HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 11/17/1955„Novegbe >r 17, 1
Hoi'orab 1 e 1Vlayor and City' ':Counc;i l`
1ty N41,1 qFeta3.1uma,,;
Ca 1'1 f o,rn i:a
51ib jec,t Re,zn
orng' study of ;East Washtng , Street
from Va I� le jo St.reet nort:hea.s;ter 1'y tb
proposed, inutersection with U.Sa ,Htighway
'Gent l.emen
The P,lannin.� Commi&sao1n' its ,ts ne: �u1ar meetin”
g g g h e 1 d on,, :No e.r 15
1955,, sxIu�d -ied and dI.s:cussed the ab=ove ;matt.er in order to submit .a recommend&
t.f,bn' , t,o the ,Coiiftd1l To its c ;onsid,eratIori at i•ts next meet,k-ng of rezo.n_ing
East ?�Jash,i_ngt ;on Stree ;t fr,�om. r.- 'esi,dentlal t;oo ,commerc
A. inottion, 'mad`e 'by Commli"sslonera Rodb•fo,g,e,l and seconded by Commi.ssi.onor
Ta 1 ;arrant °es,, was una'nimowslsy passed "by. a, 11 members present rec "ommend:ing tha +t:
th•e 'Commissi i against re <z'oning o „f Eas , Was ,ington S:treef an =d desires to
mairita n” said street In i =ts p'r,e t zonLOg., Th'.s . rec'ommen�d ; ation: wa „ s based'
on, the fo l.ldW.ing factF§ ",
1,0 The Commi�as•i•on st4 believes t same,'aa subm `tied in: a report to the'
:Goiinc;i 1 on Au gust 23, 1954, ins whikch East W.a�shi,ngt.oi Street, together
wit ;h several, other st.ree't s, wa.s s,t °ud,i':ed ,.fo.r rezoning ,by a Commission
Committee, and it wwas" con ;red :that rezoning was' not- 'nec,e y or
wou;Id�
Sa -id of th,e J
ent�retyi l ro
sas fol,l,owspperty own.e.r"s'
, Aug u” t 2�3 , 1954 ,
tr, f
- H!onor;ab 1 e Alfa. o;r and C1 ty Co nc i�,I
To
r .
The City COtncl I r,eque"sted the Planni .Commission ;to `make .,a -st,udy
t.o c:
�asertai °n the f,.e.asib
i 1•i ty and nec.ess i ty 'of re z,on °i ng Bod:e,ga Avenu,e;.,
'Western Avenue, Wa,shingt:on Street, and. W,'iIson Street c:ommerci;al to a,
d?ep.th of one h ; fund =red feet ,on e,'t.hev side along thed,r lengths:.
A Committee .of the P ;l:ann °i:ng Gomm' scion, made a s t.u.dy of
the, e -ng zoned grIeas wi=thin the city. limits as well as an: exte
saudy of the presient, �u�ses of property" along the afor,ement: -ioned st, re•ets ;,o
In compa ;ring Pe.taTiima " Vs: present z.onr g pat9tern- again.st�that, of
a normal ci ty d e.sI geed to Abe economi.ca,l ly, self stiff i,cTent', the fo l l.owin ;g
epulpa,r "i son wa.s foufld
str -'i,ct Normal. Cityy Petaluma
Area Ac r° e s: p_err ,2.0 , 0'0,0 P al. a
a .
Fami T R`es,i den=t i'a 1 . 34-1 640 7.58
Single " ° y
Dup l.ex R'es id. ent i a 1` 3,aLj 6b 1'57
Mu 1 ti =p 1 e', 'Re sA' den ;t i a 1 2 ; -0.3 40 107
;Comm e'tc;i a,a 3 , 60 1 -6 .
