HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01/06/1959f ANUARY '6 1959
Regular ,meeting. of the Petaluma CJ;ty Plo:nning Commission,,. = Tu'esda4y:,, Ja:�uary .0,. .195 , 9
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at 703'0 o'clock, o,mo in t Council Charnberr,, Cit Hall : Pe,talurria Califo,
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ROLL CALL
Presen_to Commi- ssione >rs Parsons, 'Popp, Sa mson T. bbe.tts and ,Deane
A asenta Gommi'ss oners S s. and Margolis,o
City' Officials- Planning Director, Richard Coleman
APPROVAL OF MINUTE'S
Minutes, of; ineetirig, held November 5 ,..1: 'were app =roved as ; recorde
PUBLIC" HEARING - ANTHONY Jo CONTI °FILE No. V5 -5 -8
Anthon ,, Conti ,5;03 1Vlelvi e fo or.ta varbance tora ow a f p o and setback.
This bein the time, and lac
y J _ ne _ Y .. , ..
instead of `required 20 'ft on, Loa #8 a(A,ssessor's Pa' rcel #G - 2,9 "2' - '16), on. Brainerd'
Ave;' , ,R' -1 zone,,,- Chairman: Dean' called' for' expressions for�and againsto
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Conti was present. on behalf of. his application° A letter from Rou'M. Evans.
dated. January 3, 1959! . opposing the. granting of this variance; was.read and ;filed.
.Mra C1a.rence H:an"sen,. realtor for the sale of M-r`o Ewa�n''s.°property, fated` that
he believed' Mr. Evans was basing., his opposition on insufficient,'information an'd
had ;he known, the reason for this variance, h'e would withdraw his obj;ectiono
Mro Hansen further :stated that from h S irterpreaation of the zoning ordinance.
he .questioned' wYietler or ° not 1VIr Conti' wa legally required "to appl' 'ths'
var ":ante o,
A ,general discussion followed. during which Mro , Co °lem 4n :reported, that he, had
cli'ecked with the 'City, A ttorney in regard 'to, whether a, variance, Was neees'sary`
and it was found that a eariance was granted Mr. , Eyans hi 1950for a 10 it'.
front .and setback on, LO_ lots in the Evans heights Subd vipsion- th e property in,
g , A view' of" the fact That a new zoning, r din
ance ha
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t d ben. d,ODt di
d i whb h , of g v g .-_ . _
. 1 . , retained no„ savin cla - -,
' d were - no lore er. i use, the ariances
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subdivision ar for Mr. Conti to secure; a variance befor. stence There;
in this subdiv' which had no.t been use i
ffore, it. was neces�s y _
f his housed.
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In view of they question raised .by .Mr. H'a.nsen it was' d'eterim.ned that the. matter
should be held over until .thei Coinm ssion codld. .opinion'from' the. City
Attorney as, to whether a: var -iar. ce was ;nece`ssary this case, This :being
agreeable with; - the app`li`ca -nt - the public hearng cont7nued until the next~
mee,dp and it was re g ste :that the• City Attorney report to they n
g - q � y ' y Cornmi�ssio
,at that. time as to the le g ah ° of this va- riance.
PUBLIC HEARING ALBERT BONOMI FILE NO., V6 58
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Th_s being the time and place for the public -hearing on the; application filed by
A lbert Bonorni, 11 7 Belle View Avenue,, , R 1, zone, for; a variance to allow a.
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ALBERT B continu
,5' 8 front and setbac :ins.tead o
of � �'� k q; _ , : a.t
q t co ° f re tired 20 ft, ,a a 1 ft side y
called 'for e�d mstead.
y construct a carport-, xpre'-sions
fkom floor. 1 r, Bonorm- was present on. behalf of° his pp ,
5 ft r.;e ui:red, o Chai rrn n Dean
re e ved ;from Mr., C;e W a Carpenter 'd�.�ed Janua his ry 6: 195'9 llcationo,. A letter' -
opposing t
variance was - read and filed. No other. expr°os'smns were: heard in favor or
again st. the granting: of this` v'ariaicea,,
The staff' report; walls, given ,by the Planning Director, a. copy .of. which was sub-
ra tted and filed;', ° A lengthy discussion followed 'to de -term 'ne if the carport
could be constructed on ,the ;bier side of the: house ,or possibly the exi "sting
garage could be enlarged so° as to ehrn ;pate 'Mr, Bbnom. is problem of needed
storage: space for "his boat and the existing narrow dr iveway and garage, instead
of :construc a carpora, is applied fore in, view 'of the objection raised that' it
or- het ful tot would `not be articu y , ttractive
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p the ne a
too ar ou"t, to the e street.,a;n ar
At the eonclii'sion., the discussion, Chairman Dean eplamed, to Mra, Bono mi
era e and the additional carport was eeded ov de adds oriel sto a
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space, but ;the , Cornmi ssion was desiroixs. in arriving at an, ambi;c'able ;solution
y J p exist all over,
and °. ' ...
.at the same time
fry not to eo arize a condition that° could
} the. City;; Tb:erefore, since the malori.ty of the Com-W ssion,ha:d not'hada..chance
to. field check the property, it was agreeable, with. all concerned to continue the,
hearin to the e next; meeting and in the meant .me.'the Commissioners would. Tool
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the ; property over and also Mr.I Bonomi could investigate the possibility of
locating; the carport on; the other-. 'side of the house o.r, enlarging his present
gal rage°.
