February 7, 1962 (10 pages)

10.Wednesday, February 7, 1962.NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Do We Have Planning? (Continued from Pade 1) a, show the effects of sloppy, unplanned growth, New England today retains much of the charming character with which it was originally blessed. Population growth _ hasincreased demands upon all branches of government to provide adequate public services, such as more schools _ for morechildren, roadsto carry more traffic, improved water systems to supply more water for domestic and industrial purposes and for fire protection, new sewage “Systems. to carry off the waste generated by more congested human occupancy of the land, and increased demand for all the other governmental services and facilities which are generally accepted as a part of our civil“ization, Increased demand for public services and facilities resulted in increased demands upon taxpayers to finance the growing cost of providing these services, It became apparent that some agency should look ahead to plan for the future physical development of cities and counties to avoid wasting large sums of public money on projects that might shortly become inadequate or obsolete, In many respects government is a big business, and after all, what large corporation could stay in business if it did not plan its operationsin advance? Aeroject General Corporation, for example, plans ten years in advance, and any timber company must plan at least forty years in advance to harvest trees it plants today. The job of planning cities and counties is generally delegated to local Planning Commissions, working in close cooperation with property owners and practically every agency of local, state and federal government. Inthis way, Planning offers an unparallelled opportunity for determining community goals through the democratic process to guide public officials in making policy decisions, If there is no plan, and the governing body is forced totake emergency action when a crisis develops, the opportunity for democratic action is lost, and such hasty decisions are not always in the best public interest. The Nevada County Planning Commission has jurisdiction only in the unincorporated portion of the county. It consists ofnine voting members who are appointed for four-year terms by the Board of Supervisors. By county ordinance, three voting members must be county officials. These planning commissioners do not receive any pay for their work, except the satisfaction of helping to promote a better civic environment. In previous years the planning commission has employed various part-time consultants to take care of day to day operations of the commission. In June, 1961 the office of Director of Planning was established on a fulltime basis, The Planning Director is a regular salaried county employee appointed by the Commission, and subject tothe rules which govern other county employees. The Planning Director doesnot have a vote on the Commission, but serves to provide professional advice to the Commission on technical Planning matters. DUTIES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION The Planning Commission is primarily an advisory agency to the Board of Supervisors, although it may be granted specific administrative powers by county ordinance enacted by the Board of Supervisors, the elected representatives of the people. As an advisory agency, the planning commission is required to recommend action tothe Board of Supervisors on physical development programs and other matters that the Board may refer for investigation andreport. The planning commission should make an impartialrecommendation asto what is best for the county, irrespective of political considerations, Specifically, city and county planning commissions are authorized and required by Title 7 of the Government Code of the State of California to: Prepare and adopt a long-range comprehensive general plan for the future development of the area within their jurisdictions, and forward it for official adoption by the governing body. Once the general plan is offically adopted, the commission is required to recommend to the governing body and other agencies, ways and means of accomplishing the plan. A general plan may be defined as a map and supporting data showing the future development of the county. LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS 1962 Dog license, asrequired by Nevada City Ordinance 271 are now available at the City Clerks Office City Hall. License period beginning Jan, lst 1962, delinquent March Ist, 1962, Fees $2, 00 (Male) Fees $3.00 (Femdle) SAM HOOPER CITY CLERK ;;. BUY UNIT LOTS & SAVE +++ ~D.E. MATSON FOREST PRODUCTS HILLS FLAT GRASS VALLEY +++ +++ 4444+ ++ Dial 273-2971 BAI FREE Delivery up to 10 miles MODERN STYLING COMFORT and FUNCTIONAL DESIGN by STEELCASE FINE FURNITURE for the OFFICE “e NEW SERVICE UNITS GIVE EXTRA WORK & STORAGE SPACE. obbyhouse & ICE" EQUIPMENT : 120 w. Main St.,Grass Valley Dial 273-4288 It consists of three main elements; Land use, Circulation, and Public Facilities, It should be based on what the people want the county to become, and when adopted, it serves as a policy guide to the Planning Commission, The Board of Supervisors, other agencies and individuals. Nogeneral plan has been prepared for Nevada County, but the Planning Commission has begun to plan for the _ general plan program, The Planning Commission is also required to administer the Nevada County Zoning Ordinance, This Ordinance, which was adopted in 1953, is a good example of the inequities which occur when a community begins with a minimum ordinance with the idea of improving the ordinance when the need develops. For example, Planning Director Bill Roberts a motel requires a use permit but no use permit is required for a concrete plant. The ordinance is so ineffectual that many people do not realize that we have a zoning ordinance, and it provides little protection to the public. To be