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t. t he - Pl an nin g J j On he ld on May 'I at 7 P
• eguIar m`ee' I�ng Of _e C 1956
ommis's h
n the,,'Councll ChAftib,et. .C ity liqll., Petakdffa,. California,.',,"
Commissioners Brown,,' Heywar Robf qge,l, -Sa I- le s,';a-nd Tay 16 r
'b: Commi ssioner 'E
�L * s!ent Ima r e
City Officia.1 C.Ity Manager E� F.r. Gi ty En i n.e eIr Russe Jngra�m..
Mayor. Vi',nc.erA, j.41. -S,'C ho,,enJ.ngh;. CO3tin'cl loran King attend . ed the
rn e,e i n at aPIPVO:XTinat,eJ' - P.t
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APPROVAL OF,. 'MINUTES
CORRESPONDENCE
,P`l OU Lbt-
L a - 'g r, -nd s J I
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B.7iVI Subd.,
City'Att6rney opinion
re fos:,ter hom
C ity Attorney report' I
"Pet er"seft pro,pe Y !I
The -foll;lowfng was ord8,i7e,d- t6 be -added to the
min,ute,s of April 17th -1956,.., under the. subject of
V. Lucbesisa pub.,lic heari,ftg - IIC_ornmIssi!6n.er Brown
tt-ale,d ..he Was in faVor of ..rezoning: this parcel,
it did not go :f*q-nth.er than 'half way. (fown
the bloc'kl No f`urVheI�addi:tions_ the :minutes` were
a,p,,p r . e d'.
o �Corftraissd-on re
'L,p f.r' m� Reg ne�at i,
Lots 88 and I& as. Is pjay inn 'the
Sen Wdodwo,rth Sub•dI,vis Cedar Grove Park, Was
read'. This T.eCLorrmendatlon was discussed and x'61-
f erre,d, 'to` Coriuhl S"S,ibneIr Brown f or restudy with
Cound.Llman,' CT stafson of the Recxeatioft Coftirnd,s
for the ppasdbIlity: of t"OnsIdering 3 , . , othelrjotS.L
Ci'tY Att.lr
oney op,.LnIoii dated April -27th, 1956, re
foster - h'ome:s Was: reaA.wh.1Ic.h defined foster homes
as hel'ftg a home Which
accepts; one or more children a,s f'arftII mem•.ers for qana by 'eLither full time or
part t,'MLe,, and ' in `his' opinion, this d: T'
e Ifti
t. on i s sa!tI§.facto,r-y an.d wo.u1d°, a foster day
.Tcla home in any di!Eftr' within the City of
PetaIumaL. He f u rt h�e�r Sta t:e d - that th e Stat=e; wi I I
, aLlow up to six: chd1dr'en, in any home it-, 1 1c,ensess
but that it Will hronar any. 1i.ini pjq
c e d In the
Use Permi granted
', the P.lanndng CommjssJon; 'and
would
that, the
b e w-afe,-e for foster day, care hom applicat,ion,s'"
J d'
.ve . P' v Ord. #4 30 NCS aftien "df,Lng ., the
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Ordinahce.
Copy repor
Y Of t 't. o• �Cb.uhd- i 1 , dated AprI,l'T3i,A
e. g a l I 't'y of the rezoning of 'Petersen prop e ty
was read,. In th la-st paragraph of sa- d- repo
I _01 . - 0
'Mf�. Robert �stlatez t 'Opinion, wa
that h I's t•te'd
,s, •sub I
to the Lea!guje , of Ca,11 f,ornIa Cjtje s and ' that Jts
research attorney, AT'&s-, ,
Fr oe r ex concurs general
with: hl'rh,. J Referring-•. this Information- Cha rm'a n
Tayl.or the city;
ted t '9
Mana er 'to ;cohta".tL the
C
if Miss Froererl,a con. -
�c Lty Att to fITnd Out
acu!rrenge of h1a olpd.ni,onw was ve rba'I "or - written -
r t te n s a�
it. wou,Id be_a.dv1Isab t6 have a. confdrminiq. , letter
s.u•stlafttlating same',.
