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PETAtUMA: 'CITY ..'PIANNING, 'COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
tffY COUNCIL !CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
rb"erson,; Head., Wright
PRESENT: Comm." -Daly'. 14
ABSENT: 'Comm Horciza.j Popp
STAFF: - Rond ,, Id E. Hall; Planning.Ditec
'Fred E., Tarr, Associate Planner
APPROVAL OF-MINUTES: I The minutes of the June 7. 1977, were
-JUNE-, 2 1977
7.:30 P.M.
PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
approved,,as submitted.
CORRESPONDENCE:
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LE�Eter' �om Manuel P regarding the SousaABrothers
property, l oc ated , between Schuman, Lane and Magnolia
Avenue -r permission tfia:.t their propb§al for
Units be considered by the:'Planhing .'Commission. The
Plannift'g .!Di tor was directed 'to plane this item 6n'a-'
future Planning 'Cdmmission Agefiduz
CONSENT OALtNDAR:
The motlon V � made by Comm,. Hedd, seconded by Comm
Daly 'to a Items #l,and #2: was carried:
Agenda Item #1:
D an Patocchi., Negative De6laration.And' Site Design Res.
5 app�roV-ing duplex to be, lo cat ed a t 234/236 Edith
Street.
'Agendd Item
Dick ' Lieb - d Co.., -14 N egative DeclarAtion-and
f f or The Lan _6
5.471 App iiig the conversion of a
Site Desi,gn' ± ov
single- ' residence to a•'real estate office to be
located at 40 Petaluma- &lvd... 'S6,fthi
,GARY GbSTAP-SON't'7..I. Q,,`
9r Hall `explained the request of Gary Gustafson to
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EVALUAT / VAR IANCE
al low - f.or two parkiAg spaces 'less than require d f or a
SITE DESIGN REVIEV
proposed office building to be located at 628 Ea's:t
Washingtorr Street. The sitet, currently used by Carl's
Market, is -proposed a profes'sional office:.
site consists of 'three,
lots and covers - approximate1y, 12,,80,0, square f eet. The
'p,ro,p,oped'-14-l-'
office 'structure covers 4;965 `8'qiiare feet of the site,.
'There (ire'-12 pdfkiiig,-spaces
where 14 are - normally required: Access
to , - thq, - site i . s I by ' 1wo-way drive via -Vallejo' Street and an.- ingress from''East
Washington in Street.
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PETALUMA CITY -PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, JUNE 21, 1977
GARY GUSTAF:SQN- E,. I,Q. The Public Hearing was ;opened to consider the Envr.on- Y
EVALUATION /VAR`IANCE_/ mental Impact Questionnaire:. • No: comments ,were. ;off•ered
SITE DESIGN' REVIEW from the audience and 'the Public Hearing, was closed:_
("Convinued )
Comm. Harb,erson 'moved to direct the Planning Direc'to.r
to prepare and ,post a, lie gat-ive..D'eclaration for the
projec . The motion w I asl se.conded•by Comm,. Head'..
AYES 4 NOES 0 ABSENT 2'
'The .Public Hearing consider the.. Variance request was Opened. No comments
were offered from the audience and the Public Hearing was-closed.
Comm. Harberson moved to.;grant the. variance •requjest,'to allow for - twelve.park-
ing spaces based on the findings ifidicated ihe, staff. report. The motion
was seconded by Comm. Head:.
AYES 4 NOES & - ,ABSENT. 2
discussion was held•,on the parking layout fbr the site Fred Tarr explained
that seven parking spaces would .run horizontal to Vallejo S.treet with five
parking spaces located . to, the. -rear .6f : the site. The :addition,, of second
access .'driveway would be from Vallejo Street.
Comm. Head moved to approve the S te.. De's ign - for' 'the pxo;posed pr•.oj with con-
ditions of approval as recommended, by the staff and concurred with by the.
Architectural • _and Site, De "sign Review Committee and., that Condit ^ion #7 -be' de=
feted .from the staff' report. The, was seconded * by .Comm. Daly.
