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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 09/03/1969J .N September 3, 1969 Regular meeting of the Petaluma City Planning Commission was held on September 3, 1969, at 7:30 o'clock p.m. 'in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Petaluma, California.' PRESENT: Comm. Brunner, Perry; Reed, Stanley. ABSENT: Comm. Koenitzer. STAFF: William C. McGivern, Director of Planning. Andy Anderson, Assistant Planning Director. Hal Wood, Assistant City Engineer. Edouard E. Robert, City Attorney. OTHER CITY OFFICIALS: Philip L. Joerger, Councilman. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes for August 19, 1969 were approved with the fol- lowing, correction: (Correction pertaining to Chester Elliot, Rezoning, File Z13 -69, 311 Oak Street). The second paragraph on Page 3 was corrected to read as follows, "After further dis- cussion and certain findings were made-by the Planning Commission, Res. Z13 -69, recommending that A.P. No. 6- 212 -22 be reclassified from a C -N (Neighborhood Commercial) Zone or District to an R -1- 6,000 (One Family Residential) Zone or District, and furthermore, request that the City Council consider the rezoning a Commission initiative and return the filing fee to the applicant, was intro - duced by Comm. Reed, seconded by Comm. Brunner, and passed by 4 affirmative votes, 1 absentee. CORRESPONDENCE Roger rlaslin, 747 "I" Street - The Planning Director read correspondence received from Roger Maslin, residing at 747 "I" Street, requesting that the alley originating from Olive Street, running parallel to "I" Street, be named and subsequently change their address accordingly, since vehicular and personal access to their property is along said alley. Mr. McGivern also read a copy of the reply he had sent to Mr. Maslin. Both letters are in the files of the Planning Department. Mrs. Maslin was present in be- half of the request. After due deliberation, the Commission decided it would be to the best interest of the community to have Mr. Mas- lin's address remain on "I" Street. Fourth Annual Workshop - Mr. McGivern invited the Commissioners to attend the Fourth Annual Workshop, sponsored by the Planning and Conservation.League that will be held on September 20, 1969", at the University of California at Santa Barbara. League of California Cities - Mr. McGivern read correspondence from the League of California Cities regarding Annual Conference Resolutions to be considered at the League meeting to be held on Tuesday, September 30, 1969, in San Francisco. PAGE 1 r PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES September 3, 1969 • PORRI•TT AND Chairman Stanley opened the Public Hearing to SCHMELZER consider the use permit application filed by USE PERMIT Oneita H. Porrittand Robert A. and Pamla H. FILE U22 -69 Schmelzer to operate a day care center for SITE DESIGN approximately 25 children with a nursery school SITE`DESIGN operation in the morning, in an R -1 -6,000 Zone FILE 5.135 located at 135 and 137 Payran Street. A favor- able report was pres.ented by the Staff, listing eight. (8) conditions of approval. Mrs. Porritt was present and requested that requirements per- taining to the installation of driveway, curb, gutter and sidewalk be waived at this time. She stated that rehabilitation of the house would involve quite an expense and the additional ex- pense of installing public improvements would make the project economically. unfeasible at this time. Commissioner Reed was of the opinion that since recent action by the City Council and Plan- ning ,Commission had not required Mr. Rose or Mr. Sanderson to construct sidewalk, etc., on Petaluma Boulevard when the site design for their projects were reviewed, it should be also waived for Mrs. Porrit,t. There were no objections voiced to the granting of the use permit. Chairman Stanley closed the public hearing. Res. U22 -69, granting the use permit with the conditions outlined in the Staff report, but deleting conditions #3, #4, and #5, was'intro- duced by Comm. Perry, seconded by Comm. Reed, and passed by all members present. A motion, approving site design for the subject day care center, with those conditions of 'approval listed for use permit U22 -69 and Exhibit. "A ", was introduced by Comm. Reed, seconded by Comm. Brun- ner, and passed by all members present. WILLIAM FOSTER Chairman Stanley opened the Public Hearing to USE PE °RMIT consider the use permit application filed by FILE U23 -69 William Foster for a distribution warehouse for packaged foodstuffs and for stocking trucks for SITE DESIGN delivery to stores to be located in a C -H and FILE 5.136 M -L Zone, located at 4991 Petaluma Boulevard North. A favorable report, listing eight (8) conditions of.approval, was presented by the Staff. Mr. William Foster was present and agreed in general to all conditions, except No. 8, which read as follows: "A six -foot high decorative solid screen wall be provided along the side property lines and along the front property line, on each side of the access easement as shown on Exhibit "A ". He objected to the fence PAGE 2 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES September 3, 1969 0 on the grounds it would hinder plans for expansion, and because of the nature of the warehouse opera- tion and its distance from the traveled roadways, a screen fence would serve no purpose. There was no opposition voiced to the granting of the use permit. Chairman Stanley closed the public hear- ing. The Commission determined that screening could be required if necessary at. such time that expansion of the operation took place. Res. U23 -69, granting the use permit with Conditions No. 1 through No. 7 as outlined and deleting Item No. 8 in the Staff report, was introduced by Comm. Perry -, seconded by Comm._ Brunner, and passed by all