,IT.-i tine, wit`h c&rrfthiss,i'qne,r Brown vz s '. ug I • gestLion the
C,i't:'V' M_dn'a0er wa-s' rleques't that copies of gor-
resplondmo? OjTzectt'd t the C aff.e.dt 6q.r
to the Plannin , C S
4 tng � QTnm-i s4oft be fu
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to the me of .the Plan Ing Comm i'sslon',
REZONE PORTION GUTER
MUTE ANNEXATION AREA
j l S�
1 '956
This' being th-e time and " :for . p`ub;l c he,arTn;g on
to a,ppl.ication of Ear 'E, Swanson A Ha-rol'd Do
Cut le;r- 8zl Market `Street San Fran to re
zone, po.rt'i ®n of area, known as Gutermute Ann-exat "igri
,(excluding 1.62 k 15.0 easterly corne
Ed and Ee Washington Street)'' from : "U zone to 'an
"R. - i ts °and a P 'Cm 1," zone, was opened by calli ng for.
expreissIons i -n favor o'f the apiphi Cat ion,.
Copi'e"s of P l,aenn i ng Consultant James Caripb.e.11
'r.e.port, d'at•edi Apnli l 3A0., 1;956, on r e_zon , ing a ppl, , Ica®
t on of SWanton &Cut1`e.r and .John L. Novak were-
passed out to 1 parties to el.i.m fta,te read
ing aloud of same'o
The. applicants we;r p;res,en,t and Mr..,, Cutler° spoke
in behalf' of their reque•sto Mr. Wbo&s'en, John L.,
Novak representative, 'spoke ag,ad'ns °t: the appl1ca.-
tion, taintain'ing.that,,1Vovak site is the'bett'er
for a shopping cente.r .,,In re.p;.ly to several Com -,
missi,oner.s, Mess.rso ;Cut`l:e'r 2arid Swanson stated
that they 6xrtend to st consaru.ctLon 6090 days
fol•l completion o;f rezoning "and the first
pha.s +e wi ll be; corrip leted; 45 months thereafter, a,
project' invo- l=Vi•tg app:roximatel�y 6500,;0:0.0,:00?. They
also noted t.h,e Consultant es. r:ec in. the
report: re,l•atdve to. acr°ea,ge limit for the area and
that, they would be.wil'ling too conform to t'he
Planning Comm =ss.ionAs viewpoint if it we're felt
necessary to 11;miPt the acre
a,g:e of the shoppa•ng cen-
ter,, 1 eaavi,n,g the balance for . 'futtir'e deve l.opment o
Copy of letter add're'ssed to the Qlt.y Counc'i1,
dated API-i 1 f_j_, 1956; from .Peta1:uMa Board of Educes-
tian was read requ.esating, cons of facts
con.ta, -Dwd In Vt,s, letter 'wh:en, masking dec sAon re"
gard,ing the rezone requ9esto
The hear .,wa s then dae.c l a r e;d c l o,s'e d. It w a -s
e by the Comm° ssione'r't that more 'time 'was
n•eede'd t:o sturdy th;e Consul °cant 4 -s •report and per-
hap s have a dd sc.us ,ion, with. the GouInc i l on the suAb�-
je 'ct, fol which :a poll of the Commission was;.
