November 8, 1967 (16 pages)

tte French Rough and , Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloom. 2 ep croteg Wolf, Christe Hit: Lebeoy FUL Seller Flas, Lake City, Selby Plat, Grizaly Seraing a ‘communnies. of Newste te Tok. pet Oot, Wee Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little fi ld is Song > Gold "Lowell Hil, Bourbon Hl, couch Hil sede Sebcetapel: Quaker Hill. Willow Volley, Newtown: Indion Fit Bridgepers: Birchuilie, Moore’ Plat. Orleans Flat iJ ; eans Remington Hi , House, Delirium Tremens. : ri e's Volume 42 Number 43 ‘10 ele x Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada id November 8, 1967 The Nevada County Board of Supervisors, Tuesday approved the recommendations of the Nevada County Planning Commission on the rezoning of Bitney’sCorner, The board's approval came with the exception that two additional exclusions be granted from the zone--theSwap & Shop and the Ray Balleweg property. Now, under the code, the matter is referred back to theplanning commission for study and recommendation, The planners have 40 days in which to act, Last week a public hearing produced testimony for and against the change from unclassified to combined agricultureMan Killed BITNEY PLAN WINS FAVOR residential building site, At the hearing, persons in favor of the zoning spent little time arguing their point before the board, Presently the Bitney’s area between Grass Valley and Rough and Ready is unclassified, which means a property owner could do practically anything he wanted to with the land, subject to use permits for a few things. A group of Bitney’s Corner residents petitioned for a zone change to a new classification adopted by the county recently, This is the new combined single-family residential-agriculture-building site. In this instance the new zone is termed R-]-A-B-20, In the zoning ordinance the al-residential combineee So taint aed SOMETHING NEV & a ing district ‘blends the regulations governing “and the uses allowed in both residential and —_ , = Af Columbia anew angle in that “se eg 7 carrying his tril Sharce’ 6 across bs the® threshold Semanek évidently thinking ahead, had previously bought es several acreage parcels at Wolf Creek, home of the Alta Sierra CounClub and plans to build there. But as the building hasn’t been started yet he did the next best thing and carried his bride across the threshold, of their future homesite following their marriage in Grass Valley Sunday, (Nuggetphoto) Property In Nevada County Sold In Deal Involving $1.5 Million A Redlands man has paid in excess of $1.5 million for property in the eastern portion = Nevada county, according to Drapery Bids The Nevada County Board of Supervisors expressed some amazement at the variance of bids for draperies at the VetHighway 20 Resurfacing Bids Resurfacing operations on State Highway 20 in the Nevada City area will get underway in about a month following opening bids at State Division of Highways headquarters. The job is two miles long and will extend northeast of Brunswick Road on a section of the route which will be relinquished to the county, A new four-lane freeway has just been opened in this area, Baldwin Contracting Co., Inc. of Marysville bid low at $20,438 among five firms submitting proposals, according to officials at the Marysville district office, revenue stamps on a deed filed in the recorder’s office. Records show the deed was recorded Friday at the request Wide Apart eran’s Memorial Building in Grass Valley during a formal bid opening at their regular session Tuesday. As a result, the bids were referred to the county counsel and purchasing agent for further study before making an award. Low bid came from Sun Vertical Sales of Sacramento for $830.93. Other bidders were Venetian Blind and DraperyCo,, Grass Valley $1086.43; Empire Flooring, Grass Valley $1,863.00 and en Hardware bidding the highest in the amount of $2,$17.43, Sign Ruling The Nevada City Council has . voted to introduce an amendment to the present sign ordinance which will limit the height of a commercial sign to 30 feet, mpany tion with the recorder, proposed use of the ‘property, and title company officials disclaimed knowledge of the intended ‘ase. Van Wierden Bros, Construction Co, in Redlands reported Dale Van Wierden was out of his office, and not expected to return until la ter this week, Listed on the deed as grantors with varying degrees of interest were Mr. and Mrs, Alfred M, Kuhn, Mr, and Mrs. Verne Miller, Mr, and Mrs, Donald L, Murchison, Mr, and Mrs, Lorris R, Lauppe, Mr, and Mrs, Hal A, Dill, Mr. and Mrs, A, Harold Fagan, Thomas P, Raley, Mr. and Mrs, Robert Ww. Elberg, and Erickson ConstrucFen Co,, a California corporaon, ‘CHAMBER MEETING The Rough and Ready Chamber of Commerce will hold its next meeting Thursday at 7:30 Celebration