HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 12/17/1968t o
Regular meeting of the
on December IT, '1968 at
Petaluma, Cal :i fo rn a.
December 17 1961&
Petaluma C=ity Planning Commission was held
7-00 pm. in the Council Chambers, City Hall,
PRESENT: Comm. Battaglia, Koenitzer, Styles, Stanley.°
ABSENT • Comm Q P-r,
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STAFF: • William C..MeGi.vern, Director of Planning
And Anderson Assist. Planning Director
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Hal Wood, Assistant City Engineer
Edouard E. Robert, city Attorney
Ross Benton, Fire Chief
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - the minutes for the meeting of Dec. 3, 1968 were
approved as submitted..
CORRESPONDENCE
David C Traversi
Mr. McGivern rerad a letter.addres,sed.to the Planning Commission
from David C,, Traversi, attorney representing Mr. Daniel T. O'Bri:en,
requesting the Commi,,ss on, to schedule a public hearing for -the
purpose of recommending the addition of drive -in restaurants
to the list o,f Conditional Uses : for the C =N Zone. (Mr. O'Brien
holds an option to purchase the property located on the southeast
corner of East: Washington Street and Edith Street) Mr e O'Brien
further proposes to ,request a rezoning of the parcel adjacent
to the subject site X2.19 Edith Street) to C -N Zoning. Mr. O'Brien
proposes to construct a drive -in restaurant on said' parcels of
land, The Commission set, January 7, 1969 as the date to consider
both petitions
Park & Recreation "Commission
A letter was recelved from the Park & Recreation Commission
relative : to State Law AB 1150 which provides the vehicle by
which muni...cipal, governments can establish an ordinance which .
could require developers to allow for park and recreation areas
within their subdivisions. Mr. McGivern also i- nformed the Commission
that the Council has instructed the Planning Commission and Parks
and Recreation Commission to study a, means of establishing some
type of bedroom tax or dedication procedures of lands for park
purposes and.prepare, a report for their consideration.
Henry B. Murphy
Cypress Hill Memorial Park
A letter was received from.Hen r y Murphy, B.. President of Cypress
Hill. Memorial. Park, .expressixig interest in future plans and site
design plans concerning the property south of Cypress Hill
• Memorial Park, on Magnolia Avenue which was recently rezoned. to
R -2 -3000. The letter was filed for-' future consideration when
site design plans for the ; area are reviewed b the Planning
Commissions
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,Planni.ng C.ommissi,on
December 11, 1
Sonoma County Referrals,
Mrs Ni. _Haas,, Use P.ermit.,, File- 4624
A mot ion,, recommending approval. to the County o the use permit
filed by Mrs. ,M. Haas': to rebuild `a garage : destroyed by fire.
at 3119.6 Petaluma Blvd. North, was introduced by Comm,
Battaglia.,, seconded by Comm. Styles and passed by all
membe'.rs present,.
f Split filed by SS' :Associates Inc.
A, motion, recommending to the County approval. of the
proposed lot "split filed by S'S As_so.ciates., Inc. for land
located at the intersection of 'M`cDowell Road and Casa Grande.
Road., was introduced by, Comm. Styles, seconded by Comm.
Koentzer, and passed. by..aal members present..
STREET A motion approving the name ch=ange of Jeffery Drive to .read
NAME JEFFREY DRIVE and, Madison Street to EAST MADISON STREET,
CHANGES (located : in Novak #.4 _Sub.divison), j . and to change Madis °on,
Avenue (located in Washington Manor Subdivision) , to read
EAST' MADISON ;STREET, was introduced by Comm. Styles', seconded_
by Comm..Battaglia, and passed unanimously.. (A discrepancy,
from the original spe,l'lingrs, or des=i=gnations of streets have
occurred. in the subject subdivisions.)
FIRE DEPT The, Commis on reviewed t h `e - 'vari ance app li cation f iled.
VARIANCE `by the City of Petal -uma Fire Department to permit a 0 ft,
FILE V2.2 -68 side-yard :setback :adjacent 'to 'Second' Street 'for an, addition
to the Headquarters Fire Station, 1oca.ted at 198 D Street.
Mr. Mcdive�rn presented the staff :report, zt°ating that
the propo ed . addition is Aeeces^ ary to accommodate two
additional pieces of faire and safety equipment together
with addi tional office space to provide adequate fare. and
safety protection for the :service area of the subject
fire station. Chief. Benton addressed the Commission
stating that the proposed addition would be a:d.e'quate to.
serve the. City for 'another 10 to, 20 years otherwise it
would' be ne`ces,s,ary to acquire a new site within the very
near futurei Based on the fact' that the evidence submitted
complies with the regulations :for granting a variance (as
set forth in Section 1 ; 9, , -70,1 through 703) a motion ap
proving the variance was, introduced by Comm, Koenit?er.,
seconded 'by Comm. Battaglia and passed unanimously by
all members present .
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P lanning
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Commission,
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SITE A motion, g- ran'.t_ing site design review for the proposed
.DESIGN addition to the fire station, with the conditions as
outlined in the staff report, was introduced by Comm.
