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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 07/13/1976A'G E N D. A PETALUMA CITY PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 13, 1976 ADJOURNED:.MEETING 7:30 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY'kft PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA The Planning Commission encourages applicants or their representatives to be available at the meetings to answer questions, so that no agenda items need be deferred to a later date due to a lack of'pertinent information. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE •TO THE 'FLAG ROLL CALL: Comm. Bond Head Harberson HorciZd Popp Waters Wright STAFF;: Ronald F. Hall, 'Planning Director Fred E. Tarr, Associate Planner GRANT E. WARTENA - E j .Q. 1. Public Hearing to evaluate the Environmental EVALUATION /USE PERMIT Impact Questionnaire submitted for the proposed U9- 761'SITE DESIGN REVIEW: Belli -Deli Donut & Grocery delicatessen and the remodeling of the exterior of the entire commercial building located at 609 -617 East Washington Street. 2. Public Hearing to consider allowing on -sale beer and wine in the proposed Belli -Deli Donut and Grocery delicatessen to be located at 617 East Washington Street in a C -N zoning district. 3. Site design review considerations for the pro - posed delicatessen to be located at 617 East Washington Street, as well as the remodeling of the exterior of.the other commercial facilities located'in the building at 609, 611, and 613 East Washington Street. QANTAS DEVELOPMENT 1, Public Hearing to consider the rezoning application CORPORATION - PUD submitted by Qantas Development Corporation to REZONING Z9 -76 & rezone approximately23.6 acres located on North PARK PLACE SUBDIVISION McDowell Blvd.. from a Planned Community District -to a Planned Unit District to construct the first phase of the Park Place Subdivision. 2. Consideration of the Tentative Map for Unit 1 of the Park Place for the construction of 100 single - family units. - ADJOURNMENT: r M I N U T E S PETALUMA CITY PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 13, 1976 ADJOURNED MEETING 7:30 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA PRESENT: Comm. Head, Horciza, Popp, Waters,, Wright ABSENT: Comm. Bond, Harberson i STAFF: Ronald F. Hall, Planning Director Leo P. Rachal, Associate Planner CORRESPONDENCE: A letter was received from Sandra Way of 904 "I" Street express- ing concern about the negative decision of the Planning Commis- sion on the application of Thomas Sipes for a Use Permit to operate a pre- school program on Cherry Street. GRANT E. WARTENA - The proposal to convert a portion of an existing commercial E J.Q. EVALUATION/ building into a delicatessen ,knoim as the Belli -Deli Donut & USE PERMIT U9 -76/ Grocery to include on -sale purchase of beer and wine, and the SITE DESIGN REVIEW: remodeling of the exterior of the entire commercial building located at 609 -617 East Washington Street was briefly reviewed. The Public Hearing was opened to consider the Environmental Impact Questionnaire. No comments were offered from the audience and the Public Hearing was closed. Comm. Popp moved to direct the Planning Director to prepare and post a.Negative Declaration for the project. The motion was seconded by Comm. Wright. AYES 5 NOES 0 ABSENT 2 The Public Hearing was opened to consider the Use Permit. No continents were offered from the audience and the Public Hearing was closed. Comm. Popp moved to grant the Use Permit to allow for on -sale purchase of beer and wine in the delicatessen. The motion was seconded by Comm. Head. AYES 5 NOES 0 ABSENT .2 Comm. Waters moved to approve the site design for the proposed project wi.th.conditions of approval as recommended by the staff and concurred with by the Architectural & Site Design Review Com- mittee. The motion was seconded by Comm. Wright. AYES 5 NOES 0 ABSENT 2 y Petaluma City Planning Commission Minutes, July 13, 1976 QANTAS DEVELOPMENT The rezoning application submitted. by Qantas Development Corr C0RP. PUD REZONING poration to rezone approximately 1.6 acres located on North Z9 -76 /.SITE DESIGN McDowell Blvd,- from a Planned Community- District to a Planned REVIEW /PARK PLACE Unit District for Phase I construction of the Park Place Subdi SUBDIVISION'UNIT 1 vision was briefly reviewed. TENTATIVE, MAP: The Public Hearing was opened to.consider the proposed Planned Unit District rezoning',. No comments were offered from the audience and the Public.Hearing was closed. Mr. Radial read the eight conditions of approval.for the PUD rezoning as recommended by the staff. A discussion relating to item #8 followed. This condition stipulated that a 5 -foot main - tenance easement will,be required along and parallel to the zero sideyard homes and extending on, the abutting property to allow for ' owners to maintain their homes. Mr. Rachal stated that as a condition of approval, the type of planting to be used in this 5 -foot easement should possibly be specified. Comm. Waters stated there were no windows on the.zero lot'lne wall abutting this easement and property own'ers,c'ould. not be restricted from