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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 05/07/1957MAY 7 .1957 egular meeting of the-Planning, Com mA, * ssi on held On the 7th, day ,of May, 1.957, at 76 in �Ithe. Council Chamberg, City Hall Petaluma, California Present Commissioners i Carls-og, Elmore'' Margoli&an.,d Taylor. A Comm , Brown. 'City Officials: City Mar tiger Ed Frank and Cit - E ng.i aeer'Rug,�ejl- Ingram.' .. _ APPRQ.VAL,,,.OFMlN.VTES PUBLIC HEARINGS. AR RODGERS R. L.-ARNEAL Minutes of April 2 057 were approved I ' As recorded. This beinR the, time and place for-the public hearing.,on the application ,0.0ateiph.,of Arnold Artio d,Rodgers! 604 View Avenue, ,for a variance. of 4- ft. instead of S ft. side yard. to continue th e line of existing building in 'the construction , of an. =addition - to rtsidenc &,;Eit,604 View Ave nue, R­lzono, Chairman TAy'lor ealled for e4ressiofts from the appliciint. Mr; Rodgers was esent, but, I hlad'no fur her, information to add. No og er expressions were he in favor and no, expressions heard �il n 0pp0S1' - P, tion to the-variance. 'In. . Ans'Wer to A questi0nJnad6 by Chairman Taylor, _Mr. RodgiE!rs that. he. had. .received no objectioas.1rom the ,`sur rounding neighbor - hood,, whereupon-I Resoluiti on No V3- 57 recommending -to the, City Co that the variance bb.grantod was In'troduced by Comm issioner seconded by. Com migsioner Elmore widunanim ouslv, Dassed_b all me.mbprO, Present-." This, beingr the time . placo forthe public.hea on the application of'R.. Lq Arneal 879 Olive Street, for- a vari'dnee of 3. ft­o, instoad.of 5 ft side yard',to construct (jRten8 - ion si ` ngrle fain ly dW6111iig, 8,79 Olive Stiriaet, A -,1 Zone, Chairmah'Ta _y or - 1 , 1 ed ­_ , for expressions. ca Mr.,.. Arneal was. presOftt w behalf of his app.11c O but had nothing further to a,dd.., "No other -ex p fe s.sl s were heard in f4yor rfol e ona were heard in Opposit - ion to the varianc!e�. There being nofurth-er questions from any of the 'dommi s'sioijers Resolution Nba V4 57 recommending to.the City Coun that th ance a r I 'be granted was,Introduee.d by Commissioner . Carlsoij:,, 8e " nd d' by Cothmissioner'Mar g048 - ,and unanimously pas-8ed by.all, member s prbsent. f'Mr.; Rod'grersiand Mr. Chairman Taylor ei�plaftedto i Arhealthatj.he'Plann-ing, Conainis's lon s:r*e don recommended. that tha variances'be granted", butthat. .final. ap �o ,proval would have t . be given by the C ity Council before ,the varianOds would he effec tivo. He AY 7 9. 1957 — Page .2 UBLIGBEARINGS!.,. - - - ; continued_ further explained that their amlica 00ns would possibly be heard and action taken b- Y, the City Council At their next meeting to be hold May 13th. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Use Permit application -4287 of Congregational Church, 'B' and Fifth Streets-, to construct a church at the Extension of Middlefield .Drive and Mission .Drive, per plan .'submitted, R'l zone . wa the next item considered,;, Malcoh Byce, an employee of the firm .Hahn, Wise and .Associates and also a member of the church, Appeared on behalf of the Congregational Churc hand presented plans'. A plot of - survey plan ha,dalready be'e submitted.. when applying for the ap plication. Mr. Byce reviewed these plans with the, Commissioners, stating that the large oak tree, which, was a landmark-, of the, area,, would be retained and that the church contemplated the e ' xten- sion of Middlefield Drive and Mission Drive. He stated that. these streets would b,Q -constructed, the .church bearing the cost of one-half of the street and the .owner of the property fronting on the other side of the - street' to pay for the other one-half of the cost of the street, and would be conveyed to the City by deed or dedication. He further stated that construction of the -church was expected to begin in about. a year. A poli was taken of the commissioners present and it was unanimously decided that a public hearing was necessary, whereupon, Chairman Taylor set the 21stday of May, 1957 as - the date for the public hearing. The members of the church present were instructed to have a representative . there at that ttmeo COUNTY OF SONOMA, BOARD - . OF - SUPERVISORS Use Permit application #310 of the Board of Supervisors of' Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, to construct an auditor7 ium at the corner .of McN6ar Avenue and Redwood Highway South., to be known as Petaluma Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, R -1 Zone, was next considered. The County Board of Supervisors did not have a representative present, but a. letter supporting the issuance of the use permit and giving general explaind- tion. of the site 'and contemplated, building from Leigh& Shoemaker, Supervisor of Second I District, Was read and filed. In answer to a,. question from Mr. Harry Foot, Chairman Taylor explained that inasmuch as the pr6r perty was inside the City limits, all requirements, such as, building, zoning, eJ&Ctriqa1, et(z.., of the City -would. c 'have to be omplied with. A poll 1 was then taken- of commissioners present and it was unanimously ded.ided Ir AY 7, 1,957 Page 3 f OUNTY OF :SONOMA,, that a publi.e hearing was necessary, whereupon, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Chairman Ta y1.or set the '21 st day of May,, 1957 As the continued. . , .. . . date for the public hearing. LaMAR; LAURITZEN Variance ,application 4335 of LaMar Lauritzen, 228 Fifth Street, fora variance of 1'1/2 ft. side yard instead-of 5 ft.. required, to construct addition to resi- dence in line with, existing house gat 228 Fifth Street, R-3 - zone, was set for public . hearing by the Commission for May .21st,, 1957 at 7`030 p. m. in. the Council Chambers in the City Hall,. 5T.H ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON Chairman Taylor announced. that the 5th Annual Confer. - CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING ence on City and Regional Planning would be held on the. 17th day of May, 1.957 at the University of California in Richmond and urged a11 commissioners to attend if at all possible. l OSSIBLE SITE FOR HIGH Chairman Taylor again -asked the commissioners to CHOQL IN :EAST PETALUMA field. check the property between McDowell Road, and the Freeway north. of East Washington Street which had been suggested by a real.tor as a possible site fora high school in.EastPetaluma, so that the commission would be able to give .an opinion -to the Board of Education if requested. He further stated that the property was about 5 /10 of .a mile on McDowell Rd: to the left of -East Washington Street on the other side of Lynch Creek. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was ,adjourned;