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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 08/20/19570 AUGUST 20 1957 Oular meeting .of. the Planning' Commission .held' on the 2,Oth d'ay of. August, 1957' at 7? 30 ock po m;, in the. Council Chambers., City Hall, `Petaluma, California. Prosen_to - Commissioners` Dean, Ellis, Margolis,, McCausland. and Parsons, Absent? None. City Officials° City Manager Ed Frank, City Attorney Edouard Robert and Councilman JohPT, King, APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes from, the meeting of-August 6, 1957 were app_ roved . as' recorded, r ; Since they u s&permi.t applications on, the agenda were. com- paratively short, it was - the. unanimous decision•of the­ commissioners present to consider these two items before commencing with the public hearings, U'se Permit application #1421 of Della L chau, 121 Arlington Drive, to conduct. a home for foster children, part- time , basis at. 121 Arlington Drive,. R -1 zone, was. the first item considered. Mrs. Lichau was present and requested . that she; be allowed. to care for two children; This being. included. as a. condition in_ the Use Permit, Resolution No. U23 - -57 .granting the Use Permit was introduced- by Com- missioner McCausland, seconded- by Commissioner Parsons. and unanimously passed by all members present. Use Permit application #1435 of Hubbard Oo Prevette., 724 ..Sixth. ,Street, to conduct home for foster children '(2. ch11- dren) ful-ittime 'basi's, -at 724- Sixth Street, R =1 zone, was next considered. Mr, Prevette was- present on behalf of his appli.cation Inasmuch as. the applicant re guested p.ermiasion to care ;for 2 foster ,children,, the following condition was included in the: use permit? ."Limit of two (2) foster children ". Resolution No. U24 - .57 was. then intxoduced by :Commissioner Ellis,. seconded -.by Commis-;- si.oner McCausland. and unanimously passed _by. all members present,. E. DENMAN McNEAR, EXECUTOR , OF IDA B. McNEAR. ESTATE', This being the time and place: for the public hearing,. on rezoning -application. #789 of E. Denman McNe'ar, 'Executor of Ida B, McNear Estate; -to rezone..certai n parcel bounded by Redwood Highway South, Mission Drive Extension, Veterans Memorial Building site and the dead end streets Of Grandview Avenue, Cochrane: Way and :Baker Court, except .ng therefrom, the most: southerly 125 feet along . , M!5si.on_ Drive -Extension, from an R-..l zone to a C 2 zone, Chairman Dean called. fogy.- expressions. from the applicant, Mr... Lewis H. Cromwell',, Attorney at Law was present IN �� Gi f �; �� 0 AUGUST 20 1957 = Pa.ge '2 # DENMAvN'Mc_ , N , EAR ; representing the Mp-Near Estate,. Mr o. Cromwell gave a - :EXEC _JTOR OF 1DA ,B .McNEAR brief history of the a.x ea. in question and the surround ing;= ESTATE. continueci'o =rea and;the facts and= cireumstanc :e_s . surrounding tha s a p,lication; Mt , Cromwell. stated, that Mr. pp f ohn Croci: d'esi :red to purchase, the land cb tingerit - upon its = being rezoned for bixsness `purposes _r , John J.. I <i.ng Realtor -w as M :.pres C ent representing Mr. roci.. He s,tatedl that Mro, .Croc - desar.ed. t" orchase the land, to build' a. bow lang; alley, containing 16 alley s° Further, ` Mr ,' d antic gated building , tarp more buildings on this property to be - used' for a rna.r-ket and .the De" of Motor -Vehicles would' occupy the, other building but these latter - plans were only l -h the preliminary stages and were not defini:`teo 1VIx K %_ng presented a sketch of ;the area showing the location of the buildings and facilities for parking,, He pointed out the. existing zones surrounding the area in question a_nd :stated that .they were: merely asking, for an extension of the,,.exi sti�i g. C =2 zone, With respect to the dead end streets°,, Grandview Avenue and Cochrane Way NIr Xing stated that, there. was a possibility of arranging these str- eets if desired, Aso as to work them into the parking lot n order =th'at they would not remain dead end streets. Further,, that, it was, not °possible to run these s_� -reels through to Mc N &,ar Avenue -because of the Veterans' Memorial site,, Chairman Dean- then