effective, logical zoning for the proper use of land should be based upon a general plan. Thethird main duty of the planning commission is to act as advisory agency totheBoard of Supervisors on subdivisions, At the present time Nevada County is operating under the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, which isthe state law regulating the platting of subdivisions, The Subdivision Map Act should not be confused with the California RealEstate Commissioner's Law, whichis for the sole purpose of preventing misrepresentation and fraudinreal estate transactions and is adminby the State Real Estate Commissioner, The Subdivision Map Act is general in nature, Its main purpose is to give counties and cities the power to regulate subdivisions, As you know, local governments derive their powers from the states, which in turn are granted power by the federal government and the Constitution, The Subdivision Map Act requires that tentative and final maps of subdivisions by approved be the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors before the maps can berecorded, The Map Act also requires that a local ordinance be enacted for regulating the design, improvement and survey data of subdivisions, the form and content of tentative and final maps, and the procedure to be followed in securing official approval of subdivisions, As most of you know, Nevada County does not have a subdivision ordinance, Without a subdivision ordinance, it is difficult for a landowner or potential developer to make an intelligent investment in a subdivision because he does not know for sure what will be required by the county as a condition of approval. Inotherwords, the subdivider is left guessing what will be required before he can sell a lot up until the final map is actually approved by the Board of Supervisors. Until subdivision regulations are adopted as official policy, the Planning Commission and the Supervisors do not have aconsistent basis for judging whether a given subdivision map should or should not be approved. Subdivision ordinance standards should be based upon what kind of county the people want this one to become. In other words, what kind of design and improvement standards should be met. There are many productive uses of land such as grazing, timber growing, mining, which now provide the basis for our local employment, and without land for these purposes we must find some other economic base such asrecreation, Let us assume that land is being subdivided for homesites, These may be large sites or small sites, depending upon the market demand, but in either case there are some things that must be provided before any person of reasonable intelligence will build a home on the land: @ 1, A marketabletitle -A guarantee that he is building on land which he owns or to which he can acquire a clear title, 2. Automobile access to the property -not everyone ownsahelicopter, Automobiles require roads built to certain standards within the physical limitations of the carand driver, Such roads might be public or private tights-of way or easements of adequate width and in locations where a road can in fact be built, 3, A safe water supply is essential for human lifeeither wells or public water supply. If you want fire protection, there should also be fireplugs with adequate water supply for firefighting. 4, There should also be some means of providing adequate sewage disposal; either the lot should be big enough for septic tanks and drainfields, or there should be connection to a sewage system, These are basic requirements which everyone would need before building a home, whether or not there is a subdivision ordinance, The purpose of the ordinance, then, isto set out the minimum standards for these factors in Nevada County. These improvements cost money. Who should pay? 1, The Subdivider who makes the profit from the sale? . 2, TheBuyer -whoisalready in debt for the purchase? 3, The general taxpayers of the county? Is the motto of Nevada County "Let the buyer beware"? If it is, then let’s put up signs in the county so people will know what they are getting into, Bought.Sold.Traded WE BUY OLD GUNS CRENSHAW S 401 E. Main St., Grass Valley Ph, 273-7624 On Feb, 16, studentsat Nevada Union will begin an extensive campaign to sell one fourth pound chocolate bars, The money taken in by the sale of these candy bars, will be used to bring a foreign e student to NU under the auspices of the American Field Service, These chocolate bars consist of delicious dark milk chocolate and almonds, The American Field Service sponsors students sent tothe United States from 50 foreign countries, and those American students selected to be sent abroad. A local chapter of the AFS was organized Dec, 13, There will be an assembly Feb, 13 atl p.m. Foreign exchange students from Marysville and possibly Auburn and Yuba City will be present to help the students of NU become more acquainted with the exchange program, + + + Because of a break in the water pipe which runs under the end of the upper parking lot where the “monitor"is being installed, there was no school last Wednesday, The break was caused by a stake driven accidentally into the pipe by a workman engaged in installing the "monitor", Last Tuesday, representatives from the Student Ethics Committee distributed questionaires to the English and Civic classes, These questionaires consisted of such questionsas, "Would you like a student court system? Do you want more faculty discipline? What do you think about cheating?” The Student Ethics Committee will read the answers given tothese questions and use them in drawing up a Code of Ethics for NU. + + + An assembly was held on Thursday for a performance by the San Francisco State College A Cappella Choir, under the direction of Dr, John Carl Tegnell. They sang excerpts from Berlioz’ "L'Enfance du Christ" (the infancy of Christ), three American Negro Spirituals, and three Spanish Madrigals which were performed