11 31
ndustr °ira 1 10 a 2 180 1 1
9
Public• o asi Pi bai:c 15. 0,9 28'0 1,33
St ne.e is 30 0 7 540,
1;00 0 0
17 0 1`7 y
Pwg,e 2
Noverriber 17 1955 W:
Although -th_e actual o ulati'on, of P
9r p p e t a Puma ;s' a'p p'r o x ma t o by
12,0 00, it `was cons d.e -- °than, inclu61ng the trade area„ -i -t was ^ to
serve approxi�rhat.ely 20,000. The comparison,,, .as shown above,, lnd;i
that : 'Petaluma Ls overly zoned favord" Single Family. .Resddeftce and'
Du.pl,ex and Apa.rt'ment.',Hou -se ave.a!s A. furthetr study Ji nd- cat,es that
the ;pre!sent commer°cia,l. a-, ea 'fa!r exc. „ e`eds,that requJ1red &fd necessavy,
for a s t ab l ie comm ty :o
An inspect °ion o' the prFopertl es Invo ve,d ;showed that th`ere a
W
p l i tabl.ishin'ents tat t' p
h•.e resent t tme o �itt•h the -
exce ..WtIon°o.f the' "Commat,tee i dd no feel ghat `rezoning,,
a,t t-h1s t'i,me 'was necessary or would meet with th °e: approva 1 ,of t;he;
majority !of the p_rope° ty :owners e,f.`fect.e.d'
It - wa.s fel -t,, however, that 101sron, Street., .si it is :a cong,loinera.-
U oft of,'resi;d.enti.al, commercial and industri.al uses,, shouhd b °e rezoned'
Ito -2 and C -3, and that , those p.r{oper.t;ie.s: f= routing -on Edith. St.re.et,
wh -ich are pres :P 2,• should be zoned R: -3 to form a new, b s,tr Lp
This att -ion, however, does not pveclud•e any future possibpil ,ty oT
rezoning any of the .aforem,e.ntione:d streetls for° comme.rc;ial piirpo'ses,
provi°d:ed that' the .r °egiAe!s't isi not made, by . s. 'private jndivi:d`ual,, but- by
a ma jor°i.ty ot-fl he people in the °are 'to be effected, °
The P lanning Coinmi'ssion, as :a whole, has approved the find:i,ngs:o'f
the Commlttee an = d is forwarding th l:r 'rec.oftun,endatio;n t.o -.the .Counci,lo
- They wiI1a upon the.ir own _reso�lu,tion, pre,pa-re the neces�sar'y Iegisla°taon
and,'hold the r,equ'i.red public hearing for the rezoning of Wilson °Str'eeto"
2. When th�.e p,ub`1``i. -c; hear . -.ng was held, by the; .P' Lanni n g Comrhl:s , ,sri 'on on M ° . C.N.
Pete =rsxones appl.fdatdon ;to re,zone� his p'roper.ty jq at,ed. at 81:5' Ea�stt Washing;m
ton St.re,e't, a'lette'r re.c,e :vied ;from, toe , Pet.a;luma Board of Educa,t.io a an
has. been. devoted for. selec .to the ifact "th sitesnthat;rareenotml.ocad study
opp o,s ft�g such, r.ezon i ng due
t•ion of sc h.o01 ted too
c lose to c:omme:rc',a 1, esaaba,i shments izi, order to guara.nt;'ee pr, .:per en ron.-
tent fo the .choo'l chi Id,r <en,, ref'er•rang p'a.rtieularl.y to "the new MdR n
and the Juni b%r "
Pa•rk,oKl g' • � Kenilworth,
;,
. r : to $ o,cate:d'' a� 'd arena to :
S Hi li 5c'ho�o�1 ; e 1
In view ;of th; s factor,, the Commi ss ion be 1 i eaves it is very . iznpo'rtant
to p ;rote -ct th Welfare of °our youth as well .as the 1nvesfinent of some.
