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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes 03/27/1978s ADJOURNED MEETING ROLL CALL i APPROVAL OF MfiNU,TES MINUTES OF MEETING' OF CITY'COUNCIL PETALUMA; CALIFORNIA MARCH '2'7,, 197, 8 The Adjourned Meetng•of'•Petaluma City Council was called to order`by Mayor Helen. Putnam at 7:40 p.m. Present: Councilmen Balshaw,, Bond *, Cavanagh, Harberson, Hil`ligoss, Perry, and Mayor Putnam. Absent: None. *Councilman Bond arrived at 8:.23 p.m. The. Regular Meeting of March: 6., . 1978, and the Adjourned Meeting of March'13, 1978, were approved as corrected. Mayor Putnam then City Attorney Larry 'Klose's mother, Theresa K1 se,, and his aunt, Agnes Klose,•wh.o are guests from.Oregon.- She hoped their stay -in Petaluma- would be a•pleasant one.. AMENDMENT TO ZONING Planning Director Ronald Hall explained the proposed ORD. REQUIRING amendment to Zoning Ordinance ,110.72 C.S. will provide NECESSARY STREET for riglit -of -way dedication and street improvements of DEDICATION UPON the development'sa as a condition of :Site Design Review,. DEVELOPMENT Presently, the ordinance being used does require.im- provements to be made, but.do.es not provide for dedi- cation of property. In this case., the.property continues to pay taxes on street rights -of -way and continues to maintain.it when.it would be the City's responsibility if dedicated. ,Mr. Hall stated -city Attorney Larry Klose felt a uniform city ordinance was. -needed requiring .installation of public improvements and dedication of street .rgh.ts -of -way in all areas of the .City. Mr. Hall explained the Planning Comm ssion. discuss:ed-the,amendment and certain rami -. fications of it. The Commission felt.that the term' "d'evelopment project"' which is used in the draft_ needed to be clarified;. They also. thought certain mprbve -- ments, such as swimming pools, and certain buildings-, would need to be examined because the ordinance could be over-restrictive .and. might :cause liabilities that the City should not assume.! The Commission also felt, and City Engineer David Young .concurred, that the $2,000'public improvement fee•was not up to date and should be increased to possibly $5,000. Discussion followed Mr. Hall's report rega- rding,dol -lar amounts of public.im- provements,_the establishment•of plan lines'and severence. At the end of the discussion, wa's decided Mr. Klose would rewrite the fordinance and bring -it 1, back to the Council at a later date. REFER MATTER.TO Planning Director Ronald,Hall, explained the proposed PLANNING COMMISSION -- ordinance would permit barbed wire fencing in certain AMEND 'ZONING CORD:. TO districts:.' He explained there, is a great demand by ALLOW FOR BARBED WIRE property bwners 'f'or. protection of their property and at FENCING IN A, C -H,: this time:, 50 percent of the property owners in those M -L AND M -G : ZONING zoning districts. are violating the ordinance. Con- DISTRICTS segluently, the- P1anning:Commission recommends approval. RES 18;112' NCS_ of the: ordinance.. Mr. Hall showed. a viewfoil and photographs of areas with barbed wire fencing. He explained that' the normal height for these - fences is six feet with a one - foot maximum,bf barbed wire. The Planning Commission felt the ordinance should encompass certain districts, . ratther than review each.f'ence ,proposal as submitted. It was,also suggested the ordinance could' come under the height and bulk idea of zoning,, 'so the fencing °would' be discretionary a_s ' a 'variance rather than Use P'ermi't,. Mn Hall stated he :end;orsed the variarice as it would require less staff time and was easier to handle administratively. A discussion followed regarding admnis;tra.tive procedures for approval. March 20, 1978 REFER MATTER- TO PLANNING COMMISSION- - AMEND ZONING ORR. TO ALLOW FOR BARBED'WIRE FENCING IN-A C =H, M -L AND-M -G `ZONING DISTRICTS RES #8132 NCS (Continued) At the end the discuss.ion,, Resolution #81K N.C.