by the Chamber Choir, directed by Don Grimes, assistant directorofthechoir, That evening, the choir presented a programin the gym, during which they performed the songs mentioned before and a number of others. A member of this choir, Carlton Burille, graduated from Nevada Union last year. + + + In a game withthe Marysville Indians, NU’s Junior Varsity lost 51--60, The Varsity, however, turned the tables and came out, on top of a score of 62--47, + + + Last week the second semester staff of the "Goldpan” Nevada Union's campus paper was chosen, The new staff is as follows” Editor--Carel Kennedy; Ass"t Editor--Gary Sturni; Specials Editor--Frankie Gallino; News Editor--Greg, Mott; Sports Editor--Dick Kerr; Cartoon Editors--Beverly Smith, Cari Lambert;and Business Managers--Beverly Bastian, Judy Heffren. ‘END OF YEAR CLEARANCE Jim Heather FLOOR COVERING 233 Mill St., Grass Valley Phone 273-6028 i SEE the new and attractive mosaic patterns in vinyl Sandran now being shown at Heather's, Material for a 9" x 12" room. .$1&60, inCluding tax, Easy tocare for, No hard scrubbing nécessary! Tremendous savings on first terns. You may find just the for the Holidays! Tokeep those floors looking several fine new vinyl waxes OPPPP PA PPO Loe LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE quality linoleums, many pat . room size you need, in time}: bright and shiny, Heather has} RESOLUTION NO, 167 N.S, RESOLUTION FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING PROTESTS TO THE PROPOSED: ANNEXATION OF THE TERRITORY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TO THE CIT Y OF GRASS VALLEY,A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AND DESIGNATING SAID TERRITORY AS "GRASS VALLEY ANNEXAATION DISTRICT NO, 18," WHEREAS, thecity councilofthe City of Grass Valley, did, on the 8th day of January, 1962 receive a written petition asking that certain newterritory described in said petition be annexed to the City of Grass Valley; and WHEREAS, said territory so proposed to be annexed to said City of Grass Valley is situate inthe County of Nevada, State of California, and is contiguous to said City of Grass Valley, and said petition contains a description of said territory in words and figures as hereinafter in this resolution described; and WHEREAS, said petition is signed by the owners of more than one-fourth of the area of the land in said territory and representing more than one-fourth of the assessed value of such territory according tothe last preceding equalized assessment roll of the County of Nevada; and WHEREAS, said territory so proposed to be annexed to said City of Grass Valley does not form part of any municipal corporation and it appearsthat said territory is is uninhabited within the meaning of the Annexation of Uninhabited Territory Act of 1939, as amended; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission had approved the annexation of said territory and the city council. had given its consent to the said petitioners to proceed with said annexation; and WHEREAS, the Boundary Commission of the County of Nevada has heretofore approved the boundaries of said territory in accordance with the provisions of Section 35002 of the Government Code, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCILOF T HE CIT Y OF GRASS VALLEY: 1, That notice be and the same is hereby given that Tuesday, the 13th day of March, 1962, at 8 o'clock P.M. of said day at the City Council Chambers, City Hall Building, in the city of Grass Valley, County of Nevada, State of California, are hereby fixed as the time and place when and where the city council will hear written protests against the annexation made by any person owning real property within the territory so proposed to be annexed and hereinafter described, The protest shall state the name of the owner of the property affected and the street address or other description of the property sufficient to be identified on the last equalized assessment roll, 2. That theterritory hereinabove referred to and proposed to be annexed to the City of Grass Valley shallbe, andthe same is, hereby designated as "GRASS VALLEY ANNEXATION DISTRICT NO, 18," and is particularly described as follows, to-wit: All that certain real property situate in the County of Nevada, State of California, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: GRASS VALLEY ANNEXATION No, 18 A portion of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 27, Township 16 North, Range 8 East, M.D.B. & M., and Lots ll, 12, and 13, Block A, and Lot 5, Block B, ALTA VISTA PARK as made by Carlos McGuire in the year 1936, and being on file in the office of the County Re, corder of the County of News Mearander THE mouNtA®S FREE ESTIMATES —SS—— TOWN TALK os 265-2570 . iFreePick-up And Deliver ada, State of California, and being more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the most Easterly corner of Lot ll, identical with the most Southerly corner of Lot 10, Block A, said ALTA VISTA PARK; thence from said point of beginning with TRUE BEARINGS following the Southeasterly lines of Lots ll, 12 and13, Block A, said ALTA VISTA PARK, South 22 31° West 131, 28 feet to the Southeasterly corner of the said Lot 13; thence leaving the said Southeasterly line and running South 2°55" West 6. . 29 feet to the most Northerly corner of that certain parcel of land now or formerly owned by Russell Payne, et ux; thence along the Northeasterly lines of the said Payne property, the following five successive courses and distance, to-wit: South 71°02" East 31.11 feet, South7°46" East 51.58 feet, South 14°25" East 98, 06 feet, South 29°01" East 40, 94 feet, South 5904" East 38,58 feet to a point on the North line of the GRASS VALLEY TOWNSITE asdesignated upon the official map thereof as made by Samuel Bethel in the year 1872, and being on file in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Nevada, State’ of California, thence leaving the Northeasterly line of the Payne property and following the North line of the said GRASS VALLEY TOWNSITE South 89 04° West 361. 