an.e m'i311 do,l"l.ars of 't -he new Junior ,Hjgh Sc 1, and that the p.ub i s
`sc'ho'ol us.e shou,td be: 'glvEen. p.recpedenc:e: to any change of zone over any
`ind'iv°i•du "a,l persona I ;re
quest
At the request of `the Cotm;.LSs'Ion-, th:e School Bo_axd'Vsi letter was directed
to be "i nc'.orpo'rat ed i nto the facts .pre,sented to the 'Co.unci 1
Ii 1u,ly 18, 1'9'5':5
r }arming Commrisision
he Id onhJ�ul P l3 F o t
a -ve ve :ry con sIdrerat on'to pro-
P
posed rez!oni,n "g of property in the vice ;'nj of ;Fa.yran a_nd East. 'Washi ;ng
t -on, .St reets and w:i" sh!e s t,o �o ppo sie 's.uc h ,,a - mov;e, far t hIe . f o l 1 owl rt g r`e a s ons
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Novemb::er I 1955`
rr n located t ed "in th
Within recent, years two sc�hoo 1 sites have b,ee ,
eas tte.rn part,,�of Pet.a tu� a. o One of 'these is the sitre` of the new '
aVlcKi -ley. Scho':o1 and, tl oithe,r is the. new Junior High 86h,00l, site
loc adJ,ac e,nt. to `Keni lwo,rth Parke Th °is new "schoo which ,wi11. Bost
ne aTr ly a m i l l Lo n d o, l 1 a°rs= i, s now" .tn �t he p l a "n °i:n .t
g, sa;g e Both of :t h,e�s °ei
sc,hoo.ls have ,been, Locait.ed after- detaileA ajajyl'is Qf All factors
ncludi existing ,zoning,° T,he P;lantIno Comm`is;sioft,,' as you °wil re:ca.l`;1.,
part-icipated in t;ha se lect:. on of this sai_t:e
Past ex er encae bas shown. that u
p p p j hs can b e: ,mo rye a d:e;q:ua t.e 1 y
sup,:eryrvi s;ed a:n:d , fewer p:;robl.ems ex`i.st when. ,achpo is are not located top
close t.o c'ommerc4i,al, estab li,shmen -t. Vh ere s t�orfes, are l.oc"a•ted near
schoo.Ls they tend' to attract, pu,pli ls, a "way from, the s,choo;l I and the:.
iminediAt
e s- upervs,ior of 'their teacher.�so Sorne�t, ;mess: they' also pro-®
° q
pp _ i.r adult
vi: s t ecome ac. uain'ted
w �h school u c�hi ld�ren�r un s o meet and- b,
a
When locatiIT.g schools', the Board of Ed-ucigt,l n has always referreA'd 1 .
to" zo.ntng maps and rel' „i ance has been .pinac upon ex.'is,ti`:mg zoning
ordin'an,cese IT zoning ils change,d in the v , ;cin , i ftOr
t.he . , have_ been ro.b le ms ar i se over wh i t,he
oa 'schoo l
y n `Lo c a t -ed , ce r t a i n. p,
a:ut
g u:me re,tp :onsi�b�l1itye
h'o;r i t, :�i' e s. can, no: 1 o e.r a s s
We do not wish t cre "ate an `i s,s;u. :e in t -his resp :ect-` 'but t ifd,e.rely
wish to have the Plaiiri;ing; C,omm`iszs`ion give -Very ca"refu:,l' con;sideratio'n„
to th:e p:rese.rva't,ion of : proper type 'of 'envIr: .n' the vicinity
of al 1 schoo l
s o{r school sites. I'p th ss way only can the it estment
of the people in the.i'r schools b.e e.ty
r�otected and the welfare and saf
of. t :he' cha 1.dren in t h.e vic iPAty o f t s chools be as;sured;e
Your ,attent,ion to this prob. lem w"i;ll be: greatly appreciated.