SONORA, Tuolumne Co, — A complaint, charging involuntary manslaughter has been issued against Fred Crawford Grant of Columbia, Tuolumne County, by Dist, Atty. Ernest Geddes in the fatal shooting of Alvin O. Pecchenino, 54, of Angles Camp, Calaveras County, Pecchenino was shot atKnickerbocker Flat near Columbia during an E Clampus Vitus celebration Saturday, Oct, 28, which included the dedication ofamon. ument, Grant remains free on hisown recognizance after being booked in the Tuolumne County Jail Oct, 29. The grand jury is expected to take up the case next Friday. Pecchenino died in a Sonora hospital almost five hours after the shooting. Geddes, also a Clamper, was present at the celebration but said he did not witness the shooting. Veterans Day Plans have been completed for the observance of Veterans’ Day, Saturday, Nov. 11 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Banner Mountain Post No, 2655, of Nevada City. They will participate in the Veterans' Day parade in Grass Valley Saturday with the parade forming at 9 a.m, and getting under way at 10 a.m. There will be a memorial service in the Veterans'Memorial Building in Grass Valley at 11 a.m, farming areas, where circumstances warrant, As an example, the combined agriculture zone allows livestock, but limits this to one livestock animal on each half acre, The combined building district sets a minimum lot size, in Bitney's case of 20,000 square feet, These zoning provisionsencompass about 300 acres, Presently, 57.6 acres of the territory is residential and 40 per cent is open land, The area to be rezoned runs from Sunset along Highway 20 to Ponderosa Way, then one fourth mile south past a row of lots on the north side of Highway 20 and up Bitney Springs Road, Three parcelsof land were excluded in theoriginal rezoning-the Del Oro Nursery, Bitney's Corner Cafe and a 6.38 acre parcel owned by Albert Lausche, Opponents of the rezoning argued that people move to the country area to escape city restrictions of the city. Proponents said that they said that they settled in the area to escape commercialism, Recorder Busy Increased activity in transactions at the county recorder's office was evident during the month of October, Recordings filed by Alta Sierra and Western Lake subdivisions added noticeably to the increased recordings. Transactions during Qctober totaled 1,798 compared to 1,309 in September and 1,439 in August, — Per ee ee ae }

tte French Rough and , Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloom. 2 ep croteg Wolf, Christe Hit: Lebeoy FUL Seller Flas, Lake City, Selby Plat, Grizaly Seraing a ‘communnies. of Newste te Tok. pet Oot, Wee Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little fi ld is Song > Gold "Lowell Hil, Bourbon Hl, couch Hil sede Sebcetapel: Quaker Hill. Willow Volley, Newtown: Indion Fit Bridgepers: Birchuilie, Moore’ Plat. Orleans Flat iJ ; eans Remington Hi , House, Delirium Tremens. : ri e's Volume 42 Number 43 ‘10 ele x Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada id November 8, 1967 The Nevada County Board of Supervisors, Tuesday approved the recommendations of the Nevada County Planning Commission on the rezoning of Bitney’sCorner, The board's approval came with the exception that two additional exclusions be granted from the zone--theSwap & Shop and the Ray Balleweg property. Now, under the code, the matter is referred back to theplanning commission for study and recommendation, The planners have 40 days in which to act, Last week a public hearing produced testimony for and against the change from unclassified to combined agricultureMan Killed BITNEY PLAN WINS FAVOR residential building site, At the hearing, persons in favor of the zoning spent little time arguing their point before the board, Presently the Bitney’s area between Grass Valley and Rough and Ready is unclassified, which means a property owner could do practically anything he wanted to with the land, subject to use permits for a few things. A group of Bitney’s Corner residents petitioned for a zone change to a new classification adopted by the county recently, This is the new combined single-family residential-agriculture-building site. In this instance the new zone is termed R-]-A-B-20, In the zoning ordinance the al-residential combineee So taint aed SOMETHING NEV & a ing district ‘blends the regulations governing “and the uses allowed in both residential and —_ , = Af Columbia anew angle in that “se eg 7 carrying his tril Sharce’ 6 across bs the® threshold Semanek évidently thinking ahead, had previously bought es several acreage parcels at Wolf Creek, home of the Alta Sierra CounClub and plans to build there. But as the building hasn’t been started yet he did the next best thing and carried his bride across the threshold, of their future homesite following their