HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01/30/1968January 30,, 1968.
Special; meeting of the Petaluma, City Planning Commission held on
January 3'0, 196:8, at 8:00 o'clock p.m_ in the Council Chambers,
.City Hall, 'P.etalima, California..
PRESENT; Comm. Koentjzer,, Perry,, Styles, Fostmeier.
ABSENT: Comm,: Battaglia..
STAFF': Wm'. C_ McGi ern, Director 'of, '.Planning
APPROVAL OF ;MINUTES = the minutes for the meeting of January 16,
1968 were approved as submitted.
GULF' Mr. MCGiver n• advised the Comm ission of a.Sonoma
CORP.. County Referral regarding a proposed ;gasoline
service station to be located at the southeast .
corner of Old Redwood ,Highway and.MeDowell Road,
adjacent to the city limits,. The Planning Di-
rector proposed ,several, recommendations to be
submitted to the Sonoma County Board of Zoning
Adjus= tments for their consideration in granting
the izse :.permit. (These: ,recommendations are part
of the permanent :f=ile of` the Planning Department,.)
A motion requesting the, Planning Director to s.ub-
mit the recommendations as presented to the ; Sonoma
County Board. of Zoning ,A4Ju_stments, was introduced.
`b Comm. Koenitzer
y �s'econded by Comm. Perry, and,
passed.
`PACIFIC Chai- Man.Fostme or opened. the public hearing re-
:GROWERS garding the us,e permit application filed. by Pacific
FILE U2 -68 Growers to alter and modi , -fy the existing feed-milling.
process at their present location at 313 East Wash-
ingto_n Street. In his staff report, Mr. McGivern
stated that the feed mill operation as it presently
,exists!, does no;t produce to, its maximum capacity be-
cause of' certain cost f=actors and some, antiquated.
processing,fa_cilit _ es. The proposed improvements
will provide much, cl- eaner, efficient and productive
oper-aticin.. The P- aann ng Director further stated,,
that the owners do 'not intend to _ e'xpan'd the exist-
.ng facility. but proposed to create a highly com
pacted, modernized and automated plant. Mr., Loren
L. Byeriy,, feed d v„is;ion manager for'the Pacific
Grower Cbrp,. , `was; present `and spoke. in favor of the
application +He stated, extensive plans a"re being
prepared to improve :the: river ar - adjacent to the
s'i o . There 'Were n 0 per.sons - present in oppoIsition
to jr.anting the use; permit);; therefore, Res U2 =68,
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Planning , Commission.
January. 30j 1968
approving the use permit with. the conditions as
outl ined in the 'Rla'n..-ni . n . g D,i,rector I's report (made
paxt. of -the permanent file) - was 'introduced by
C om m. K o. e n
t 'se b 'Comm., Perry and
SITE DES'I'GM : A no ng the site de-
on,� app
sign 'review with the �qondi as: stated in the
: use permit, for th'e,! Pacific'Growers " proposal,
was intrbduc',ed Comm'.., Styles, seconded by
Comm, Retry and
GhaCirman Fost,meierl op ened' the 'public hearing
regarding egafdinq the rezoning. ap plicatIon filed, by_
Atlantic & PacIf , td."'Bu to rezone a- parcel
an A -1-�, 00,0
oT; land from* Ngricu-Itural Zone to an R
Zone. The he Planning Oitect6r his written
report., :stated, that the :ak6a, -in question is
kn own as Monarch"P i-c 8ubdiyi, Unit Nos.
1, 2„ .& 3 located :oft Squth McDowell Boulevard.
Mr. Walter V Vice-President of the
At! antic & Pat�if.i.c,' Corporation was
present.., There .were no bb j bctibns voi to
there!zoninq,. 06s. Z,2,- 6 8 recommending the re-
zoning. to the City Council, wa"s - introduced by
Comm. Sty.1 e s seconded `by Robert Koenitzer and
pas sed
A & P
REZONING
FILE Z2-68
L J. LEWIS -A :motion, renewing a Os',e,. per.mit . . to. L. J Lewis
FILE U.3 - 68 (with the �conditions as stated in; the. original
use p6rm1t-,') to aA l6w-',construc t ion, of duplexes
in an R1."6 Ttanslti Zone 'located. at
32�9 Pleasant St're6t,,, ifttroduced by Comm,
Perry seconded by Comm- ;'Styles, and
_pAs:sed.
TlYe us'e' T)ermit was , *fizst.granted in 19'E5. Mt.
Mc iver-n *s -.ted rf c6nditions''had changed.
ta
in the area to warrant a, reeva,luati6n>of the
permit.
BASALT ROOK Thee - Planning Commi,ssion reviewed the site plans
Co:. i . TNC' submitted b 'Bd. Co. for- their pro-posed
S I ITE '. DESIGN asphaltic concrete batching'fability or "Black
Plant" to be. O.Onstru.cted !at Hop efferson
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all conditions
noted, tha
Streets. Mt;. MdGiVern not
of the use permit- site design had
been zomplied'with. ' motion', approving the
plaps, was introduced by' Comm: - Styles, seconded'
by Comm. Pe' and passed
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Pla•nn'ing Commission
'January 3 0, 19'68°
•_`dASTLEWOOD .'
