HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 03/07/1967- March T., 11967
• Re , gular meeting of the Pet aluma City ;Planning Comml:s,sfon held* o March.
Ti' 1,961 at � o: In the. Council Chambers, City Ha I , 1, Peta-
lum a Cal I f orn I a,,
-P,R-E'SENT*' Comm. Battaglia, Ga-tewoo!d, Styl=es, Stanley.
ABSENT—: Comm. Popp,
8TAP,7 Robert E. Byrd,, DAre.ctort-Of Plaftri
Gary Graham, Pj,a�n
ming Techn
OTHER CITY OFFICIALS, Aa
y6r Putmam, c iincilmen J& irger Cavanagh
City Manager Robert H- Meyer6
APPROVAL- OF MINUTE'S, - the: minutes f or the meeting of February 21, 1967
we�lre, approved as s
PETALUM-A CHRISTIAN CHURCH., - RE , -NEW USE PE--R FILE u4-67
A , - m o t i o n was .made by Cotit Ga!tei400d., ;te:toftd6d by Comm. Styles and passed,
renewing Use :Permit u6-66 for 'another year as requested by the Petaluma
Christian Chu:rch to allow c=onstruction of a. ChUtCh in an R- 1- 1.0,000 zone
loc�ate.d' at 1150 Schuman Lane, with the sa-me! conditions as stated' on the
original use permit..
PHILIP J,UUTS VARIANCE .
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The :Comm1,s3,s,!Qn rev Iewe'd the va application f by Philip Just i s
to l a,ll , * ubsltandard lot area,'s for "t hre e. 1 ot $ on. Pau.1 I s Road,.,, off P'a.,ul,a
Lane., - The Lots are lbcated. Lft the. RL.-1,40 Zon but due to the c:on-
r otfneft&d app roval fl, 'of the. land �M . Byrd' r-,ec approv al of the slightly
less than 10, 000 §q;.� ft. lofts;.. No. ob,jectlons we re e,re - ,voiced. Res. V2-67,
granting the variance, was IrA-rod by Comm,. Styles, seconded by Comm.
Gatewdod and pa
THOMAS GAFFEY 715 P8RMIT, u3` -
Ch i rm , a -- n' Stanley - teque.ste,d Mr. Byrd, to in-form the Comm i,sslon at th1s
time of t.he cly- a ru ulIng regarding the mrs,trictive. covenants
which app to t"he 'Madison, Square Subdivizion. (A public hearing, on
Thomas Gaffey to allow a service � st,a.t4'Qn to
the ds�le, pextilt reqvest,ed by
be constructed at '723 &, 72'5 Eas Washington Street, was held. and. clos.ed
on Fe;bndar,v , 21sT) At said date At, ljouglas Schwobed,a repre=sent=ing
JI Lut�t,, oper-A o a setrvl-ce stat 732 -East, Washirlgt�o'n Street
voiced pppo.s!it1bh tb, the :qraftting of, thre use permit on the ba sis that
it wo u4 d a on Wa'sh4ogton Street and that
incr eais,'e the tlra�f f Ic h rd a:st t
the, c-oven.a - nt.., forbiulat when the subdivision, Was 'built in 1946, proh11-
bit,ed commercial the tract.— 'Legal op.ini received
- f , orn b Oth thg c I'ty attorney and: f foTh thie, f i r m of F1t,z.ge•a.1d' &- voLn der
although the coven
amt Mr �Gaffey,, lftdj',c�ated ant had
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leg,41 'precedence: over a change of tonJn,g,.,, oppb,sj to commercial use
must 'elmalhat'O: f°rom the property owners th. Mr. Lutze's property
18 not included ith, the tract w Mr. :S,`q,hwobe'd,`a . yeque . to be permitted.
to speak further on the: matter W"hJ den,
led dened by Chairman Stanley.
