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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes 11/05/1968NQVembqr 5, 1968 Regular meeting of the Petaluma C,i.ty Planning Commis'sion was 'held on Noverfibex 5, 19,&& at ',8 o'clock p,!n.. in the Coun;cil Chambers, City Hall, 'Petaluma, 'Californiat ,PRESENT Comm. Battaglia, Koe Perry, Styles, Stanley, ABSENT,: None . STAF.Y: William McGivern. 'Director of Plan.ning "Andy" Anderson, Aszls Planning Director TIME A motion was - made by Comm. S.tyles, seconded by Comm. CHANGE Koenitzer and 4pprovedby.all-members, to commence the Planning CQmmis at 7:30 o pm, CORRESPONDENCE Planning Workshop Mr:*. McG! In orm(ad the a workshop for Planning, 'Cbmm.i to be held on December '7, 1968 at the UniVersi-ty, of Cah,fornia, Davis campus and urged the Commis to atte-n`d, W SONOMA COUNTY REFERRALS Sandersion Denman Area Rezoning Study File: 4 55'x ' The Commission Lreviewed the Sonoma County Ref , erral relative: to the Aubrey W., Sanders,on, re:Zoning appli- cation. f,br approximately 19 acres of I-and f rom County M-1 (Light Industrial) to H-1 ( Highway Com- Mercial) Di's This mat,t,er was. carried over . from September 5, 1968 in Order for th City and County Rja staffs to prepare 'a comprehensive zoning plan' 'for- the proiDer* " I tion and the y *- in ques, surrounding, area. Mr, KcGimer-n presented. the staff report on the Denman Int6r Zone S;t'Udy and :recom- mended the following: 1a That the City Planning Commission recommend to the County, appr - oval. of the proposed County Z,qping Plan, for the unincorporated area of the Cbunty as Shown on the zoning map, labeled Exhlbft 2. That the areas, indicated, for change wi the City be processed at the initlation of the Planning 'Commission at a publ-Le hearin;g to be set at the e a r' lie'st. possible date.. Attorney Leroy Lounibos, representing Mr., Sanderson, Zi _. 2.- P Planning ComiYIssi.on N:ovemb e r 5, 1968 GULF OIL The Planning Commission granted site design. approval SATE. DESIGN f=or the proposed rehabilItati.on. of the Gulf: Cif Se v.ic& Station located at '12;0 Tnies.t.erh Avenue ae! sub- mitted with minor modifi.catlons as, shown :on E_xhibl A" , a part of the file, Mr o George Schilling- w;as, informed the 'Commission that -Mr Sandersori had three potent'i,a;l buyers for the land' bviat on.l.y .l;'f the property ,cou`ld. be used for commerc:ia 1 purposes Foll,owi:ng a :lengthy di Comm;. Koeni tzer moored to ,accept the recommendation: of the staff study for' forwarding to the Sonoma County Planning Comml soon. The motion was seconded by Comm, Fury but was defeated. by the following vote: Ayes: Koenitze-r and Perry; Noes.: Battaglia, Styles, Stanley. At this point hr. Med3ivern, reminded the Commission that the report cohc6rted the entire Derim`an F,l;a area, and not just the S:ande:rson property. He ;further informed the Commis,s,! that the recommendations followed :a two- rdonth,' s study by both the City and County Sta ,,, In. view of the fact that, the Comzrdsslon arid. not have sufficient time to study the report, :t: was ,agreed - to request C- the., to hold 'the the Sonoma subl ect matter over to a later: date , .n order to allow time for the, City Planning Commission. to study the -report:. Val 'Cago -1 -nc.. File. 4.605' The Planning ,G.ommts!§Ion. reVi:ewed the County Use Perm'i't referral filed by Va'1 -Cago, Inc, ito expand. Park -the exi Ling Capri, Mob;l le I4 .Palk at '717 Mc- Dowell E1. de North, 'The Planning Dire,c:tor stated that the protection of industrial areas. is: 'very imp.oftant, to the. , fAture eoonorr i,e stabi -li ty of Pet°a Uses whi.6h offer more immediate prof. t- are mak'i'ng demands on the 'industrial areas, A motion,, re to tine, Cob ty -, approval of the use :permit,, was introduced by C, Styles., seconded by Comma s:sioner -Bat t agli.,a and pa.szed unanimously, CALIF e.HEALTH Chairman. Stanley opened the pub l.i do .'he. b:4 to consider CAPE the use permit applidat.i,on 'filed by Calif, Health. Care, USE PERMIT Inch to perm: -t a conva- leacent hospital to be constructed FILE U245 on Douglas Street (part of, the 'Pe:taluma Trade Center compl'exa ,. The, :hearing was continu.ed, . to the next ;:regular Planning Commission, meeting due to a question ove`r legal ownership of the land. GULF OIL The Planning Commission granted site design. approval SATE. DESIGN f=or the proposed rehabilItati.on. of the Gulf: Cif Se v.ic& Station located at '12;0 Tnies.t.erh Avenue ae! sub- mitted with minor modifi.catlons as, shown :on E_xhibl A" , a part of the file, Mr o George Schilling- w;as, f ` P lanning Comm ss 'o Nvember. 