Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-19

special meeting held Monday even ngI m the council chamber adopted a reso- luton establishing 3 building line for the easterly side of the upper part of Mckinley avenue. near the Broad street l switch, and on Broad street between E Mckinley avenue and Warren street
 The petition was laid before the coun- Gil at the regular September meeting on E the 9th and at that time a hearing was set for Monday night. Over score of property owners interested in the es-l tablishment of the building line were | present at the hearing.
 The movement for the building line started several weeks ago when resi- dents in the vicinity of the Broad street | switch learned that Barnet and Yetta Cohn had purchased the lot of land at | the corner of Mckinley avenue and 1 Broad street and that Mir Conn intend- | ed to erect a store on a line with the | sidewalk. instead of having the building line conform with the more or less reg 1 ular line of the houses on that side of Mckinley avenue Objection was also raised to the opening of a store on the location as that section of the city has for years been residential district. The council was called to order about 7.15 o'clock, standard time, by His Hon. or, Mayor Milo R. Waters, and the min- utes of the previous meeting were ac- cepted without reading, according to custom. The sheriff's return of service was read by the city clerk after which the hearing was declared open. Petitioners Present Arguments Alexander Sharpe, whose name head ed the petition, was the first to be heard. I strongly protest against the erection of building, in line with the sidewalk on Mckinley avenue, north of Broad Sfraaf said NY fevao f,Ix it destroys the line that has already been followed there, he continued. We have heard great deaS about the city beautiful. Are we trying to make our l city beautiful7 Are we helping Nor wich maintain her reputation as the Rose of New England when we permls new builders to follow hodge podge plans which may suit the individuals purpose but will not play their part in making as many sections of the iowa 1 as possible desirable places to live in
 I take this opportunity to urge thAs the members of the city council show that they have the future attractiveness and | welfare of Norwich at heart by granting the petition.
 Arthur L. Peale, another of the peti- tioners and a, Mckinley avenue proper 1 ty holder. followed Mir Sharpe Mr. Peale said he spoke from a humanitar-
 
 ger to school children who have to use the corner. He called attention to the l fact that the street Is but B feet wide and that there Is a trolley track in the street If store were erected right on | the corner the children rushing down
 Broad street from the Broad street
 school would not be able to see ap- preaching automobiles as the store building would obstruct the view There | te4
 pass fhe trolley cars at that point It Is getting dangerous. said Mir. Peale. Judge Thomas J. Kelly, who with At : torney Earl Matthewson appeared in 5e- ! half of MT Cohn, followed Mir. Peale l Judge Kelly said he would like to hear from the corporation counsel as to how
 a man can be deprived of the use of his : property. He said he understood from the speakers that the petition to estab-
 fish building line is movement tc , stop a man from erecting store. Judge Kelly said that if the petitioners want } 2 building line on the easterIy side oi
 the street 1t seems they should have 2 building line on the other side as well : He said 1t seemed strange that the pc ) titioners had not asked for a building line before. He called attention to tho ] fact that if the council saw fit ta pas, : the building line resolution they shou!t { take into consideration possible damage claims that might arise.
 ! Explains Law in the Case. : William H. Shields, IT,, corporation counsel, read the statute regarding thu ' 1 establishment of building lines, damag claims and the penalty for violation Q : i the building line restrictions. The cor I poration counsel expressed the opinion . that one way to benefit the school chil i. ! ha Sn 1uid h. u4r an,
 take the corner.
 In answer to a query from Judge Kel
 ly, Corporation Counsel Shields explain l. ed that the penalty for violation of tn 3, building line provisions would be a fin g of S100 and that that portion of a build F. ing within the restricted section woul Ls be assessed annually four fold. 'e MT. Cohn Tells Costs. si In answer to questions from Judg If Kelly, MT. Cofn said his wife owns tn = land, that the purchase price of the Ian ,5 was $1,50o, that he had laid out s22 ,t for a sidewalk, had made $75o cor D. tract for digging of the cellar and tha ar the plans for the building cost $350. Fl g- said the building he planned to eret ,d would contain a store and two tent a ments.
 V stated that 1t was strange that some n us did not apply for a building line b, c, fore this. We thought there was no nt
 cessity for one as everyone has sinpl
 built on the same line. We wanted tn
 man to put his store on the same line [ Id our houses. We did not suppose tn l. section would ever become a comme s. cial neighborhood.
 ,n MT Cohn certainly has a right to stal r. business venture, said Judge Kelly. @. is a serious matter when you interfel 70 with his rights. I don't think you shoul " use this method to stop him from erectir CT this building.
 Broad Street Resident Speaks.
 am here to represent no one but m!
 self, said Attorney Charles L. StewaC ri I do not live on Mckinley avenue. but ( nd live on Broad street, he continued. Hel se is man coming into 8 strictly residel n. tial district. He comes with 8 purpo mi to commercialize this district. It is n
 so that a man can use h@f property
 he sees fit. He must not use 1t to u so detriment of his neighbors. He should ' required to conform to a building lii = such as the council sees fit to establis d- Martin E. Jensen, Broad street pro m erty holder, said that MT. Cohn's lot an ample in size to take care of his buildil he even if the building were set back to Il he new line.
 by Judge Kelly at this point said that N ut Cohn had just informed him that he 1
 tended to erect another building in t inc front of the lot and a garage in the res est Councilman Edward Crooks asked av the passage of the resolution would ss ,ht isfy the residents of Broad street al ar- Mckinley avenue If Mir. Cohn built