marriage in Grass Valley Sunday, (Nuggetphoto) Property In Nevada County Sold In Deal Involving $1.5 Million A Redlands man has paid in excess of $1.5 million for property in the eastern portion = Nevada county, according to Drapery Bids The Nevada County Board of Supervisors expressed some amazement at the variance of bids for draperies at the VetHighway 20 Resurfacing Bids Resurfacing operations on State Highway 20 in the Nevada City area will get underway in about a month following opening bids at State Division of Highways headquarters. The job is two miles long and will extend northeast of Brunswick Road on a section of the route which will be relinquished to the county, A new four-lane freeway has just been opened in this area, Baldwin Contracting Co., Inc. of Marysville bid low at $20,438 among five firms submitting proposals, according to officials at the Marysville district office, revenue stamps on a deed filed in the recorder’s office. Records show the deed was recorded Friday at the request Wide Apart eran’s Memorial Building in Grass Valley during a formal bid opening at their regular session Tuesday. As a result, the bids were referred to the county counsel and purchasing agent for further study before making an award. Low bid came from Sun Vertical Sales of Sacramento for $830.93. Other bidders were Venetian Blind and DraperyCo,, Grass Valley $1086.43; Empire Flooring, Grass Valley $1,863.00 and en Hardware bidding the highest in the amount of $2,$17.43, Sign Ruling The Nevada City Council has . voted to introduce an amendment to the present sign ordinance which will limit the height

of a commercial sign to 30 feet, mpany tion with the recorder, proposed use of the ‘property, and title company officials disclaimed knowledge of the intended ‘ase. Van Wierden Bros, Construction Co, in Redlands reported Dale Van Wierden was out of his office, and not expected to return until la ter this week, Listed on the deed as grantors with varying degrees of interest were Mr. and Mrs, Alfred M, Kuhn, Mr, and Mrs. Verne Miller, Mr, and Mrs, Donald L, Murchison, Mr, and Mrs, Lorris R, Lauppe, Mr, and Mrs, Hal A, Dill, Mr. and Mrs, A, Harold Fagan, Thomas P, Raley, Mr. and Mrs, Robert Ww. Elberg, and Erickson ConstrucFen Co,, a California corporaon, ‘CHAMBER MEETING The Rough and Ready Chamber of Commerce will hold its next meeting Thursday at 7:30 Celebration SONORA, Tuolumne Co, — A complaint, charging involuntary manslaughter has been issued against Fred Crawford Grant of Columbia, Tuolumne County, by Dist, Atty. Ernest Geddes in the fatal shooting of Alvin O. Pecchenino, 54, of Angles Camp, Calaveras County, Pecchenino was shot atKnickerbocker Flat near Columbia during an E Clampus Vitus celebration Saturday, Oct, 28, which included the dedication ofamon. ument, Grant remains free on hisown recognizance after being booked in the Tuolumne County Jail Oct, 29. The grand jury is expected to take up the case next Friday. Pecchenino died in a Sonora hospital almost five hours after the shooting. Geddes, also a Clamper, was present at the celebration but said he did not witness the shooting. Veterans Day Plans have been completed for the observance of Veterans’ Day, Saturday, Nov. 11 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Banner Mountain Post No, 2655, of Nevada City. They will participate in the Veterans' Day parade in Grass Valley Saturday with the parade forming at 9 a.m, and getting under way at 10 a.m. There will be a memorial service in the Veterans'Memorial Building in Grass Valley at 11 a.m, farming areas, where circumstances warrant, As an example, the combined agriculture zone allows livestock, but limits this to one livestock animal on each half acre, The combined building district sets a minimum lot size, in Bitney's case of 20,000 square feet, These zoning provisionsencompass about 300 acres, Presently, 57.6 acres of the territory is residential and 40 per cent is open land, The area to be rezoned runs from Sunset along Highway 20 to Ponderosa Way, then one fourth mile south past a row of lots on the north side of Highway 20 and up Bitney Springs Road, Three parcelsof land were excluded in theoriginal rezoning-the Del Oro Nursery, Bitney's Corner Cafe and a 6.38 acre parcel owned by Albert Lausche, Opponents of the rezoning argued that people move to the country area to escape city restrictions of the city. Proponents said that they said that they settled in the area to escape commercialism, Recorder Busy Increased activity in transactions at the county recorder's office was evident during the month of October, Recordings filed by Alta Sierra and Western Lake subdivisions added noticeably to the increased recordings. Transactions during Qctober totaled 1,798 compared to 1,309 in September and 1,439 in August, — Per ee ee ae }