HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions 87-329 N.C.S. 11/30/1987b
ReSOIUtIOrl No.87-329 N. ~. S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION MAP
FOR THE AARON ACRES SUBDIVISION, A 12-LOT
RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 1003 V~JESTERN AVENUE
AP NO. 019-110-34.
WHEREAS, Lawrence A. Jonas, as owner and subdivider, has filed with this
Council a tentative map to subdivide land within this City to be known as
Aaron Acres Subdivision, and has paid all required filing fees; and,
WI~EREAS, the City Engineer, the Director of Planning and the Planning
Commission have examined and reviewed the same as required by law and all
reports, recommendations, and comments thereon have been forwarded to
and considered by this Council at its meetings held on November 16, 1987
and November 30, 1987;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Council hereby finds as
follows
1. The proposed subdivision, together with provision for its design and
improvement is consistent with the General Plan.
2. The proposed subdivision is compatible with the objectives, policies,
general land uses and pr. ograms specified in said General Plan .
3. The site is physically. suitable for the type of development proposed.
4. The site is physically suitable for the proposed density of development .
as conditioned herein.
5. The design of the subdivision, the units and the proposed
improvements therefore, will not cause substantial environmental
damage and no substantial or avoidable injury will occur to fish or
wildlife or their habitat.
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6. The design of the subdivision of the subdivision and the type of
improvements will not cause serious public health problems as
conditionally approved.
7. The use of a reduced street width is in conformance with the
Subdivision Ordinance of the City because this is a hillside subdivision
having an average slope of more than 10 0 (lb . 9 0) .
8. Granting of this modification for this project will not be detrimental to
the public welfare or safety or injurious to other property in the
territory .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,. based on the findings set forth above, that
the above referred to tentative map, be and the same is hereby approved,
subject to the conditions set forth below and incorporated herein as follows:
1. All changes required by the conditions of approval shall be made to
the Tentative Map . Two copies and one sepia print of which shall be
provided to the Department of Community Development prior to
approval of the project Final Subdivision Map,
2. The project shall conform to all conditions of the City Engineer as
stated in the letter of October 8, 1987, as follows:
a. The developer shall comply with the amended Petaluma Municipal
Code Sections 17.36.010 and 17.36.020 which require the
developer to pay storm drainage impact fees (as calculated in
Chapter 17.30) on construction in all sections of the City of
Petaluma. Fees shall be paid prior to final map approval. Credit
shall be given against the required fees for the costs of required
off--site storm drainage system improvements, subject to approval
of City Engineer.
b . All houses constructed above elevation 160 feet shall require a
water pressure system installed for 'each unit to maintain adequate
house pressure. Water pressure calculations must be submitted
with the final map to .verify that adequate domestic pressure .can
be obtained.
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Single one-inch water meters and one-inch water services shall be
provided at these locations and shall extend to the houses.
c;. Full half-street: improvements (curb., gutter and sidewalk) along
Western Avenue shall be required:. These ,improvements shall
extend and conform to those existing in the area of Hill Drive.
Handicapped ramps shall be provided at street corners with
pedestrian traffic.
d. Typical half-street section for Benjamin Lane shall depict a
twenty foot half street right-of-way with fifteen feet from back of
curb to centerline with a five foot detached sidewalk on one side.
No parking signs shall be posted along one side and a street
name/stop sign shall be placed at the intersection of Benjamin
Lane and Western Avenue.
e. .Driveway access for all lots, including the existing house located
on Lot 1, shall be via proposed Benjamin Lane.
f. .All backyard and hillside drainage control must be within an
underground pipe system with Sur--face catchment swales and
inlets, installed with construction of public improvements.