Res. 'IS 3 -;67,, granting the , use .ge�rm.It, w&s lntrod by Cbmm.'Gat�ewood,,
§e 'by Comm,; Style&,,, and pass't Mrs Byrd lnfo�rmed- Mr. Schw,6beda
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Pete'luma City Planning qommis$Iori
Tnutez ' March 7, 1967
that, an appeal can be filed, with the City Clerik te,qar,dihg the action
taken by 'the, Planning Commission;, and the use p_e;r,mIt will theen, be re-
v
ewe 0 by the C I ty Coqn I I
ANNUAL .R,8V1EW OF PETALUMA AREA GENERAL PLAN OPEN FORUM
Chairman Stanley opened the? pub h
jjc e;ar,,i.ng - ,re - gardtng the annual review
of the Petaluma Afe�a General Plano "'Mr. By e�
Byrd pre - stinted his report �(said
y
reprort Is part, of the permanent f1le.). I,
in addIti'oft,, the -Planfter sub-
mdtaed An addendum in which he, recommended that adid elements be
added 'to the General Pla Map in the ffAture Which wo,,u,l tnc:lude, refuse
dl-s sItes for the next .�5 yea.rs g � Lon range facility 10-
catio and a. restt,udy of the Sonoma, Moun, - tzin, Road Its proposed in-
tercharyge wIt.h the Ue;t4 10t.Fneeewsv. Ch airman Stanley opened the forum
to the aqdiehce. The fo suggestions we, 3e° made:-.
1. -Rev.. John, Jaster asked consideration of med facilities
_-Incllu P - ,ho:sp1ta - 1, be Dndicate,d on the General Ptan,mq.p'
f-6r East Petaltima°a., i the . 1sla'n , ndt informed the audi,
present z -provid'es for-medl,claj P-alcilitIe;s for the east
t4d'e but no prop.6sal,s :haVia been isubm1,tted
2 Carl Brown- of Execu Home Bu,1 of San FrancIsc;.o§ 'Marin
&..Sonoma Counties asked for c of a re&u.cltion in
the m1n1mum 16t Pyr
areas. Mr,. ind : ghat the Planning'
Department had 'b,e :appro"ached on the srubject by Local, de-
velopers an f'?1t that. it was.. A subjezt- Wo rth studying.
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3. Realtor thb G`�,Lffey sugoested.;an, expansion of the General
Plan, particular I ly on the east si,de6, The- I Rlah
net stated that
the Plan is flexible and can be a:d,j qs.te d to meet the changing
trends.
4. Ro,beft Pope, Chamber of Commerce President, stressed the i.m-
portande of dete,rIntniiig A 'site for an a4r'port.. Mr. Byrd
, sald city offi�cta'ls had work:ed with th,e Fe'der;al Aviati.on
Agency over the past three years to sejec- • - a commercial a1r-
port SJ;te and a, f fnal study wi 11 be b� before, the City
Count i'l within three fnbnths.
R'ea'lto =r Howard, He. vr
�ggqM spoke In fao permJttI'hg shoppifig
cent of the cit 'V rz g a r I
8 -,d I . e�,t; 1 5 of t he e f f 0 rt's' , t Y t o rev t a,l I ze
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the ge business d,ist.ti,d,t. Mt,. Byrd stated that the plan
Aid not exetude �shappinq.cent,er.5 and re.fe'r•ed to the 40 acre
sh,'qp,pIng district indicated at East Washington Street
and McDqwe41 Rouleva, d,.. Mr. , Heg,g also stated that Pet�a I Urna
was only attracting people who' were 'within t.h',e Lower Income
bxad,ket. , that the c1ty must do sotethIng t;o attract.. people
with :Ei higher income.
6. Mr. Byrd mentioned that, al,though tlmes and c,ondItI have
ch an g e d 5 , 'many s�ti'll consider Retal,uma as a "zhicke,nt,own, and
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'Pet ,al Uty Planning Commfts td on
Mihut - 'Marcjh 7, 1967
that, this ha,s become a negative. st meaning the city
has stayed - as it is, for too 16hg,
Mr. Leon Bohli,n,g,,, 609 Walnut Str stated that othelr harm--
ful images t,o the city were, t,,hle jqrikyard at the entrances to.
the city'and f I lo,o.dihg' In the low.,land,s,.,
M , r Wesley.G. Meyer,, 8,12 Elm Drive, a1so,mentIoned the eye-
°S�_bre;s along the roads into Petaluma and' asked for increased
bd�a"Iitification effortsi
' the lack of adequate
8.. Mr. Art Ca,detr,, 1315 Fly FZ.oad, c-ommented b
t`l i,o l,it.i the downt,oWn, ;area
_Builder Phil Justl's su
g�geste a def,InI policy to preserve
more open .,spate, 'low-d areas in th�e west side to compete
with, the east s i d e :
'City Manager Meyer said that new industry wa lo in Petaluma and
that he, was very optimistic about Petaluma., Mr.: Meyer a I ls mentioned
"the P ot ent I a 1 1 ty o ' t,h e river
- 01 , n conclusion, Mayor Helen Putnam, comp the, Plann,ing Commissioners
and th,e sta f`or th.eIr PUTe work and add ed that the people moving to
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Petaluma were not our misfortune but- rzth&rr' our gain,.