called -:for expressions against the ieoning 1VIrs _:Esther G.arzoli: .18 Cochrane Way, obJectred to the rezon�;ng for° the reason that she was' adja" y cerit, to ,the property acid the traffic would crate disturb antes, Kenneth ,Carlson,, 33 Steven Dr °; Harry Treyor, 1:0'` Steven. Dr. ;'and Fried Moritz; 1020 -Country! Club Heights opposed xhe-propos_ed rezoning for the foll6wing reasons° (:1) They did' not'feel' that it was proper to rezone a neighborhood, section to _a downtown comm erc ;dl G-2 zone when there, ways considerable area zoned. C= 2 in the, downtown area not-being. used as such; (2) -`That ,Chis or future developments here could easily develop into a creeping, commercial :zatiO An _,(3) -Tf ,thts comrnerci,al area was carried out;; -,:as. above 'stated, .businesses all. the way from _animal hospitals `to ,auction sal be allowed with: a. use perini:t : o, Rev. George Ott `Pastor_ of - J the First Congregation Church,., spoke, neither in favor or - op p osition, ,stating that before pur` t heir church _ r y _ , site on Mission Di;. Eto the had. two surve s, made, and_ AUGUST 20, 1:95.2 m `Page; ,3 DENMAN M.cNEAR, these survey s:. indicated that property fronting, on the EXECUTOR OF' IDA :Bo McNEAR. highway would possibly go :commercials EST'ATE .continued = . 'A. general discussion, followed 'v 'herein Mr o King stated; in answer . o. question from Chair man Dean, that ,an , ' avenue o main roa way extending either Gr_andV evv Ave. or Co fir way parallehwith McNear so that. these atree s could'be accessible at .all times rather than. lust .. w throu h a - arki.n o g P lot vaas not ssible because of 'the Veterans' 1Vlenzori:al "site:, .but ghat the_ applicant would p, y :. �` ossibl be a reeab.le to• workiri out a solutioi-1 so that -either of these streets, would run into the main throughfare of :the proposed devel'opm6nt . o that they would not remain dead end.streets . There being no. '_further questlons, Resolutxon.No. 70 recommending `the adoption of''proposed amendment to r Zoning Or.,di:na:nce Nk 340 N Ca S. ,, reclassifying a certain - parcel of land bounded,.by Redwogd Highway So. , IVlssi'on `- - Dr; • xt eterans' Memorial Bldg, site and* the dead end, streets of . Grandview Ave. , Cochrane Way and Baker Court exce trn therefrom_ the most southerly 125 -feet, along p g Mission -Dr. Ekto from an R4 zone or district to a C-2- :zone or district; to a 'C 2 zone or district was introduced by Commissioner Ellis seconded by Commissioner_ s McCausland aiid ,d'efeated :by the following vote o, ` Ayes Comiz=iss mers.'Ellis and McCauslande Noes?- �:Commissfon'ers! Margolis, Parsons'. and Dean. Absent..-. Noneo„ FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH This: being: he time .and place for the public hearing on the, use - perMit application #1256 of First Ba fist ChureFi p, "245 Kentucky Street;_ to construct a church at 703 N*arth . = - Webster' Parcel - #6 '3 i-,2, RAJ zone; Chairman Dean' called for expressions from the applicanto 1VIr Ia De _ : Dillingham was present representing the =_- church He presented .a tentative :plan to the. Commission sho"WI the location of thetbw.ldfngs and._the; parkin He stated' that the church. °would ,be. constructed ih steps` and at thus time .plans wer e not rdefini'te s.s `to what part of the church would' = . be built first -. • A general discussion followed during which M'r.a. Dillingham _ assured the Com - tssion that.eonstructzon , of church ,the would- begin within A year: and that adequate pa rking _ :facilities would be,provided foi. In ansvier ta:a question. AUGUST 20, 1957 .