HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 10/17/1961October 17, 1961
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pgu�la:r meet.ing of the Petaluma Ci ty Plan Ing_Commis�s:iqn held on Octo-
]Wr 17, 1961, 'in the. Ch-ambe'fs at 7.'.30 o?c1bck p.m.
ROLL CALL
,Present Commissl,onets Gibbs, Lane., Sande'rson,,'Stimson., Popp.
Absent: Commissioners Kingn
Stanley.
- City Staff: Alfred' J. RObe"xts,, Dl of - Public Works & City Engineer.
%:Commissioner King entered the Counci Cha mbers at 7050 -
Other Off l,c,ia,l,s:, Cau c l.man Norman man-VanBebber.
APPROVAL OF MINUTE'S
The minutes of -October 3,9- 1961 were approved as submitted.
LEON BARLAS,, USE PERMIT",, 'FILE -NO. 38-6,1
The Planning Commis.si reviewed the, Permlt Application No. 1041
f iled by garlas Feed Company to construct 'a 3 car- s1pun9
auger & small. un-
foading elevator - located at 'Stony; Point Road., 'sloutheast of Denman. Road.
The C.Ity Engineer noted that it Is an industrial use. and - apparently com-
plies with the recommendation of the General .Plan with, the excoption that
there is no Limited indust,rial zoning at 'this time 'so there are no stan-
dards. Mr.. Barlas., who was present on beha.lf of h is application., was
ke A by , the City Eng,ineer if h1s type of ope',ratd.on would create dust.,
odo or noise.. Mr. Philip Jo.ergen a nel,gh-bor', also expressed his concern
, over the- possibility of the operation creating La, dust problem. Mr. Bar-
!as expla-ine-d the ope-ration, and assured the Commlzs.1on and Mr. Joerger
that ther Voul,dn't be any objectionable odors, dust or noise Involved In
-their operation,. Resol No., U38-61, granting the us -s e perm I t, . was then
intr'oduced by Commls,sil Sander"son and seconded by Commissioner Gibbs
and was-pas;sed unanimously b y all members prelsent,, with the restriction
that Aust odor and nol4se. be conf fned, within. the 1 lmtt,s of the property.
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; GOLDEN. EAGLE KILLING CO�.,,. FILE NO. 1139-r6l
.1,he Planning Commission r the Use Permit App-11 No.. 1107
f'11 byG6,lLd E. Milling Company,, to raise -pullets in their ,ware
hou located on Redwood Street,, M-Z'orie. The C'om ' m1s was uncertain
as to the effect t r s�t
this eque u would have, on the neighborhood - and
felt there should, be" sufficient notice given the neighborrs in th-e press.
The :Commission set.Novembe-r 7,, 1961 as the date for the public, hear'. lng and
Iristruct-ed the_. c1e,tk to prepare the necessary posti,rigs.
,r,At. this. time Commissioner King ent-ered the Council Chambers and was wel-
comed by Chairman, Popp as a new member of the -Planning C.oinmls
F., WHITMIRE, VARIANCE FILE NO'. Vll -61
The Planning Comm1sision reviewed. the Var III anc e, Appll.c-lait,lon No. 580
*.led by F. Whltm 17.-Co,-Linda Drive to to allow covered' patio in- side
,yard ' extend to the :property - line. instead of providing 5 ft- Commis-
s4pne'r Stimson asked tb. be; excused at.thjs time because, he felt It was
"unfair "' to act on this app
licati -for reasons he had given at the last
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Petaluma C Planning C ,'o °mmi` ;ss
' Oct ober %17 1961
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f eet 4 n,g of Qct.ober 3. 196 L, And r ecorded in the minutes there.i =rio The
Z;{ y Eng`i`neer° gave a staff report 11'sting the violations, and four
possible solutions 't,o tli s problem, Commissioner Gibbs rriad,e the, com-
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meat . that if the Comm iss i_�on were to grant the var and,e9 the bui Iding
c ode would -s_ti 11' �h, e to be eomplle°d wi:the Qomml vsi One ,King' stated
that
"'in hi.s opin ;ion in `the: iea -e o a v aria nce. it- is 't:he pu is hea -r
that is importarte I:f'at thit time there are no .p:ro.tes.ts frofm neigh-
bors, this should govern th,eo decision of the Qommissi;on. He stated
that in the growth and development of a community o_ne ,.mu'sa into
. that
what the pe:o;p1`e wants In the ca °se of a. vA-fri'amce, h e felt
that i,t deaa_s with the people residing in that partac°ular area and,
thenef ox e. each variance 'should be dealt with, ind" _v.iduall°ye Chairma -n
Popp pointed out that .i this c a se,, .he felt the V ari�hd.(E::.,'had been
abusedo A variance should be applied for befo construction s -o this
case was a matter of enforcement of the code and .o r dinan ce® He .pointed
out - that the - people sh.oulA be :made aware that & building permit is
nec.essa before const =ruction- After further discussions Resolutici
No. V14 =61., granting th.e varianc.�e was introduced` by Commissioner Gibbs.
seconded by Commissioner Sanderson' and wags denied by a vote of 3 noes.,
ayes. and 2 absenteoS..o The clerk was Instructed t.o Inform Mrs. Wait -
mia°e, of _the appeal p,roced'ur:e as set forth in zjonfng ordinance No, 340
- N.C,oS.
WALTER OSTER, USE PERMIT_ NO'e U3,6 -61 v
The Planning Commission reviewed the Use Pe =rmi.t : , Appli.cat ;ion No, 9.12
11ed by Walter Osten' 7 Pea °ree Street to . conduc't .mus_i:c school located
at - 915* Street, R - Zone, w hlc:h was held over from the meeting of
Oc- t:ober, 3:o Walter Oster was prevent on behalf of h_is" application an
answered several questions directed t.o- him by the Commission,. The 'Chair -
man then invited anyone f rom th•e audience to speak fb.T or against this
application and the foll_owi. spoke tn. opposit;i:on to .the granting of the
permit: Stanley Sei.d.ell 909 D Street; Lawrence Martin 9 , 910 D Street;
Mr
8 e Denton, 1006 D Stre -et, 'use B r andner 9 99.9 D St ; -; Albert Mos +e -s,
_ 4,9. -D .Street; Fred Seaman,,.921 D Street, K. Jo King, 91-7 D Street Reso-
lut on No. U36 ®61 denying the :Use Permit,, was iniro.d:uced by Commissioner
Kiang, seconded by Commiss'ioner Lane and pas by all members present.
PETAL_UMA AREA GENERAL. PLAN
At this time the - Commission d i sc;ussed t . `he General Plan And, the. prom
posed nevi ions Mr; Biayney and M n. Knox of Liv,ing,ston :& 'Blayney9 wer
present 'to review the contemplaaed r , Counciaman' Norman VanBebber
And Philip J oe.rg a;l, so. e'xpr a ss'ed the l,r re,c.ommend a t ions e Fo l l ow;ik ng
further discussion,, the Chairman =directed the City Engineer. to make the
necessary changes ,and have the resol'u�tion prepared for the, next meeting
°of October 30, 1961°
ADJOURNMENT
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There being, no further business to 'cotei before 'the Commi;ssion :the
e lairman, rece ssed the mee'tikng - unti 1 Qct ober 30 19:61 e