taken and I.t was dec'fded to take the ma-"ttL8t under
a.dvisemento The ap.p li'cants were .Lftf ormed :that: they
would be not-.f ied when same W 1 be plaz.e`d. on the
ag e be made as soon a assured - that a. dec1,.s on
a_ enda f•or act i on. � and were as
s p os §,Tb le o
This being the time and pl,ace, :,f`or pu 'hearing
on app`l,1c i on of Jdhn L•. Novak, P O,s� Box `25,
Novato, 'to rezone area known as_ Novak, Annexaia
A, located at the
:s;outhwesterly corner of
McDowell Road and ,., Washi.ngton Street from
zone to a• '" C -'1 zon ee,, Cha xMan Tay 1,o , ca.l l e :d for•
Use 'Permit applic;a"t•ion #67.69 o;f Mr, 8 Mrs, Fr i;e
, rich, Schu:lat to conduct home for foster chi ldre1-
:day care,: at NO Fourth Street , ;R=3 zone, wa the
next Item, before: the. Commlssion-,o Appliea - t.ioil _and
l e te;.r f�r'om the County^ Social Seryit. ;e Depa;rt•men't
was r:ea re ,S'chul,at. v,.a r equest, MJ% Schulat::%vas
pte,s!eht and in, ,rep,ly t=o.,.the Commiss'i ,n,,. requested,
a l mPt of three foster chi ld -teno Cha;IIrman Tay”
for at this time referred to the City At,to °n.ey's
opinion egard'ing f oster dray time care h.omeisn and
expIa'ined' the three - typ : es of za.re clan ;s. fi;e as,
b!A e home - s out 1 fined to, him by Mr Sweeney of the
S`oc i
a1 Serv3c De,pattment. full time;, day time
a "nd fas;ter mothera who come into'l:a'l ome to take
care of c,hi 1d whi-l:e_ the: mo °ther work He
further added that in_ °vi.ew of the CI I t Att,or
opr�nion:, - day time care; foster homes are in order
and. _the fee i,s. to Abe waived pe_r° amendment to the
Zoning; Qrdrpn Pub >,1 is hearing was not .deemed
n:ecetssary, and it wa d'irect.ed the, fol'lowkng,
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May l., 1956
ex,pr'e& &iona i •favor of. the r equest. Mr a Wo.ods'en.,,
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John Le Novak v s repres.entat ive, ways pr'asen•t in.
support. of the 'req'ue,st, stating that Mre Novak `has
not given .a .spec ifi(t �ti-me for startIing the prgj -ct
and that he ha- made no enrg pl ans as he
=is, await,'ing the outc6 e of -his rezone requeist..; • He
fiInt added' that the pr,:opose:d center would em -
b,ra.ce 20 acres and, the rerria,ind,er Would be f o.r
future e :x:pa tlon;o 'N'o one was heard in opp;ositdgp.
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to "the apP1
g 4
- The hearz:n was decl.a-red c los ed. A poll of the
Comfnias..i•on was taken and it was d=eci deed ' t�o ..t,a:kle the
,ma.ttar under advisement for action at a future date -
applicant to be noit i,f ie d when: same wi l 1 be p l'ac'ed
on the a•g,endia o
.JOHN CAITANAGH, , , SR.
This being the time and place f'or , the cont.ir uat,
from .,Apr.i l 17Th of the pub l ic,' hear=ing on the app Ii
cation of John Cavanagh,, Sr ! , QQ, Douglas St, to
rezon ',e pa,rce-1,s of ',land l.oca on - Spring S-,
.reet
Extension and Doug'laas• Street between Fai -r Street,
And Upham Street from an "R -2!' zone to ,an "R -3"
and a g' C, l" zone , Cha ",rman, Tay l,o:r -ca 1,1 ed for:
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a
ex ' P r"e'ssi o,ns a None. were heard o An amended ma p
of 'the area vas submitted :and Mr, Cavanagh was of
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the opinion that pakbl hearing date could be s °:et
on =same at this meet i -ng o However, he was in-.