Koenitzer•, seconded by Comm. Styles and passed unanimously,
SONOMA The Commission reviewed the tentative map filed by Sonoma
VENTURES Ventures for a 12 ,lot subdivision to be located on the
RES. 24 -68 easterly slide of Keokuk Street, between Cherry Street
and Magnolia A Hal'Wood,. Assistant City Engineer,
addressed the Commission, stating that the proposed extension
of Liberty Street (which has been shown on the General
Plan since 19:.62 and also on the select s ^treet system)
would bisect the proposed subdivision and therefore
recommended denial of the map until the Council makes a
definite decision regarding the plan lines for the ex-
tension of Liberty Street. Mr. Mc'Givern concurred with
Mr. Wood indicating that it appears to be a Council
decision. Mr.. Browne, design engineer `for Mitchell &
H.eryford, engineers for the subdividers, addressed the
Commission and was of the opinion that the land could still
be subdivided with Liberty Street as'proposed -by the plan
lines but it would cause, problems relative to providing
access and utilities to the parcel. A, motion., recommending
disapproval of the s.ubdivisi;on WITHOUT PREJUDICE, was in-
troduced by Comm. Styles,, seconded by Comm. Koenitzer and
was unanimously•dis;approved.
CASA GRANDE The Commission reviewed the tentat.ve, map far. Casa Grande
MANOR SUBD. Manor S:ubdiv%sion, to be located on South McDowell Boulevard,
RESo 23 -68 filed by Con diot -ti Enterprises. Mr. McG vein stated that
the subdivision committee had reviewed the map and had set -
forth some' 1 -0 conditions of approval: Mr. Ron Simpkins,
representing.MacKay & Somps, engineers for the subdivision,
addressed the Commission and voiced no opposition to the
conditions b ut did request modification to Items #2 and #9
which would allow for alterna =te methods of compliance
if acceptable to'PUblic Works and Sonoma County Flood
Control, Mr. Hal Wood., As,sistant.Engineer, voiced no
opposition, to the request. Res. 23 -68,, approving;. the
tentative map of .Casa Grande Manor Subdivision with the
10 conditions as outlined in the ,staff report (with the
.modifications as requested by Ron 5impk_ins) was introduced
by Co Styles, seconded by :Comm. Battaglia and passed 'by
all mber
�NVONDALE At the request of Herbert Passsar.ino, land surveyor for
#4 the, subdivider, Mr. Marino Crnelia requested that action
on the tentative map of Avondale Subduwis'ion No. 4 be
postponed until the next regular meeting.
Planhing Commis'S�izon
December 17, 1
DAVID D. The Commission reviewed the proposed rezoning of 80
YOUND acres of land owned by David D. Young .from M-L (Limited
REZONING Indus�trial) to an R-M-15,00 (Multi-Family Residential)
'FILE Z15-68 Zone or District. The rezoning, Was initiated by the
Planning Commission at the direction of the City Council
following their meeting on, December, 2, 1968. A compre-
hensIve .,staff report was presented, including displays
relative to the amount of land available for industrial
land that could beprovided.wit-h the : necessary utilities.
Mr. Clyde Nelson, attorney for Mr. Young, spoke on behalf
of. the rezoning app.lica.tion. He reminded the Commission
of the length of time this p.articiular parcel of' land has
been under consideration by both the Planning Commission
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and. the, 'C ity
Council. Mr. Dick, Alves,, representing
P.G. & E. addressed the Commission and wished to go on
record of ..having advised the, Commission that the P.G. & E.
service center locate.d adjacent to the area under con-
sideration is an exksti use and regardless of the
zoning impos
they do have occasion to go into the
service center at night under emergency conditions to
procure material and illuminate the yard. Mr. Bill
Brody, owner of approximately 35 acre's of land located
directly across the street from 'the . area. under consider-
ation for rezoning, ; stated he was in favor of the pro-
posed "rezoning to R-M-150'0., Mr., Sam N1 representing
Corona Feed: stated they, were not opposed to
the rezoning but wanted to go on record of advising
anyone concerned that the feed mill is an existing
use' and they operate 24 hours a day.
After due consideration of the rezoning proposal,
a motion, approving the rezoning was � introduced by
Com. Battaglia but 'failed for-a lack of a second to.
the motion. Res. Z15-68, disapproving the rezoning,
was introduced. by Comm. Styles and. seconded by Comm,.
Koenitzer., The following vote was recorded: Ayes:
Koenitzex, Style Noes: Battaglia, Stanley. Therefore,
the rezoning was: automatically defeated due to a split
vote rendered by the Planning commission. Attorney
E0oua.rd_ Robert stated that David D. Young had 'the right
to appeal the action of the Planning Commis,sion to
the C'-.i ty Council.
MODIFICA- At this time City Attorney Ed-ouard , Robert reviewed
TION TO a draft-,: prepared by the staff, concerning a proposed
ZONING change in the Zoning Ordinance relative to the, reversion
ORDINANCE claus in commercial districts.. At land
rezoned for commercial use reverts back to its o
zoning, if development on the land is not begun in
one, year; 500 of the development. must be completed'
within two years, and the total development - Is,, to be
completed within 5 years,.' The Commissioners generally
agreed with, extending the one year time requirement to
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Planning Commis llion
De,.cember 1.7
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18 m l onthst w- th. an :extra si'x, months extension if necessary
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and ch4.Xiged the two year provision to 30 months.
ZONING'
ORDTNANCE
The, C-ommi -ssion also reviewed the proposed draft prepared
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by the City Attorney to, modify, the Zoning Ordinance,
to permit additions to th.e 1 st_Of .conditional uses.
The Commission will consider, the above mentioned modi -fica- .
tions at. a public hearing on Januar,y 7, 1969.,;,
Comm. Styles also requested'Mr.'Robe`rt to prepare guidelines
that. the. C-biiimissioners could follow and review relative to
acting onr_ezoning.
ADJOURN-
There being no ,f,urther bus'ine.ss to come before the Commission
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the meeting was adjourned..
Attest:
Director:
of Pla
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