planting= -for instance, shrubs in this area. Mr. Jon Joslyn, of Qantas Development Corporation, added that lawns would be planted right up to the walls and gages and adequate access would be provided for these zero sideyard units. Mr. Joslyn requested that a. variance be granted to provide that 16 -foot driveways be allowed throughout all of the various zero sideyard homes. Comm. Waters stated that 16- -foot driveways ' were in violation of the Zoning Ordinance. Mr. Rachal stated that the, staff was aware of the 20-foot' driveway -- requiremen : of the Zoning Ordinance, but added that under the PUD' provisions of the Ordinance,,_ the staff felt that 16 -foo;t driveways could be permitted f:o .lots 'around the curvature ° of the cul -de =sacs 'where frontages are 40 -feet, or less. This would' involve a total of 35 tots. Mr.. Rachial sand, to avoid having these curvilinear frontages look like a -mass of concrete. A general discussion of the Com- mission members followed. and the c.orlcensus,' of' opinion was to allow all zero sideyard'homes with 16-fout driveways since the remaining lots, with 20 -f,00t driveways, would also look like a mass of concrete. Mr. Radial :read the specific findings to be .made by the Planning Commission, (Exhibit "B ") for the..approval of the PUD rezoning. Mr,. Joslyn objected to Condition #1 of the City Engineer's recom- mendation'whch s,pecif ied that Maria Drive constructed ;from Lucchesi Park across Lynch Creek to:,a connection with the pro - posed arterial (Sequoia A or the collector: street (Lassen Street) extended from.Park Place Subdivision during Phase I. He additionally requested that this condition be stricken from the PUD Rezoning requirements Mr. Hall explained that the City Engineer's recommendation was concerning a•re,quirement of the Tentative Map, not the',PUD Rezoning. Mr. Rachal stated that for the '' n requirement the proposed thoroughfares must be compatibleand for the entire project and therefore. concern the PUD Rezoning also.. Mr. Rachal reminded the Commission -2- ' Petaluma City Planning Commission Minutes, July 13, 1976 about the traffic mitigation measures of the E.I.R., particularly in relationship t'o the 'extension of Maria Street. He stated that the City Engineer was, evidently attempting to alleviate these traffic problems and prow "id`e for pedestrian access in the early stages of the subdivision Process. Comm. Wright stated that the traffic generated from'thist subdivision would utilize McDowell Blvd. and not Maria Drive during the first phase of the devel- opment. Comm. Head moved to recommend approval of the requested PUD rezoning to the City Council according to the specific findings as stated in Exhibit "B ",' with the exclusion of item #1 of the City Engineer's recommendation relative to the construction of Maria Drive, and'that PUD condition of approval (item #4) in the staff report be changed to -allow for 16 -foot driveways for all zero sideyard homes. The motion -was seconded by Comm. Waters. AYES 5 NOES 0 ABSENT 2 The site design considerations for the Planned Unit Development were discussed. Comm. Head moved to approve the site design for the Planning Unit Development with conditions of approval as modified by the staff and concurred with by the Architectural & Site Design Review Committee. The motion was seconded by Comm. Waters. AYES 5 NOES 0 ABSENT 2 The recommended conditions of-approval as discussed by the Plan- ning staff and the City Engineer for Phase I of the Tentative Map regarding Park Place Subdivision were read by Mr. Rachal.. Mr. Joslyn stated that conditions #1 and #2 of the City Engineer's recommendations were not reasonable requirements of the proposed subdivision. He further stated that if the proposed hospital plans are approved, then the bcye`le Paths would be more feasi- ble. Comm. Wright stated that since McDowell Blvd. was a narrow road, some means of a pedestrian walkway should be provided for the first phase of development. Comm. Wright moved to recommend approval of the Tentative Map for Phase I of the Park Place Subdivision to the City Council with the following changes to the conditions of approval as recom- mended by the Planning staff and City Engineer: 1. Delete recommendation #1 of the City Engineer's .report. C 2. Suspend item #2 of the City Eng- ineer's.report with the pro - vision that upon completion of Phase. I, if a firm determi- nation is not made concerning the proposed hospital relo- cation adjacent to this property, the developer will be required to'construct pedestrian pathways as specified in item #2 of the City Engineer's Report. -3- Petaluma City Planning Commission Minutes, July 13, 1976 3. Modify 'condit_io #3.of the Planning staff report reflecting a 10 -foot minimum sideyard fence setback (instead of 15 feet) to provide adequate sight distance for certain quadraplot lots which border-- the proposed afterial and collector streets- 4. Delete condition. #8. of the Planning staff report. The motion was seconded by Comm: Waters. AYES, 5 NOES 0 ABSENT Z ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business., the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 P.M.