HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 11/19/1968November 19, 19:68:,
•g ular , meeting Qf -the Petaluma, City Planning Comm' s held on
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Novendbet 19,11 19,&8�, -at 7:3,0 �o'clodk p.'mi, in the Council Chambers, City Hall,
Petaluma, California,,
P'RESENT Comm:. Bat-tagliaj Koehitzer, Pe"rry, Styles., Stanley,
,ABS,EN,T:, None..
STAFF: William * C, McG n
iVe±, Director of Planning
IlAndy" Anders^on Assistant Pla:hning Director
Hal Wood, Ass,i.stant C Engineer.
MINUTES The minutes for the :meeting of November 5 1968, were
NOV. 5, 1968 approved as submitted.
CORRESPONDENCE
Planning Workshop
Mr. McGivern asked, the Planni'ng Commission if anyone
planned to at tend the. Planning Work b
'shop to e presented
, at
December 7,. 196'8 'by' the Un. iveraity o:f :California at Davis,,
None of the Comm ne indicated they would attend,
$ "COUNTY REFER
Disposition ,:of County Owned Property on Lakeville: 'Highway
Mr, M'cGi,ve read a letter from the Office of the Sonoma
County Counsel relative to the proposed sale of a triangular
shaped pdtcel, of land (1.55 acres, located at the intersection,
of the N:arthwe Lakeville Highway and
Ulls:. 10 1 Highway). He referred to a, letter the City Council
directed him to write dated August 22, 1.968, to SupQrvi,spr
Shoemaker declining th,e opportunity to acquire the property.
A motion, - reaffirmi statements a. by the City-
Council relative to the subject parcel, was, introduced by
Comm- . Perry, seconded by Comm.' K and' passed unani-
mously.
HEALTH Dri William Heneks!, Chairman of C-
the Sonoma Count Heath
FAC ILITIES Facilities Planning. Committee and Mri Mort Raphaili
PLANNING Associate Director. of Bay Area Heal th Facilities Planning
.ASSOCIATION Association, pres:ente,d an informational program. Due to
ris pedical costs, the B
- a Area Facilities Planning
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Astociatkon was developed to'bxinq together interested
11 - e community to examine eople n the the needs for health, I
sexvLce's and facilities for both the present and the foze-
CALIF.
The Planning Comm i continued . the public hearing regarding
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the use permit application, filed by Cali,fornia Health Care,
P C o. m it.s, s i . on,
Vbmber
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HEALTH
seeable fut-'Ute The S'onom,a GoUh.ty Health Facilities
FACILITIES
Planning Committee 1 a member of the Bay Area Health
PLANNING;
Facilities and has determined' that in= the best interests
ASS
of S=outhwestern 'S,onbm,a County, hospital services should
,(Con,Linued)
be concentrated in the of Petaluma,.and the needs of
owed her would be p4idat the close of escrow, she had
the community would best be, served- by, a single hospital
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no 'objection to the issuance of the use permit, " Mr. Frank
facility.. It is felt that , a single hospital can offer
La Pointe,; SAanco Development Corporation, in reference
4 wider range of services, can. utilize :scarce professional
to, a letter John Barr, Consultant in Hospital
personnel more ef-fe,ctiivelv and can operate more efficiently
Planning, ;State Department ?ublic Health stated that
and at—less total Cost than two or more smaller units,
there was no need for additional' convale'scent hospitals
�Dr. Henek-p e.,xprestsed the desire that both - the Sonoma County
:in Petaluma,,. C , hairman Stanley - replied. that economic feasibil-,,,.
H ealth, Facilitiep. ' Planning Com l
mittee and particularly the
Mr McGivern pre-
ity could not , be-, regulated by pla nnin g:
Citizen's , Committee within they Ho,s District of which
d,
sente the staf,f report; made part, of the permanent file,
Dr., Fred Groverman is Chairman could work- together with the
recomme�nding, qpp I roval of the usle permit subject to seven
- ti:bns,,
Petaluma Planning Conunis�sion in planning future health
c , 8eph , Byting Vice-PresIdent, Petaluma
or�ai 'Mr. Jb, C-
facilities,.
CALIF.
The Planning Comm i continued . the public hearing regarding
HEALTH' 'CARE
the use permit application, filed by Cali,fornia Health Care,
USE,: PERMIT
Inc. to pe .a convalez�cent hospital, to be constructed
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on Do u las Street (part of the Petaluma Trade ,Center complex) ,
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This item was. carried over froin November 5, 1 due to
a-question presented .'by Mrs Berry over legal ownership
ofe the land.. Mr. McGivern read a letter from Mrs, Berry
stating that' si she had bee en assured the cash deposit
owed her would be p4idat the close of escrow, she had
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no 'objection to the issuance of the use permit, " Mr. Frank
La Pointe,; SAanco Development Corporation, in reference
to, a letter John Barr, Consultant in Hospital
Planning, ;State Department ?ublic Health stated that
there was no need for additional' convale'scent hospitals
:in Petaluma,,. C , hairman Stanley - replied. that economic feasibil-,,,.
