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April 30, 1987
City Council
City of Lodi
Re: Multi-Family Zoning West Locust and Hutchins sr
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Dear Council Members:
I currently reside at. 415 West Locust Street in a
home that has been in my family forover 50 years. I have
seen quite a few changes in this neighborhood but none quite
as destructive as high density multi-family construction.
The on set of apartment construction has allowed
2-story apartments to be built next to single family homes
which affords no privacy to the adjacent homeowners yard
(photos enclosed). It also has increased traffic in the
neighborhood orhood which
is compounded ou _
nded b
the
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required for apartments under current regulations. Cars are
coming and going at all hours of the day and night and end
up parking on the street because of lack of parking.
(Enclosed photos taken 6:45 a.m. on a weekday).
;f I wholeheartedly encourage you to correct the
zoning in this area to single -family or duplex at the
maximum. The homes in this area will be improved not torn .
down if you encourage it by zoning for single family. IT
also would provide entry level housing for young couples to
s purchase and improve the existing housing inventory.
Currently there is no motivation to do so if 20 apartment
' V4 units are allowed to be built next door. i
Please preserve our existing neighborhoods before
it is to late. Your comments and discussion are most
welcome.
sincerely, i
Joseph K. Handel �r
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cc: All Council Members
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EVELYN M OLSON. Mayo,
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Mayor Pro Tempore
CITY HALL. 221 WEST PINE STREET
City Clerk
DAVID M HINCHMAN
CALL BOX 3006
RONALD M STEIN
TAMES W PINKERTON )r
LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910
CGty Attorney
FRED M REID
(209) 334-5634
TELECOPIER (.'Mi 333-6795
May 8, 1987
Mr. Joseph K. Handel
c/o Fountainhead
1826 West Kettleman Lane
Lodi, CA 95242
Dear Mr. Handel:
RE: APARTMENT MORATORIUM
Your correspondence of April 10, 1987 expressing your concern about the conversion
j of single-family homes to apartments has been directed to our office.
In November, 1985 the Lodi City Council became concerned with the same problems
expressed in your letter. At that time the Council declared a moratorium on such
conversions in a large area of the central and eastern portions of the community.
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A map showing that area is enclosed fory our information.
Subsequent to the declarationof the moratorium the CitYengaged the services ces o
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Jones and Stokes Associates, a Planning and Environmental Consulting firm to
conduct a study of the moratorium area and to make recommendations concerning
future land use and zoning. The City also hired other consultants to study traffic
and the adequacy of the existing sewer and water systems in the study area.
The determinations and recommendations of these various research projects will be
presented to the Planning Commission and City Council later this year. Although ,
the consultants' various alternatives are not presently available the data which we
have reviewed indicates that much of the area will be down -zoned to preserve our
present housing stock and that off-street parking requirements will be increased. i
We would be glad to provide you with this material when it is in our office.
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Your letter and this reply will be placed on a future City Council Agenda. Mrs.
Alice M. Reimche, City Clerk, will inform you of the time and date of that meeting. 8,
If we can be of further assistance, please call upon us.
Sincerely,
S B. SCHRC DER
mmunity Development Director
cc: City Clerk
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