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Petaluma Planning Commission
Regular Meeting
City Council Chambers
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September 27, 1983
7 :30 p.m.
Petaluma, California
PRESENT: Commissioner Balshaw, Head., Hilligoss, Lavin, Popp, Read,
and Tencer
ABSENT: None
STAFF: Gregory C. Freitas, Community Development and Planning
Director
Warren Salmons, Principal Planner
Les Ruh, Assistant City Engineer
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES The September 13, 1983 minutes were approved as
corrected by Commissioner Balshaw as follows:
Item I;; (Far West Construction) Condition 9 shall be amended to read:
"Dedication of sufficient right -of -way, as determined' by the City
Engineer, to permit construction of additional travel lane on
Lakeville Street frontage shall be made
Item I.V, (Long John Silver) Condition 4 shall be amended to read:
"'For purpose of sound insulation, a decorative Eboth- sides; six
foot wood faced masonry i�fih Vz£g wall shall be constructed
alon& interior property lines starting at the southeast corner
of, the property line shared with the Union 76 Service Station and
extending to the Lakeville Street front yard setback ivbbd 1 fdddd
/alld / �1X / bb! /dd��t�ful�tdd / /a11bfi�J /ilMd / lei Edti�dr , subject to
design approval by the Community Development Department."
Item I;V, (Long John Silver) Condition 8 shall be amended to read:
"'Dedication of sufficient right -of -way, as determined by the City
Engineer, to permit construction of additional travel lane on
Lakeville Street frontage shall be made
CORRESPONDENCE: Correspondence received from Mrs. James (Margaret)
Davenport, 6 Street, Petaluma.
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DIREC.TOR'S REPORT There is a possibility that the next Planning
Commission meeting would have to be held October 12, rather than the
regularly scheduled date of October 11 if the holiday necessitated a change
in City Council meeting schedule.
COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
Commissioner Tencer welcomed Commissioner Nancy Read to the Planning
Commission.
Commi`ssioner Hilligoss announced the arrival of Artrain.
I. WESTERN DEVELOPMENT GROUP (DAON CORPORATION) SONOMA
HIGHLANDS, EIR /REZONING /TENTATIVE MAP, VICINITY OF "D"
co STREET AND WESTERN AVENUE, A.P NOS, 008- 321 -42; 008 - 480 -05;
0;08- 490 -04, 06, - 09, and 10; 019- 120 -15 and 16.
Item No. 11.452, 3.304 and 6.548
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The public hearings were opened.
It was noted that while hearings on all three matters before the
Commission were opened, staff presentations had not yet been made on
the PUD rezoning and the tentative map.
Speakers:
Blanche Helgrin, 901 "D" Street presented a letter from Robert Bailey
and Mary King, 915 "D" Street.
Shaun Clark, 125 Greenridge Court presented a letter from Paul W.
Heney, 1040 "D" Street.
Gerald Fassett, 10 Scenic Way
Christine Hill, 619 "B" Street
O za Ramey, 943 "B" Street
Charles C. Hoerner, Hayes and Belle View
Edward W. Fratini, 500 "D" Street
Leo Lane, 1318 I'D" Street
Melvin P. Hein; 609 Keokuk Street
Stanley A. Seidell, 909 "D" Street
Cynthia Bowman, 625 "'D" Street
Lynn Woolsey, 923 ".B" Street
John Kosewic, 826 "D" Street
Donald Helgrin, . 901 "D!' Street
Gina Levinthal, 634 "D" Street
Rose Eiserich, 931 "B" Street
representing Petaluma Area Citizens League
Dennis Milliken, 501 Western Avenue
The public hearing on the EIQ was closed.
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Motion introduced by Commissioner Popp, seconded by Commissioner Lavin to
recommend to City Council that the traffic, cost revenue, hydrologic and
visual analysis updates to and the previously certified environmental impact
report satisfactorily describe the potential significant effects on the
environment of the proposed Sonoma Highlands residential project.
AYES: - 6 ABSTAIN - 1 (Read)
The public hearing continued on rezoning and tentative map.
Speakers:
Chuck Colton, Daon Corporation
Paula Collins, Consultant, representing Daon Corporation
Chris Craiker, Architect, representing Daon Corporation
Ralph Alexander, Landscaping Architect, representing Daon Corporation
Tom Jones, Brelje and Race Engineering, Civil Engineer, representing Daon
Corporation
George Nichelson, Traffic Engineer, representing Daon Corporation
The public hearings were continued until October 25, 1983.
II. DUFFEL FINANCIAL AND CONSTRUCTION, LAKEVILLE SQUARE
APARTMENTS, REZONING 32+ ACRES, A.P. NO. 017 - 040 -12, FROM PUD
(6 UNITS /ACRE) TO PUD (15 UNITS /ACRE), FRATE5 ROAD AND ELY
BOULEVARD SOUTH (FUTURE EXTENSION)
Item No. 3.303
The public hearing was opened.
Speakers:
Linda Lake, 821 Sunnyslope Road
• Carl Wisser, Architect, representing Duffel Company
Tom Bach, Landscape Architect
Van Logen, representing Duffel Company
Motion introduced by Commissioner Lavin, seconded by Commissioner Head to
recommend to City Council approval of PUD as submitted with the following
changes to the conditions.
AYES: 5 ABSTAIN: 2 (Hilligoss and Read)
The Commission
recommended no changes to the following conditions:
Nos. 1
through 12, 15
and 16,
21 and 22, .24a, 26, 28a, b, c, and e, 29 and
30, 34
through 38. Note
that
above condition numbers are the numbers used
in the
staff report.
The conditions listed in the draft legislation have been
renumbered to
reflect
the Planning Commission's recommendation to
delete
Conditions 17,
19, 24b,
28d, 31 and 39.
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The Commission recommended amending several conditions. The changes are
summarized below:
Condition 14. Reducing the percentage of special handicapped units to one
percent of total units.
Condition 18. The project, sponsor shall develop a fencing plan to help deter
trespass by project residents through A.P. Nos. 17- 040 -8,
13, 15, 16, 19 and 20 by offering to the owners of said
properties to construct agricultural type open fencing along
the Casa Grande side of the Adobe Creek channel or the rear
property line of said parcels.
Condition 20. Requiring additional storage only for Model Types D and E.
Condition 23. Indicating that the designation for a day care center be
potential future development.
Condition 25. Deleting requirements for provision of on -site recreational
vehicle storage.
The Commission approved Conditions 13, 27, 32 and 33 as recommended.
However, in deference to the applicant's objections to these four conditions
and their policy implications, the Commission specifically wished it to be
known: that it felt the City Council was the body which properly must rule
on them. No consensus other than for referral to Council was reached on
these conditions.
ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 a.m.
ATTEST:
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Gregory C. Freitas
Community Development and
Planning Department Director
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