Mr McGivern pre-
ity could not , be-, regulated by pla nnin g:
d,
sente the staf,f report; made part, of the permanent file,
recomme�nding, qpp I roval of the usle permit subject to seven
- ti:bns,,
c , 8eph , Byting Vice-PresIdent, Petaluma
or�ai 'Mr. Jb, C-
Trade, *Center,, was present ,and agreed in geTletal with the
conditions,, An additional condi.ti of approval,
that_: access via Fair Street ph-all be prohibited and limited
via Douglas Street was discussed at the request.of Mr. Vic
li
DeCar but not `made a condition, of the use permit,.' Res
U,2.51--68 approving the Qse:`pexmi,t with,, the seven conditions
as ,stated in the report was introduced by Comm. Styles,
seconded,by Comm., Perry and unanimousl y approve
DR- HAMZA The Commission reviewed the variance application filed by
MUNIB' Dr.. H,amza.Munib to permit construction of atriplex on a
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,__N substandard lot located at 340 Kentucky ent-ucky Street, in an
,'LE VZO-68 R'"M- 15 GO Z�oneT The staff - r'epott, i recommended that the
varian�ce be denied,.,, because the req=uested variance re-
quired some six chango,.& or deviations from the Zoning
Ordinance. It appeared the applicant was attempting pti 9 to
P' 4 Commiss .on
e yember 19, 19&8
DR. HAMZA build more dwe:llln :g units than the subj;e.ct parcel could
MUN reasonably` ,contain on a 4:,:850 square foot .lot. Dr.
VARIANCE Mun1b. was present. ,:in support of his application, Following
FILE V20 -'68 the discussion, a motion granting the variance, was intro-
(Continued) duced by Comm..,, Styles and seconded by Comm,. Perry. Motion
carri unanimously
,It: was noted by the Commission, at this time that there was a need for further
study with regard to variance and future development of sub - standard lots
WILLIAM
Chairman Stanley opened the p ublic hearing to con :s.der the
FOSTE
rezoning applicat::ion filed by W'illiam Foster to rezone an
REZONING
area generally located i,n the vicinity of Cherry Street and
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Magnolia ,Avenue,, from an R- 1- 60:0+0 Zone or District to an
that " Mobile Home Parks" not be included as a c,ondi,tional,
R -2 -300'0 Zone or District. A letter- from Mr, Foster :re-
use in 'tr,e M -L! ('Limited, ,Industrial) Dis,tr.ict because of the
questing that 'the hearing be postponed to Decembe 3, 1968
incompatibility, ;.ty, of: mobile home residential development with
was read ,by M:r. McGive:rn, A °motion to continue the hearing
industry, was made a part, of the permanent .fi..le Mr, Mc-
to the meeting of ,December 3, ;1968 was made by Comm. Styles,
Give_rn read an.. opinion from the City Attorney relative to
seconded by Comm. : Perry and: unanimously approved,,
AMENDMENT
Chairman Pa -U, ,Stan.le.y opened the public hearing :regarding
ZONING
amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to add "Mobile Home Parks"
DINANCE
to the :list of. conditional uses in the M -L (Limited Industrial)
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Zone or. D,istrict, . A comprehensive 'staff report recommending
that " Mobile Home Parks" not be included as a c,ondi,tional,
use in 'tr,e M -L! ('Limited, ,Industrial) Dis,tr.ict because of the
incompatibility, ;.ty, of: mobile home residential development with
industry, was made a part, of the permanent .fi..le Mr, Mc-
Give_rn read an.. opinion from the City Attorney relative to
the proposed amendment., Mr. Robert indicated in his legal
opinion,, "it doe-s not appear that mobile home parks fall
- within the purview of the purpos.es. granting a conditional
use." Attorney Clyde Nelson, representing David D. Young,
addressed the Commission, �'n fav:or of the amendment,. Following
the d'iscu'ssion:,. Aesoluti.on 21. -68 recommending to the City
Council that it take. appropriate action to permit _mobile
home parkas as a condi tonal use in the M -L Zone or 'District.
was intr,oduce:d. 'by Comm:. Battaglia,, seconded by Comm, Peery
and. adopted by the following vote:: Ayes:. Comm. BattagUa,
Perry, ,S'tyles and Stanley. Noes: Comm. Koen•itzere
At this time,, Comm., K.oenitz;er introduced a motion that.
the Council direct, the staff to prepare the necessary legisla-
t to -enable the Planning Commission to add permitted
.and /o °r conditional uses • to the Zoning Ordinance subject.
to Counc app roval. . Comm, Styles seconded the motion and
it, passed unanimously.
