HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 03/20/1956-CH, 20, 1956
Re,guIar,, meqt,i',ng of the PjalftnIng Comm,Las-ion held on the tventi=eth day of
Mar,c,h,j1 19569 at T:5,0 p.m. in, t�hTe Councj I !Chambers, ,City Hal 1, Pet.a I.tima,
Ca 1, if o rnJ a.
P-r,es
'ent:: tommi'stion-,ers: 'Bi.ig�e low, Elmo.r'e, Rpbf oge,1, Tallamantas and Taylo.r..
Absent Conimissioner Szill ,e s
('-it-,y Off--i,cia.1s:: City Engineer Russell Ing:ram, Cbunc,i Iman Norwood And
Btfiltd-Ing Insplector CIaude Neis en,teved 'd-urj,ng the mee'tdng.
Guestt.. None.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES, In the miqqtes. of Ma.rc-h 6;,, 1956, under the subj"ect
of C.M. Pet,e,rt!en ne�zqning, I;t-wa,s d1rected that , the
word's "for the time being" be inae,tt.ed after the
word 4ecdd,ed - "the P,IannIng CommIstion has decided,
fL o*r 'the, time be,lng. not to hand la,. . . . .11 o 'Following
the, above additionj the. minutes of March 6 t,h were
a p pr-oved,
CORRESPONDENCE Lettetj dated March '1,5', 19,56;j, from, North. Bay DI v i -
sd-on,,, - League 'of CqlifornIa Citi.e.s o:f ;meet' ia,,n g tg be,
held Ian Val 1..eja on Sat,ttrLday,, Ap;rzi 1 '21, 1956, at
theValjo Ca
'0 1 Sol ario Avenue, `was
-le�ikity Club, 18
read,#, Members desir'ing° to attend were 'tequ,e,sted'
to 'n.oti-fy the 'c.4e,rk' so that re,se,rvations can be
made,, b ef.b re Apr,11 L, i456.
Phone, qommundcatlop,'with Mr,. PrAther, of the Sonoma
Cbunt,y P1ahn1n,g Commis :ion fu,,ther explained Use
Permit app I ica:tli'on. noted 14 its agendal, of -Dr. H.E.
,C'.Iaxl,e, Payran St"reet at Lind1being Lane, Petaluma,
for a Use" Permit 't,b 6.pe,rat-e a traile,r c,qiArt at the.
not thwe.s-t,eir-ly'corner of < ayra P_ _ii Street" and' Lind'heii-g.
Lane, A" zone . DIscu.ssIon Was he:ld later. i,rl-the ',
2
Us'e; Perm --it applicati,o.,n of Sta:
n ley 'M.. Fri'edman Co.
780 .Mission stre,e;t, -San Francisco, CaLl,ifonnj',a, to'
conduct an a1Ac:tIdn tale 'on Thursday; March 2.2
.9
1,9156 at i '-30 0 '" a-.m�. for sa:.le ofproce.&sIng equip-''-'
.9 0-,
ment a..t the Pacific ),,VhoIeIsaIe,C_ompanyj 400 Poultry
Street, M z'o.n,e,,,, was then cons-,Idered. Cha, i,rman
Tay l'or-. reV-1 ewed a similar, nequest of the l,rw:i.n
FrIedman. Company on October. 18, 1,955, which Vas
granted by the Commission and',determii determined' .that tLI h,e'
, _grantIng: of the permit Wouldnot, conflict. with :any
o,rdInanc,e or re,s,o'luti�ori -of t'h,e Gity CounciT. and
the Commission felt the same procedure wbu,ld,
pp ly
to the application being con,sidpe:_red. w,he,reup.Qn
a pub,lic, hear-ing was not d"eemed nec�ersary.: Re's o
I ut,.i on #556 grantIng Use Permit to. Standey-M.
,Friedman Co., intr,oduqed by Co'
MMIssiolner RObfog,e)l
and seconded by Cpmmiss,sd-'ones Tal'amantes: was pa,s.sed,
'by the fo-11-owing vote:
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5EN,WOODWORTH.SUBDIVISI0N
•
March 20, 1956
'Ayes; Commissioners Bigelow -NI, Elmore, Rob-
foge 1, Ta lamantes and Taylor.
Noes- None.
Absent- Commissi.oner Salles
Commissioner Bigelow entered the meeting during the
discussion of the above matter and refused to vote,
as hem.i.ssed the main dkscus:sion 'on the. subject.
His refusal was considered an "aye" vote-.
Mr. Marshall, engineer for 'Ben. Woodworth Subdi.vi-
,Sion, submitted. a revised preliminary layout for
the Commis'siones considerations In reply to Com
mLs,sioner Bigelow, Mr. Marshall stated he had con-
tacted the - Petaluma School Board and was informed
that a school site was not needed in said subdivi-
Sion.. Mr. Woodworth then spoke on the subject of
a_ recreat.1-oval site, and stated that he will deed
Lots 87, 88 and 89 t.o the. City for .the .purpose of
a children's playground. The Commission compli-
mented Mr. Woodworth 'for his generous offer. . How-'
ever, in the final_ discussion, and with Mr. Wood-.
worthf's consent, 'it was agreeable.with all con-
cerned -that instead of the three lots offered
that three contiguous lots be designated for a
playground, and by a 4 to 1 vote, it. was decided
that the location of said three lots be referred
to the Recreation Commission, through the City
EngJ neeres office, for its recommendation, (Como!,
Talamantes voted to retain Mr. Woodworth's origi-
nal offer- of Lots, 87, 88 and, 89).
