HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01/20/1959JANU ARY 201 , 1959,
g_, ssion held
Planning° Commi January 20,.
9 91at 7:'3_0 1 ',c lo peme the Council Chambers City 'Ha.l "l Petaluma, Cahfornia
ROLL_` CALL
P : Commissioners E11'is, son „a
"Mar, ohsr Stirnrid Dean.
g�E
Absent, Coznrnissioners Parsons Po. and
City A tto rn ey , Edouard
pp Tibbetts.
ichard C
City Offi °gals° Planning_ Director R y _
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u Robert and Councilma Milton ,Gustafsorio
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Min
I utes�, of meeairg ,:held Decembex .2, 1,9 December 1.6 195'$ and -
January 6,, 1959,. were :approved, as 'recorded.,
CORRESPO
NDENCE
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Letter from 'Peter N. Sillasen of Goodin
g, ldaho, regt'esting permisson.'to
operate a wrecking an'd 'balin`g operation in an industrial district was ,read and
filed The, Planning Director ;gave a brief resume. of the location of the site and
the requirements of theE zon ng,.ordinance for this, operation; .1t.wa8 this opinion required
d,.: and street,a essnto meet. a approval of C t� b
when need A brief, di
s-
that a use permit could be �, Pp , y . g , . s-
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cussion was held re ardn the smoke which would be created from the burnin'
of od car bodies and "the efect` it would have u on, air olluti* g
g
p p on. Thee Planning '
and ;of the above conditions which might, he laced in the per ermit if it were g rantede
Director "was directed .to. advise Mr Silla'sen that a us:e ' nit would be to wired
Letter from :Suit. Realty'dated Januarys 13, . 1959. requesting an ,opinion' in regard;
to. the n 'issuance of a variance >to construct a 1.6 unit apartment house at 705..
P . "luma Blvd. South,
8u %U t a`lTy Co. A diKsc scion was nheld r egardmgt he .gip ng of l nions
of me d mone , s nvolved for the City in, nvesngating such a. va , that a lot - the. hlin' g PP P'
1 ' . y a variance. and,,,_
therefore:, it was , preferred -that ;a variance ,application, be f 'led•before: discussion,
: PP Y t R � . m � Ce„
y p n could be made until a varian
The .Cit „ Attorne pointed out that no decis,
should at leas;t have:, moire detailed informa�tolna_tion, of the. Commission that they
on had been filed It was the determination,
n and a r,.e resentatve resent
a cats - � _ , .
before. any discussion was held. Tlie. Planning Director was directed 'to. contact:
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the Suit Realty: an'd' advise the'rn theft if they would' submit more detailed mfo : rma-
tiorr; the ,C ®mmisson would take tip their maater a't the next meeting: "
Notice of the next, meeting of the North 'Ba,y Division of "the League -of California:
J y y.
es to be held 1 u was read and f led e C t of u Benic a
the Benicia A in thd C1`
ub at.'.
r - sena
ter from .the ,P
• Let r etaluma, Cit. Sch
Su erintendent of Sschools,, d ted _ a uar l _ 4,� 959 o e , p e to th a and Old Adobe
”' p , J y e need of additional
JANUARY 20, 1959_ Page ; 2
CORRESPO -
NDENCB - Continued
of this letter-Mr, Cole a�n stated that a`meetin was held In e
la k e twe ,
_g.. d _ ._ t week between
McDowell School end the ,shortage of school rooms in the ,Q'11. Adobe
these two_, school boards re ardin their mutual robleins in East Petaluma
District the
n
They. are interested ii1 `having a �tdy made to locate: elementary
around . t
man, pointed out that: the solution needed' is the general
lan study, so' that we c
pchoo siy sa Mr.'o Cole;an find out whet the °1'aiid. use is to bef so that the school'
sites can be well ,1'ocatod' A `similar re. quest ,is to be made° to the County Plane-
ing; Commrssign. and we will, cooperate ; with thern Chairman. Dean. instructed
Mra Coleman to forward, a letter to the 'CO,unty P1 hning,Coznmission,. nforming;
them that we, . will confer with:th_e.m, vela° °dive to this proble -. It was also sug;
gested that a co , of this letter be Sent °to the Boa:d of Supervisor, keeping„ them
informed .of the oirnt wo `
J is Commission, and the .Sonoma County
' � � rk betweeth
n
' Planning Comrnission. "
ANT, ONY J ,C;QNTE - _File ,No Y5= 5`8
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Continua of. the public hea`r�ing; on the application filed by Anthony Jo Conte
for. ;a variance for a front yard setback on Lot #8 ",s Parcel #.6 -292
n.Brner II , erect a1 An o A on the City Attornep °latve to'th as the first, item consid-
a y y e nece " of this variance
w a submitted, and. i, ed'o' Edouard Robert Clty'A:ttorney outlet
„ the 'o inoa b iven l w. ,as that
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opinion to the applicant. and ; the FCommi Sion I:n brief, , _ p g
n the vAirf`ra t issued to this property several years ago,_ no longer existed, due t&
the one Fear l:mi,taton set for ,the' pro in , present zoning ordinance,; `therefore, Mr.