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AYES 4 - NOES` 0 ABSENT' 2'
ENVIRONMENTAL,DES'GN Mr., Hall explained that the proposed.Intermedate Range.
PLAN (19771-1984) t General Plan (1977 - 1984) prepared by the, Planning De -
partment,.and the Citizens` ,Task 'Force Committee was' to
be considered by the Planning Commiss'ion,. The format
had been changed from that of the original. Environmental Des'gn.Plan °to: reflect
general policies and policies affecting future 'residential deve'lopment',; business .
growth "and services The new Int'ermediat'e Rang"e•General Plan has,•
el- iminated much-of the histor_ca-1 background swhich , had been, ,included in the.
original EDP Mr. .Hall recognized the Am ,'and work input performed members."
of the 'Task Force Committee and stafi' per,onnel.
INTERMEDIATE RANGE'.GENERAL,PLAN
Mr. Hall.. reviewed •'the,proposed IRGP.. The. following addition wa : 8 added under
Section IV. B.3. (Recreation ;& Open Space. Implementation Policies) A .regional
park, to be located southwest of Petaluma, iri• • the Chil'eno 'Valley area (a County
Park),
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PETALUMA. CITY
..PLANN'ING 'COMMISS ION _MINUTES JUNE 1 21, 19,77
7 ENVIRONMENTAL
DESIGN.PLAN (,INTERMEDIATE RANGE
' GENERAL, PLAN)
LAND' USE MAP .AMENDMENTS
Fred Tarr briefed the ;some.of the 4,2 proposed,,land use-map
amendments to
be approv.edxiah the adoption of the new text:
Items l,; and 4
Interchange -- prop.osed change from,
Aoriculturenman
. g en Space to allow for light industrial
use.
Items 2'and 3
,Interchange- ,p change .
rop'osed from
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9 ricultu /Open Space and Industrial to be set aside
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for �Sery : :ce Commercial that regw res large acreage.
Item 5
'Northeas't -of Corona Road ;and" N6rth•'M6Dowel1 Blvd. -
proposed change from Agriculture /Open Space and-In-
dustrial to' allow for Neighborhood Commercial.
Item 6
East of ;North McDowell Blvd. near Corona Road - proposed
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chj ge.from,Agricultur,e /Open Space to allow for Planned
Res=idential..
Item 7
East of .'North McDowell Blvd. ' near Corona Road - pro-
posed•�chahge.from Agri.cultire /Open Space to allow for
an Elementary" School and Neighborhood Park.
Item 8
East 'Washington' Street ,to Corona Road'• - A .route for
Maria Drive b.e designated ton the_ EDP.
• Item 9 an 10'....
We of proposed•Mara Drive near proposed Rainier
Avenue to °move E�lemenf`ary S'choo'l" and Neighborhood
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Park :from West gf.Ely Road -North near proposed Mania
Drive to ,afor,ementioned location.
Item 11 II
Highway :1,01 to ' Ely Road between East Washington Street
and Corona Road - proposed - thbto:ughfdre tie -in for
Rainier Avenue with limited Freeway - Interchange.
Item 12
Nor hwest: East Washington. Street &,.Ely Blvd.
North•- proposed, that the _St James Church, and' school
p "roperaty be ed designat Urban High Density'Residenfial.
'There had been -a requestunder, the Program to
consider ,low rent - „ housing and a ..Senior Citizens com-
plex: There are %lQG units :involved and the high.
density would involve: ° 50 'un its'for' low- and moderate -'
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"ncome Pious =ng And, units for.Senior Citizens ,, Hous -
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ing. This, pro,posal' require •a change: in the EDP
an General,
Item. 13
East o;f North :McDowell -.B'lvd.' ,and north - of Lucchesi
Park - the propo's'ed -hospital to -.be _ndi;c'ated on the
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EDP ,.
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East - t'diuma Gardens
Item 14 of E-ly Blvd South And south th of Pe
Subdivision an Elementary School and,Neighborho.od.
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Park,tq.be designated - on:the. EDP,.'
Item 16 East of greenbelt.near' future Caulfield Lahe. Ext`&n-
to' ij
sion - for a Comffiuity"Pa :site,.