The Commission .r:ev'iewed ..the site plans submitted
OIL CO.
by the Di` l.Company for their coffee
SITE DESIGN
shop, ' etc. located at _i5,3 'Petaluma Blvd. South.
(A use permit ,has been'granted..to' the corporation
by 'th:e Sonoma .County. Board of Zon -in - Adjustments;
however, one condition, of` the use, permit was a_
site design Approv
,,a .-,to be granted by the Peta-
luma City Planning ... Mr:. Dave Cader
was present_. A discussion • followed 'regarding
the ;method of surfacing the'site. The Commission
agreed' to withhold final:,,: recommendations to the
County until the Plannirng'D;irector has "reviewed
the surface improvements- being "made by Amaral
Cdits'truction .Company:
ABAG
A comprehensive written report was submitted at
PRELI•MI -NARY
this t1me by" y Mr ..`McGiver,n, in . which he made .spe- ` .
REGIONAL
cif °c - recommendafi:ons and , criticisms. regarding
PLAN
}the; Regional :ABAG Prialiminary, Plari. The ,main
- points of crit' c,isrri bb ng,, that' the Regional Plan
should. provide ; f,or the. Ci y of Petaluma's in-
tendon of ricorporafing a rapid 'transit system
'and .some consideration should be given to the
Petaluma River . as a•; possible transportation
element 'and /or as a recreational e;Tement of the
Regional Plan Also- 'the''Reg onah Plan Report
'should be expand'e;d i n' concept to include the
proposal as to the nature of. the agency_ to ad --
mini +ster the,Plan. .Councilman Joerger addressed
the Commssio,ri At length: .. He :;related his ex-
per ,ence at the .Board.of:SupervisorIs meeting
in Santa Rosa where he presented several questions
rega -rding the Plan but couldn?'t get a satisfactory
answer:. Councilman Joerger'mentioned.tha slides
had been shown at the meeting,, which il lustrated
the growth patterns over -a period of years de'
veloped: by the General Plans" of va'ri ctie
and countie's . throu'g ut 'the ;Bay area. region.
Other, slides had, lshowed the 'A'BAG I s Regional corn -.
cep;t -of: ;growth patterns in compar -i;son to plans
, that' already had, - been , used• .over the last f ive` or
ten :years. Mr. - Joe 4er" stated, he then asked,
"I:sn' -t it a.' fact t iat the" reason for the: ,pro-
posed Regional ABAG' concept Maas. that' they were
in disagreement with city planning ?"
When the man conduct ng the meetings answered
"No- ", Mr. Joerger s;ta ed'he was shocked at the
becailsb
redtwhy, they' had spent
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Planning Goinmis!s`on
January 30, 19 6`8
Preliminary P lan's arid with another $30.0,000
antic"ipated,.'f;or the 'f inal draft. At this point,
Mr. Joerger said he -was informed that ABAG had
nothing to do with the; Regional. Plan The
Gounc'i1mal1 `toad the Ga issioners :that .he dis-
agree d,with,,.ths because it is ABAG's'money
and. also federal grant's which Are financing
this "PIA'. Mr,; Joerger also warned the. Commi_ s-
sign that the' Plan ,is; a. forerunner of ABAG
making'a presentation to the State Legislature
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powers and usurp jurisdiction from city and
county government., because a Regional Plan
can't 'be of any value unless they have' legis-
lative. powers. -Chairman Postmeier` and the
P'lannsing Director stressed the importance of
forwarding O ' r,eco mmend "a't to ABAG
Regional Committee to indicate that Petaluma .
is interested and v.itally"concerned. with what
they are,doing and voice 'our - recommendations.
Comm. Styles commended Mrc'McGivern on his-
report, but stated that he was of the opinion
that 'Petaluma can take 'care of its own problems
and does not need�ABAG.' Comm. Koenitzer stated
there ways a read need for a regional plan as
it 'relates to rapid transit -, airports, recrea-
tional facilities,, etc He further stated, that
the seven recommendations listed in Mr. "McGivern's
report w'o.uld :not. indicate. a compromise in any
way, but wo:u voice Petaluma "..'s opinion of" the
plan and needed revisions Mr.". Manuel Amaral was
i the audience a nd cautioned the Commission o
any action, they.might' take saying that the
northern counties did not need the southern.
counties.: Comm.. Styles stated at this time that
they (the southern counties) need our money and
land. Following - further ;review of the recom-
mendations outlined in the "report, several modi-
f;cations "were made in its wording.. A.moton,
that the .recommendations, as revised, be for
warded, to the AMP-Regional Committee, was intro-
duced by Comrri. Perry, .s;econded by Comm. Koenitzer.
and passed by the following vote: AYES.- Koenitzer,
Perry, Fostmeier.. NO; Styles :;. ABSENT: Battaglia.
Commissioner_ Styles ' stated that he would like 'it
made a matter of record that he voted "No" not be-
cause he wars unconcerned for the need for a
Regionall Plan:.
ADJOURNMENT' There, be ing no further b iness to come e.o the
Commission;, the meet' was adjour.ried,.
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Cha a
.Clerk