15 feet toa point on a Southwesterly line of Alta Street; thence leaving the said North line and following a Southwesterly line of Alta Street extended North 13°43" West 238,62 feet; thence leaving the said Southwesterly line and running North 81 15" East along the Northwesterly line and the Northwesterly line extended of Alta Vista Drive a distance of 151,94 feet to the most Southerly corner of Lot 5, Block B, said ALTA VISTA PARK; thence leaving the said Northwesterly line and following the Southwesterly line of Lot 5, said Block B, North 21°35" West 85. 00 feet to the most Westerly corner of Lot 5, identical witha corner of Lot 6, said Block B; thence leaving the said Southwesterly line and following the Northwesterly line of Lot 5, identical with the Southeasterly lines of Lots 4 and 6, Block B, said ALTA VISTA PARK North 81915" East 125,53 feet to the most Northerly corner of Lot 5, identical withthe Southeast corner of Lot 4, Block B, said ALTA VISTA PARK; thence leaving the said Northwesterly line and running North 67°15' 22” East 44,83 feet to the most Northerly corner of Lot ll, identical with the Southweserly corner of Lot 10, Block A, said ALTA VISTA PARK; thence along the Northeasterly line of Lot 11, identical with the Southwesterly line of Lot 10, saidBlock A, South 86°15" East 100.10 feet to the place of beginning. 3, That the city clerk be andhe is hereby directed to cause a copy of this resolutionto be published at least twice, but not oftener than oncea week, in The Union, a newspaper of general circulation published in said City of Grass Valley, and also in the Nevada County Nugget, a newspaper of general circulation published outside of said city of Grass Valley, but in said County of Nevada in which is locatedthe territory so proposed to be annexed, and said publicationsto be completed at least twenty (20) days prior to the date hereinabove set for the hearing of protests. 4, That the city clerk be, and he is hereby directed, in additionto causing the publication of this resolution asset forth in the preceding paragraph, to also-cause written notice of the said proposed annexation to be mailed to each person to 1 whom land within the territory so proposed to be annexed, is assessed in the last ‘ equalized assessment roll of the County of Nevada, at the ' address shown on said assessment roll or as known to said city clerk, and to any person who has filed his name and address and the designatien of any lands in which he has any interest, either legal or equitable, with said city clerk, Said city clerk is also directed to mail a similar notice to the Board of Supervisors of the County . ofNevada, The notices referred to in this paragraph shall be given not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date set for the hearing on the said proposed annexaAdopted as a resolution of the city council of the city of Grass Valley at a regular . meeting thereof on the 23rd day ofJanuary, 1962, by the following vote: AYES; Councilmen Thorsen, Heather, Prisk& Brust NOES: Councilmen None ABSENT: Councilmen Hodge ARNOLD S, THORSEN Asst. Mayor ATTEST: J. A. SIMMONS City Clerk Publish: Feb. 7, 14. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ELECTION Notice is hereby given that a general election will be held in the City of Nevada City on April 10, 1962 for the following officers: City Councilman full term (4 years) City Councilman full term (4 years) full term ( 4 years) full term (4 years) The polls will be open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Jan. 26, 1962. SAM HOOPER City Clerk Publish Jan. 31 Feb. 7,1962 City Clerk City Treasurer LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICEIS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received by the Nevada City Library Board, Nevada City, California, for the repair of two rooms in the basement, including but not limited to, sheetrock, tapeing, sanding, manufacture and installation of shelving, painting, floor covering, and installation of electric fixtures, A complete list of items may be obtained from the Librarian at the Library, N. Pine at Washington Streets, Nevada City, California. Bids will be received untill:00 P.M. of February 21, 1962. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all of the said bids, DATED: January 17, 1962. THERESA A CASSETTARI Clerk of the Board Publish: Jan, 24,31, Feb. 7. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF INTENT TO MODIFY NATURAL PRECIPITATION BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS TO WHOMIT MAY CONCERN: Notice is’ hereby giventhat it is the intent of W ater Resources DevelopmentC orporation of 460 South Broadway, Denver 9, Colorado which holds License No. 5 of the State of California to engage in operations to modify natural precipitation by artificial means, for and on behalf of the Placer County Farm Labor Cooperative of Loomis, California, c/o Loomis Fruit Growers Association. The object of the above program will be to conduct a program of weather modification designed to suppress hail as follows: 1, Theareatobe affected and adjacent areas which may be affected are described as being within the Counties of Mariposa, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Alameda, Marin, Sonoma, Lake, Glenn, Butte, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Contra Costa, Solano, Napa, Yolo, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, Placer _El Dorado, Amador, Sacramento, Tuolumne and Sierra, State of California. 2. The operation will be conducted from no earlier than 1 March 1962 to no later than 30 June 1962 through the use of silver iodide ground generators located within the above listed Counties, oe WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION by Charles Dieterle, Weather Engineer. DATED: January 31, 1962 Publish: Jan,3l, Feb, 7,14. pe athens tbe mA eR «Sia Hh igs a