Additional backyard drainage pipe and surface catchment Swale
shall be installed on Lot 6 to adequately drain this lot and avoid
runoff onto the adjacent property.. All rear lot line drainage
.improvements shall be completed concurrently with the proposed
public improvements .
g. The proposed hammer head at Benjamin Lane shall be designed to
accommodate at C-50 design vehicle.
h. The. off-site storm drainage improvements including catch basin
and lateral crossings proposed by Sonoma County Water Agency
Master Drainage Plan for Western Avenue drainage system shall be
required by this development from the property site to the
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existing storm drain on Western Avenue between Webster and
Fair .
i. The off-site water main proposed by the developer shall conform
to the City of Petaluma Master Water Plan.
j. All public improvements shall conform to the City of Petaluma
min'imum' design criteria (i.e. , no skewed pipe crossing, minimum
size public stor-m drain pipe is fifteen inches diameter, etc.) .
k. The public sanitary sewer and water main in Western Avenue shall
extend to they subdivision entrance roadway, subject to review
and approval of City Engineer.
1. Capacity of the existing six-inch sanitary sewer in Western
Avenue shall be verified. The capacity calcs shall include the
future service area to the west of this development as shown on
the general plan land use map . If the six-inch sanitary sewer is
determined. inadequate the existing eight-inch sanitary sewer in
Western at its intersection with Webster shall be extended,
subject to review and approval of City Engineer.
m. Additional catch basins with gallery inlets may be required along
both sides of Benjamin Lane at its approximate intersection with
Western Avenue in order to keep 'the storm water out of Western
Avenue. This shall be verified prior to the final map approval,
subject to decision by City Engineer.
n. All, grading shall conform to City of Petaluma Ordinance
No . 1576 N . C . S . , Grading and Erosion Control .
o. Mechanism shall be' submitted covering the maintenance. of the
private street and private storm drain lines, prior to final map
approval.
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p. The disposition of the existing well box and septic tank shall be
clarified prior to the final map approval. Abandonment of these
existing utilities shall be in accordance with the Petaluma
Municipal Code, concurrently -with completion of public
improvements .
q. Approval (by the Fire Marshal) of the fire hydrant located in the
private .street shall be verified prior to final map approval.
3. School Facilities and Park and Recreation Improvement Fees shall be
paid in accordance with existing laws and ordinances at the time of
building permit issuance.
4. The subdivision shall conform to the Sonoma County Water Agency
Design Criteria.
5. In the event that archeological remains are encountered during
grading, the work shall be halted and a qualified archeologist shall be
consulted for evaluation of the artifacts and to recommend future
action. The local Indian community shall also be notified and consulted
in the event any archeological remains are uncovered.
6. The owner of each parcel to be created by this Tentative Map shall be
responsible for perpetual landscaping and maintenance of any
landscaping area between property lines and curbs.
7. Public utility access and easement locations shall be subject to approval
by PG &E, Pacific Bell and other applicable utility and service
companies and the City Engineer and shall be shown on the Final Map
as necessary.
8. Construction activities shall comply with applicable Zoning Ordinance
and Municipal Code performance standards (noise, dust, odor, etc.) .
9. All requirements of the Fire Marshal shall be met.
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' • 10',-. Street name shall be. subject to City Street Name Committee approval.
11.. Building setback lines as shown on the tentative map shall be amended
to correctly reflect- those of the appropriate zoning district (R-1,
10,000 and R-1, 20.,000).
12. Any use of import fill on Lot #6 shall be subject to review and
approval of the Community Development and Planning Department.
Any proposed additional slope cutting and/or filling between the
proposed roadway grading and the front building setback lines shall be
subject to review and approval by the Community Development and
Planning Director and SPARC. No additional fill shall be placed on the
proposed lots beyond the front building setback line.
13. All homes proposed for development within this subdivision shall be
subject to SPARC review and approval with particular emphasis to be
placed on compatibility of design to slope, visual impacts (from and to
the site) , streetscape planting, privacy of adjacent residents and
geotechnical stability.
14.~ Design guidelines shall be prepared by the developer prior to
consideration of the tentative map by the SPARC. The design
guidelines shall include, but not be limited to development of the
following standards for this subdivision:
a. Minimum rear yard setbacks of 30' .
b. Grading/contouring of lots shall be kept to a minimum with
no alteration of drainage pattern.
c . Side yard fence detail standards .
d. Consider landscaping along perimeter property lines and
streetscape landscaping .
e. Contour of architectural design to lot terrain.