ADJOURNMENT
There - being .no furthe<r- butihi 't, come: b,ef`6i the Commission,, the meet -
ing' was :adjourned.
A ttest: ' e rk,
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March 7. 11967
* Regular meeting of 'the Pet City Planning - Cbmmisisdon held on March
: 7, 1967 , at 7030 O: P-:Me in the l-Council. Chambers, City Hall, Peta-
lutal, California,;.
PRESENT: Comm. - Batt-aglia, Gatewo.od Styles, Stanley.
ABSENTO
Comm. Po,pp..
STAFF: Robert ..qy
D.i.r,ector .of Plannfaq.
Gary Graham,, Planni'n-g' Techn1clan.
OTHER CITY OFFICIAL,S. Mayo' -r Putnam,,, Counclimen Joerge'r, Cavanagh.
City Manager Rdbe,rt He Meyer.
APPROVAL, 'OF.MLNUTES, the minutes for the meeting of February 21 1967;
were _ apprb'Ved"as. subm
PETAL,UMA,CHR,15T IAN , CHURCH, R, ', FILE, U4-67
R F W V$E PER MIT
A motion wa;s made by Comm. Gat,,(�wood_, seconded by Comm-. Styles and passed,
re Us?e P.efm1t U67-66 for another year as reque,ste.d by the Petaluma
Christian Church t,o allow c,o_nstruction of , ,a church. in an R-1-10,000 zone
'located at 1150 S(thuman Lane, with the same cond.itlons* as stated on the
original use peyrml
PHILIP JUST 1',S FTLE V2-6,7
• The �_ Comm-ls's�!,on reviewed 't-he variance application filed by Ph,il-ip,. Just 1's
to allow substandard Lot areas for three 1,6,ts on Pau1qs Road,, off Paula
tane. lots, are locat�ed, LIA the Rjr01'0,0,00 2-6fte but due to the con-
fl,gurat ion of the 1,a.nd,, 'Mr. 'Byrd r;ecom e'nded :a r
- pova.1 of the slightly
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1'e;s§ than." 10 sq. 'ft. lots. No qbjettibtls were Vlo ic:ed. Res;, V2-67,
gnanttn°g 'the variance, Lwa intvoduced by Corrn, Styles, seconded by Comm.
Gatew . and, p a�ss e:d
THOMAS rjkFFK-_Y,,, USE, PERMIT',JTLE L3 -67
Chairman Stanley requested Mr. Byrd to inform the Commis,sion at this
time of the city attorney ruling regard ima. the rellstrIctive.covenants
Which apply to the Madison Square 'S (A public hearing on
the use permit reqgest,6d by Thomas Gaffey to allow a sevvlice station to
be cbns'tTucted at '723 & 725 East; Washington Street, was held and closed
on February 21LS"'t-j". At sal,d date Attorney Douglas $qrwobed repre:sent.ing
JI'm Lutz, Oper Qr ; 'of a selrvi`qe� s'tdt1dn, Ea st 732 ' Washington, Street
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vo ' . appos, i t ion "t,o the granting of thet use permit on the basis that
it wo�uld fncl the traffic hazard on East Wash�
tj.igton Street and that
t,h,e c fo when the subdivision, vats built in 1946, prohl-'
hft-,ed cbmme:r�fal develdpmo.nt,wItb1n the traLCt;., Legal op1hions-recelved
from both 'the city attorney And' f r Ot the flrm of Fitzgerald & von der
'Mehdien,, r M-r'. Gaff-ey§ indic-ate altho,ugh the covenant had
legal prLe,ced d,
,ene OV ,a e�r :c'.hange of :vontng, opposition to comme.P,tial use
mu st, emanate, from the property ownerLt t,h"emse.1ves:. Mr. Lutz? s, property
-is no,!t i, the '- tr, Mr Schwobe'dA t e'sted to be Permitted
to :speak, furth&r on the matter which v&s denied' by ChaIrman Stanley.
