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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 09/05/1973A G E N' D A PET ALUMA R L REGUA _W - - , , . C I T Y Cou W Y PLANNING ' COMMISSION IN,G ,CHAMBERS .' CITY HALL IANCE TO THE FLAG' SEPTEMBER 5, 1973 T:30 PzM. PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA ROLL CALL;- Comm.. Balshaw Bond'..,- Hilligoss Hood I Matted Popp Waters STAFF: Frank B. Gray,'Senior Planner APPROVAL OF MINUTES CORRESPONDENCE. ENVIRONME IMP-ACT QUESTIONNAIRE EVALUATION: SITE DESIGN REVIEW 'COMMITTEE JREPORT': Jim,Ober - Consideration of an EIQ a ptbpose d 2-story expansion of an existing commexclai building at 5 Petaluma Blvd. North iri. a C-H, Highway Commercial District. l., FlexIble Plastics Request for a plastic bottle manufacturing`plant on North McDowe.lj Blvd. in an M-L, Light Industrial District. .2. Connolly pevelopmont Co., - Request for a pr6pdsed -restdurarit and office build- ing at McKenzie and South McDowell Blvd. in a C-C, Cent-ral Commercial 'District. 3. Exxon Company - Request for remodeling of an e:ki!s service station at 301 South McDowell Blvd., In a C-C, Central Commercial Distt-ict. PRE-ZONING:' 1. U.S. Equi Sun Terrace 'Request for -prezon - ing to PUD, Planned Unit Develop- ment District of a 100 foot wide strip adjacent to the. Boundary north of East W ashi,n.gtQn Street on the east side of Ely Blvd. Northj Former Lands of 'Cardoza - Request for pre�6nihq to "A"' Agriculture District of approximately 212.19 'acres located adjacent to the southeasterly City Boundary, and the east side of the Petaluma River. ADJOURNMENT M I N. U T E S, PETALUMA,CITY PLANNING COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 5, 1973 REGULAR MEETING 7:30 P.M. CITY 'COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA 'PRESENT: , Comm. Balshaw, Bond, Hilligoss, :Flood,, Mattei, Waters ABSENT: 'COMM. Popp STAFF:, Frank B. Gray, Senior Planner APPROVAL OF MINUTES.: It was requested that the minutes of August 21, 1973, under the first paraq-r. aph of "Other Business," be d1ari show that it is a permissible :usage to sell mobilehome trailers and accessories in amobilehome park. With the exception of this correction, the minutes were approved as submitted. i CORRESPONDtNUE: ENVIRONMENT QUEST IONNA EVALUATION A I Vice-Chairman Hood stated he wished to be ex- cused from the board for this evaluation because of a professional interest i'h t he deVe1opment, and he appointed Comm. John,Balshaw as Vice-C-hairm for this item. A summarisation ol the staf,`f, report was given which included 'the. recommendation that the Commission determine the project would not have a s,ignifi,cant effect on the environment. W.� Mr.. Gray advised the Commission isaion of a short c r , ouse.for Planning Commisgioners being offered by the University of California, Berkeley extension, entitled "The N I ew Environmental Impact Report Requirements, to be held November 17, 1973 from 8:30 a,..Tn- to 4:30, p.m. .in San. Rafael. The Commi'ssioners were informed that if any one was in they should advise Mr. Gra y so -t - tte could be taken to t - the - �m r the City Council to determine the possibility of fundi .1 Lrig,, AL IMPACT Jim. Oberq, - Consideration of an EIQ for a proposed RE 71-- Ft — o-r - y -- expansion lref an existing commercial buildd:ncr at 500 Petaluma Blvd. North in a C-H, Highway Commercial Di.sttict: Comm. Waters made a-motion to concur with the recommendation of the staff and to direct the Acting ' of Community Development to pre- pare a Negative Declaration reflecting the Commis.sion's decision., The motion was seconded by Comm,. Bond, AYES 5 ' NOES 0 ABSENT I ABSTAINED Petaluma City'Planning' Minutes September 5,, '19:73 The applicant was advised' that there would be a 10-day per-.I'bd f public appeals of the Negative Declaration, as requi.re'd 'by Stat­e: law, before the site design application could.be acted upon. SITE DESIGN REVIEW 1. Flexible Plastics Request for a plastic CO MM ITTEE ' REPO - RTS: bottle m-anufacturinq plant on McDo Blvd. in a M-L, Light Industrial Di&trict: The development plans, samples of ,building materi'.Als, and color schemes were presented to the Commission for their edification. The recommendations of the Site Design* Review Committee Were read by the staff. Comm. Bond informed th Commission thatzecoinmendation #10 regarding flood lighting plans had been added by the Site Design Review Committee. Alan Dunham, the developer's Architect, stated they were familiar with the conditions of approval - ap4: were willing to accept them. �Comm;. Balshaw asked him if there would be an odor problem,., -and, if so, was the structure designed. to contain it. Mr. Dunham replied 'there was no odor involved and he explained the development