68 of the John T. Allan High School be awarded to S. Roy Owens and that permission be requested of the State Director to place this work in his present contract by change order. It is recommended by the Architects that the painting for the Austin Senior High School be awarded to Mr. J. J. Bitzan at his bid of $12,724. There were three bids received on this building, the second low bid being that of Fenner & Hill at $15,469; the third bidder was Mr. C. W. Buvinghausen at $15,724. Respectfully submitted, GIESECKE & HARRIS, Architects By (Bigned) B. E. Giesecke. H Upon motion, duly seconded and carried, the meeting was recessed at 1:15 P.M., subject to call of the Mayor. Approved: Jom milla Mayor Attest: Hallint City Clerk. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, September 24, 1936. The meeting was called to order at 10:45 A. M., with Mayor Tom Miller presiding. Roll call showed the following members present: Councilmen C. F. Alford, Simon Gillis, Mayor Tom Miller, and Councilman Oswald G. Wolf, 4; absent, Councilman C. M. Bartholomew, 1. The Minutes of the regular meeting of September 17 were read, and upon motion of Councilman Alford, were adopted as read by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Gillie, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Wolf, 4; naye, none; Councilman Bartholomew absent, 1. The public hearing on the proposal of the City Council to amend the Zoning Ordinance in the following particulare was opened: 1. To amend Section 12 by striking out the entire paragraph under subsection "Setback" regarding the setback for garages and accessory buildings and substituting therefor the following paragraph: A private garage, private stable, poultry shed, storage room or other accessory buildings shall be so located and placed on a lot that no part thereof shall be a greater distance from the rear property line than 25% of the mean depth of the lot, measured from the front property line to the rear property line, and a setback line for any such accessory building of not less than twenty (20) feet from any other street line, provided that on corner lots abutting on an alley or common property line and fronting in opposite directions on both sides of and parallel to any side street, the setback distance from the side street for any such accessory building shall be not less than twelve (12) feet, provided further that in no case shall the said building be less than three (3) feet from any property line. 2. To amend Sections 13 and 14 by striking out the entire paragraph under sub: section "Setback" regarding the setback for garages and accessory buildings and substituting therefor the following paragraph: A private garage, private stable, poultry shed, storage room or other accessory buildings shall be so located and placed on a lot that no part thereof shall be a greater distance from the rear property line than 25% of the menn depth of the lot, measured from the front property line to the rear property line, and a setback line for any such accessory building of not less than twenty (20) feet from any other street line, provided that on corner lots abutting on an alley or common property line and fronting in opposite directions on both sides of and parallel to any side street, the setback distance from the side street for any such accessory building shall not be less than ten (10) feet, pro- vided further that in no case shall the said building beless than three (3) feet from any property line. 3. To amend Section 17, entitled "Special Area Regulations and Exceptions" by adding thereto the following paragraph: 3. Setbacks for resubdivided lots of Record. Where any lot or lots, as defined in Section 2 of this ordinance originally recorded as commonly fronting in the same direction on a street or easement, are resubdivided or any portion of said lots is sold or partitioned off by metes and bounds, so that the newly created lot or lots face or front in a direction making an angle of 90 degrees more or less with the original frontage and abutting on the property line of the adjacent original lot or lots, the garage of the new corner lot thus created shall be attached to or built into the principal structure on the said lot, and the garage and/or accessory building of the new created inner lot or lots shall be set back the maximum distance from the original front property line of the original lots so subdivided, except that in no case shall the garage and/or accessory buildings be placed less than 3' from any property line. Where any lots of record abutting on a common property line and originally facing or fronting in directions making an angle of 90 degrees, more or less, with each other, are resubdivided or any portion of the rear thereof sold or partitioned off by metes and bounds, the newly created lot or lots shall be considered to front in the same direction as the other original lots in the block and adjacent thereto, and the setback of the garage and/or accessory buildings, as well as the principal building, shall conform to the same regulations as the original adjacent lots, and the garage and/or accessory buildings of the remaining corner lot shall be set back the maximum distance from the side property line of said lot, except that in no case shall the garage and/or accessory buildings be placed less than 31 from any property line. No one appeared to protest the foregoing proposed amendments. Councilman Alford offered the following resolution: WHEREAS, the Texas Public Service Company has presented to the City Council tentative maps or plans showing the proposed construction of its gas mains in the streets in the City of Austin hereafter named, and said maps or plane have been considered by the City Council; therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: THAT Texas Public Service Company be and the same is hereby permitted to lay and construct ite gas maine in and upon the following streets: (1) A gas main in WEST 31st STREET, beginning at a point 22 feet south of the north line of West 31st Street and 145 feet west of the west line of San Gabriel Street; Thence in a westerly direction with a gas main, the centerline of which shall be 22 feet south of and parallel to the north line of said West 31st Street, for a distance of approximately 3/4 block. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 2 feet. (2) A gas main in ROSEDALE AVENUE, beginning at a point 15 feet west of the east line of Rosedale Avenue and 120 feet south of the south line of West 41st Street; Thence in a southerly direction with a gas main, the centerline of which gas main shall be 15 feet west of and parallel to the east line of said Rosedale Avenue for a distance of 52 feet. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 2 feet. (3) A gas main in LIBERTY STREET ALLEY, beginning at a point 5 feet west of the 69 70 east line of said Alley and 97 feet south of the south line of East 34th Street; Thence in a northerly direction with a gas main, the centerline of which shall be 5 feet west of and parallel to the east line of said Liberty Street Alley, for a distance of 66 feet. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 20 feet. (4) A gas main in CROCKETT STREET from West 5th Street to West 6th Street, the centerline of which gae main shall be 16 feet west of and parallel to the east line of said Crockett Street. Said gas main described above shall have a cover of not less than 20 feet. (5) A gas regulator pit at the intersection of WEST SIXTH STREET and CROCKETT STREET, the center of which regulator pit shall be 42 feet east of the east line of Crockett Street and 12 feet north of the south line of West 6th Street, the size of said regulator pit to be 7'x91. The Texas Public Service Company is hereby put upon notice that the City of Austin does not guarantee that the space assigned above is clear from other underground utilities, but is based upon the best records we have at hand, and that the minimum depth stated does not have any reference to the fact that greater depthe may not be required at special points. When the Texas Public Service Company requires definite information upon the ground as to elevations or working points from which to base the location of their assignments, they shall apply to the City Engineering Department notless than three (3) days before such information is required. The Texas Public Service Company is further put upon notice that they will be required to bear the expense of repairs or replacement of any underground utility damaged during the construction of 11nes named in this resolution. AND THAT whenever pavement is cut in the vicinity of a fire plug, water must be used at intervals during the course of backfilling of the ditches. THAT the work and laying of said gas mains, including the excavation in the streets and the restoration and maintenance of said streets after said mains have been laid, shall be under the supervision and direction of the City Manager, and under the pertinent terms and conditions of the certain franchise granted to said Company by the Oity of Austin. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, G1111s, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Wolf, 4; nays, none; Councilman Bartholomew absent, 1. i Councilman Alford moved that the following named persons be granted taxicab driver's permits, in accordance with the recommendation of Roy J. Smith, Captain of Police, Traffic Division: N. L. Bradshaw, 700 East Ist Street: Walter Dudley Paris, 800 West 5th Street; Ernest Wilson Perry, 1017 Spence Street; Wilton Pribble, 3606 McDonald Avenue; Henry Replin, 703 West 24th Street; Max Britton White, 1906 Wichita Street; and Jack W11.1.1ame, 4309 Maybelle Street. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Wolf, 4; nays, none; Councilman Bartholomew absent, 1. Councilman Gillis introduced the following ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE PASSED AND APPROVED ON AUGUST 20, 1936, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING GUY A. THOMPSON, TRUSTEE, INTERNATIONALGREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, DEBTOR, TO CONSTRUCT, ΜΑΙΝΤΑΙΝ ΑND OPERATE CERTAIN RAILWAY INDUSTRIAL OR HOUSE TRACK UPON AND ACROSS SABINE STREET IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND UPON, OVER AND ALONG FOURTH STREET IN SAID CITY, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, " BY STRIKING OUT THE NAME "Guy A. THOMPSON, TRUSTEE, INTERNATIONAL-GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, DEBTOR," WHEREVER IT APPEARS IN SAID ORDINANCE, AND SUBSTITUTING FOR SAID NAME THE FOLLOWING, TOWIT, GUY A. THOMPSON, TRUSTEE, INTERNATIONAL- GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, DEBTOR. The foregoing ordinance was read the first time and Councilman Gillis moved that the rule be suspended and the ordinance be passed to its second reading. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Wolf, 4; nays, none; Councilman Bartholomew absent, 1. The ordinance was read the second time and Councilman Gillis moved that the rule be further suspended and the ordinance be passed to its third reading. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Wolf, 4; nays, none; Councilman Bartholomew absent, 1. The ordinance was read the third time and Councilman Gillis moved that the ordinance be finally passed. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, G1111s, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Wolf, 4; naye, none; Councilman Bartholomew absent, 1. Councilman Wolf offered the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: THAT the CITY OF AUSTIN hereby waives any claim it has or may have against the owners of the building located at the corner of West Seventh Street and Colorado Street on Lots 11 and 12, Block 83, of the Original City of Austin, for any real or supposed encroachment on said West Seventh Street up to the line as hereby established as the north line of West Seventh Street between Colorado Street on the west and Congress Avenue on the east as follows: FIRST: Establish the centerline of West Seventh Street by measuring 355.88 feet along the centerline of Congress Avenue from the center- line of Congress Avenue and Sixth Street to a hole in the concrete for the intersection of the centerline of West Seventh Street and Congress Avenue, and extending a line westerly from said hole in the concrete to a monument fixed at the intersection of the centerline of said West Seventh Street with the centerline of Guadalupe Street; SECOND: Let the southeast corner of the O. O. Norwood office building be known as point A; this point being 39.3 feet northerly from and measured at an angle of 90° to the established centerline of West Seventh Street, and let the southwest corner of the O. O. Norwood Motoramp Garage building be known as point B; this point being 38.85 feet northerly from and measured at an angle of 90° to the established centerline of West Seventh Street. Point B is also 37.75 feet easterly from and measured at an angle of 900 to the established centerline of Colorado Street. THIRD: A straight line Joining points A and B will be the north line of West Seventh Street as evidenced by the O. O. Norwood office building and the 0. O. Norwood Motoramp garage building, and the distance between said points A and B will be 160 feet; Thus establishing a straight line between the present buildings on the north side of West Seventh Street between Colorado Street and Congress Avenue, and between the two established points in the building line above described. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayee, Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Wolf, 4; naye, none; Councilman Bartholomew absent, 1. Upon motion, duly seconded and carried, the meeting was recessed at 12:30 P. M., subject to call of the Mayor. Attest: Hallie M Hellar City Clerk Approved: Jom Milla. Mayor. 71