10..Wednesday, February 7, 1962..NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Do We Have Planning? (Continued from Pade 1) a, show the effects of sloppy, unplanned growth, New England today retains much of the charming character with which it was originally blessed. Population growth _ hasincreased demands upon all branches of government to provide adequate public services, such as more schools _ for morechildren, roadsto carry more traffic, improved water systems to supply more water for domestic and industrial purposes and for fire protection, new sewage “Systems. to carry off the waste generated by more congested human occupancy of the land, and increased demand for all the other governmental services and facilities which are generally accepted as a part of our civil“ization, Increased demand for public services and facilities resulted in increased demands upon taxpayers to finance the growing cost of providing these services, It became apparent that some agency should look ahead to plan for the future physical development of cities and counties to avoid wasting large sums of public money on projects that might shortly become inadequate or obsolete, In many respects government is a big business, and after all, what large corporation could stay in business if it did not plan its operationsin advance? Aeroject General Corporation, for example, plans ten years in advance, and any timber company must plan at least forty years in advance to harvest trees it plants today. The job of planning cities and counties is generally delegated to local Planning Commissions, working in close cooperation with property owners and practically every agency of local, state and federal government. Inthis way, Planning offers an unparallelled opportunity for determining community goals through the democratic process to guide public officials in making policy decisions, If there is no plan, and the governing body is forced totake emergency action when a crisis develops, the opportunity for democratic action is lost, and such hasty decisions are not always in the best public interest. The Nevada County Planning Commission has jurisdiction only in the unincorporated portion of the county. It consists ofnine voting members who are appointed for four-year terms by the Board of Supervisors. By county ordinance, three voting members must be county officials. These planning commissioners do not receive any pay for their work, except the satisfaction of helping to promote a better civic environment. In previous years the planning commission has employed various part-time consultants to take care of day to day operations of the commission. In June, 1961 the office of Director of Planning was established on a fulltime basis, The Planning Director is a regular salaried county employee appointed by the Commission, and subject tothe rules which govern other county employees. The Planning Director doesnot have a vote on the Commission, but serves to provide professional advice to the Commission on technical Planning matters. DUTIES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION The Planning Commission is primarily an advisory agency to the Board of Supervisors, although it may be granted specific administrative powers by county ordinance enacted by the Board of Supervisors, the elected representatives of the people. As an advisory agency, the planning commission is required to recommend action tothe Board of Supervisors on physical development programs and other matters that the Board may refer for investigation andreport. The planning commission should make an impartialrecommendation asto what is best for the county, irrespective of political considerations, Specifically, city and county planning commissions are authorized and required by Title 7 of the Government Code of the State of California to: Prepare and adopt a long-range comprehensive general plan for the future development of the area within their jurisdictions, and forward it for official adoption by the governing body. Once the general plan is offically adopted, the commission is required to recommend to the governing body and other agencies, ways and means of accomplishing the plan. A general plan may be defined as a map and supporting data showing the future development of the county. LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS 1962 Dog license, asrequired by Nevada City Ordinance 271 are now available at the City Clerks Office City Hall. License period beginning Jan, lst 1962, delinquent March Ist, 1962, Fees $2, 00 (Male) Fees $3.00 (Femdle) SAM HOOPER CITY CLERK ;;. BUY UNIT LOTS & SAVE +++ ~D.E. MATSON FOREST PRODUCTS HILLS FLAT GRASS VALLEY +++ +++ 4444+ ++ Dial 273-2971 BAI FREE Delivery up to 10 miles MODERN STYLING COMFORT and FUNCTIONAL DESIGN by STEELCASE FINE FURNITURE for the OFFICE “e NEW SERVICE UNITS GIVE EXTRA WORK & STORAGE SPACE. obbyhouse & ICE" EQUIPMENT : 120 w. Main St.,Grass Valley Dial 273-4288 It consists of three main elements; Land use, Circulation, and Public Facilities, It should be based on what the people want the county to become, and when adopted, it serves as a policy guide to the Planning Commission, The Board of Supervisors, other agencies and individuals. Nogeneral plan has been prepared for Nevada County, but the Planning Commission has begun to plan for the _ general plan program, The Planning Commission is also required to administer the Nevada County Zoning Ordinance, This Ordinance, which was adopted in 1953, is a good example of the inequities which occur when a community begins with a minimum ordinance with the idea of improving the ordinance when the need develops. For example, Planning Director Bill Roberts a motel requires a use permit but no use permit is required for a concrete plant. The ordinance is so ineffectual that many people do not realize that we have a zoning ordinance, and it provides little protection to the public. To be effective, logical