MARY E ,MrL'LER FILE NO. U28 -5'8°
a homerfor fostet children, full trine caare, in aft:R 1 zone; McDowel'1, to conduct
pplication *635.9 filed by Mar�r E Miller 320
"`was :next considered
Mrs " Milled° was present on behalf, of ;lien aapplication. 'There being no objections
Resolution No U281 %58 granting the Use Permit was introduced by Commissioner
Pa.rsons,,' seconded; by Comm ssionear Popp :and, unanimously passed by "all rnem,''
bets present.
JUNIOR HIGH S SIT L STUDY '
Presentation, of the. site location, study for a, pxoposed. junior 'hgh,.school iri,. °the
Petaluma: area, prepared jointly .ry die, City of Pe;talurna and, County of ,Sonoma
Planning Commissions at. �re'grxest of the Pe alurna. High SchoolD`istrict was
made 'by' Planning Director 'Richard Coleman and Mra ;David, Baker of; the ,Sonoma,
County Planning Staff „
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Preliminary anaylsis of th.e study er indic o possible for
° otlie:r on North next
junior high schoo" ,° one . ;calf y p
e on, unn o e Road � e ,
JANUARY '6, 195'9 -' page 3.
J r — - - - - -- a STUDY : eontinied
UN IOR HI GH SCHOOL SIT LOC ,
ebster•Streeto, On the• basis of topo'gr�phy, uti`l'ity services,4 population to
v accessibility- i
be - -V , ...mined that the North� Street,
site is the one , that should be given fuxt
- g t was de her. detailed consideration ,
served, and accessib'ilrr `
DeFih` is of phe Sonoma CbUnty Plarini n Staff Mes °s� se Herold ;Mahe e., and"
Those artici atin in the br
P a Boa: g� x Y
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and of Education, Ur Dune Powers,,
senti repre-
n' Dr. Manning, ex'
C'1. de Nelson of the Petalum
g g, p intend'e "nt of Schools, ,a.nd�Revo Brock representing,
the Mrst Baptist° Church.,
The C.ommissioner:s were 'c'oncerned osier the, fact that thi_s'srt -e included :a
poktioii, of the, . property which he Commis'son had previously granted a use
ermit for the cori5trca`cilon. of the First Ba tlst Church M_r DeFili v is ex
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plained that the report covered a gener`:al area of 25j 30 acres on Noxth
Webster Street, ,'between Bode;ga and W`e,stern. Avenues and the` specifie size
and lOcatibii wo b e .determined' b y the S'chool•Dis.trict`e' 1VIro M .stated
unofficially that this matter° had .beeii. discussed with the' church
and the School'
Board felt that a .mutual agreement suitable to both parries; could be, Wo rked out.
Rem.. Fred Brock pastor, of. the chu.r.ch agreed. with Mro 1Vlahoney that, the details
were only minor and could; be worked' onto In a;ddition.e, it 'night, be, po;s.sible ..that
A. joint° axrangemerit cold -be :made to share off- street parking spaces' : and' ';the .
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. use of the,: schoul playground "ties..
Whereupon, 'Resolution Noe 89 entitled,. "R&8olu.tiQn of, the Petaluma City Plann
ing Commission Adopting and App_ro�iing, the Site Study- for'.a Junior High Schoo
Cle in the Petaluma School District, as the same; was prepared and filed with the
r`k ,of the` Planning Commission on, he 6,th day of January 1959 ", was intro. -
duped by Commissioner Popp:, seconded by Commis sioner°' Stimson and unanimous y
passed by all members present.,
ed that this re° bit would be presented to the Sonoma County
�Mr Colem an, . stat . p
g ` meeting to ,be,.held. J;aiivariy 8th grid he would al's'o'
contact the-Board. of Educatoii. to see °if' tYie report could :be placed o their°
agenda for their° nex "t meeting ori- January loth Chairman Dean directed Mr
Col'emai to advi se the Comm . ssion, City Council and . the Sonoma County ,Plann : -.
ing Commiasson °the: date this 'report .could be hea by the ;Board of Education
so they might, attend the meeti'izgo
STAFF REPORTS
The following staff °reports: w"
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: ,ere" i_ve `
n b Plannn Director Richard Cole mane
est 'the City—Council l nd the C t � Mana ecreation
_ Mro Coleman stated that he g
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the
Chairman Dean stat p resented to the,
BuiIdin � Site P an at
ed that,wheri the 1`an was completed, it be p
pp submission to the City.C,ounCU.,
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Commission for their a 'royal of., isarne bef ore
Mt.. Coleman, was directed to, notify the, City Manager of tY is`..
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.STAFF REPORTS - continued
The, Sonoma Coun Board of �Superv.isox ' ha e received. the County 1Vlaste:r Road.
Plan prepared by D'eLeuw Ca`the°, The City "Plana %ng Staff is.preparing a
P p p p m ssi:on,
corn os t& ma of all the Prow and�trh��s� will be . resented to �the�Com
for..their study before, the 'genera.l presentation to the City Council.
77 e site development plan of McNear Pakk,- wh -ic.b had been previou's'ly approved
by the Planning C,om lssion,, had been. rev ,sed to change the .loca- -ion. of the
picnic area m aqcorda cel with the desir, es. of the Recreation Commission, Mr.,
Coleman, di,splayed, the map and indicated the change ma del, A brief discussion
was held;,, whereupon, the Si -te Development Plan. of McN'eax Park, as revised'
was unanimously approved after a motion was made, by Commis.sioner- Tibbetts
and seconded :by Commissioner Parsons,
F ADJ OURN M ENT °
There' being no, further b&8 ness° to come before the meeting, the meeting was:,
adjourned,