Res, U.3 granting the uls,e.. pe,rm1t introduced ' by Comm. ciatewood.,
. by Comm. Style and passed Mr. By rd 1'nfor:Med Mr. Schwobeda
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Pet al umai, C'i 'ty Plann Comm -i s i on
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that An appeal. can. be f l e,d wl,th the City Clerk- regard Ing the action
taken by the Planning Comin!`ssIon,,, and the use Permit will then be re-
viewed by the City Co unci l
,ANNUAL REVIEW OF PETALUMA, AREA CiEVERAL PLAN.. - OPEN ..FORUM
Chairman Stanley opened' the ptfb,'I•I:c hearing re,gzrdI,n ' g the annual review
of the Pet'a Area Generial Plan.. Mr. Byrd Pre..seht:ed his report (said
report Is part of the germaman't ffle).._ in addttion .the Planner sub-
mitted an addendum in which he recommended that., additional elements be
ad4ed t,o the General Plan Map In the fiiture which would include refuse
disposal sites for the next 25 ye14 long range• pairk facility lo-
cations, and a restudy of the Sonoma Mountain Road and its proposed In-
terchange with t'he U.S 101 . Fre�ew?rlt. Chairman Stanley opened the forum
to the audience. The fo1l(1w-1.ng su,gge�st.Aon,s were made
1. Rev John J4ste'r a,sk,ed con idenat I on of medical facilities,
I,ncl he !,mdIca on the General Plar,,Map.
for East P!at the P.1 a_nner I,nf ormed 'the: audience : that-
present zontng provtd,es, for-medi.clal, facil.ities for the east
slide but no J)ronosa,l:a have been .s,qbmitted..
2, Carl Brown iof Exe.cative Home BuJ,lders: of San Francisco,, Ma-rJ,n
• Sonoma CounUes asked for cohsiderat,lon of.a reduction in
the - he minimum lot areas. Mr., Byrd i= ndicated that the Planning
Department had been ap
.proached on the subject by local de-
_p
ve•opers and felt, that it was a s.Ubj?ct worth studying.
3.0 Realtor Thomas. Gaffey sugges n. 0 ted. a expans.1on of the General
P 1 a n, s�JO. Planner stated that
, The paTti'c'ular,ly on the ea
the Plan, .15 flexible and can be adjusted to meet the changing
t,rendz.
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- Robert Pope., C hamber of Commerce P're:si . dent stressed the im-
port,ance, of determining a site for a, ' n a ' Irport. Mr. Byrd
,c
sA-11d city o T f 1al r > �h worked w ith; h �d the , Federal Aviation,
Agency over the past three years to se ;Iec�t_a commercial air-
port site; and af'.Iftal study wi be brought before; the City
Co pcjj within three months.
R6a1t;&r Howard Heggum spoke In, favor of perm,ittfhg sbop;049,
:r egardless oT th.e effort,s% of th cfty to rev talize
the c-ent,,na, - 1, business dlstrict. Mr., Byrd stated that the. plan
did 'not exclude sho centers, and, referred, to, the 40 acre
sli dj,strI'&t Ind1cf at East Vashingt�bn Street-,
and McDowell Boulevard. Mr. He-,ggum, also stated that Petialu.ma
was only 4ttra:ctI',nq.pzop1e who were- within the tover Income
b;rac,kg and that the city must do something t,o attract people
with a highe=r'_ Income.
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Mr. Byrd, mentioned that, although times and condit ions -h
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dhan many s"t.fll consider PetA1uta as a ";bh:IcRent,.own., and
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that this has become a negative statement, meaning the city
h-as stayed as It i s f too long,.
7. Mr. Leon Boh.lin,q, 609 'Walnut Street,,, stated that other harm-
ful images to t'he tfty. were 'the junk-yalrds at the entrances to
the city and. flood] -Ag 1n the lowlands..
Mr, Wesley- Meye,,r,,, 8,12, Elm Drive, mentioned the eye-
sores alon _,g h6 roads, int Petaluma an asked for increased
t- it
"b'tautificatidn 'effort,s
, ,.Mr. Art Cader, 1315 El.y Road commented; on. the Lack of adequate
shopping "facllittes In the downtown 6r
9 Buil.6,er Phil Jtistts suggested A de,f'in,ite. policy to preserve
more open space, lowmdenblt'y areas an the west side to compete
with the east side
C;It'v Manager Meyer sz,I'd that new 1 ' ndustry was, locati,nq In Petaluma :a:,nd
that he was very opt .1m1sti"c' 'about Pet'aluma, Mri, Meyer also mentioned
the potenti'Slity of t'he rdVeri,
*In, conctus1on., Mayor Heleti Putnam complimented the Planning Co.mmils:siloners
an I -d"the staff for their ' firfee work and added that the people moving to
Pettaluma were not our mitsfcrtune but rather our :g;wim.
ADJOURNMENT
There'. being. no further bu to come b:efore the Commission, the meet -
ing was adjourned.
At t t� - ,P1 "e tk
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Chairman
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