process., I n n reply to a 'Comment by Mr. Gray regarding utilities, Mr. Dunham stated that he preferred the under- ground utiii however, he had not con- . firmed this with the developer as yet. Mr. Pat Shannon,, Chamber of Commerce' ,'in- - formed the Commission that. the factors of no smoke or pollutants had 'been one of the main reasons he had encouraged this industr in Petaluma, Comm.'Balshaw made a motion,to with wi the recommendations ofthe Site Design Review Committee and Comm. Hilligoss seconded the motion. A'k 6 NOES 10 ABSENT 1 2. QonnolLt DeVelo ment Co. - Request for a proposed restaurant and office building at KQK6nz McDowell Blvd. in a C-C District:. The. development plans were presented to the Commi and the Site Desig-n Revlew Committee report was read by th; :staff. In -2- Planning Comm isisi,on Minutes 1973 response to various - by the Commis.sion, M a ,.r. the p'rking and various distances between build- In response to aquestion raised by the Commission,, James Parrish of Connolly Development- replied that. the office building would have one bonant the bottom floor and four or five for the top floor of the ,insurance/real estate type. 11 , questioned why 6.0 parking was not used and..Mr. Parr. ish, explained that they found women preferred the straight-in park- ilhq!., . Mr. G ray ray added that 60' parking was not pps'sible because of the eg-ress. Q6mm,. commented, he, felt this type .of b.dilding did not belong on a downtown c en, 'trai community. s,po°t and' Washington Square ahould,be coordinated® Comm. Bond explained :that the, building-. Type is Rustler's identi- fi Pation. I-Te added that this is a family , .-type restaurant and he felt the design had family appeal and its positioning in the shoppinq area would not be detrimental. Mr,., John Ketrig. f r6t the audience questioned th6 sIgnalization, in thus area and he also felt there ,should be a at E. Washington .& Maria Drive.' Vice-Chairman Hood informed him his feelings should be directed to the City Council It-was further. explained that be of economics and the location of the elementary school., it had been determined to place the signals, at McGregor: first. The underground materials would be put in at McKenzie so that when it is extended the 6ignal,s could be ins-Ealled. Comm.. Balshaw made the. motion to concur with the recommendation's of the Site Design Review Committee and Comm. Bond seconded the motion. AYES 6. NOES .0 ABSENT 1 3... Exkon. Co_Lnpany - Request for remodeling of an existing service station at 301 South M'cDowe,ll.Blvd,. in a C.-C District: The, staff explained that this remodeling was necessary because of.-t-he.widening of South McDowell Blvd.,, and the recommendations of the-Site Design Review Cbmrff ittee were read. -3- Petaluma-City Plan ning Commission Minutes September 5, 1913 Mr. Gray added that .he had recently observed a eery uns- ightly tire storage rack -on the site .and, inforted' the Commission, that a condition of appr,ova.1 sometimes r.equired for se- rvi.ce .stations was that merchandise storage racks racks be placed inside the building. This cou'�d he required if the Commission so desired. A discussion req;arding the size, of the land- scape plants followed ," and Mr. Anderson, Tkxon`s representative, stated 'he had no object�.on to the usage: of the '5- gallo size as .a minimum. The Commission agreed. to requ this size in the conditions of approval,. The maintenance f'Actor wa_s 'broughit up and the staff informed the Commi;s,slon that irrigation plans; would be required. _ Mr. Anderson infoi°med the CommissIon that he , understood the conditions of. appro:va.l. Comm. Bals`haw ,asked if the 'P.lanning stiff could as a.matter-,of policy direct developers to use a 5- gallon minimum plant..si:ze, and he was informed if it was ,the wish of the Commission it could be done where practical. Comm. Balshaw recommended that the Commis add the condition to require indoor met chandise storage racks, and the Commission concurred. Comm. Ba-lshaw moved to accept the conditions of approval of the Site Design Review Committee:, as modified, and Comm. Waters seconded tthe motion. , AYES 6' NOES 0 ABSEI ,T 1 U.S. EQUITIES.,. INC,./ Mr,. Gray informed the. Commission that the SUNCO CORP. requested prezo:ning was necessary 'to add 4.62 PREZONING Z.2'3 - -73: acres to the proposed Sun, Terrace. P,lenne:d Unit 'Development so that the :Washington Creek draina_g:e channel could - be improved as an open channel throughout the development. Comm. Balshaw wished to clarify that the total number of units would 'not be changed because of the addition of the 4,,52 acres and that the only reason for t'he additional land was to accommodate the improvement of the channel as.a natural open, -4- Pet °aluma City Planning Commission