT
Chairman Strom said "We will open it up for public input. Those of you who would like to
speak to us, please come forward."
John Haggerty said "Good evening. My name is John Haggerty and I am a resident of Prospect
Springs development which is just east, in fact, it's just on the other side of the fence from this
particular business. First off, I, one of the questions I raised at the neighborhood meeting and
my main concern was I just don't think this is a compatible use with the residential area. And
when you look at the overall map, and I don't know if she can put that back on there or not
again that shows the entire area, I think you are going to find that most of the use in this area
is residential. I will wait til she gets in back on because there are two things I want to point out.
I can go over to the map. I would like to point out that this is the location of the particular lot
that this business is located on. This is the Prospect Springs Condominium unit here, there is
a single family residence here, and I believe another one right next to it and then the one on the
corner just before you get to the gas station at the corner of Prospect and Lemay. I think it is
vacant or the one in between is vacant. There are also residential uses here, here and here
around this end and that has not been changed yet although I suppose we will have to deal with
that in the future when it comes up. To the west, there is, I believe, one business in the back
here operating that's been in existence for some time and my understanding is that was
grandfathered in prior to getting into some of the zoning that's currently in place today and it's
been there for some time. I also assume that once that business ceases, that the appropriate
steps will be taken hopefully to keep this all residential."
"On the north side of Prospect, from the corner where the Schrader Convenience Store closed,
west, in fact, all the way west to College, I believe, is all residential, and or we have schools
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and there is also a church located just to the east side of Lesher Junior High that also has a
school associated with it. To the south, and I believe that the planner indicated that there was
also no complaints from the people to the south, well, there is nobody south until you get to the
other side of Spring Creek and over here on the projects that are accessed from Stuart Street,
so there is quite a distance. So, in terms of compatible use, other than those two that she
mentioned and the one just to the west she said there's an auto body shop, that's the first time
I have heard about that tonight. I don't know if that's a PUD or if that's one that's been there
for some time like the other business, I'm not sure. But we were aware of the one that was in
there."
"One other thing that I would like to note for the Board too, I'm also the President of the
homeowners' association, of the condominium association for the Prospect Springs but I also live
there and am a home owner and I am really here tonight on my own personal capacity. As I
understand the purpose of the LDGS, one of the designs with this program is to be able to put
appropriate buffers in place so that we don't just go from black to white on our different uses.
And I think by going from what we have here with a fairly high density residential area just to
the east a matter of feet, to this kind of a use, is just not compatible and it certainly does not
seem to me that it's within the design and intent of this particular plan. There is some
commercial use along Prospect and just to the north of our particular development and that is
a small building that houses an insurance office. And that kind of a use we all feel is
compatible. It's not of the machine type, the type that's going to generate noise, smoke,
pollution and also just the hustle and bustle that goes on with this kind of a business."
"Another factor that comes into play here is the Spring Creek area. One of the things that they
have recommended they can do now is to use a water tank of some sort to muffle the sound of
the engines when they test them. I guess my question is going to be how do we dispose of that
water, what happens to that because that's going to contain the pollutants, the oils, the things
that come out of these engines, is it going to be dumped on the ground or, probably what may
be 200 yards from Spring Creek, we already have a problem there with some pollution in terms
of things flowing in there recently. I think another problem I have with this is that this use was
already a violation. I think this was already pointed out. It was one that started and because
of a complaint filed by one of the residents of Prospect Springs, a letter was sent out asking
them to discontinue the use and rather than discontinue the use, this application was made for
the PUD. Well, I think that's kind of an inappropriate way to do things and if it's approved
now, it just basically sends the message out, I guess, to the community that says listen, if you
people want to do something, go ahead and start, once your in place, then bring it before the
Board and maybe the Board will approve it. So, I question that particular method of the way
they are doing this."
"Another thing that is interesting, they mentioned at the neighborhood meeting that we had, they
are looking for larger space right now because of their business and the way it is growing and
one of the concerns I raised at the neighborhood meeting was the fact that this particular PUD
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will run with the land and while I realize it will be the same use, we don't' know how the
successors may do what they may do with this particular property and how they may run this
business once they get it. I don't know what safeguards can be thrown in there that are
necessarily going to protect our interests to the east side. There are 22 single family units just
to the east of this particular operation that's going on, all of which will be affected, I think, by
this particular operation."