Item 17 West of Ely Blvd. South near 6a'sa Grande. High-..Scho,61
proposed -change from Neig4bo.rho.od.
Planned Residential.-'
6es1gAatibA .�L
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Item. 18 Corona Road at Highway l6i future -
interchange
Item 20 East of Highway. 101 and south of C,br,oAa Road- - proposed,
designation change.•from Urban Density Residential to
Ihdiis, qs :3 or- ` for resident a'1
'tftal ' �.' Th a 'po
use, access ;'to- the -,property is
Item 22- East and west of Highw 01-and
ay -1 possible, -_xt6_n§1oA'to
'Boddga Ba proposed des'l ibn from 'secodd,ptiority
a n - to ri:
PArkw y a nd tia-il Indu�trial,, Ag' ; culture/9pdn' Spac&
and Sppcid) Study Area
Item 2.3 Che-riy* Valley. Area�, Howard Street/blagnblid Avenue
'd to eliminate tin&jparkway.:�and path
connector i propose .. t
to allow f or °tfhe fu tures extension Vtutle ext of Paula Lane:
Revert to a Suburban. Low,,, Urban Low Density Residen-
tial and Agr, u1t6re[Op&n Space dds1griatiom.
Item 2.5 Howard Stre6t/P Avenue -proposed -NeLghborhob'd Park
designation to. -allow 10r the existing Oak. Hill Park
(Neighborhood Par-k).
Item 43 (Added 'Chilen o Vdlley area, !i�o ut, f iw e s t, of Petajum a,i -a proposed
Regional -Park (•ounty Park)
The Public Hear= was opened: to Envir Impact. AS'sessment,,
andfhe of, the, Environmental Design' Plah ('1977-1984);
INTERMEb RANQt 6INkR&L, PLAN
The followinR c6mments* and recommendations, were ' made Tohn.Bal9haw'. Chairman
of the Citizens;' :Task Yorce Committee stated that . in a, recent study prepared-
the ,growth rate showed the real growth of the,,,housirigg stock. and -population is
most eou-iitabIe'-for public services in the to 4.5% range, per year; - he-
questioned the-report recommended a 5% rate of growth.. Page -,5, Section l.b,.
The City,Ehgineer should indicate on the -map tran§pbrEation, and service,facil-
ities. - page 5.j.h. _ Natural waterways.and, trees Are. to be'presetve&. We
hon6r this. in b reach and no t ."in intent. Page 8,," (Collector §'jtreets). There
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should-be coordination between tte , Plarinin D'e ar:tment -and• the City Engineer
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when. roads- and.developments are p'ro'posed. Pr-ojeets should,be endorsed' by the
City Engineer prior to approval,. Page 9, Mob=ile Home R, rks Further encroach -
ment,should be' limited and location of- mobile '°home parks should•be designated.
Page. T0, Bus'ine.ss :- ^Create :add1tional .:industrial zon -ing. The staff should
justify why an industrial is needed-wh'en there is an industrial park
infill�at North San Francisco Industrial Park. 'Mr,..Balshaw questioned the
intent ',of, .the neighborhood commercial development,'-in the Valley Sector and
tested that it should-`be defined,.' He indicated that she Sky Ranch -Airport
should,;,be preser"ued:,' Page 11, ' 1. c. -. The City Engineer should•end'orse•
and coordinate the street circulation pattern.
Donna. M acKenz"ie,. "Vice = Chairman Task Force Commit'tee,, stated-there should
someth ng in writing which indicates t'he City will involved with low- income
housirig.. rThis would be ''backup when a developer proposes to build low-cost
houses,, but indicates at a later date that he is unable -to do so. Page 5(d) -.
questioned if a school had been..considered for the.Westridge area?
Don Bennett, Chairman -of� -the Subcommittee.on Parks,. stated the committee was
very concerned for! the p trees, The,City has a street tree
ordinance -that ins- :not followed. The City should .take the responsibility
for low cost "using,; the buck is being passed on to the developer,. The City
sh'o_uld =hake a progressive s.t_a,ndand..determne how a low,cost housing project.
is progres sing.. A real • problem •;concerns -the elderly,.- - Page 10, 1. e. should be
clarified Circulation patterns :should -apply not 'only to the • downtown sector,
buts to Io,ther: areas of City. 'Staff indicated' .that; this. has been covered in
the. text .