Commissioner Bigelow was appointed to convey to.
the City Council at it.s next. work session Mr.�Wood-
wor th 9 s offer of the af oreme,nt i oned three lots as
a playground, and request that the Council members
consider the matter of establishing a policy for
future subdivisions to set aside a playground area
as well as legalizing esame, if they so d,esir,ed.o
Upon request of ,the Commission as to the revised
.layout, City Engineer Russell Ingram:notsed that
all cul-de-sacs have been el.imi.nated; all streets
have .been designed as -through streets, that Pay -
ran Street has been rerouted to connect to Magnol:ia
Avenue and that the Payout appears to'be satisfac-
tory, whereupon the, Commission unoff,ic i.a.l ly approv-
ed the revised preliminary layout.
In..line with Commissioner Bigelow►s sug,gestion, it
was decided that the future standard procedure of
the Planning Commission will be to send a prelimin-
ary layout plat of all subdivisions to the Council
for its inf'or.mati'on and' to notify the Commission
of any suggested changes or mod.ifications
Ma-r c h 20 ,:.1956
50NQMA COUNTY ,PL.ANNING-
(.Th,'is item fo1.1owed- Stand ey M'e Fri:edman- Us:e, Permit
RlI1�.2ISeSI ON
in° the order bf. business').
Use, Perm• t app l ica,t a on of D'r ...H:o E. 'Cla,r°ke to
ope:fate a t'r°ai 11er court. ':at the nor°t.hwe:s-ter1y corner"
of Payr°an -Street and LIn;dberg Lane, "A" zone was
the:n di sc; assed o Due 'to t?ie fact the i,n'format Lon :on
the ap,plica.tion• wa;s received too late for the
Comm:i,s,�s.ioners to fi'el;d check the site, it was f'eIt,
that.,, in fair°ne's,;s t_ , the, app.l-i:�ant, mor;e time was
recluIted to .formulate a r,.ecommendation for -the
Sonoma Cou-mt,y P1annj-ng, Commission, It was suggest-
ed that if the County wY-.shed to hold the matter
over until its .`nest meeitinqthe, Commiss. ors would
b,e g1lad to make ,a rec,ommendation following .its
usual p.roc-ed,ur-e of field checking, the app,licat.ion,o „
A l.ettef, was. di'reete'd to %e sent to the Sonoma,
County P lanni,:ng ,Commisis.Lon accordingly.
JOHN °CAVANAGH SR,.
rezone the .,following parcels was the
pp.liiatio
o,nJo �
1. Parcel #$m 161®29, 3821 X 3ba. 1:9 facing .Doug las:
St,. 'roar Rm2 t,d Cm.1 zone.
20 Pa1rcej #8,_16l;_i,' 1,M.99 x 409a76 corner of
Douglas & Spring �Sta e,xtend.ed, from R-2 to
R®3. zone-.
30 Parcels ,142-1-0, 11, 12,' 0, 14, 15, & 16,
290 4 more or° less x lES`l .4 0 :authwe's.ter ly corner°
of .Dougl,as at.., & Spring °St'. ,extended, from Rm2
to R®'3e
Leo P'ar.-cel #&o92m7', SII.B x 1504 facing Fair St,
betwe.en Douglas & Ba,s,seta St s a from Rm2' to R, 3 0
Mr,o Cavanagh then s,pok.e in b:eha„lf of h,is request_,,
9'i`v1ng hi �§ ,reason fo,r, his rezoning' ap,pl ication `and°
'al;abor.at.ing on his proposed plan for the prop.er:tyo
He requested .an early pub.Lic; hear-Ing: date. However.,
,Chair,mari Taylor expla:i.n'ed that due to the resigna=
-t°ion of George Dileke,rson and Phil Talamantes and
Mrs. Elmorees aebsence fo:r the, next s,ix weeks, t;he
Plann'in,g Commis.sJon• mem_b.ers-hi-p w,i.11 be depleted „
urat;s 1 .Co,unc,i 1 a,ppo i ntment of two .memb e,r° s to f i 1 I the
Va,ca.nci.e;s;. Theiref-o,ref,, public hearing date, was set.`
f'o,r' APrd-1 1T, 19569' at. 7-30 ow"clock p.m. in the
Coun- i 1 Chambers,, City Hai 1 0
In v3 ew. of t;he fact the :Comm sus i'on felt the app 1 i
cation i'.nvo.,lves comp-licated. problems.; it was.
unanimously d,'eglded by :al.l memb.ens 'pre,s-ent to re-®.
quest th;e .se:rvi,ce:s of a Planni,ng Gons•,ultant 't:o,,
assist. the Comm . . i,on 1'n this matter.
ZONING ORDINANCE
Al\IIBIGUI"1°`1
Chairman Taylor re.p;arted,. he had chetked with the
City Att.or,,ney ®n, the ,matter of t`he ambiguity en-
countered- in R-2 dist;r1c;ts an the 'Zon:%ng Ord,,
'
which was recently 're f'er°r�e;,d to the ,.Citjr Attorney
„
and City Co, .ng1lo„ The Counrd 1 has d:irected� the
CA, iy Attorney t;a p,r.e-pare le,gislat'aon° to cl,ar°ify,
said amb'ig:u; t,y as well as correct the` error in
Section 9.23 (':b),, „
Mar..c°h. 20, a956
IH SCHOOL.,TUD�F SAt t.he.. re'que4set of ,Chair -marl Taylor', the -high.
_ .. _ N_TS sc,hoo,ll students,,i=n t-he. audience intr°odu'ce,d t.hem�
! selves.,
AtIR:So_...:EIoP.INE ELMORE Mr.so Elaine "E`1mo,r°e, who Is
p�lann,ing a six weeksv
_ - _ _.. _ ...._ tr 1p to Eur°ope„ wa:a given the well wishes of the
Commission. .
ADJOURNMENT' 'Thar°e b,ei.,ng no further business to come before the
meeting the mae=ting way,,adjournedo