Minutes September ,'5, 1973 space area.. The staff informed him this was correct. The ;Public Hearing was opened. No comments were offered from the audience and the Public Hearing was closed.. .Comm. Bond made. the motion to approve the requested prezoning to'P.U..D. and Comm. Waters seconded the motion.. AYES 6 NOES 0, ABSENT 1 FORMER LANDS OF The staff: report was read and Mr. Gray went on CARDOZA PREZONING to, s'ay that the City, had purchased the site Z24 - 73: for the possibility of using it for a spoils dredg site. He added that this was con- ting.ent upon the Corp's o,f.Engineers application for dredging the river and that the Corps of Eng would. submit a repot to the City at a later date along with an Environmental Impact Report.. 'No EIR was ..required at this stage as there is essentially no change in land usage. { The Public Hearing was opened. No comments were made f rom the audience .and the Public Hearing 'was closed. Comm. Waters made the motion to approve the requested prezoning and Comm. Hilligoss seconded . the motion. AYES 6 NOES 0 ABSENT 1 �1 SONOMA C06 TY Gordon B. Frase - U;seRerm t application for REFERRAL: garage .e pan i.on o 1 l o wholesale storage of assorted candies at 5165 Bodega Avenue: Mr.. Gray advised the,Commission that the County Planning staff .recommendation was for approval subject to the conditions that the use conforms to the plot plan, it i.s of the same architectural design as the. existing residence, and 1 off - street parking .space:. °is provided. The staff recommended suggesting to the County Planning staff that the use permit be ended at such time that the. applicant moves or discontinues the wholesale storage,. Comma Waters made the motion Ito fund no objection to this Use Permit application and Comm. Balshaw -5- Potaluitia City Planning Commission Minutes, Septemb.er'5, 1973 seconded the, motion. AYES 6 NOES 0 ABSENT 1 OTHER - BUSINESS - Comm:, Bond informed the Comt1s that there, is no ordinanc.6, at the present time to require underground utilities in industrial areas, and he felt there should be such a requirement,. At the present time this decision is at the di,s,cre- tion of the btilder. A discussion followed regarding pos methods. of implementing this requirementand its - ap'l ca p �- - bility.. It was brought "out that the Subdivision Ordina'nce, only related to requiring underground utilities in subdiviz ions Suggestions were mado-•o accomplish =the I -requirement by either 4 resoltit-ibri - 'of pplicy.—re I . qu ring the undergrounding �6f- all new. - Maj , or,.idevelopments or the inclusion of the ­reqtr iement in ith6'� zoning ordinance. .. �Conutt­.: - Balshaw -,s es,ted, adding to the zoning ­ -.ordinance, the: pr6vision.-that all utilities shall ­.,he _unde`rgraun.d- �except"- whore accepted by the Planning Commis and the City Council. The staff in-formed the- Commission they would look • into the matter., f ur ther. -for implemen.tation�. Councilman Kattei. informed the Commission that October 1, 1973 had been set-as the final date for submittal of names .to on'. the Residential Development Evaluation Board. Anyone interested ' should. be adYf5odwrite -a le, to writter t o t - e City to the attention of the Mayor. The M woUld thoh.personal.ly contact each individual and :members would bels�elected.by drawing from a hat,. Comm. Balshaw questioned. when the EDP revisions were to be effected . Mr. Gray informed the -Comfniss.ion that there were approximately 50 changes to achieve cons' istency between the, 'EDP, 0 Genera. Plan and the Zoning Ordinance, and over 5&% completion has been accomplished to date® He' asked.the,Cbmmission if it would be agreeable: to: have: a. study session on September 25th at 7: p.m. on tfiie EDP. •and the members of the Commission were agriao,able to this date. •. -6- Petaluma City 5eptemb '5 I Planning Commission Mi Comm'. 'Mattel gage a bri,ef summary of the City Council meeting of September .4, 11973, during which the Coun�cklbad overruled the Commission and:apprbved the rezoning request of D. D. Young. Comm.. Bals if' this case would be referred back to the Commission before adoption as required by Section- 2`7 -80 of the Zoning Ordinance, If this sect -ion of the ordinance is not going to be complied with, he felt it should be deleted. It was suggested that the wording in this section.be changed from "shall refer" to "may refer-." Discussion followed regarding this section of the ordinance and Section 27-100'0., The feasibility of divorcing mobilehome parks from the R Dic and the formation of 4 special. Mobilehome, bistrict was discussed. The staff was diree'ted to get a reading from the , City Attbrne' on this possibility and also y on apossible change to Sections 27-800 and -27-10 of the zoning ordinance.