Larry Jonas stated than a small scale - subdivision should .be drawn up as a
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guideline, so a developer would, -k_now the :type of subdivision t -hat is. required,
and this scale should' include trees and planter strips;.
Terence Garvey stated-that Jine'ar parks • sho_.uld , be usable,,, Page 16, c . l,. Page
10, III, A.l..g some light industries that are attracted to :a -City ra-- se.havoc
with tAe: wastewater treatment• system due to the•disposal of.heavy metals, etc.
�He also: indicated the Sky Ranch Airport should 'be preserved
LAND USE MAP AMENDMENTS
John Balshaw Page 2, Item.11 the p :rop.osed freeway': i:nterchange.at Rainier
Avenue is unreal'-istic,. East. Wa•sl iftgton Street - has {set for. more• than 3 'years
<ds •money has not,, been,. available for the. street proj,ee.t,. Corona Road is the
most probable location for an interchange and possibly - the State will fund the
project. The, land us`e- desl,gnated f a Neighborhood iShopping Center on the
east and west side,. of• -the railroad should be more specific as to- either side.
Page 2, Item 20 - he recalled, that property owners fought ,to have the property
located.east 10;1.and south Corona Road designated. industrial.
M``re Tarr explained that in�o, Eder: to develop'the property a grade crossing and
road'wo,uld,be re`quired'. possibly the property should placed in open - space.
Mr. - Balsi-aw -= nd:i.g4ted that 'any- transactions with the State should -have the -
endors'e.ment of the City Engineer.
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Larry Jonas, objected to the St., James'property'on Ely Blvd. being used for a
Senior Citizens. complex and suggested' 'the 1 complex be lo.cated on Jefferson
Street. This `type of complex would enhance - the. Uallej`o: /.Jefferson Street. area.
Mr. Hall stated,.that some of'the new changes were,.mandated tobr.ing 'the City
into conformance with law. Some changes were "prompted by outside ire
teres,ts and some liy school distr:itts.. '
Art . Lafranchi, representing. the Willow' Creek Properties, ' located on .Old .Redwood
Highway, supported changes; 1'and'Z. In'19,62 „ ,, he indicate d, Assess District
No 9:was formed and property .owners in that area •have.been paying assessments
and taxes-on their property designated_as industrial.. He aaked who was in a
position to-say we have too much-industrial property. Based on past history
of the property,, he 'recommend'ed .keeping the property 'f'or. industrial :use:. This
was done with. the City's support; and if this policy is changed. it will, damage
the people in, the- area,. who have paid taxes for these properties for many.
years
Lucy Webb, Page 1, Item 3, representing Friedman- Br.o_s., property, located on
Old Redwood - Highway, requested. that the area be, designated • commercial as -
proposed,.” 'She -also.requested,'that the,;industrial designated area near the
rails`oad remain-as proposed because of the, ex sting railroad accessibility.
She further indicated concern over the,.proposed location of !a .school site on
the property she represents (Page :Z No'. .14.).
Barry Par:knsoi, Page 1, Items 6 'and Z'; represe_ntng .property owners east of North• ',McDowell, Blvd. near .Corona Road., favored the•completion,.of-Co;rona Road. .
and North McDowell Blvd. He indi.cated,that new residential development in th.e
area would help to accomplish the road improvements.
Horace Henris, an owner of Willow Creek properties, was',s,upportive of these, .
properties being designated - industrial, as the; land 'has- been..assessed'as
industrial, for- years.
The,Pdblic:Heari.ng was closedi
it was the general consensus that further consideration of the Environmental
Design.Plan be "continued on June 23, 19.77, 'a't. 5:00 p..m.
ADJOURNMENT: There `being. no fur-,,thee business,, the- meeting adjourned
at '10;45 p.m.
Attest.:
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