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Home My WebLink AboutPlanning Commission Resolution 2014-19 07/22/2014RESOLUTION NO. 2014-19 CITY OF PETALUMA PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION TO THE LOCAL AGENCY THE CORONA ROAD ANNEXATION LOCATED AT 470 AND 498 CORONA ROAD ALONG WITH ABUTTING PROPERTIES 496, 520, & 522 CORONA ROAD COMPRISING A TOTAL PROJECT AREA OF 11.6 -ACRES APNs 137-061-007, 008, 009, 010, & 011 PROJECT FILE No: 09 -TSM -0344 WHEREAS, Corona Road Associates, LCC submitted an application for Annexation, Pre - Zoning, Landmark Designation, Tentative Subdivision Map for a 31 -lot subdivision, and Authorization For a Detention Basin on City Lands for the Corona Road Annexation & Subdivision Project located at 470 and 498 Corona Road (with 496, 520, & 522 Corona Rd included in the annexation and 0 Riesling being the basin site); and these requests are collectively referred to as "the Project" or the "proposed Project"; and WHEREAS, in order to implement the project it is necessary to annex properties at 470 and 498 Corona Road known as Assessor's Parcel Numbers (APN) 137-061- 009 & 011: and WHEREAS, in order to create a regular and logical annexation boundary it is necessary to annex three separately owned properties along Corona Road: 496 Corona Road (Vollimont, APN 137-061-010); 520 Corona Road (Oshea, APN 137-061-008); and 522 Corona Road (Smith, APN 137-061-007). WHEREAS, each of the separately owned properties along Corona Road are approximately a half acre in size and are currently developed with a single-family house and associated accessory out building(s). WHEREAS, the project proposes to provide water and sewer stub outs to these three existing parcels, as required by City Resolution 8955; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held public hearings on the Project, including the annexation request, on January 28 and July 22, 2014, at which time the Commission considered the Project, the MND and supporting Initial Study, staff reports dated January 28 and July 22, 2014 analyzing the MND and the Project, and received and considered all written and oral public comments on environmental effects of the Project; and WHEREAS, following the public hearing, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution 2014-18 recommending adoption of the MND, which resolution is incorporated herein by reference. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council support application to the Local Agency Formation Commission of Sonoma County for a proposed: Planning Commission Resolution No. 2014-19 Page 1 Annexation of approximately 11.6 acres located at 470, 496 498, 520, and 522 Corona Road, known as assessor's parcel numbers 137-061-007, 008, 009, 010, and 011, to the corporate boundaries of the City of Petaluma; Said territory is comprised of five separate parcels that have been used for residential uses, and in the past for agricultural uses; and Excludes Corona Road. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the reasons for the requested reorganization are: 1. The property is contiguous to the City and is within the adopted Sphere of Influence and General Plan Urban Growth Boundary of the City of Petaluma. 2. The approximately 11.6 -acre pre -zoning is in accordance with the General Plan designation for the lands, such that 5.6 acres of subdivision lands nearest Corona Road (north portion of APN 137-061-009 and 011) and the three approximately '/n- acre annexation parcels (APN 137-061-007, 008, and 010) are pre -zoned R1 (Residential 1) consistent with the General Plan's Very Low Density Residential (VLDR, allowing 0.6 to 2.5 housing units to the net acre) and the approximate 4.5 acres of the subdivision lands farthest from Corona Road (south portion of APN 137-061-009 and 011) are pre -zoned R2 (Residential 2) consistent with the General Plan's Low Density Residential (LDR, allowing 2.6 to 8.0 housing units to the net acre). 3. The annexation is consistent with the objectives and policies of the Petaluma General Plan 2025 and Corona Ely Specific Plan, as documented in January 28 and July 8, 2014 Planning Commission staff reports. 4. This annexation will enable several provisions of the General Plan to be achieved including: orderly improvement of City infrastructure, preservation of the city's Urban Growth Boundary, and preservation of County land uses, including residential and agricultural uses. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in its recommendation to the City Council, the Planning Commission does not recommend annexation of Corona Road for the following reasons, as further discussed in the January 28 and July 22, 2014 Planning Commission staff reports: 1. Corona Road is outside the City's Urban Growth Boundary. 2. The City has a long-standing policy to keep Corona Road rural in nature with no City improvements. All development over the last 25 years along this eastern stretch of Corona Road has been limited in size and intensity and had limited access to Corona Road. Only larger parcel sizes with larger setbacks have been allowed. Existing historic -era homes and barns and water tanks have been conditioned to remain. Urban -type street improvements have not been permitted. The vision for a rural - feeling country road has been consistently applied throughout these 2'/2 decades, and the result is that this roadway is distinct from roadways within City limits. Twenty- five years later, the community still identifies Corona Road as a country road. 3. The Petaluma General Plan 2025 does not support annexation of Corona Road as outlined in the following policies: a. Keep Corona Road as a rural two-lane road east of Sonoma Mountain Parkway (2-P-104 North East Subarea). Planning Commission Resolution No. 2014-19 Page 2 b. Corona Road (east) is an entry gateway where the intent is to protect/enhance the cultural landscapes and ecological diversity that exists there (2 -P -6A). c. That the first 255 feet from Corona Road shall have a Very Low Density Residential, land use designation which allows only .6 to 2.5 homes per net acre (General Plan Land Use Map). Within the City limits, the City use this designation rarely and only at steep and/or County abutting lots. 4. Petaluma's Corona Ely Specific Plan does not support annexation of Corona Road. It states: a. The existing tree canopy and older homes along Corona Road are features that contribute to the character of the area and represent opportunities to add interest and meaning to new development (Page 42). b. Preservation of the existing trees and the overall rural feeling of Corona Road are goals for the Corona Road Corridor of the Plan (Page 44). c. Corona Road is a Scenic Country Corridor (Figure 4-2 between pages 45 and 46). d. That the existing tree canopy along Corona Road must be protected and preserved (Page 58, Tree Preservation, Policy 31). e. That typical rural features along Corona Road must be retained to the maximum extent feasible and future development along Corona Road should repeat these features. These features include open fencing for the lots along Corona Road and a design of the residences proposed along Corona that is consistent with the architecture of existing residences located along Corona Road. (Page 58, Rural Details, Policy 33). 5. The subdivision proposes no new public services from Corona Road. All new services come from the City side, via Monica Way. Water and sewer service to the existing abutting residential properties 137-061-007, 008, and 010 will be provided from the proposed subdivision rather than Corona Road. No new driveway is proposed at Corona Road. ADOPTED this 22nd day of July, 2014, by the following vote: Commission Member Aye No Benedetti-Petnic X Lin X Gomez X Marzo Councilmember Miller X Vice Chair Pierre X Chair Wolped X Absent Abstain Planning Commission Resolution No. 2014-19 Page 3 ATTEST: Hea Yfer Hines, Cot mission Secretary Bill Wolpert, Chair APPROVED AS TO FORM: Eric W. Danly, City Atto( ey Planning Commission Resolution No. 2014-19 Page 4