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DATE: July 21, 2014
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council through City Manager
FROM: Heather Hines, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance to approve a Zoning Map
Amendment to rezone the property located at 511 Sonoma Mountain Parkway
from R-4 to R-2 for the Avila Ranch subdivision.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt an Ordinance rezoning the property located at 511
Sonoma Mountain Parkway from R-4 to R-2.
BACKGROUND
At their meeting on July 7, 2014, the City Council unanimously approved introduction of the
ordinance to rezone the property located at 511 Sonoma Mountain Parkway from R-4 to R-2,
consistent with the existing low density land use designation. No modifications were made to
the draft ordinance at the hearing and it was considered as part of the larger Avila Ranch
Subdivision proposal.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
The project is subject to cost recovery with all expenses paid by the applicant. The applicant has
paid $13,650.00 cost recovery fees to date.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Ordinance No. 2506 NCS, Zoning Map Amendment from R-4 to R-2
Agenda Review:
City Attorney Finance Director City Mana§
EFFECTIVE DATE ORDINANCE NO. 2506 N.C.S.
OF ORDINANCE
1 Introduced by Seconded by
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8 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AMENDING THE ZONING
9 MAP CONTAINED IN THE IMPLEMENTING ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NO. 2300
10 N.C. S., TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 511 SONOMA
11 MOUNTAIN PARKWAY FROM R-4 TO R-2
12 APN 149-413-023
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16 WHEREAS, Doyle Heaton with DRG Builder on behalf of Barbara Lee Gomes (1994 Rose L.
17 Avila Trust), submitted an application (File No. PLTS-13-0002) for a Zoning Map Amendment and
18 Tentative Subdivision Map to the City of Petaluma for the property located at 511 Sonoma
19 Mountain Parkway, APN 149-413-023 ("the Project" or the "proposed Project") for the purpose of
20 developing 21 single-family lots of 6,018 square feet to 8,009 square feet, and 6 landscaping and
21 bio-retention/storm drain detention treatment parcels A through F parcels, and,
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23 WHEREAS, the City's Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing to consider
24 the proposed Implementing Zoning Ordinance amendment on May 13, 2014; and,
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26 WHEREAS, on July 7, 2014, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing to consider
27 the proposed Zoning Amendment; and,
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29 WHEREAS, on July 7, 2014, the City Council reviewed the CEQA evaluation for the Project
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31 Program, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act and the City of Petaluma
32 Environmental Guidelines; and,
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34 WHEREAS, on July 7, 2014 the City Council approved the Zoning Map Amendment to
35 change the zoning of the property located at 511 Sonoma Mountain Parkway from R-4 to R-2,
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38 1. The proposed amendment to the Implementing Zoning Ordinance to Rezone the
39 subject parcel (149-413-023) to R-2 is consistent with and implements the Low Density
40 Residential land use classification of the General Plan as already existing for the
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2. The proposed rezoning results in a use that is appropriate and compatible with
existing surrounding uses. The project is consistent with the established character of
the surrounding neighborhoods and the low-density residential character within the
North East Planning Subarea of the General Plan and will be complemented by the
proposed project.
3. The proposed rezoning to R-2 is consistent with the Petaluma General plan Housing
Element policies which Promote residential development within the Urban Growth
Boundary (Policy 11-P-1.1) and Encourage the development of housing on
underutilized land (Policy 11-P-1.2).
4. The public necessity, convenience and general welfare clearly permit and will be
furthered by the proposed amendment because it will allow the development of
housing on underutilized land within the Urban Growth Boundary. The General Plan
proposes development of approximately 6,000 additional residential units and a build
out population of approximately 72,700. This represents an annual growth of rate of
nearly 1.2% per year. The project would add 21 new market rate dwelling units. The
project site is identified as Site 8 within the City of Petaluma Residential Land
Inventory Opportunity Sites, Appendix A to the City of Petaluma 2009-2014 Housing
Element, prepared in 2009. Payment of in -lieu fees will allow the city to continue to
fund affordable housing through land acquisition and assistance to non-profit
developers and other mechanisms, including the "silent second mortgage" program.
The proposed project would also require Site Plan & Architectural Review and
approval by the Planning Commission.
5. The requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) have been
satisfied through the preparation of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project.
Mitigation measures have been proposed and agreed to by the applicant that will
reduce potential impacts to less than significant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Zoning Map contained in the Implementing Zoning Ordinance is hereby
amended to modify the zoning district of the property located at 511 Sonoma Mountain
Parkway (APN 149-413-023) to R-2.
Section 2. The City Council finds that a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation
Monitoring Plan for this project has been prepared, circulated and adopted by the City Council
in accordance with State Law.
Section 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, including the
application of such part or provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, provisions of this ordinance are
severable. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section,
subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or
phrases be held unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforceable.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after the date of its
adoption by the Petaluma City Council.
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Section 5. Posting/Publishing of Notice. The City Clerk is hereby directed to post and/or
publish this ordinance or a synopsis of it for the period and in the manner required by the City
Charter.
INTRODUCED and ordered posted this 71h day of July, 2014.
ADOPTED this day of , 2014 by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Abstain:
Absent:
ATTEST:
Claire Cooper, CMC, City Clerk
David Glass, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Eric W. Danly, City Attorney