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JANUARY. 3
956,
(D �t.6 la of qubtum,� the regular meeting of the Planning C=mi"sslon 'on
Tu January 3 1,956, wa,s, :aid burned 'to Wed`he Janiiar'
esday, J , 4, 1956,, a
�I b , City .Ha 1 Peta,luma, California,
'7 30 'P� m, 1,n, the Councl, Chambers, I
JANIJAR 1.95`6
Ad j q_ irr n e , ; , p q 6t%.in' C
g; of the PjaRT,1-t-i orimd sks i0n was held on Vladftesd,ay.,
Ja.ntiary4 -1956,, as 7:3'G P.M. 'in the C olun I Cha mber's, C ity „ Ha I I P et a, I uma
Cal i o rn i q-
In th -- T or pres ided e � b�sence of Chairman Dickerson V ice - Cha irman at
:a - I- I C I k I, ., VIcIe-Cba'I__
the meeting.
Pr 8 s,e,nt QpmMjs's-i'oners Bige -low, Elmore,, Salles, Talamant.es and Taylor.
Abi'§,e=,tf COrriml as-i on I e�rs Ro4f!ogeI-aR'd, DIcker'sbim.
Ci ty; Offi cia ls Ci '8 OT 'Russel 1 W,. Ingram.
Guest s Njo4q e o �.0
APPROV AL OP M I- The , minutes of DeOembev 20, 1955, 'were approved'
as recordied
'NORTH BAY LEAGU8 OF
CALIFS ....QIIT.I.ES NEETIN-G
Noti,c>e, dated, December lt6, r.q_5 from, North, . Bqiy
DIVVI.sion of Leagtxe.i or Callfornl i a Ci.tlz: s, of next
'me,eting to be heJ• at FauI - s Reisoxt, Sonoma,,,
, on Saturd,ay Janua.ry 81, 1956, at & P.M, read
and TI 1'e.A.
-5 FRANC1SCO .BAY 'AREA, I
Lett,(Ex, date 23, 1955., from 'San Fran'-
RAPID TRANSI COMMISSION c Bay Area Rapid Tr Co.mmi:s.81,on, dT meetfngs
MEETEN(JS studi,e:a and surveys on rapid transit
t,a. be he Id in Santa Rosa at Board 'of" SuiDervi so
Chambers, County' Court House, on ThurSdAy, Jan
1; 2 ;, 1956 'a a t 10 a.tk. and in Reta l-uma I the CoJinc i I
Chambers City Ua.111 on Mondlay,, January 1.6, 1556,
'at. 2:30 read a'nd filed. Vice - Chad rma n
Taylor ur members, of the Com.missl to att-end-6
Comm is s i.,o,he r StLl,le su,gge,st e,d� thiat the Comm:ission
v a,td, h d,eVe•opments on routes to s;e,e that they do
not conf 1, wit- the, Land 'Us,Q P Ian..
Copy of City Attorney 'Kara B•ocAs,I tetter. t6 Mrs.
Gova_ert_t 46 Alto vl'.std wa,y re keqping fost�er
childr,en in home, Located Ln an, R--j O,LStric . a.s
'then read ,6 It was his opInion that, the tindelr'ta k-
f two d ldr-en as fos't "r ''t I d be
I :
ing qh,
e parents wou
t,e
chnkc,allyy construed 'at conducting 'a ;busin for
prf'of it., even though the amount of pr`of"'Pt i meager,
and that t"h,e only cla.salf-Icat1aft in the Zon,ing.
Ordlna�niae that would. be applIcable for th-'Is�
- 6ctIvi,ty is` that of a y bomi ing or boatdingl; 'hou.se
which is a I 10wa4l e in. aft zone, upon obtal,ni.
a Us.e Permit from, "the -Plannj,ng CommissLon.
Upon C'ommissione Bi,g,elow
January 4; 1956
felt that to provide a be�tte,r home for c h i ldrer
g nd cool -,d not se,e any legal
rounds f:or ob.dect - ..
4
cd ht aryl son. He express..ed hi s favor
i s
mo�ra �� z i
of al „l.ow'in ; g .. t:he °- use., Vice -Ch'a; rman Taylor stated
t•ria n 6 :aetio_r 'i, req,u1ne.d. by the C=ommission as
Mro 'G;oVaeats had .only req-u,ested 'an- opinion from
the' City Atto.rneyo H°owevelt, personally he c ould
not see :an =y c'b Jeqt.ion of keeping fo te.r chi ;_ldr,en;
in a home,, but a`l-s'o .p.oint out thl,e fact ghat as
a Commission, It should °c into the legality
of such home u ae .s o Comml s sJ on e r' Sa..1 1 e s exp.l a i ne d. _
the set-up of foster- ,homes f "rom hi own exp ;erience
after whdch Uic.e- Chairman. Taylor requested him to
check the .case and report- back, a.t th =e next meeting
as to the prof it- makfng, technicality on which C .ty
Attorney Karl Brooks b;a his opinion.,
Mr.. George K'epha dt o,f 94 Wi Imington Drive, spoke
from. the au c`ouldnIt, see any reason for not
al lowing f�os -ter c'hi ldr,en in 'Mrs-. Go ;vaerts s home,,
and es.pec°i,a1 ly- could . see no bas ,is.-t'o. a law. that
w.ou1'd al Tow 30 rodent type fur- bearing a ni ma ls t:o
be rai,s ;ed in an R -1 di:stri:ct: and -at ; the same time
woul=d, not al, 'low foster children to 'be reared,
RE - RE20NI?NG EXTS7ING C -2, The mat=t -er of discussa
ng rezoning of the exi sti
_- 'g
TO C -1 ON EAST PJASHING C-2 a ialonq East tiUashington Street to C-1 was
TON STREET.. tabled unt11 the ,n ; ex.t. :meeting to wa "it` for the
res,enc.e of a full`
p Comm iss?.on in order to give
proper t;m°e for study of the stib jec;t
TRAILER COURT AT ELY RD. Vice -Ghhd rman Tay1o, "r stated that Co,mmi s s i. one_r
AND E','.WASHINGTON STREET
D.lc,kerson phoned him concerning a, report he re-
ce -ivied from the S,onoma County P.lann.ing 'C,ommd:s�sa on
nd i,6a t in g ' they have on f 1 1e, a requelst 'fo:r' a "Use
Pe „rmi.t t.o establ%sh a trailer court on t, . he corner.
of E Road and' E., Washington Street, Th members
Waver requ.esto,d .,o field check, th,e matter, and
$
s ;sug'ges ;tlFons a °t the next meeit ng for Ta-
c i on • to the” `Sonoma. County Planning Commis:
t on for i ts meet 'n g of January 19x, 1956 0
W OF E`.WASHINGTON '
C =ity" Eng.i:neer .Ru °sse 11 W. Ing -ram reque , t:e.d the
S ;IDEN:ING
Te FROM "McDOWE�LL �R�D, TO.
C.ommiss1on t :o` look: into th p'ro ;b1em� pf' ur id.eninag
ELY.. ,RD. _ - .
East Washd,ngton, Street from McDowell R;o.ad td Ely
Road an=d'. eventually to the Old Adobe .R,oad'-o He
exp'1a that the re.gilonal type. sh:opp ., g,. center,
contemplated at Mc'DoWe,ll Road and Ea Wash'i,ngton 'St -,.
•.
will create a .c °ritcal' in=ters.ect.ion, and th "four-
la'nes will be necessary to curry the tr .affi ;co
ADJOURNMENT
Ther "e hed:n ,no further, business:, to come before the
meet.n,g., the meetsng was, a journede