HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 10/21/1958OCTOBER 2
Regular meeting of the Planning Commission.- Tuesday October. , 2.1,, A9,58; -t
7 30 'o clock p_ rn in the;,Council Cha bers� .City�� -Hall -
f
rri , Petaluma,,, Cali�forriia
ROLL CA LL'
Present; Commissioners, Ellis, Parsons—
A ° Pop Tibbetts,, and Dean
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Cl bsenv Commissioners Ma`rgohs and St msoino
t Officials.. Planning Director Richard. Coleman,
APPROVAL ,OF MINUTES
Minutes of the meetings held A u�gust I9, 1,95.8, September 3,,J95% `October
1958, and October 9, °195`8., were approved as recorded:
. BBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA,, TROOP. 1 File No,, U22 58
' U'se Fermit;_Applcation #58;07 of the Boy Scouts of America, . Troop .1'3', 236
Edith,, St, reet, °to se- Christmas trees ,at 7 Petaluma Blvd. South, C2,, done,
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was first considered. - Mre Mei1 Harper was present representing the
.applicant. The Planning Director reported that -due to the fact ,that th } location.. . i I
was in a commercial zone and the use, was for a short time-, he could, see no
objection to. the granting of this'use permit, Wh:ereupon,, Resolution No.- U22 =58,,
"F granting the'Use Permit, °vvafs introduced by Cbinmissiorier Parsons`, seconded,
by''Commissioner Tibb'` y p, all mem y _bers'present '
etas and unnimousl assed by
'all
EA R w PARI <'
ehm na,r site develo ment ,, lain fo
'The. pr y p p r M'cN,ea`r Park, as prepared k y the
Hey
Plannin s . lan was re aced ,a h r" Commissi" Coleman; expla
tfiart .thu P presented t t e e, ono Mro, � fined.
. ° a
P e artmepnt,'p as quest o' _ mmis
f. the Recreation C sio
o
then pointed: out on the plan. and 'ex P lained in detail the proposed 'planting, walk
,
system° and development of -the children's p21a.y ;area and picnic -area° ThV plan,
. .: -if,meets the Commission's approval Will,;ba submitted to the °creation ,Coin-
sss a tt lantin °trees
mee th g on Thur day October 23rd, in
ma grder, that tle_y
� p g fall., After .a. brief discussion, - the site plan. of .
McNear' Par..k was niariinzously approved by all Commissioners resent
P e
BARBER S1GN' COMPANY '
The Pl'annmg'Director stated that late this afternoon, an applicat 'on had' been
rr receiVed:frQm the Barber Sign Company for a; °Use Perm it, construet+a d'otible
a l , ,;
fa uorescent tubes r nd, ballasts, to be located on the !cor er o Edith In with
and Wash '
ington Streets (22
setback from.Edith Sto and behind' property line on E Wash
mgton,S.t ), C 2 zone° � This- sign is to adVertise�the, Mann''s , - N , ursery which
ariticipates'openl.ng on November' lesi,and the apphca.nt respectfully"reque,sts
th " = at the Commission consider 'thei'r application at thus° time, Mr. Coleman
,also stat ed. that.,he did not..haVe time to: make ,a fie d.:eheck but had, discussed
it- with the Chief of ,Police who determined that since it doe's not overhand: in the
'OCTOBER;G21, 195 P
.$ age 2;
BARBER, SIGN °COMPANY ontinu
a, sXreet�and',being iii a. C -2 "zone, it would not be a traffic hazard°, He-�noted that
from `planning standpoint a sign of ,this& type is allowable, in a ,commercial
zone It was the unanimous opinion of the Commissioners: that no farther, study
b fore them for arc. P P y y
° n l
e' raT approvahldA g ;br e disci son wa:s by
of`�the k n ' , re aged b. the' Si n Co was: o resented:,° ,the C A drawing '
the Commission and Mr Walter Leis 9 '
a ,
0
. � mmi
Resolution No p U.23 5'8 grantingahe Use Permaj, Wa:s then introduce 'ssiona,
d by
��, PP�
b,a hrnembersEpr�esent con y Commissioner Po and una °nmou y `p
.. ded ki
s ass
ed
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' , STAFF REPORTS °
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Th'e' fo staf p g' y g'
l . f re orts were ive DTr°ectoro
lowing__..