zoning for the proper use of land should be based upon a general plan. Thethird main duty of the planning commission is to act as advisory agency totheBoard of Supervisors on subdivisions, At the present time Nevada County is operating under the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, which isthe state law regulating the platting of subdivisions, The Subdivision Map Act should not be confused with the California RealEstate Commissioner's Law, whichis for the sole purpose of preventing misrepresentation and fraudinreal estate transactions and is adminby the State Real Estate Commissioner, The Subdivision Map Act is general in nature, Its main purpose is to give counties and cities the power to regulate subdivisions, As you know, local governments derive their powers from the states, which in turn are granted power by the federal government and the Constitution, The Subdivision Map Act requires that tentative and final maps of subdivisions by approved be the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors before the maps can berecorded, The Map Act also requires that a local ordinance be enacted for regulating the design, improvement and survey data of subdivisions, the form and content of tentative and final maps, and the procedure to be followed in securing official approval of subdivisions, As most of you know, Nevada County does not have a subdivision ordinance, Without a subdivision ordinance, it is difficult for a landowner or potential developer to make an intelligent investment in a subdivision because he does not know for sure what will be required by the county as a condition of approval. Inotherwords, the subdivider is left guessing what will be required before he can sell a lot up until the final map is actually approved by the Board of Supervisors. Until subdivision regulations are adopted as official policy, the Planning Commission and the Supervisors do not have aconsistent basis for judging whether a given subdivision map should or should not be approved. Subdivision ordinance standards should be based upon what kind of county the people want this one to become. In other words, what kind of design and improvement standards should be met. There are many productive uses of land such as grazing, timber growing, mining, which now provide the basis for our local employment, and without land for these purposes we must find some other economic base such asrecreation, Let us assume that land is being subdivided for homesites, These may be large sites or small sites, depending upon the market demand, but in either case there are some things that must be provided before any person of reasonable intelligence will build a home on the land: @ 1, A marketabletitle -A guarantee that he is building on land which he owns or to which he can acquire a clear title, 2. Automobile access to the property -not everyone ownsahelicopter, Automobiles require roads built to certain standards within the physical limitations of the carand driver, Such roads might be public or private tights-of way or easements of adequate width and in locations where a road can in fact be built, 3, A safe water supply is essential for human lifeeither wells or public water supply. If you want fire protection, there should also be fireplugs with adequate water supply for firefighting. 4, There should also be some means of providing adequate sewage disposal; either the lot should be big enough for septic tanks and drainfields, or there should be connection to a sewage system, These are basic requirements which everyone would need before building a home, whether or not there is a subdivision ordinance, The purpose of the ordinance, then, isto set out the minimum standards for these factors in Nevada County. These improvements cost money. Who should pay? 1, The Subdivider who makes the profit from the sale? . 2, TheBuyer -whoisalready in debt for the purchase? 3, The general taxpayers of the county? Is the motto of Nevada County "Let the buyer beware"? If it is, then let’s put up signs in the county so people will know what they are getting into, Bought..Sold..Traded WE BUY OLD GUNS CRENSHAW S 401 E. Main St., Grass Valley Ph, 273-7624 On Feb, 16, studentsat Nevada Union will begin an extensive campaign to sell one fourth pound chocolate bars, The money taken in by the sale of these candy bars, will be used to bring a foreign e student to NU under the auspices of the American Field Service, These chocolate bars consist of delicious dark milk chocolate and almonds, The American Field Service sponsors students sent tothe United States from 50 foreign countries, and those American students selected to be sent abroad. A local chapter of the AFS was organized Dec, 13, There will be an assembly Feb, 13 atl p.m. Foreign exchange students from Marysville and possibly Auburn and Yuba City will be present to help the students of NU become more acquainted with the exchange program, + + + Because of a break in the water pipe which runs under the end of the upper parking lot where the “monitor"is being installed, there was no school last Wednesday, The break was caused by a stake driven accidentally into the pipe by a workman engaged in installing the "monitor", Last Tuesday, representatives from the Student Ethics Committee distributed questionaires to the English and Civic classes, These questionaires consisted of such questionsas, "Would you like a student court system? Do you want more faculty discipline? What do you think about cheating?” The Student Ethics Committee will read the answers given tothese questions and use them in drawing up a Code of Ethics for NU. + + + An assembly was held on Thursday for a performance by the San Francisco State College A Cappella Choir, under the direction of Dr, John Carl Tegnell. They sang excerpts from Berlioz’ "L'Enfance du Christ" (the infancy of Christ), three American Negro Spirituals, and three Spanish Madrigals which were performed by the