- Pagew ~ IRST BAPTIST CHURCHIF= from the old buildings e on o th continued; , s proertegardlg 'existing p y Mr. Dillingham conferred tin - =with ;Rave. Brock- and' 'Mr Feank `Qp "somer, also representatives of the church :and it was determined „. -that the old buildings wa" p;r0 bly have to be removed before construction could begin. " The 'City Attorney advised the .Commission that under the present zoning; or - ice use - perm. t could be gra.iited for the con_s;truton of a church.in any zone but it was ad i sable ;to ha:vo- fina.1_-pla,ns submitted showing the type arid,,numbex .of lau .l.d ngs "together with adequate parking facilities so that the Commission could be assured of :exac:tl.y what the use would be the tim, e of granting. the'perrri'ito Also, that the Corrimi'ssa:on could place' certain. conditions in the use permit that Mere reasonbleo Chairinan .Dean_ called, for expressions in opposition to ' the ,g ranti'n .g of `this 'use permita ° ,Mro Bud Feltz stated that he 01Y. I tad on the groundsthax ther. e : was a lot of trafie already in this; area "a.nd .:that this would create more traffic 'i'n the vic %nityo Also, that :he believed this Iocat 'on eves too close °.to established_ businesses that, have liquor licenses.' - Mr., T. Go Mobile spoke,, not netessa in opposit "ion, _ but wished to: know if the chdfoh w.ot�ld now or in the future have objection to their estab.hahinent and the various eri -testa nnients: held `there . they had been. established in their present location for' 2.6 - years -and had a- liquor license.;since 1952 Rev. Brock stated that° he' could see no ;problem, 7a`s• far ,as liquor licens were due to th6 fact that their . existing church on Kentricky Street was closer to the Redwoo ' Room, than the :proposed chinch would be to the Flerm`annsons'''I;I_all ,_ R6v Brock - _stated that. he could see no difficulties inasmuch as .dew of the Hermannsoi _ • ,act iv %ties ': nvolve Sundays In .answer to- a question _;from com.mtss ones Mdrgolis' Rev. Brock stated a= ccordi ng to state law there - was no ;specific r distance an establishment had, to be frorn..a, . church in, - :order to obtain. a liquor license. The 'Board of Equali. x - nation in=vestigated the matter and if found sa;ti4 ctory to them and the local Police Dept. , the liquor license was issued, AUGUST 2% 1957, : = Page `5 - IRST BAPTIST CHURCH - There being no further quest ons, `the public hearing - bntinded -. " was declared; closed - t, was the unanimous opinion of the commissioners to 86't. th matter over until " the - next meeting on : September 4 1957 in order thaw; they could study the matter -further, At the suggestion of the City Attorney, the - Applicant` was requested to. contact: the City Attorney to determine if conditions = would be necessary 'rn-. the use permit inasmuch as the applicant did i of have definite plans, so that these could be presented to the> commission at their next meeting°; ELl1VI..LU:THERAN CHURCH This being the time and'`place the public hearing on:`va"riance application : #179 of El.m Lutheran Church, Baker and Stanley Streets for a variance to allow a 8` `` -"rear yard instead of the IW required and L a 4' s�.de yard instead bf the 5' requi.red to_: construct ' addition. to existing church R -2 zone, Chazrma:n bean called for ekpressions iii:oppos t on to: �rarianee. Wi ham Croall 504 Baker,, who lives .adjacent to the 1 :church- stated ahar:he would like to see the proposed plains,. Mr, Hansen explained- 'br -iefly the plans of the ;church to utilize the vacant` land between the existing church and Mr. Croall4s ;pr,,oPexty by adding to the - church, to build.n educational and fellowsh ip hall In order to build the. addition .regulation size, it would extend into rear 1 °.,9' and into the yard 1 . t =1 "o A study was Hier= made byIhe Commission, 1VLr : ;Hansen' and Mrso Cron. of the plans in which . _. p 1VIro 'Hansen ointed !o.ut - the rp-o osed addition and. the pT _ _ variances requested. Mr. Hansen assured'Mr Croall that the 'proposed addition way interfer with -the= .use of his .driveway next .to the proposed add :tion:o - ' There being ,no further objections< or question, . , Resolution No., V6 - 57 recominendsng that the .City ` Cotiinail grant the variance application was introduced by Comm` ssio er '1Vlargol s� seconded by Comm ss'i.oner Parsons and unanimously pasted by: all member. s " present. NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Charnian Deng annoui7ced that d ue to the feet tYia.t Monday Sept. 2nd,= -wgs'� a holiday; the next regular 1. meetiri of the `Planning Comm - -1 's%on would be' held on g - Wednesda:y S,eptember 4, 19570 ADJ,OUR1yMENT . further business come before, the There, being to. meeting fhe 'L ti gg was adj:ournedo '