formed that, he must again make a formal applica-
tion on the amended map, wh would then go
t �rou'gh the= reg�za;ar proced':ure Mr's; Cavanagh res
qu,es�t•ed tjh „ e re turn of hd s map f ' 1e : d' with the
on final a lica °ti'on.o Public 'heating 9� PP "w 9 on the
pending app, 1,c"ation. wat o,rdere:d continued,
Use 'Permit applic;a"t•ion #67.69 o;f Mr, 8 Mrs, Fr i;e
, rich, Schu:lat to conduct home for foster chi ldre1-
:day care,: at NO Fourth Street , ;R=3 zone, wa the
next Item, before: the. Commlssion-,o Appliea - t.ioil _and
l e te;.r f�r'om the County^ Social Seryit. ;e Depa;rt•men't
was r:ea re ,S'chul,at. v,.a r equest, MJ% Schulat::%vas
pte,s!eht and in, ,rep,ly t=o.,.the Commiss'i ,n,,. requested,
a l mPt of three foster chi ld -teno Cha;IIrman Tay”
for at this time referred to the City At,to °n.ey's
opinion egard'ing f oster dray time care h.omeisn and
expIa'ined' the three - typ : es of za.re clan ;s. fi;e as,
b!A e home - s out 1 fined to, him by Mr Sweeney of the
S`oc i
a1 Serv3c De,pattment. full time;, day time
a "nd fas;ter mothera who come into'l:a'l ome to take
care of c,hi 1d whi-l:e_ the: mo °ther work He
further added that in_ °vi.ew of the CI I t Att,or
opr�nion:, - day time care; foster homes are in order
and. _the fee i,s. to Abe waived pe_r° amendment to the
Zoning; Qrdrpn Pub >,1 is hearing was not .deemed
n:ecetssary, and it wa d'irect.ed the, fol'lowkng,
May 'I, 1956
cond:t,ion be included In: the .Use P'e -rmt Limit
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'to three foster chi ld whereupon Resolution
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#8 ®56 grant in.g Use Permit -, int:roduded by Comrni,s®
sioner Heyward, ,second'ed by Commissioner Rob•foge'i,
was unanimously pa'sse'd by all members pres.en;t,.
I Dt?:. ,MAY HAYNES
Use PgTm .'t app 1 iziat ilon § 6 of Ida May Haynes t o
c:ondu.c.t - home for foster c°h'i hd-renm day •t•ime care at
17' Payran - Str°eet, R ®1 zone,, was then cons ide'r�ed..
M:,rL5. Haynes wa pr'esentt and consented t,o limit.. of
four fb�'t;er child;ren:o Public hearing was not -
d.eemad necessary and the' following condition. wa,s `
directed to be included. in the Use. Permit "Limit
to four `fOoS,ter c'h'i.ldneft",whereu.pon Res;dl- ut.ion,
#10-,56 granting Use permit, introduced by Commis-
saoner Shc les, . seconded by Commissioner Brown., 'was
tinarilmous 1y p;as by all memb.ens present o
WALDO M. LARS'QN
Application ?6861j_ to rez�one parcels 96.- 213-11, 1.2
AD,ELIN ,-E C. `HOLM
and 1 °3,, l:oc;at;ed at 311, - 315 Ke,l'1e�r .Street and 200
SYB,:IL,;M,. 'SULLIVAN
- 2 one
i ' 3', .zone
P- z to an R -
as s`et public Ohea�r°an� g date by - .the. Commiss I on.
for m ay 15, 1.95'6, at 7 puma in the Council'
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Chamb „e r s;, Ci Hall
MR'S. HAROLD SIMQN °S
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U:se Permit application, #6,885 to conduct -home for
y
da yi 11, ips Ave,,
fast, r ch time care at 985 Ph
R zone, was the next. on the agendas How
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PP s• `not present. and the °matter
was�postponed' the ne;Xt me °eting,:o ' clerk
° The c 1
wa -s: di recte,d, t:o; notify Mr's o. 'Simons Hof the Commi's-
si.ons a�ctio °n arYd, that she be pre;s,ent at
the meeting to: be held on May' 15th., °
A. J.._'STEFAN'L
Uaranee application of A. Ja; 'Stefano', 21 5` Douglas
Street,, fo Lj, ,f:t,. side; ya °i°.d. setback on corne to t
t..o const garage and' c_arp.ort In ,1 , ne wi th
exi�stin-g ,garage, R ®2 zone wa <s. set: for publ,. c hear: -.
