HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Resolution 2015-13 08/25/2015RESOLUTION NO. 2015-13
CITY OF PETALUMA PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT
TO THE UNIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PARKWAY PLAZA PUD
LOCATED AT 701 SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY (APN 137-070-067)
FILE NO. PLZA-15-0002
WHEREAS, Greg LeDoux submitted an application, on behalf of property owner Keith M.
Moser, to the City of Petaluma for an Amendment to the Unit Development Plan for the Parkway
Plaza Planned Unit Development (File No. PLZA-15-0002) and Site Plan and Architectural Review
(File No. PLSR-15-0009) - all to enable construction of one 9,120 square foot single -story building at
an existing asphalt parking lot located at 701 Sonoma Mountain Parkway (APN: 137-070-067); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Implementing Zoning Ordinance §§ 19.040(E) and 19.070, the City's
Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing to consider the application on August 25,
2015, at which time all interested parties had the opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission considered the staff report dated August 25, 2015,
analyzing the application, including the CEQA determination included therein; and
WHEREAS, Implementing Zoning Ordinance §§ 19.040(E) and 19.070 provides for changes in
a Unit Development Plan; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission as follows:
Pursuant to Implementing Zoning Ordinance §§ 19.030 and 19.040(E)(5), the Planning
Commission recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the
amendment to the Unit Development Plan of the Parkway Plaza Planned Unit
Development to enable construction of the, as shown on Exhibit A, attached hereto,
based on the following findings:
a. The amendment would result in a suitable relationship to one or more thoroughfares
(e.g., Sonoma Mountain Parkway, Riesling Road) and, as demonstrated by the
traffic impact study prepared for the amendment, said thoroughfares are adequate
to carry any additional traffic generated by the development.
b. The amendment presents a unified and organized arrangement of buildings and
service facilities which are appropriate in relation to adjacent or nearby properties.
Adequate new landscaping is included and existing screening by mature trees at
Riesling Road would remain to ensure compatibility with surrounding uses. The
project also retains existing circulation features for pedestrians, bicycles and
vehicles, and the architectural design of the project is consistent with existing
buildings at the shopping center.
c. The amendment does not concern a property with natural features (e.g., creek) but
does include adequate private spaces for gathering. Leghorn's Park, a public park,
abuts the site of the amendment and would remain unchanged. The project would
place a new building within an asphalt parking lot and retain an existing landscape
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feature along Riesling Road. The project also retains pedestrian access from Riesling
Road through the shopping center to Leghorn's Park.
d. The amendment would not be detrimental to the public welfare, will be in the best
interests of the City, and will be in keeping with the general intent and spirit of the
zoning regulations of the City of Petaluma, with the General Plan, and with the
Corona Ely Specific Plan because it will strengthen and reinforce an existing
commercial shopping center serving residential neighborhoods in the North East
Subarea of the General Plan as demonstrated by its consistency with the following
Petaluma General Plan policies: Goal 2-G-15 (Land Use Mix), Policy 1-P-2 (Infill
Development), Policy 1-P-10 (Neighborhood Centers), Policy 1-P-49 (Tree
Preservation), Policy 2-P-1 (Development Within UGB), Policy 2-P-121 (Green
Building), Policy 2-P-122 (Construction Recycling), 5-P-1 (Interconnected Mobility
System), Policy 5-P-9 (Safety Improvements), Policy 5-P-10 (Intersection LOS), Policy 5-
G-5 (Bicycle and Pedestrian System), Policy 5-P-22 (Pedestrian Connectivity), Policy
5-P-23 (Pedestrian Site Access), Policy 5-P-24 (Pedestrian Network Near Schools,
Transit, Shopping, and Mixed -Use Corridors), Policy 5-P-31 (Bicycle Support Facilities),
Policy 9-P-14 (Retail Uses), Policy 9-P-16 (Retail Concentrations), and Policy 9-P-17
(Retail Rehabilitation); and the following Corona Ely Specific Plan Policies 37, 38 and
39.
2. Planning Commission reviewed the application and, for the reasons explained in Exhibit
B, determined it so be Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15303 (New Construction or Conversion of
Small Structures) and not subject to any exceptions to use of a Categorical Exemption
provided at CEQA Guidelines § 15300.2 (Exceptions).
ADOPTED this 251h day of August, 2015, by the following vote:
Commission Member
Aye
No
Absent
Abstain
Councilmember Barrett
X
Vice Chair Benedetti-Petnic
X
Gomez
X
Chair Lin
X
Marzo
X
Pierre
X
Wolpert
X
ATTEST:
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Heher Hines, Cormission Secretary
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APPROV D %S O ORM:
Andrea Visveshwara, Assistant City Attorney
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