Chamber Choir, directed by Don Grimes, assistant directorofthechoir, That evening, the choir presented a programin the gym, during which they performed the songs mentioned before and a number of others. A member of this choir, Carlton Burille, graduated from Nevada Union last year. + + + In a game withthe Marysville Indians, NU’s Junior Varsity lost 51--60, The Varsity, however, turned the tables and came out, on top of a score of 62--47, + + + Last week the second semester staff of the "Goldpan” Nevada Union's campus paper was chosen, The new staff is as follows” Editor--Carel Kennedy; Ass"t Editor--Gary Sturni; Specials Editor--Frankie Gallino; News Editor--Greg, Mott; Sports Editor--Dick Kerr; Cartoon Editors--Beverly Smith, Cari Lambert;and Business Managers--Beverly Bastian, Judy Heffren. ‘END OF YEAR CLEARANCE Jim Heather FLOOR COVERING 233 Mill St., Grass Valley Phone 273-6028 i SEE the new and attractive mosaic patterns in vinyl Sandran now being shown at Heather's, Material for a 9" x 12" room. .$1&60, inCluding tax, Easy tocare for, No hard scrubbing nécessary! Tremendous savings on first terns. You may find just the for the Holidays! Tokeep those floors looking several fine new vinyl waxes OPPPP PA PPO Loe LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE quality linoleums, many pat . room size you need, in time}: bright and shiny, Heather has} RESOLUTION NO, 167 N.S, RESOLUTION FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING PROTESTS TO THE PROPOSED: ANNEXATION OF THE TERRITORY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TO THE CIT Y OF GRASS VALLEY,A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AND DESIGNATING SAID TERRITORY AS "GRASS VALLEY ANNEXAATION DISTRICT NO, 18," WHEREAS, thecity councilofthe City of Grass Valley, did, on the 8th day of January, 1962 receive a written petition asking that certain newterritory described in said petition be annexed to the City of Grass Valley; and WHEREAS, said territory so proposed to be annexed to said City of Grass Valley is situate inthe County of Nevada, State of California, and is contiguous to said City of Grass Valley, and said petition contains a description

of said territory in words and figures as hereinafter in this resolution described; and WHEREAS, said petition is signed by the owners of more than one-fourth of the area of the land in said territory and representing more than one-fourth of the assessed value of such territory according tothe last preceding equalized assessment roll of the County of Nevada; and WHEREAS, said territory so proposed to be annexed to said City of Grass Valley does not form part of any municipal corporation and it appearsthat said territory is is uninhabited within the meaning of the Annexation of Uninhabited Territory Act of 1939, as amended; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission had approved the annexation of said territory and the city council. had given its consent to the said petitioners to proceed with said annexation; and WHEREAS, the Boundary Commission of the County of Nevada has heretofore approved the boundaries of said territory in accordance with the provisions of Section 35002 of the Government Code, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCILOF T HE CIT Y OF GRASS VALLEY: 1, That notice be and the same is hereby given that Tuesday, the 13th day of March, 1962, at 8 o'clock P.M. of said day at the City Council Chambers, City Hall Building, in the city of Grass Valley, County of Nevada, State of California, are hereby fixed as the time and place when and where the city council will hear written protests against the annexation made by any person owning real property within the territory so proposed to be annexed and hereinafter described, The protest shall state the name of the owner of the property affected and the street address or other description of the property sufficient to be identified on the last equalized assessment roll, 2. That theterritory hereinabove referred to and proposed to be annexed to the City of Grass Valley shallbe, andthe same is, hereby designated as "GRASS VALLEY ANNEXATION DISTRICT NO, 18," and is particularly described as follows, to-wit: All that certain real property situate in the County of Nevada, State of California, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: GRASS VALLEY ANNEXATION No, 18 A portion of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 27, Township 16 North, Range 8 East, M.D.B. & M., and Lots ll, 12, and 13, Block A, and Lot 5, Block B, ALTA VISTA PARK as made by Carlos McGuire in the year 1936, and being on file in the office of the County Re, corder of the County of News Mearander THE mouNtA®S FREE ESTIMATES —SS—— TOWN TALK os 265-2570 . iFreePick-up And Deliver ada, State of California, and being more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the most Easterly corner of Lot ll, identical with the most Southerly corner of Lot 10, Block A, said ALTA VISTA PARK; thence from said point of beginning with TRUE BEARINGS following the Southeasterly lines of Lots ll, 12 and13, Block A, said ALTA VISTA PARK, South 22 31° West 131, 28 feet to the Southeasterly corner of the said Lot 13; thence leaving the said Southeasterly line and running South 2°55" West 6. . 29 feet to the most Northerly corner of that certain parcel of land now or formerly owned by Russell Payne, et ux; thence along the Northeasterly lines of the said Payne property, the following five successive courses and distance, to-wit: South 71°02" East 31.11 feet, South7°46" East 51.58 feet, South 14°25" East 98, 06 feet, South 29°01" East 40, 94 feet, South 5904" East 38,58 feet to a point on the North line of the GRASS VALLEY TOWNSITE asdesignated upon the official map thereof as made by Samuel Bethel in the year 1872, and being on file in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Nevada, State’ of California, thence leaving the Northeasterly line of the Payne property and following the North line of the said GRASS VALLEY TOWNSITE South 89 04° West 361. 