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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 02/21/19569 u - " Regular me.et,ing of the ,& 11956, at 7 :30 o / c lock a 1 i f orni.a FEBRUARY "21, 1956 Planning" Commission he:Ld on Tuesday, Februa "21, p.m., 'in the Council: Chambers,... City Hall, Petaluma, Present: Commissioners Bigelow, Elmore, Robf_ogel Sal,les, Talamantes, Taylor and Dickerson. Absent None. Ci Officli;als City Manager Ed' Frank„ City.Engdnee:r Russell We :Ingram;, Councilmen Gustafson and King. Guests° None,.. APPROVAL 'OF' MINUTES: The 'minutes o.f F'eb 7th, 1956, were approved as recorded. CORRESPONDENCE Petition containing. signatures of 21 property owners i,n the `,mme.di =ate area of C.W. Petersen's property loc'ate'd at E. Washington '& Payran Streets. which was recently rezoned by Council action from R -1 zone`to C -1 zone, was read . requesting reconsideration of the Counc1l.'s deci,sdon as :they beldeved the' 'lot should be retained as an R -1 zone. In connection with the same'subject, letter,. dated February 20, 1.956 sign by Gail C.. and Zeta C. Spalding",'wa.s read also requesting reconsideration of the Councalls• decision on �^ Co W. Peter`s:en f s lot.' FRLEDR'ICH.. S,CHULAT This being the time and' p face set forr'th.el public hearing on use permit application of Friedrich Schulat to conduct a ballet and bal.Irom danc4ng school at 320 Fourth Street, Chairman Dickerson called for ex_pres,si•ons in. favor and in opposition to t e A petition was presented by Mr. Jack Flottman of 316 Fourth Street,, contain- ing 27 signatures of ned,ghbo_rs fn the vicinity objecting to the sch ool. Messrs-." Harold Baker and George Bellmer also voiced their objection. Due to the fact that the neighbors were opposed to the school,, Mr., SchuJ,at requested that his application be cancelled, whereupon no action was required by the Commission. BILL,,WILLIAMS . _& Use pemit appl.icatio'n to operate an auto wreck DONALD NAU ing ya -rd at 9.00 Wi lson Street, an M- zone,, Was next considered. The applicants were present and spoke in behalf :of thei r request. It was decided by the Commission that a public hearing was not necesisary as the use is ,allowable i °n an •M'zone. However, with the consent of the appli- cants, the following, conditions were set forth to be Lnclud�ed in the pe- rm'it; r' Feb. 21, 1956. i 1° 8.9 solid metal' fence to be c.on,struct;ed from existing g'arag'e to the corral as directed by the City .En,gi,neer. 2. Storage of any mater iaa l s not to exceed in height of fence. 3. ' Wo adverti sign ,to be .placed on fence Burn, by methods approved. by Petaluma Fire Department R : esoluti- on.#3 -56 granting Use Permit, introduced 'by Commissdone4r Robfogel and seconded by Commis sioner Taylor, was unanimously passed by all members present;. VAL LUCHES'SA A plicati -on of Val. tucl essa to rezone parcel #9-351 -9, located at 14 Laurel Avenue, from an R- l zo.ne to an R - zone was stet by the Commi s s,i o.n for public hearing ion March 6, 1956 at 7:30 P.m- in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Petaluma, Californi -.a. REZONING E.WASHINGTON ST. AND PAYRAN ST. EN WOODWORTH SUBDIVISION In connection with the two lett and petition fi led earlier opposing the Counc i 1 9 's ,action of rezoning C.W. Petersen's lot at E. Washi,ng.ton_ anal Payran.Stree :t.s, a lengthy q :iscuss -,ion was 'held as to the course fo.r the Commission to follow, e.i.., either send the above correspon- dence to the 'Council for its' consId-erati "on and action or have a public hearing held,by the Commission to rezone' said ;parcel to R-"1 Letter, dated February 6th 1956 . was read from City Attorney Edouard Robe outlining procedure - f.or rezoning. ,In lime with the above subject, Councilma=n King addressed the Commission stating the reason for his vote in granting -Mr. Petersents reques t;; and he also believed that the Commission would be making a mis'ta by holding a public hearing. Both - Councilmen Gustafson and King, as well as Commissioner.Bt.g�elow, expressed that if further action were required by the Council, their votes would rema as p r evi ously cast favoring C -'l, zo;n i ng ; In order to determine the proc,edurre to follow, a poll indicated' that the Commission favored to hold a public hearing -to rezone said lot from , C"1 to R -1 Ayers : Commissioners Elmore, Rob,foge.l, Taylor and Dickerson. Noes. Commissioner. Bigelow, Salles and Ta 1 aman,t e o Proper l.egi.slation was directed to be prepared by the Cit Attorney to set public hearing da °te at the next meeting. Mr. Charles Marshall, Engineer, presented a preliminary layout of Ben Woodworth Subdivision for an unofficial approval. A five- mLi.:nute recess r REZONING E,.WASHINGTON' .ST. FROM VALLEJO TO HOPPER STS. r GEO .DICKER SON RESIGNATION CHAIRMAN & VICE - CHAIRMAN' ELECTION ADJOURNMENT 9� Feb. 21, ~1.956,., was declared to review the plans, after which the meeting reconvened. It was the decision of the Commission.that more .study was requ.ired on the layout before an unofficial approval is made and suggested that playground area and a possible school site' be considered by the subdivider. The Ci,ty.Engineer was directed to prepare an area plot plan showing properties abutting the subdivision in order to determine whether streets should be projected or end in cul- de- sacs, and also to determine -that none the area would be landlocked. Also, ,a letter was directed to be sent to the Petaluma .S'c-h,00 Board, with ,a copy of the pre- laminary layout, for its: information and re- commendation in regard 'to future school facili -. ,ties, and that, the matt will come before the Planning Commission at its next meeting. Following councilman Kingts comment that re- zoning sa.id'.area would set a precedent which . might affect the'uptown Parking District and other C -2 di.striets, Resolution #40 of Inten- tJon to propose an amendment to Zoning Ordinance #340 N.C by rezoning E. Washington Street. from Vallejo to Hopper Streets frorA a C -2 zone to a. C -2P zone, setting' the Public Hearing date, on March.6th, 19,56 at 7 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Petaluma, introduced by Commissioner Talamant.es and seconded by Commissioner Robfo.gel.,, was unanimously passed by all members present.. Chairman Dickerson announced that this is the last meeting -he. would- attend. Councilman King and CommAssioner'Bigelow commended Chairman Dickerson for his fa:i service to the community and ;fe.lt that the City wall suffer a great loss in his re Cha -krman Dickerson retired and ( yr n Taylor conducted the elect of Cha.irman and Vice- Chairman. By.un,ani'mous vote, Commissioner Taylor was elected Chairman and Commissioner Ro,bfogel was.electe,d Vice - Chairman of the Planning Commission, following which Chairman Dickerson resumed the chairmanship. There. 'being no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was adjourned.