,Conte rnqst continue with his P resent a- pplicatlon `for a variance as if he had,no
ee 'ibn
vPP anceo, F.urther. S' 10 3 and subsect thereof d not do, apply to the
,.� l s n .PP y
a icant ' 'e in `fact as no variance and a ub ;c hearin
�ie - , ry only
:ry when ,there i violation of° the terms of the variance°
No ex pre sions, were ,hea_rd.,i.n favor .or' against the °grantin'g_Iof thils variance;
" ; When asked for a• recommend
il g. Director Coleman
, Mr. .
ation from the Planni.n ,
stated that- he felt the a
Po ert.. and the other houses are boil g y .
the ,stee, lop e of the r rP nc� should be } ranted.as it was'atl n the,same way
along'the� cul =de ac,o _ There being no further comments, Resolution Noa ° V'5= 5:8
recommending„ to the Ci ty Council that, the varianc" ev be granted s x'bject to the.
fohlow`ing'cond ' tion, was introduced by Commi °ssioner' 1VIargolis,_ "'se.conded by
Commissioner ".E Ill E. and''i�nari mously passed, by all members present.
`' Thin 1j variance �h�.d`1 e xpire if not used within one ( m .1, year from
: s
date of" this resolution without further notifica ion
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ALBERT BON OM'I File No V6 -58
a
Continuation of - the public hearing:on variance apphca'tion filed by A >lbert Bonom
° fr A enue R -° l zone Wa s ne - p i iew
y y setback to construct P carport,- at 117 Belle V
xt Mr., Bonorni. was present on behalf of his
Continued
ALBERT BON0MI- File
application and stated that he had. not decided where to to ek
:te the carport Vinci
he 'would like to. have more time; instead of continuing with, his �applicatior ; in
i - pre;sent forma A discussion was then held with the applicant to deter mine
the best 'location for the, carport and the various zoning and building requixe,-
mentso Mr. Bono ; mi then stated he. would gg �,e. the matter further consideration.
an d, At ;contact the: Cit wou ld, amend his application°. It was suggested that Mro:
and at a later date,
ty En s ; g• neer.'s office in. regard to fire' aridbuilding
regulations°
'PUBLIC HEARING.- y G.- E V'QN' RAESF'ELL;g File Noe V1 -:59 '
This being the tame and, place for the public hearing.. on the application filed by
ruin oal on ^Lot #7 Assessors ,garce „n order to construct a
s E Von Raesfeld force rtain variances. i
hou
g p 1 No 8- 331 -10) in La;
ro n r
Cresta Heights se and swim
g Rf -1 zone Chairman :Dean, called for expressions from the
floor 1Vlro Von Raesfeld was p r, esen ,on„ behalf of his applicatiorio The staff
re ort ways given by , Mr Coleman. a copy of which w'as su6 and filed.
of
q i (a a 10 foot rear y d.
The variances re nested were as follows° ) y ard instead
the required 20 feet (b) a 3 1/� -foot s de yard fo;r the swimming pool, instead. y.
of 4 feet and maximum, of o feet "he h fonnce �to en Pose the s nd (c`) p I
g wi�rnaning pool on
part of -the front yard. and 'all of the street side yard Mr -o .Coleman; pointed
out :that �kthe City Engineer was concerned over the steep grade that would be .
created betv�!e.,en `the lot : in question, and the 0djoining property and he; .fe'lt. that 1
if the variance
was granted i.t. should be conditioned "p on, a cqrtificati.on by ;a,.
soils engineer on completion of the work that the. embankment`,wa�s constructed-
in accordance with his recommendations based on commonl'r accepted ergs
' peering R racttceso It was, felt that in doing "this we would be protecting the
ad,
property 'and the applicant on any adverse effect .of the ,cute
No" expressions Weefe heard in opposition. to the grantmg_of ;this varran'ceo
brief di sciissioin , followed wherein, the, applicant stated. that lie was agreeable
y to the variance being .conditioned upon 'the r°ecQmmendations as .made by the .
