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,April, 16, 1-;96
Reg mee -inq of the City Planni
j uIar t' _ng CpmmizIsion held on April 16,
1,968 at 8�:0 o'c-lock p.m,. -, in the Council G "a
h mbers,, City Hall, Peta-
luma, California'..,
PRESENT: Comm. -'Batta:g..l1a, Kbeni'tzer, Perry, - Styles.
ABSENT: Comm. Foptmeder..
STAFF William C--,. McGivern, D1r6ct6r of I
Planning.,
Joe Rado c
.sevic�,, Planning Technician,.
Hal.. "KQod Assistant - 'City, -84g I ine I ja�r-.'
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - the minutes for the eneet-Ing of,April 2, 1968
were approved as submit-ted.,
CORRESPONDENCE
Marin, Sonoina_,Air Aces
,Mr. Mc-Givern read correspondence received from the Marin Sonoma
Air Aces, requesting A possib'Ie flying site for control-line
,model airpj4nva flyers of Sonoma and Marin Counties. The letter
outlined the club's activity. The Planning Commi'ssion instructed
the Planning Director 'to forward" the, letter, together: with thei - t
proposals, for a sit-p". -to the E;irector of V&rks and Recreation
.for subsequent st'udy, and action.
Barber Sign Company
Mr.. MdGivernxead a letter receiVed, from , Lewis S.,..Barber,, Presi-
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dent of the Barber Sign Company,, !Inc., , notifying the Planning
Department that 'he had observed seVEral politic - 1 !§Iqns throu'h�
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out the - 'City , of 'Petaluma, which had :been• erected without 'use per-
mit.s or building permits,. Mr. 'Barber- wanted to know whether the
sign ordinance ' ibeen changed to, allow' this sort of promotion.
The Planning Staff will investigate the ' matter- and answer Mr.
Barber's inquiry
ATLANTIC- ThesCommission reviewed-the variance application,filed
RICHFIELD by Atlantic-Richf id:ld' :Corporation to erect a - sign which
VARIANCE would' exceed the, height limitation and square f ootage
FILE V3-68 limitation, as prescribed in the -Zbninqi Ordi-nance for
the C-H Zone. The. proposed sign would be locatediat
the service station and restaurant site located at
1,721 Lakeville, Highway In his report,, the Planr,dnq
Director stated that the,; a'pp-raan
- li - is requesting per-
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mission to �,erect one fte'e' rstanding sign Z'0 ft. in
height and 20'0 Sq. ft,., 'in area. (The Ordinance allows,
30 ft And, 200 'sq,. fti.
'Mr. McGivern, stress the importance of observing the
Zoning Ordinance .as it. is written and if said ordinance
can not accommodate the type of signs which- are being, jr
entertained and constructed along I 'highway s I t I he . n t he -
1 - Grdina`nce, s�h&iild be amended..
Planning Comml-ssion,
April 16, 1968
ATLANTIC- M_Jr ' 'Richard 'D. Br'oadstone was pre's on, behalf of
At A ht,-iel :,CorpoJr at1on and stated that
RICHFIELD the n. - c� ic' d�
VARIANCE
the proposed sign would be necessary to make it
FILE V3=68 visible from the Freewa Y A. motion, denying the
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(Continued.) variarice, was introduced by Comm. Battaglia, seconded
by Comm,. Petty and was denied by all members present.
GULF Olt Vice-Chairt Kbeniti:zer opened the pu hearing, to
CORPORATION consider- the use permit application pplicatiQn filed by the Gulf
Ulf
FILE 010-68 Oil Corporation to allow alterations of a conditional
use in a CC Zone located. at 120 Western .Avenue. At
this time, Mr read, a l e tter from
Wat Bates,' Real Estatb Representative for Oil
Corporati,on.j requept the Planning C' Q mmission to
continue the matter 'of."- - the: public, hearing. until may
7, .19`68 in order for Gulf' Oil Company - to study the
rece qtl,y, adopted Core Area, Plan as approved by the
City Council.
U. S.
'Vice-Chairrndh, Ko-en opened the publi.c, hearing to
, CORPS, OF
consider the use �permit app_.ti_qation filed by the U. S.
ENGINEERS
:Corps of` EhgIneers to (jphst-ruct, U. S. Army Reserve
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Facilities 'at 50:0 ValleJo Street.. In. his report, Mr.