"Another concern that I have in terms of looking through the particular worksheets that were
done by the Planning Department with respect to the Auto -Related and Roadside Commercial
Chart D, indicated that this meets the 50 % criteria, looking at the categories of mixed use and
also category H, which I think deals with the, I'm not sure exactly what the definition here
would be, but is the project located within at least 1/6 of its property boundary contiguous to
existing urban development. Well, I guess that's hard to avoid in this particular area since most
of this is all urban or residential development if that's the definition you are using here. I'm
not sure of that. But under B of that particular form, is the project contiguous to and
functionally a part of an existing neighborhood or community regional shopping center, office
or industrial park. I don't think that is the case. We have two non -conforming uses one of
which I know has been there for some time and was grandfathered in and the other one I'm not
sure I still and maybe that's a question she can answer for me. To the east, which is where we
have the corner of Prospect and Lemay, there are some similar uses there because there is a gas
station. I think that gas station has been there for some time and was also grandfathered in.
Other than that, there is a 7-Eleven on the far corner in that little shopping center and then you
have the medical facilities that are basically on the northeast corner."
"I guess the problem as I see it, is we go west here, what we are doing now is we're bringing
in other uses that aren't really compatible with residential so those of us who are in the middle
are basically being squeezed out. What impact is this going to have in terms of changing this
use later on if its sold, if the property is sold, or if these people leave and go on. When you
read some of the compatible uses contained in the information provided, it appears we can have
anything in there from a standing department store to an adult book store. When you look under
that definition, and I'm not saying that this is something that is would necessarily be approved,
but certainly it seems that it leaves the kind of door open for whomever may come in there next
to seek that kind of an adjustment to this particular PUD to be compatible with the use."
"Also, with respect to the criteria under this Auto -Related and Roadside Commercial D, the
Planning Department has indicated under 2 that all repair, painting and body work activities,
including storage, refuse, and vehicular parts, plan to take place within any enclosed structure.
Well, that's not necessarily true, too because as he just indicated some of this business requires
them removing these engines to the south side. And this A -frame he's speaking of goes above
the six foot privacy fence that we have and the people that live right along the back, they're
looking at this. Some of them have 2-story units when they look out their second story floor
windows, they're looking right down on this operation. And we are talking maybe 20 feet from
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the back of their window where this particular A -frame structure is located. So I think under
that criteria, no would have been the appropriate answer and instead yes was listed there so I
think for that reason alone under the criteria is should be defeated on that."
"I guess, to sum this thing up, what I would like to say is we have a situation along Prospect
Street here, everything to the north is residential on the north side of the street, on the south side
of the street, because of some existing uses, and by the way, there is quite a bit of I would call
it pasture land, and a lot of these lots along Prospect on the south side that people use to rent
out right now for horses and things and that's compatible because it's also with the bike path in
there and that's something people can see and there is also some open lots, one of which is
rather a large parcel right now that's up for sale, if that sells, it may well also be a high density
residential type of a development given the particular zoning here. Other than the two existing
uses, which I assume once they are done may go to some other type of use, we have nothing
else in there that would suggest this."
"My request to you is let's don't make this situation worse. Tonight you talked about
beautifying the east end of Prospect out toward the interstate and yet in closer to town here now,
we are bringing in uses that are not compatible to residential. We're bringing in uses that
certainly can be done somewhere else and in a more suitable location and all it does is it has a
big impact I think with the people who live in that area and have to, as Mr. Evans indicated,
he goes home at 6:00. We're home all day while these things are going on particularly on
Saturdays. I think that the perhaps, and I don't know how this works within your particular
structure, since they have indicated that they are looking for a new building already, I don't
think it's anyone's intent in our particular development to put these people out of work and what
I would recommend is that if you can do it within your structure, is to give them maybe 120
days to continue their use to find a building they want to go to and maybe if that requires tabling
this matter for that long, whatever given that time frame, but deny the particular PUD. Thank
you."
Chairman Strom said "Thank you. Are there other people from the audience that would like to
spy?"
John Keulen said "Hello. I'm the Dutchman. I came to this country in 1957 and didn't spoke
a word of English. I never went to school here. But I built an outfit in Holland and had 35
men working for me. I always wanted to go to the United States. Some people in Holland say
John is nuts because he become a millionaire here and is going to the United States to loose
everything and start all over again there. That's what I did. I sold out and went to the United
States. I went through a hard life, believe me. It's not easy, I didn't speak the language."
"I had a brother living since '38 in the United States. Just three months before I got over to the
United States, he got killed by an accident. I had no sponsor anymore. His good friend Maxey
took over for my brother since he died and was his best friend and sponsored me again. So I
could go to the United States. I did what nobody ever did before because I couldn't take my