$. referring the matter of_ an .amendment_ to Zoning . Ordi nanc'e ��1072 N.C. S by,,, amending, `Section 24 =500, and_ adding Section. Section, .2_.4- 500.1 thereto, to allow for• barbed wire fencing in A, .0 -H', M -L and M -G zoning district`s_,, was introduced.by Councilman Perry, seconded by Councilman:, Hilligoss?, and ' ,adopted by 7 affirmative votes. ING ORDINANCE City,-Attorney Larry, Klose explained the proposed ordi CRIMINAL nance affects all aspects of :the Zoning Ordinance -, not FOR VIOLATION only the.Sign Ordinance.. rnr,icr,vr, r.ra�ri, r1i0Lr,, . r KEANOR T.0 INFRACTION. Councilman Balshaw expressed concern regarding the $100 ORD 41287 :NCS a day .fine.. Mt. Klose stated that when the City insti tutes a criminal prosecution, -'it will have to .charge a particular offense on a° particular day. So., if there are 10 days of violation; you have to submit_ a separate - account for each, of. the days,, and once the City files the complaint in Court,, they can''t. amend it', but.must file each day. To simplify matters, the City..wo.uld, charge a violation on a particular day when it can .prove that - th'e viola -ion was there. Mr:. K'lose further stated that he didn''t think the $100 day fine would,be any problem. After further discussion, Ordinance 41287 N,.C.,S,. amending Ordinance #107.2 N.:C!.S. (the. Zoning. Ordinance),.to reduce criminal penalty for violation thereof, from a misdemeanor to an infraction, was introduced for publication by Council - man..Harbers.on,, seconded by Councilman .Balshaw,,,and,adopted`by 7 affirmative' votes... LETTER FROM DUFFEL The.Deputyy City Cler,k,,ead,the, letter from Carolyn FINANCIAL AND Kerl,..Deputy .County Counsel, with reference to the CONSTRUCTION CO., action'taken.by the•.Sonoma County Airport Land,Use RE NORTHEAS.T..PETALUMA Commission regarding-NOrtheast Petaluma-Annexation #9. ANNEXATION 44,9 City Attorney.Larry Klose stated' his recommendation, remains the same- -that the City void and ignore the determination made. by the Sonoma County, .Land.Use Coinmis'sion and forward'-request for annexation to, LAF.CO:,. He, stayed the Land, Use Commission acted i*prope_rly under the circumstances and no further action is required by the City. Mr. V'an:.Norden Logan of, 'Duffel Financial and Construction Company, stated, he would like to have the concurrence. of the entire .Council that they are in ::favor of annexation of the property through .the.prezoning process when fie goes before LAFCO. City 'Manager. Robert `Meyer . exppla ,ned that, the only vote that could be ;taken this evening,was on the action of the Land Use, Commission. but those.'Councilmen who had voted "no" previously on the,prezoning issue,.could individually contact LAFCO if they. have changed their minds on the matter. RECESS. Mayor Putnam, called_ a recess at 9::10 'pm. , "and Council reconvened at 9,,:20 p.m, REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL Community Development. and Services Director Frank_Gray DESIGN PLAN GOALS AND read.- the " Intermediate,'Range;.Goals, and Policies,, 1'978; POLICIES through 1985, of the City of P etiluma's General Plan." The Council discussed thei title -of the document, and it was_det_:erm ned',that "Environmental Design Plan " - should remain the, title with " Intermediate 'Range. Goals and Policies" as a sub - title. There.waa. further discussion and ,inp.ut by ='the Council on Pages 1 through 6, which will be- incorporated by .the.staff .into the document and brought back for further review'. 1 March 21), 4,978 MOTION TO-ADD TWO A motion.to add a.1etler -from the State Department of ITEMS _..TO AGENDA - . # T anspQrtat-ion regar.dling• park bg,;'on Lakeville Highway at the interchange.of Highway ;101 and 116; and, a letter of resignat -ion from, C,:. Glenn. Head, was introduced by Councilman,Bond,,.seconded by Councilman Perry, and. adopted by 7 affirmatve'votes.. RESOLUTION .ACCEPTING RESIGNATION OF C. GLENN HEAD RES #8133 NCS Resolution IP8133 N.C.S,.. accepting resignation of C. the Petaluma Planning Commission._was introduced by Councilman by Councilman Bond, and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. Glenn Head from Perry, seconded The Deputy City Clerk read the letter of resignation from the Planning Commission,of C. Glenn Head, effec- tive April 1, 1978. LETTER FROM CALTRANS' Community Development and Services Director Frank Gray RE PARKING FACILITY showed a map where:44. parking are proposed by CALTRANS at the interchange of Highway 101 and Highway 116. City Manager Robert Meyer explained the State estimates the.project would cost,$30,,000, and they would be able to fund $15,000 if the City would' pay the other half. Mayor Putnam stated if the staff can.come up with $15,,000 that would not affect any other project, she would be supportive of the parking facility. After further discussion,, it was the consensus of-the Council.that the staff explore the possibility of fund'rig. and come back to the Council the following Monday with their recommendations. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, the.meeting was adjourned at 11:04 p.m.,-to Monday, April 3, at 3 :00 p.m. r. .I. Mayor Attest: C&-y- Clerk