members present. A motion, approving site design subject to the Conditions of Approval listed for use permit - U23 -69 and Exhibit "A ", was introduced by Comm. Brunner, seconded by Comm. Reed, and passed by all members present. CASA GRANDE The Commission considered the tentative map filed MANOR by Art Condiotti for Casa Grande Manor, Units #4 TENTATIVE MAP and #5. Mr. McGivern stated that the Subdivision UNIT #4 & #5 Committee had reviewed the subject map and recom- FILE 28 -69 mended that approval co'ver portion of-the map shown as Unit #4 of Casa Grande Manor, Exhibit "A ", dated 9 -3 -69. Conditions Nos. 2 through 10 referred to Unit #4 only: Mr. McGivern explained that Unit #5 included a park site, requiring other principles involved, namely, the School Board, Park and Recreation Commission, and the City Coun- cil, to have an opportunity to study the site location for the park. Mr. Ron Simpkins, Engineer for the subdivider and Mr. Art Condiotti, Developer and subdivider, were both-present and strongly re- quested the Commission to consider the map in its entirety. Mr. Condiotti said he would be willing to withhold development on the park site as shown on the plan for one year to give the City an oppor- tunity to purchase it. Mr. McGivern pointed out the plan as submitted indicates only one location for a park site with no alternatives and further suggested until such time all the principles involved, especi- ally the City;Council, decide where the park is to be precisely located, a formal approval of Unit. #5 of the tentative map would be impossible at this time. A lengthy discussion ensued. A motion, PAGE .3 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES September 3, 19.69 is approving Unit #4 of Casa Grande Manor Subdivision with the conditions outlined by the Subdivision Committee (rewording Condition No. 8 to specify that the storm drain requirements are for Unit #4 only), was introduced by Comm. Perry, seconded by Comm. Reed, and passed by all members present. A motion, approving Casa Grande Manor, Unit #5, was introduced by Comm. Perry, seconded Comm. Brunner, and was defeated by a vote of NOES (1 absentee) . W. H. MC DEVITT The Commission reviewed the site design plans for SITE DESIGN a proposed plastics processing plant to be loca- FILE 5.137 ted in a M -L Zone (Limited Industrial) at 960 Lakeville Highway. A favorable report, listing five (5) conditions of approval, was presented by the Staff. Mr. McDevitt was present and voiced opposition to Condition #1, which required dedication of 30 feet of additional right -of -way along Lakeville Highway frontage as required by the City Engineer, and Condition #4, which required fencing along side and rear property lines of the site. Mr. McDevitt was of the opinion that if and when the City needed the property; they could purchase it (referring to the dedication of the 30 feet of additional right -of -way). He further indicated that the fence requirements served no purpose. Mr. McGivern stated that he had visited the site this day and agreed that the fence re- quirement was not necessary. A motion, recommending that the site design be granted subject to the following conditions: 1. Additional parking space shall provided at the southerly end of the parking area as shown on Exhibit "A 2. The loading dock shall be located so as to allow trucks to maneuver on the site for load- ing unloading, and not impede traffic on Lakeville Highway. 3. A landscaping plan, in accordance with the • requirements of the Zoning Ordinance, shall be submitted for Staff review and approval prior to the issuance of a building permit for construction on the subject site. PAGE 4 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES September 3, 1969 was introduced by Comm. Reed, seconded by Comm. Perry, and passed by all members present.. GREENBRIAR At the request of Ronald Simpkins, representing UNIT #2 the developer, Qantas Development Corporation, TENTATIVE MAP the subject map was held over until the Septem- FILE 22. -69 ber 16,. 1969 meeting_. (CONTINUED) SERVICE STATION Chairman Stanley continued the public hearing to ORDINANCE consider amending the Service Station Ordinance FILE RES. 27 -69 to provide for exceptions regarding spacing of (CONTINUED) service stations at freeway interchanges. Since no comments were forthcoming from the audience, Mr. Stanley closed the public hearing. A motion, recommending amending Section 18 -702 (h) of the Zoning Ordinance to read as follows: "The minimum closest distance from another service station shall be not less than 500 feet with the exception of street intersections and at freeway interchanges and/or freeway off -ramp locations located not more than 700 feet from the point at which access rights to the highway are available." The amendment was introduced by Comm. Perry, sec- onded by Comm. Reed, and passed by all members present. WALTER BAKER The Commission reviewed the site design plans SITE DESIGN for the proposed commercial building (attorney's FILE 5.138 office and a vacuum cleaners sales and repair store) to be located at 320 Petaluma Boulevard South. A favorable report was presented by the Staff, recommending approval of the site design subject to the condition that, the pro posed building and site be developed in accor- dance - with Exhibit "A" and the building plans and elevation submitted with the variance appli- cation for this building. Mr. Walter Baker was present and voiced no opposition to the require- ments. PAGE 5 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES September 3, 1969 • A motion, granting site design with the conditions as outlined in the Staff_ report, was introduced by Comm. Perry, seconded by Comm. Brunner, and passed by all members present. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned. Attest: William C. McG vern, Director of Planning