Amend Zoning KWU Add
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APPLICATION TO F~ZOW~ PROPERTY
AT NnlTH
~~D KIR~IN STR~ETS
TO Tllli BOAhD OF CŒ.,;I3SIONERS OP THE CITY OF SALInA Aim
ITS CITY PIA'NNIl~G COhŒ.:ISSION:
Harry Steele does hereby make application to change the
zoning from residence to commercial the following described real
estate, to-wit:
Lots Fifty-Six (56), Fifty-eight (58) and
Sixty (60) on Ninth street on the grounds of
the l(ansas c;Jesleyan University an Addition
to the City of Salina, Saline County, Kansas,
and in support thereof states:
Applicant is bulk agent of the Texas Company distributing
its petroleum products through service or filling stations in this
area.
Applicant has an exclusive option to purchase the above real
estate which he intends to exercise provided this application is granted;
if said premises are included within the "e" Cornrnercial District there
will be constructed uhereon a first-class service station substantially
like the Texaco Station now situate at the northwest corner of Eighth
and Ash streets, of which a photograph is attached.
Said premises comprise the southwest portion of said block
with a frontage on Ninth Street of one hundred and twenty (120') feet
and a.frontage on Kirwin Street of one hundred and fifty feet (150r)
and with an Rlley on the north side thereof sixteen feet (16') wide
Rnd ~n alley on the east side thereof fifteen feet (15') wide, so
that the same constitutes a distinct unit.
Property on both sides of Kinth 3treet immediately south
of of said intersection is included in the "C" Commercial District;
Allison Food ~arket, Lqttsons Food Locker Plant, a drug store and
other business establishments are directly opposite the south side
of said premises.
w. ~. Garrison owns and uses exclusivaly the southeast
portion of said block irrn6diately in the rear of the above premises
and granted this applicÐnt his option to pur~hase the same.
Dwelling houses are situated directly opposite the west side
of said premises facing on Hinth Street, while dwelling houses situated
directly north of said premises face on Jewell Avenue.
The above circumstances destroy the practicability and/or
desirability of using said premises for residence purposes and the
same is now better desiç;;ned for cor:lmercis.l use and should be included
in "e" Commercial District.