:,
very t- Iru,ly your
P'e :,ta l;uma.. Boadt'd of Educat i an
S DW'* fit. E. Tw "i.st,,
Secretary, ; Su�pf o of SchooLs
3 A staff rep o from heona,r'd Kn`itt.e•l o,.f Hahn Wise. & Associate=s,, follow—
ing �a field check, of the matter indicates that rezoning' is riot in,
demand' as well as the fact that Est "ri.p commercial d.ev.el.op;ment along thi,si
hea,vi ly travel led street I not t,he' an =sw.e :.r t,o solving, a `futtf e demand',
f or a neighbo`r'hood coni zr,cial d' s=tri.c:te To °= 11:0w'i,ng Ls 'the 'text contained"
in said :repo:r't .:
" November 1 1955,
r' Ciay ,P lannIna Comm=i s ion
Reg,ardlng , the p,robabijit.y of rezoning .East. Wasbhi.ngton 'Stre`et
`from Va "IteJo ;Street nor, theas :te.rLy t6ol propas i :ntenaection with ,UoSo
• Hiaghway #-'i3O1 from a Res Jderit ,, ;a1 Dis;tr'i,ct tru a Commercial D'i;'stri,ct,. 'the
following observations are advanced':
rage �L�
Noveriber 17, 1955
a The area rnent ironed com : 26 ID l's of l.anfr
d ont i'n
� rt a ;ns g
on East was.;hJngt;on :- Street (exc lud :in;g Kenilworth Park and'
the sch-oo1 property),. 23, o.f which acre imptrove=d: with
r
b. On, East washTngton .Stnefet b :e:twe, ft W'i' l&on Street antd `Va.1l.eJo.
Street,. the`.re are 1,9: parcels of l- and,. ° 17. eonta'ini °ng resi
den °ces one containing , ,marke.t and one to b-e, us;ed c,ornme.r—
ci,ally" This area i s now zoned as a C�2-,, Cent.ra.1 Commerc la '1.
Dstri.ct,..
ca Seventy = thr "eye per cent of the p °e :ople cont"ac -ted on •a door
to- ,dloor= su'rve 'were i,n f'avov of seta -fining an 'R : -1.; Single
Fermi ly D'i stT-ic't e
de The Ci,.ty o,f Pet;atluna "at present has a c, :area which
exc;,eeds
that requited :f or a stable, community.
Orn the _f.ollowing grou.-nd8,, it is. rec.ammend'ed 'th'at "East Washington
'Strefet ma..inta n is pres!ena. zoning
a, 'Th'eS. pr,esen't c "ommerdia zoning" between VaI Ile 'o, and'V11 lson
St.r e et s i is at, p r es,en t not 1 n d eman :d..
p,;, p p y quea;t roh� i s mpr ,..
b Over 90J of
pro osed ro; ert i °n ove.d `with
g y I ri an e
c:e l l ent
c,onditon�ll. rees.rdences and maintain °ed � x ,
c Coinmerc l a l z -aning would d.ecrea,se 'the. 'c apa'c i ty " •he sitre et
whf,ch w ,l• be a Teede.r to the relocated U -.,S Hi ° ghway X10`1.
It I fe It zt.h, at 'there, Is not enough abmm:erc`i•a 1, demand at this,
time.. fo:r such, a rezoning 'a.,_hong, this ,str Thd facts seein to 1 "a;te
t�ha -t only one,, an p two, ind' vldua,ls have, �,ma:d,e, such a request
for' "' irezcii ng :. Such ac��tioi � s''houl "d b.e `t,aken 'wh�er ther- - is a� demand
an.d /orr when a. hidjorlty of 'the p,.eo,ple in .tb'e area see =ek so -c',h. ,a step_
And it is i�.n harmony with the 'development of thee. a.r'ea.
S`t.ri;p comme rcia,h development 'along this
- ,ea -, I 1`y travel:l' st "reet
Ls, ,n.o't the aftsWOt to ao lv ng a future demand f.or a n g 1 orhood, .commer
clal d s t,r lc.-t o
Also, ,any spot zoning, it. musat ag'adh' be emp'hasi,z,ed,,. c.oftfe
special privil.eg.ees. to the indlir dual property owner and. _in turn arouses
the: der sagreement of the ne"i owners..
Very truly yours,,
HAHN,, WISE. &, ASSOCIATES `
S` L.eo,nard `H.. Krt,ittel Jre','