3ng date by- t ,'he G- ommJ'ssion fo,r May l5th, 1956, at
"7:30 ,pa,m�o i�ri the Counca 1 Cha_ri tiers_, Cit -y Hal �1 .
ton - ;M. SORENSON =
Use P.e.rmit appli.c'a;ti.on X6,889. t.o cond;uct home f-or
:.,
foster children at- 315 Stuart Drive, R -:1' zone
wa.s then consyi de;re.d. Mrs Sorenson, was pr°esert't
and • .stat e.d t. hat she :wi;shes ioftly to have one c il
for full time. Pub.ljc hearfng'._••wa`s not deemed'
nece.s�s and th °e following c.ondit'ion was ordde,red
to be ,i,nc I ude,d in the Usre. Fi, .1t "'Limit to •one .
fost -:e -r child”, where Resoltiitio;n. X12 -56,,
grant i-ng 'Use Perm t, Introduced by Comm s,sa ;o;ner
Pobfogel, seconded by Commiss Brown, wa.:s
unanimous l•y pa,s's;e.d by all member s )present e
' VANGE•LICAL FREE .CHUB CH `
Use Per°mi;t applc ati on 68'9 of Evangelica Free
:. W_
Chu, - 2'1 Sixth :stree't., to construct addition
(ed.uca t.ional unify to church •was next unde'r,consi
de:ration,o Representative of the church was not
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May l , '1956
present, so the matte was postponed unt ij the
next meeting, However., Rev. Lawrence appear
Later in the meeting and the application was then
consi- dered-
SERV ICE. -STAT'hON Us e P e-rmI't application' . ; 6891 of Se.ry l c.e Station
PROPERTIES, INC Properties, Inc.., 515 Market Street, San Franci
t -o construct and operate a service station in a.
''zone southeasterly c'torner� of E. Washington
Street and McDowell Road, 162 x 150 (portion of
Gut ermut e annexat-A,on area) was the next- i t.em be-
•f'ore the Commission. Mr. Donald Dunwuddie, Presi-
dent of said farm„ stated that the area had been
commercially :z-on.e.d by the: County and that 'they had,
been granted a Use Permit from the County of-' Sonoma
subject t,o cond'iti°ons set forth by the .Petaluma.
Planning Commission. Copy of County Use Permit
was submitted far the Comm,i,ssiones ' review.
A. five- minute recess was declared at this time.
The meeting was nesume:d, and in response to Com
missioner° .Salles, the City Eng;inee,r stated that
newer c!onnection`for the service station would b.e:
tied into .McDowell - Village on a temporary basis
and when the ma line is installed down McDowell.
Road to s'erviee the anticipated shopping center in
t, he - Gutermute area, they would then be required
to connect thereto.
It was decided by the Commission to take this
application under advisement and applicant will be
:notified when :action. w! 1-1 be placed on the agenda..
Mr. Dunwuddie, father of the aforementioned, wanted
to impress, upon the Commission, that they are not
in 'any way connected W.1th" the shopping :center pro
posed by Cutler. and Swanson as they to use'
the' land str.i°ct ly for a service station.
SERVICE, STATION, PROPERTIES" Application #6892 of Servi:ce Stat p roperties,
Inc., to rezone southe;a-sterly corner of E. Washing-
l
ton Street and McDowell Road, 162 150 (portion
of Gustesmute Annexat from "U" zone to a C -1
zone, was set for public hearing by the Commission
for May r.5th, 1956, at 7:30 p,m, in, the Council
Chambers, C-ity Hallo
ROY KEI SER . App'lIc at on X6899' of Roy :Ke 550 Mountain
Road, Petaluma, to re:z•one Conway Park Subdivision
fl (port.i'on. Hospital Annexation, area) from 11
zone to an R -3 zone and a C -1 none, and portion of
,�- Gonway .Park. S:ubdivisi.on #1 lying within the City
Li- m.its.,, Lots, 1 thru' 9 i- nc:l,.. from R -1 ;zo.ne to R -3,
zone, was set. fo'r •public.. hearing by the Commi
for June 5, 1956,• at 7 x30 p,m in the Council
Chambers, City Hall' ..