A; motion dire.ctin
g the staff to study the possibility of
adding a "Mobile Home District "' to the Zoning , Ordinance was
introduced by Comm. K:oenitzer', seconded by Comm. Perry
and unanimously app o-ved.
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P lannirig Comm isslon.
Novieqb,ex 19 19 6 8.
+GN;AL OIL. Chairman St:ahley opened the p b1,1,c 'he,ering. to coyisider the
GAS CO,, applica�ion: filed 'by Signal Oil & Gas Comb)-any to allow re-
USE' PERMIT habllitati,on of an exist ing service stati-on Ln a C-N
Fi1t, 023-6,8 (Neighborhood Commercial), Zone at 29,6 Wi-Isan Street 2 "Andy'"
Anders Assistant Planning Dlre'ctor pre-5ants: - t:
h e b e, staff
report recommending t h the use perTit be deni-ed due to
th , e limited z,ite area and the future wid8nd_ng Of D and
Wi1son Streets, Mr.,'.. Herbe-rt. gal.l. of Signal 0i, t and Gas Co,
was, present i'n support of the appllcat,icn,, Also present
was Mrs. Sullivan, an a-dj,acent, property owDer, who indicated
h6x approval of the - rehab i li tat i on Follow-ing the discussion,
Res, U276&, approving the,us,'e permit . subject t.o the conditions
of the site
r - n,, Perry,
design reviews was in
, t'od�uced by ""'oim
seconded by Comm,, B,a-t , ta , glia and approved by the following
vote: Ayes Comm,, Batt 9benitzer., Perry and Stanley.
Comm, Styles abstained.
Chairman Stanley called - a 10-miinute rece s s at this tame_, The Planning
Commis- reconvened. at 10 o'clock, pw,
8,0NOMA COUNTY REFERRALS
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Sandets Denman Area Rezone q StuOy. , M . F-iJ 4557
The Commissfio.n reviewed the Sonoma County Referral relative
to the Aubrey W. Sanderson ,lre.z I oning appli 5 for approx-
imately 19 acres of land from 'County M-711 0Lo_g Industrial)
to H-1 (Highway Commercial)' Di This. mail_ was carried
over from November 5z 1968 t,6, allow time for, th City
P'l ' ann ' i m,
ng Com,Is_�s" to.n to study the; st.&-ff report ca Denman
Denan
Interchange. Zone , Study, 'Mr McG dispip-qed a map of the
area, a-nd reviewed the st,afl :report recomtend.i that 7.9
acres bf the 19', acre parcel owned by Mr,, Sanderson be re�-
:toned &o H-1 (Highway Co ' mme - rcial) ,. Mr. Sanderson was present
and stated that he was reqU&stirYq_ the rezoni._nq of the
entire . parcel in order to, recover h,'I=s !,.nvestment in the
pr,operty, Mr. Larry Rarks of Petaluma Realty addressed
t , he Commission. -in s Of the re coq Pollowing a
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lengthy 'di!j1cu:ssion, a motioij r gi e.co ' mendinq at the C:i
Coun 1 cil, recommend to the Sonoma Co Plan Commission
that 'the entire 19 acres be. rezoned Was, introdg by Comm..
Battaglia, Secon,ded by Comm. Styles, and passed by the
following vote: Ayes: Battagli'a, Perry, 5tyles and Stanley-,
Noesi: Cotm—Koenitzer,
Ch,ux ch of God of Prophecy Use, Permit rij,,e No, 2876
The Planning Commission reviewed the Use Permit
referral filed by Church of God of Prophe.,oy loc—ated at
21.0 Petaluma Blvd, North to construct an. educ-ational and
- ,recr&ationa , 1 'building to an exis,ting.
Y,
Rlannin,g Commission.
vI er 1=9 , 196'8
Chu=rch of ` God.. of Prophecy Us:e Pe File No 2876 (Continued;)
Anderson .presented - the. staff ;report recommending that the
Planning -omm s-sion forward a letter to. the Sonoma County
Bbard7 of. Zoning Adjustments . in favor of t-he pr'oposeduse,
permit subject: to three conditions'. A, motion approving
the; use. `pe t., su-bject, to the conditions listed in the
report was intro.d by Comm Stanley, .seconded' by Comm:
Koenitzer and unanimous ly ,approved,
ADJOURNMENT There being .no f,urth,er huslness to come before. the
Commissloft the meeting was adjourned
6A
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Attest.:
Dredto of Plnnng