HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Resolution 2019-20 11/19/2019RESOLUTION 2019-0
CITY OF PETALUMA PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL DENIAL OF A
TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION MAP
FOR THE CORONA STATION RESIDENTIAL PROJECT
LOCATED AT 890 NORTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD
APN: 137-061-019
File No: PLMA-18-0006
WHEREAS, Todd Kurtin with Lomas Properties LLC submitted an application for the Corona Station
Residential Project, including a Development Agreement, Density Bonus and Development
Concession/Incentive, Tentative Subdivision Map, Conditional Use Permit and Site Plan and
Architectural Review for a 116 unit residential project within the MUl B zone with Flood Plain -Combining
(FP -C) Overlay, located on a 6.5 -acre site at 890 North McDowell Boulevard (APN 137-061-019) (the
"Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held duly noticed public hearings to consider the Project, on
November 12, 2019 and November 19, 2019, at which time all interested parties had the opportunity to
be heard; and
WHEREAS, the Corona Station Residential Tentative Subdivision Map is subject to Title 20
(Subdivisions) of the Municipal Code (Subdivision Ordinance) and the State Subdivision Map Act, which
regulate the design and improvement of the proposed subdivision. As described in the staff reports, the
Corona Station Residential tentative subdivision map proposes to subdivide the project site into 116
single family lots, two common interest parcels, and one remainder parcel; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission found the overall project inconsistent with key policies in
both the General Plan and Station Area Specific Plan calling for a mixed use transit oriented
development to enhance and facilitate the second SMART station and therefore did not support the
approval of the project, including the Tentative Subdivision Map.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission hereby recommends that the
City Council deny the Tentative Subdivision Map for the Project based on the findings made below:
1. The proposed Tentative Subdivision Map is inconsistent with the General Plan in that it is on property
designated for Mixed use on the General Plan Land Use Map and the project does not propose a
robust mix of uses as called for in the General Plan nor does it maximize residential density at the 30
unit per acre maximum allowed in the Mixed Use land use designation.
2. The proposed project is inconsistent with the City's General Plan and the Station Area Master Plan in
that it does not create a mixed use transit oriented development to facilitate and enhance the
development of the second SMART station, nor does it create a project design that adequately
engages or connects with the proposed SMART station.
3. The project is inconsistent with General Policy 1-P-2 in that it does not promote infill development at
an appropriate density or intensity given its location directly adjacent to the future SMART station
and the lack of any proposed mix of uses or maximizing application of allowable density on the site,
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4. The project is inconsistent with General Plan Policy 1-P-6 in that the project has not been designed
as a mixed development on the site and has not been designed to activate and engage the future
SMART station or to attract transit users to capitalize on the adjacency to the SMART station.
5. The project is inconsistent with General Plan Policy 5-P-43 in that the project does not reflect transit
oriented development along the McDowell Boulevard corridor and directly adjacent to the future
SMART station.
6. Approval of the map will be detrimental to the public welfare in that the project does not create
the type of transit oriented development desired to engage and support the proposed SMART
station or create the desired catalyst development directly adjacent to the station.
The site is physically suitable for a greater density and intensity of development than proposed given
that the property is a relatively flat, undeveloped lot within the Urban Growth Boundary with direct
access to North McDowell Boulevard and Corona Road and adjacent to the future Corona Road
SMART station.
ADOPTED this 191h day of November, 2019, by the following vote:
Commission Member
Aye
No
Absent
Abstain
Councilmember McDonnell
X
Chair Alonso
X
Vice Chair Bauer
X
Gomez
X
Marzo
X
Potter
X
Streeter
X
ATTEST:
Scott Alonso, Chair
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
t -
Heather Hines, Co mission Secretary Lisa Tennenbaum, ssistant City Attorney
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