15 feet toa point on a Southwesterly line of Alta Street; thence leaving the said North line and following a Southwesterly line of Alta Street extended North 13°43" West 238,62 feet; thence leaving the said Southwesterly line and running North 81 15" East along the Northwesterly line and the Northwesterly line extended of Alta Vista Drive a distance of 151,94 feet to the most Southerly corner of Lot 5, Block B, said ALTA VISTA PARK; thence leaving the said Northwesterly line and following the Southwesterly line of Lot 5, said Block B, North 21°35" West 85. 00 feet to the most Westerly corner of Lot 5, identical witha corner of Lot 6, said Block B; thence leaving the said Southwesterly line and following the Northwesterly line of Lot 5, identical with the Southeasterly lines of Lots 4 and 6, Block B, said ALTA VISTA PARK North 81915" East 125,53 feet to the most Northerly corner of Lot 5, identical withthe Southeast corner of Lot 4, Block B, said ALTA VISTA PARK; thence leaving the said Northwesterly line and running North 67°15' 22” East 44,83 feet to the most Northerly corner of Lot ll, identical with the Southweserly corner of Lot 10, Block A, said ALTA VISTA PARK; thence along the Northeasterly line of Lot 11, identical with the Southwesterly line of Lot 10, saidBlock A, South 86°15" East 100.10 feet to the place of beginning. 3, That the city clerk be andhe is hereby directed to cause a copy of this resolutionto be published at least twice, but not oftener than oncea week, in The Union, a newspaper of general circulation published in said City of Grass Valley, and also in the Nevada County Nugget, a newspaper of general circulation published outside of said city of Grass Valley, but in said County of Nevada in which is locatedthe territory so proposed to be annexed, and said publicationsto be completed at least twenty (20) days prior to the date hereinabove set for the hearing of protests. 4, That the city clerk be, and he is hereby directed, in additionto causing the publication of this resolution asset forth in the preceding paragraph, to also-cause written notice of the said proposed annexation to be mailed to each person to 1 whom land within the territory so proposed to be annexed, is assessed in the last ‘ equalized assessment roll of the County of Nevada, at the ' address shown on said assessment roll or as known to said city clerk, and to any person who has filed his name and address and the designatien of any lands in which he has any interest, either legal or equitable, with said city clerk, Said city clerk is also directed to mail a similar notice to the Board of Supervisors of the County . ofNevada, The notices referred to in this paragraph shall be given not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date set for the hearing on the said proposed annexaAdopted as a resolution of the city council of the city of Grass Valley at a regular . meeting thereof on the 23rd day ofJanuary, 1962, by the following vote: AYES; Councilmen Thorsen, Heather, Prisk& Brust NOES: Councilmen None ABSENT: Councilmen Hodge ARNOLD S, THORSEN Asst. Mayor ATTEST: J. A. SIMMONS City Clerk Publish: Feb. 7, 14. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ELECTION Notice is hereby given that a general election will be held in the City of Nevada City on April 10, 1962 for the following officers: City Councilman full term (4 years) City Councilman full term (4 years) full term ( 4 years) full term (4 years) The polls will be open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Jan. 26, 1962. SAM HOOPER City Clerk Publish Jan. 31 Feb. 7,1962 City Clerk City Treasurer LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICEIS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received by the Nevada City Library Board, Nevada City, California, for the repair of two rooms in the basement, including but not limited to, sheetrock, tapeing, sanding, manufacture and installation of shelving, painting, floor covering, and installation of electric fixtures, A complete list of items may be obtained from the Librarian at the Library, N. Pine at Washington Streets, Nevada City, California. Bids will be received untill:00 P.M. of February 21, 1962. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all of the said bids, DATED: January 17, 1962. THERESA A CASSETTARI Clerk of the Board Publish: Jan, 24,31, Feb. 7. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF INTENT TO MODIFY NATURAL PRECIPITATION BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS TO WHOMIT MAY CONCERN: Notice is’ hereby giventhat it is the intent of W ater Resources DevelopmentC orporation of 460 South Broadway, Denver 9, Colorado which holds License No. 5 of the State of California to engage in operations to modify natural precipitation by artificial means, for and on behalf of the Placer County Farm Labor Cooperative of Loomis, California, c/o Loomis Fruit Growers Association. The object of the above program will be to conduct a program of weather modification designed to suppress hail as follows: 1, Theareatobe affected and adjacent areas which may be affected are described as being within the Counties of Mariposa, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Alameda, Marin, Sonoma, Lake, Glenn, Butte, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Contra Costa, Solano, Napa, Yolo, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, Placer _El Dorado, Amador, Sacramento, Tuolumne and Sierra, State of California. 2. The operation will be conducted from no earlier than 1 March 1962 to no later than 30 June 1962 through the use of silver iodide ground generators located within the above listed Counties, oe WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION by Charles Dieterle, Weather Engineer. DATED: January 31, 1962 Publish: Jan,3l, Feb, 7,14. pe athens tbe mA eR «Sia Hh igs a