n b � the Plamm�
The& staff report elari:fyirig foster homes wasp suwb"mitted and filed' e It was noted
by,_Mra ,.Coleman, that of the: _numerous ;foster ,homes&'permi.tted,,by t ie Planning-
" .. v p° Y isting.o
Commission onl 1'2 are ' _resentl ex
mi ssion s choi
Th y g g, onsultant
e Com ce of. Lair Liven ston as the Plannm C to
prepare the General ^ Plan for Petaluma was approved by the Council as Well.as
„
t hts
he Rest Home ,R.esidentisl District which was adopted by' them'at last nig
me! eting° "
On October 23rd the County :Planning, Commission s! ng and he was informed.
by';Mr" Pr.ther that our letter on the selection,of Lawrence Liv1ngston jr , gas'
Th salt the letter We wrote, informin there of our action taken and ex lan`ation of
_nt for the�� � _. g _ . a e. P ,
is is ; = 1 b.e disc u�ssed, under cor -res H ondencee
con Peta_uma- Genera P °an wL
it Mr, Coleman stated that he 'would attend this meeting and ,any Comm ssioners
who would `like to g wou d. be welcom` b.
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Program of 1960 Mr,o .Coleman ex - lained `that .t ,relative to the Block °Statistics°
Pr g „r P .., _ `as a. hurry ' P J��b so�.�
hi�s� w
_ that �.the:
ar in t e ether se tote ommissioners
deadli_ne set,by ,t-he, Census ,Bureau, could be met °,, Under this prograrri the�,Censu's
' Bureau will a housing survey of our. City on a block by block basis during
t census fora small f , " eed . This i s very valu able in. any urban redev
the,
t p 0 a
�nmaojects9 °, g - -
' The P P
m e was re abed and together wzth a f licator any o kind of market research.
n> approved by the
.' Council,
P p. P g
forwarded. °to 'the Bureau. of °the Consu_s;aand we are now ace'epted_ nth °e program
Mr „o Livingston was here this. morning; and discussed with.him they next step on
preparing our application fora {general plane federal gra�nto. Mr,o Livngstop hopes'
det omplete the work by the Nove 17th
mber ,., Counci meeting This ill be a
, l w
ailed, breakdown staving exactly wh ed cost of e C orn we w ll Co sultant
P ya Y=
nem uarter labor contri�buti exactly'
will be res onsible for and the item
what'oixr o' q on to the p1:an will b
a iP
�OCT,OBER. 2.1,,..1958: - page 3 o
" "ST'AFF REPORTS "Continued`
During discussion on °the subject, Mr Coleman explained, that, e do not' tu&lly
enter into :a:. contraclt With Mre Li;vingstoii ,. .rather with the State as agents
- fqr , the Federal Government. 1VIf^ - Livingston, as the consriltant,, like - qe
.
will be la�tci o atn C u der the C t sYaar� Petaluma ,Genera 1, Flan. The County
P P Y y y y d,
g e of the Plan y T,'he C ity A,ttorne an
specific ' amount of casl..an •e a contract between the; Cit and County for `a
County, Cou�i�sel Vill.
•
d. labor Chd* - an Dean suggested: that this routine ,
be dra' t ;
detail . uvn up in .advisory form and distribui ed °to each rriember of the
QO'mm sion and 'Council an to the County' through Mr., Prather s office, so 'that-
a.l'1 parties concerned will be informed of the factors; involv,eda . Fu'nther. that
` possibl(i this could be done progressively-48 the. program along° ,.'
nin the meetin " of the Goun�ty� ,
Planning Commission discussed ea,
Concer� g' g r l er y
Cfiai.rman Dean suggested that, it,'mi ht,'be better. if Mr. Livingston at this
meetin After it wa !brought our that Mr, Livingston will i'ot' be available,
iCh cu airman .Dean thou ht that: p y y " ght want to postpone the di,s"
ssion until sUph time as Mr. Livingston could be
ossib the Count mi` present° Mr Go`leman.w_as'
!instructed., to investigate this possibility a_ncl aelv:se the Cornrrission'o
NEXT REGULAR MEETING
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It ` Nov
• eras noted that d U e t.
g, y
're Isar eetin n of the 1 1 nn nbeGommi '
ssion vail b , ember 4,, ..,
^' � W ednesda Novetnber g " P I g 1 be 'held on
1958 the next
Y_9� 5,, 1:95$0
A DJ O� ,, �R "LAMENT °
here.;being,ho further business °to come, before thel,:meeting, the meeting was
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