May l ,: 1956
CONW PARK SUBDIVISION l
,
T'ent,atitee'map of Conway Park Sibd : iuision 1 (;ll -4
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at r e within Hospital Ann,exat�ion) was submitted f017'
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�s,tud,y':and..rev,ie�+� Mr. . John ,Adams•, surveyor. was
e
present to d1scudss: the map with the Commiss.i«on,o;
An dfibff ,cial ap of' said. ffaps was. made by 't h°,e
Commi.ssion..azs wr.itt en, r:e,port of the Ci Engineer,
wan'ot furnished and. wi 11 be prepared ;f'or the next
s.
meeting. In reply t,o ?Commi,ss&ioner Brown, City
°
Engin "eer Lng,ram, s=t :at • he `has wo rked'-wi`th Mt. Adams
on the, gene'r` - layout. of ,the tent lve� map; and .
recommended that. same' be- ac ept,ed . Forma l ;aci i on
w•i 11 be. taken at t'he me:xt meet f rig .
EVANGELI CAL FREE, CHURCH
Rev'o Idawrenc!e o.f the Egan, e 1 ica 1. F Church appear
9,
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uA at this ° me and . Perrin application #6891
to con_s�truct add -itIon 4educattofta_1 unit) 'to ch
at 21 Sixth Stree;t was con!§dder.ed.., It was po.i'nt
out by the Conn i.ssion that off.mztre;et park`%ng is
not requ.ire.d far existing c�h-ur°ehe,s : as a result of
an ,amendm,ernt to the Z Or'dirianee. Public.
hearing was not deemed' necessary,, whereupon
Res'o1ut.ion 413-56 ,gran,,t ng Use- Permit, introduced`
by Commissioner Ro.bfogel, s e.con`d:ed by Commissdon;e�T
&rown.,,, wa:s unanimo passed by all members pre ":n
sent
- PRES-S DEMOCRAT REPORTER
Chairman `'Pay fntrodueed Howard, Ke&sl;er,,, r eporter
. rep lac i:n�g- lft "s a Yar the;pres Democrat.
MRS. PORR'ITT
Mrs„ °Porr'it.t of ,58 R° -i`o V1sta Way,, .app.roathe:d the
Commission re,lat to procedufe necessary in °o'rd,e r
t,o estab l'i shh a day nuns,eery, at 901 m1 ad i s:on St r.°eet
disc;uss;ed 'at the last meet,ing Fol.lowirig, a. brief
discuss -ion: on the matter, it, was decided through
a •p.o.l.l that the Comm:is initiate proc'eedi•ngs to
amend the Zoi3gng . Or'd,1nance allowing day nuraeri ,
in a h Rm1 and R -2 zone ,, whene'upon , the City Atto=rm
raey was irastr�ckted to prepare the n'e „cessar:y legs®
lat` o;n; all ln�for°ma l.on on the. sub. je'ct to :ha
supp 1,ed him :ast well a°s.'t:hei State ;Stan:dards, f'or
Day. Nur ser, %es and if po ssible; have the proposed'i:
- amendment prepar-ed fo,r the' meetdmg. of May 1.5tha
RE., PETALUMA SCHOCrL
I;n r esfpon; tto Comrrii ss;i ohe'r Sa l le.s, Councilman
BTSTRICT`
King saat;ed that the Counc - 1' in the near future'
wi 1.1 come up wi a, f_ ,rm p:o 1 i,c;y that a 1,1 areas
anft,exe:d to the C l:ty of Petaluma w. 1,11 also be
taken -n`t;o t Petaluma School District,, .
AD,JOUR•NMENT
There being np further° :bu:sineas to :come before
the meet `ng, the 'meet n was ad Jo.urne:d.