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15. No more than three of the homes proposed for construction on lots 1
through 6 shall be designed and constructed in a two-story design,
with consideration by SPARC, to insure that privacy of existing homes
on Hill Drive (to the east) and potential view corridors from existing
and proposed uphill lots are protected.
16. Revegetation of Western Avenue entrance cut bank shall be subject to
staff review and approval.
17. A fence shall be constructed at the east, south and west perimeter
lines of this subdivision concurrently with the completion of public
improvements. A design shall be subject to review and approval of
SPARC and shall respect the proximity of adjacent homes and the need
to preserve views and privacy.
18. The project sponsor shall execute a binding agreement which shall
stipulate that upon close of escrow of each residential dwelling unit in
Aaron Acres, developer shall pay $150.00 to the City per daily trip
end estimated to be generated by said unit. Each unit is estimated to
generate 10.0 trip ends per day. If the. City establishes a Major
Facilities Traffic Mitigation Fee prior to close of escrow of any unit(s),
the fee for said unit(s) and all subsequent units in this project
thereafter be either $150.00 per trip end or the Major Facilities Traffic
Mitigation Fee., whichever is less on a per unit basis.
19. This project shall participate in any • future assessment districts or
other funding mechanisms formed. to improve areawide flooding or other
sub-regional problems for which development of this .project .is found to
be a contributing factor. Major Capital Facilities Fees if found to be
different from said funding mechanism shall also be applicable in an
amount to be determined by the City Council prior to Final Map
approval, payable at time of Final Map or pursuant to adopted
regulations .
20. Temporary protective fencing shall be erected at the drip line of all
native trees. The fencing shall be erected prior to any
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grading/construction activity and subject to staff inspection prior to
grading permit issuance.
2I.< The project sponsor shall be required to pay low and moderate income
housing in-lieu fees, _ of an amount to be determined according to the
schedule established by City Council Resolution No. 84-199 N.C.S. , or
make alternative arrangements to meet the low and moderate income
housing provision requirements of the Housing Element subject to
approval of the City and prior to approval of the Final Map .
22 , If needed, an easement for roadway purposes shall be shown across
the northwest corner of :Lot 12 to serve the existing driveway.
23. The lot line between Lots 2 and 3 shall be relocated so as to locate the
existing trees on one. lot or another (rather than the line splitting the
trees).
24, The west lot line of Lot #5 shall be realigned to allow ownership of the
private street section to be owned by Lots 6 and 7 ,
25. Lot lines for Lots #6 and 7 shall amended, to create street frontage on
the public street in accordance with minimum flag lot standards.
26. A garage shall be constructed for the existing house on Lot #I
concurrently with demolition of existing accessory structures .
Remodeling of existing house and new construction shall be subject to
SPARC review and approval,
27. A detailed geotechnical report shall be prepared prior to consideration
of the final map by the City Council.
28. A lot specific geotechnical report shall be prepared to evaluate suitable
foundation design and types for structures as well as guidelines for lot
contouring (if needed and proposed) and site specific drainage
patterns, prior to submission of SPARC application for individual. lot
development. The geotechnical .report shall be subject to review and
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acceptance by the City staff prior to SPARC review of any proposed
development .
29. All existing overhead utility lines traversing or fronting on the subject
property shall be converted to underground facilities and all new
utilities shall be underground, subject to staff review and approval.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council finds that the
requirements of California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines have been
satisfied by Resolution No. gg=153 N. C.S., adopted by the City Council on
August 17, 1987.
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Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the A ved as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a (Regular) (Adjourned) (`~p~eeting f
on the ...._30th_._..... day of .....NOV~11?b4r :.............................. 19...~.~ by the
following vote:
City Attorney
AYES: Sobel, Balshaw, Davis, Tencer, Vice Mayor Woolsey, May r illigoss
NOES: Cavanagh
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