City Engineer° whereupon, Resolution No ;V'1 =.59 recomrnendi;ng to the -C'ty
ntroduced by Commissioners timson seconded b _ Commissioner Ellis and ,.
ounce
t hat the, variance be M ranted sub ect to, the conditions was
:unan'imou's ly approved by all members present,
l.e This- variance shall expird if not used within one (1) year from'
date, of this resolution wi further ,notifications.
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AppTica�nt. shall f7.le: with the.City Engi^ ^Hest - a certification by soils
engineer onTcomple�tion of work that the embankment was con- 1. strUcte-d i`n accordance with hi.s recommendations based on corn= ,
monly accepted en
gneering.p'raetice!so
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ANUAP,
J ,. �� 20, _ 1'959 Page 4
KEN ILWORTI PARK.'�REC'REATOW BULL
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,:; r . i. Al,
Coleman, stared that he had preodked this report and- the long, range:
development plan'at the,;request of. the City G:ouncil and City Manager for the
go_ p p g IGenlworth Perk .anal the ;proposed. Recreation' Build
best possible lannrn of r ,
in The re ,.ort wa -s then presented i'netalil and it wa -s pointed out on the
�'aeross f the fa, �entt plan 'the proposed location -of the Recreation Building,
diamond g�a" me court a.reA, ch ldrens.playgrouncl, th ic area and
., pr , - g p -
u He em hastz' ed,.the- fact'that this l:an is 'ba ed on the "best service
arkm P P s
",. 4nd design and does not 'take cost °into considerations
, gT P oca -tion
a wherein `ia was om�ed o that with the l
A the Recreation building in - southe Dark
it- iscussi_on was held wh
P y 1 corner of the parknt would.
o t e soot ,
over usable oni. for .Little Lea e Further . that the Count ' ould, make
la . approximatel. 2:50 feet: into the field for softball and it w
the field
plan; ently_ prepared by DeLeuw' Ga=th proposed the wid -wide Road
rec r _ enirig of Washington
- 13' feet 'on the park side wh ch'would. extend a.pproxim tely 3 feet into
Street
the" Little League ball diamonds Mrs Co'leman'staaed, that there would, be a
reater° d istaiice. "between the I ec':reat on building and the ball diamond'if' the
building were ,located Payran S ree,t but he felt that the location cross:
from the•.fairgrounds entrance v%as more favorable for, 'the- reasons that it
would eliminate undesirable on street, pa- rking; rt is c1'oser to the. part of the,
parking lot which is likely to ;be surfaced first, it:-would give the building ": ,
park = like setting,. and would relate well to the rest of the park facilities "
to re are an overia. shown ossible loca g.. ✓ i l d
At the 's estion of Commissioner Stinson, the. Plannn Director was directed
p p y g,,p bons for the ball diamond
Counci 1� .
man G:u,stafson, who serve 9 on -the Recreation, Commission, felt..
that ;the main problerm was the greater,• "cost. involved i:n moving the building
re m
originally planned site on Pay,ran Street `to the new site.. Mrs Coleman
p a the fact that this plan had been prepared from a,_ ,planning point
of view and did not °take, cost facto=rs into consideration and stated a study was
being Made b y the City Engineer's office as where gewer connections could
be,-made together win th'_ n estimate of the. costs involved
Chairman Dean eXpla I ined that this plan, i "s o 1y w start ng_point and there many
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ac,honn s neces a s b f fhe p plan.is finally adopted Further, that no formal
ry y g n at this time: and, that the plan
Planning Corxtmiss�.o
Rec, Bat on Commission :for th r informs ion onlya Ir wil.l be preaented ,the".,,
ted to them for the.
was .
eir information a,t their meetinzto be field
;.. �1 y .. �' . e
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anuar 23rd The 'Ci ty Council will make the fine 1 decision, as to where th
y
Recreation building will be located.
STAFF REPORTS
Mro Coleman stated that. tt e :first ,item on the agenda of the6 Sonoma Count
Pla:nnin Commission meeting. to 'be held. Thursday Januar 22nd will be a
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