5, � .196 GULF" OIL. present,. The motion was introduced by Comm :Styles, SITE DESIGN seconded by Comm. Perry and ' pas 'sed by all members (,CONTINUED.) present,. with the conditions that constru:ctlon,.shal.l. be In conforman °ce with all requirements of the Zoning'.0kdinande and the Uniform B uilding Code and that the landscaping shall be coordina,t.ed and in- stalled as required ;by the Plann ,Depar•tmenfi_ FEDERAL ,SIGN 'The Planning Commrs;s :on reviewed -t_h.& variance applica- & SIGNAL tio.n filed by Federal Sign &; to CORPORATION permit : a si-g -i 34 6 'ft.; -ip h`eight-. to be installed at FILE V18-68 the proposed ; Bank. of America building to be constructed at 1.420 East W,ashi✓ngton Street in a C -G (Community Commercial Zone) The P1ann.in(4 Di „recto± presented the staff report which recommended that the variance be denieed-,m Mr, : McG vein ;stated that - inhere did not appear to b.e any praot.:i ca] difficulty or unnecessary hardship to °warrant., -th:e excesz,i ve height ' A motion, recommending denial O the variance, was introduced by G:omin; Perry., seconded by Commi;s,sioner K and was denied by the foil-owing ' rote Ayes: Koenitz,er, Per t', Styles Noes Ba`tt6g,1i;a and Stanley, PET. PLAZA The :Coitmission revi the site p '. - lans for the pro- SHOPPING posed Petaluma Shoppi ng Center complex. to 'be co.n CENTER, s;tructed at the northwest . coiner of th lhtersect.ion SITE DESIGN of East Washington Street & McDowell Bout eVa!rd North,; NATIONAL ICE 'They- 'Rlanning Comi;dssion reviewed the variance ap:pli- &, ,COLD cation filed, by the National. I:ce & Cold Storage Company STORAGE to allow. a sign with ; a total area, of 8 sq 2 ft, to be FILE V16 - 68 painted on the. face of the building at 3'2;5 East Washing ton 8tree't. A favorable s.ta-f:f report liras' presented by Mr e 1�IcGiver Mx . ::M;cGi.vern otated that 'the sign was replacing a ,si_gn which had faded, and been partially removed by virtue of the ' 0habilita i..on of a .porti.on of the building. In. addition,. the; building .h.as three independent buildings' occupied by one buslne's,s,, JJf three separate tenant's occupied the structures then a total of 6u sq. fte vvfbu`ld be permissible., ), A motion, granting the yartance, with. the conditions as outlined n. the P10nning Direc.tor ' s report was. introduced `by Comm.. Perry, se.conded by Comm.. Battaglia and passed 'by, all members present, PET. PLAZA The :Coitmission revi the site p '. - lans for the pro- SHOPPING posed Petaluma Shoppi ng Center complex. to 'be co.n CENTER, s;tructed at the northwest . coiner of th lhtersect.ion SITE DESIGN of East Washington Street & McDowell Bout eVa!rd North,; V. -4 Planning Commission November 5, 1968 PET e PLAZA A comprehensive staff report, listing 10 conditions SHOPPING of .approval, was presented by Mr. M.o.Givern Mr. CENTER William. Kuba.Ph, designer for the :center, was present SITE DESIGN and voiced no objections to the conditions. A representative from Ad Art Sign Company also sub- mitted plans for the sign to be constructed for the Plaz " A motion, approving, site design with the c o onditins as outlined in the Planning Director's report., including the free standing sign, was in- troduoed by Comm. Perry, seconded. by Comm, Koenitzer and passed unanimously, ATLANTIC Chairman ,Stanley opened the public hearing to consider RICHFIEIAD the. uses permit application filed by Atlantic Richfield USE PERMIT Corporation to be located within the proposed FILE U24 -68 Petaluma Plaza Shopping 'Center, located at the north- west corner ,of the in - terse , C <tion of East Washington Street and McDowell,Blvd. North A favorable staff report. Was pr-es °ented by Mr® McG`ivern, recommending approval s.ubj ect to 12 conditions, Mr Papal Griffith, repre- senting Atlantic & Richfield, was present and agreed in general with the conditions set forth in the P'lanni rig. Director "s report Res U24 -68, approving the use permit, with the conditions as stated in the report, was introduced by Comm, Styles, seconded'by Comm. Perry and passed unanimously, Site design approval for the subject service station was, a_nterroduced by Comm,: Styles, seconded by Comm.. Perry, and passed unanimously subject to the conditions outlined by the Planning Director listed for the use permit File U24-6 ADJOURNMENT There being no :furtheer business to come before the Commis "sibn the meeting was adjourned.-