HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 09/06/1961September 6., 1961
Regular meeting of t -he Petaluma City P lanmin. g 'Commission held on Sep-
_`+ embe 6 , 1961 at 7:30 o 1 .c look p.mt. in the, Counc i'1 Chambers, City Hall,
W aluma, California.
ROLL, CALL
Present. Commissioners GJbb,s Lane S �t,anIey, Stimson, Popp
Absent Commi ssioners Sanderson, El1,is
City Staff Alfred J. Robert•s, Dir. of Pub1l.cl Works & City
Engineer.
CORRESPONDENCE
The clerk announced that a joint meeting of the City Council and
Planning Commission will- be held ;Septemb.er 11, 1961_, at 7e p.m. in
the Council Chambers,
E; WHITMIRE, PUBLIC HEARMG, `VARIANCE, .FhL°E NO,. V14 -6:1
The, Planning Commission conducted the public hearing for variance
ap.1i,ca -.tion Y580, f led by F. Whitmire, 17 Co. -Linda Drive, to allow
covered patio in side yard to extend to the property line .instead of
pr,'ovid'ing required 5 .ft_. M Whitmire was p,res - -- t o behalf of her
application. She stated t`he structure had- existed for 2 year and did
riot. - realize they were v olat1ng any laws when they constructed same.
The City Engineer gave a staff report outlining the violations and
ug,ge sted' severa..l s;�obut to this problem: The Commission noted this
se 'as being of the same nature as the var i,ance app 1 icat ion applied
or by Gene Cr s .ani and therefore fe:'1Ft no action should be taken at
this time pending the outcome dT the joi meeting to be held by the
City Council and ,Planning Commission to establish a ba;sac policy for
act'i;on on matters of this * kind. Commissioner Stanley made the motion
to table this application; until after said meeting. - It wa =s seconded
by Commis St imson - and passed unanimously by a;ll members p- resent.
ITEMS TON AGENDA FOR SO. - CO;. BOARD. OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS
1. C. Christianson,, Use Pe,rfti1t application to operate trailer park at
7 ,a :I Street Ext. ,`in an "A" District- -The ma
Com�sion di.rec;ted
the City Engineer to contact the 'Sonoma County Pl.anni.ng' Commdssddn ex'-
pr'.essin.g their concern over t request for the ,:fol- low:ing reasons.
1. 'Pre'sent lack of sanitary fac,i Ilti.es in the,nei,ghbo,rhood.
2. Incompa:tibi 11ty with the pre;sen -t trend. toward -s re'sident:ial deve-lo.p-
ment in the neighb;orhood'.
3. Possible c�on-fa with the pending; General Plan..
The 'Commiission d` nected the Engineer to advise thse County of their
feeling that 'a, public he :arin.g should be hetd (pr eferably in the P,etal.uma
Area) to paermi,t the of property in the 'area to express their
op -Inion r.e1a °tine Vo th14s, matter.
2. Ch•ri :s Knudt_sen Us:e Permit appl.i.cjat:ion for rendie.ring, .plant in con-
nett i on with "ex�i st Ing s la ughter house,, 3150 Ro,b l'ar Road., P 1 -uma, in the
Petaluma City Planning, Commi,s:sion
Septembe 6, n6_ 1
Pa g e Tw o
RWI District.. The C'ommi.ssion. :also r�equest,e'd' t.h City En t,o con-
tact the Sonoma County Rlaftaing Commistioft expre t:he Commission's
.concern relat-Ive, t,o the p'o.sz1bilIty that the City of Petaluma,, being
d'ownwind from, the proposed rend�er-injg plant-., may be subjected to ob-
jectionable odors.
GENERAL PLAN
, The Planning CommII,&si' reminded. the EngIfte:er of their desire to have
a draft prepared r ecommending adoption of the Geriera,l Plan with certain
ammendments disc�ussad at the previous meeting'.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no furthen _,businesz to come before the meeting, the
meeting was adjourned,