MdGivern stated that �f_h�, application was ori I ginally
granted ah December 14 ,1 19J.64 but construction had
.never commenced The P.1anning D rector further stated
that, 'the prqpoped u SQ is compatible with.the present
us
National GuardArff6ty--bUi.laing: located adjacent to the
site, in 4tiestion- Mr. Hal Wood,, Assistant City _ Engineer,
outlined the requirements fbr, water and sewage connec-
tions as prescr-i4e�d- by ,the City Engineer._ There were
no objections vo,ic, 'Res. Ull"&&j approving the use
permit with - the conditions, as Outlined'.and made part
of the permanent file, wa.si introduced by Comm,. Styles
a seconded, by Comm,. 'Perry and passed
EAST PARK The Planning
Commis �si
_pn, revieved the final map of
44 East Park subdivision #4 submitted by Wesley I Bailey
File 10= 678 Land Company. Mr. RonSiMp 0
jUns o George N kn-
gi,neerinq, . was preze.nt,.-, Mt. McGivern read .a favorable
report from the City , Engineer . Res, .10-6 4pprovin I q
the - f inal map, was introduced, by Comm. Styles, se-cohded
by Comm. Perry and passed*.
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P I dhh Commission
April 16,j 19
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HARDY The Commission - reviewed the site plans -.submitted
SITE by Ron 44 ar y d f or- an apar-tmont building to be located
DESIGN At 512 &, 514, Rentucky Street (A use permit had
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prev. ous� i ly been granted . for said' construction.) Mt.
,McQivern stated I that the p lans had, been rve.vi:sed and
only 4 apat would' be donst�ruc'ted at this time.
A motion, approving the-,site, design, was introduced
htroduced
by Comm Battaglia,, seconded by Comm. Styles and
passed with the condition that the site be Completely
f enced. and lzndscaped around. the pprip4ery of the
lot and that the screening 4o approved. by` the Planning
Dir,ecto,r prior to is wing a final occupancy permit.'
MONARCH The Cbmmi ' as - I eoni, reviewed the f inal nap �of Monarch Pacific
PACIFIC Subdi Unit. 3 filed by Atlantic, & Pacific 'Builders.
UNIT ' A favorable report was read fromthe •City Engineer.
File 11 -68 Res. 1L68, . approving th& final ' map, , w&s, introduced by
.
Comm. B seconded �by Comm Styles and p'as
FISH MARKETS The ,P,lanningCommission considered amending the . Zoning
C- H Z ONE Ordinance to irtcllu& Mark et
e "Fish s to the list of per-
uses in the _ Zone. his staff report, -Mk
FILE'7-68 matted _H n hi
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McGivern stated that! 11sh, markets offer vital Tish,
f ood's and services welcomed by residents, of a city.
In reviewing' °the Zonincj',, Ordinance, the only location
for food ;stores !iz in the Ne Commercial and
Community Commercial •Z Sinc6 the purpose of
commercial districts-is'�to provide for retail outlets
it was An over , slght not to include fish mairkets in 'the
Highway Commercial Zone,, Res.. 76`8 recommending to
the City' qbuncil th'at' the Zoning Ordinance be amended
-to add F`ish Markets t o the list of permitted uses in
the C -H' Z.dnei, ;was I intrbdfid'ed 'by Comm,: Style seconde
by ;Comm. Battaglia and pas
AUTOMOTIVE; The P�lanning'Commisaion considered an amendment to the
SHOP Zonsinq Qrdinahce to add " 'Body 'Shop for
M-L. the purpose, of automotive rebuilding and re p4in tin 'IV
-, File 8-6 to 'the � lidt, o:f ` al uses in the; M-L, . Zone,. 'Mt..
McGiverh stated that an Automotive body,,gh0p.,could
be considered to be simi' r_ C -r iate as o
, � t�her�
_14 , an d _a. pr
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us'e's permitted In the 'M-L - Zone, such as bla'cksmitfi
shops, etc,; By including , this 'particular use as
conditional - use 1 - 0. t
a qpqdit it wi-1- n rekt,e any :de�t:
effect :on any of the permitted uses 'because, each ap.-
plication for this typp, of use would 'be, considered . on
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Planning Q'ommiss.
April 16, 19.618
AUTOMOTIVE. its own merit. Re's 8 68, 'recommending to the City
SHOP Coundil, the addition of said 'use to the list of con-
M-L ditiona uses in -th Zon'e. was introduced by
File 8-68 .Comm.. Styles, seconded byC Perry and passed.
(Continued)
ADJOURNMENT There'bei4g nothing further to come before the Commis-
ibn the meeting was adjourned.
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