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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 07/21/1959JULY21, 1. Regular meeting of the. Petalania City Planrl . Ln-g G, ission held Tuesday, July 21, 1459. at the hour of 7:30 o'clock p, ,m, in the Council Chambers, City Hall., Petaluma, Calif. ROLL CALL Present: CoMmissloi-.'. Pan Popp, Tibbetts Absent: Cornrrii Ellis and M, City Officials- City 1F , F7- �;.'A'O.'y Engineer Al. Roberts and f:­A.t Coleman - APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of meetings 17,. 1 95 alid July 7, 1,959 were approved as recorded. CORRESPONDENCE Notice of the next -Tneed.ng, 4 ih�.- Di vision of the League of California Cities to be held July 25, 1,959 i.7,� and filed. Letter from the -Sonoma,. Cbunty P�h-'s-raning Con.inaissiori dated July 9, 1 requesting, suggestions or on the '"17raffie-ways Plan for Sonoma County, Calfforn!A-a" by Aixgast, T.959, vo read and filed, In this connection, it was announced that', per the- request of the Planning Commission, a joint meeting Was Called by the City 0nu between the Council, Planning Commission and: Chamber of Con for JLY.ty 27, 1959, at the hour of 70 30 p. M. , in order to discuss r1is , 'a. end caaiply with the request of the. County Planning Commission, All cop.�). :tn Were vrged to attend this meeting6 MRS. COOKIE COUCH Use Permit Application filed by .Mrs, Cookie Couch, 408 Fair St. - to conduct a Ceramic Shop as a.' home occupation at 408 Fair St ,, R -3 zone, was held over until .August 18, 1059 at Mrs. Couch's request per a teRkphone call from Southern California. The Clerk ''Was directed to place this on the agenda for the meeting of August 18th. FIRST BAPTIST C HURCH Application filed, by the FirsL Baptist Churqb, 245 Ke St. , for reissuance of Use Permit No U21 o. c -57 to �3 t chtuch , at 703 No. Webster St. (Parcel 6- 371 =2); °R -1 zone, was next considered, Letter from Rev, ' Fred R. Brock, Jr. of the First Baptist Church, dat,ed July 1.5, 19,59, ih support of their :request was read and filed. In answer to an 'in qviry ftoi.n (3omMis,sionef Stim - son as to whether this p etmit Was stibject to any cot).d.1tions,, the Commission- was informed that the following condition, which appeared In. the original. use ,permit, had been incorporated in the reissu;.ance- nn. j y _ JUaLY 21, 1959 - page. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - continued "A ny" on site improvements - shall . be built and constructed in. accord- ance with., specifications and ,standards of th City of -Petalu if the intention is that the same may be� now or in the future the maintenance responsibility of the City, of Petaluma, Whereupon, Resolution No. 99,, reissuing Use Permit Nb, U21-57 for a period of one year, was introduced by Commissioner Pa-rsons., seconded by Commis- sioner Tibbetts and wianimou sly passed by- all members present. A & B MARKET Architectural approval,of plans submitted by W.a:lter Minogue, 132 Kentucky St. for an addition to the A. ,& B Market located on they southerly corner of East Washington and Vallejo Street, was the next, item considered, Mr. Mi.nogue was present: on behalf of. his request, The Planning Director presented: the plans submitted and explained in deg -ail the pr.'oposed , addition, Whereupon, a motion was made by Commissioner Pa.- rsons., seconded by Commissioner Stimson and unanimously passed by all m embers present, a- pproving t he plans a:s submitted'° LINDA DEL MAR SUBDIVISION J ie& Tentative map of Linda Del Mar Subdivision filed by Ben Woodworth, 1265 South A Sto , Santa. Rosa,, on fuly.17, 1,959 was submitted and`filedo The Planning Director stated that this -map had not been filed fn suffic' i:ent time to allow him and the City Engineer to..study it and make recommend.a.tions for its approval by the Commission at, this meeting, . He stated that a study would be made and a report presented to the Commission at their next regular meeting. The study would - include thel location of a K - school site ;and park si:te,- the former involving, collaboration with the Countyand School:Board.whieh he hoped would be completed by August 4, 1959 Mr- Ben Woodworth and Mr . Charles Marshall Engineer, were present, The Planning. Director and the City Engineer pointed out to `the applicant and his ,engineer some of the problems they had noted" o a brief • review of the plan which. included the need. for a K =,6 school site, a park site, and the widening, and realignment of Payr' Street so it will meet properly with Magnolia Avenue-, Av the : con.clusio.n of :. brief. discussion regarding these problems,, it was requested' that Mr. Woodworth and Mr. Marshall m eet Vf the Planning D and City Engineer as soon as possible: in order .that these problems .could be resolved° The Planning Direiztor stated he would: co n tact the School Department and Park Department' regarding a, possible school. and park sire to serve this subdivision. MARTIN ANNEXATION 'NO °:1 Request for annexation, of the territory ,known as Martin Annexation No; .1, together with the approval of the Sonoma County Boundary Commission of the.; JULY 21,; 1959 page 3: � MARTIN ANNEXATION N O . ,, - 1. - continued boundaries, of the property as to e_erO' y and definiteness,. was submitted, Mr. Harry Gossage was present representing the petitioners,; The Planning P . area :surrounded by Washington:,. Ellis Director reported ortefl that this was the entire , and Madison Streets, and a.dj� cent to the property recently rezoned on Washington'. and. Ellis Streets for the construction of apartments,. Resolution No. 97 9 . approving the annexation,. wag then introduced by Commissioner Parsons, seconded by Commissioner Tibbetts,, and unanimously passed by all members presents Mr o Gossage was commended for efforts in getting the entire area. annexed, thereby el.imi:nating, a .small. county island within the City limits. SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL APPROVAL CONTROL l f Zoning A resolution expressing its intention to recommend to the City Council that Section 6. 5 of Chapter. 6,. ArchltectLUra1 Contro , o ing No. 340 N C. S be amended, was 'presented upon assUrance that the resolution con tained the same provisions as presented and discussed at the previous Commies sion meeting, Resolution No. 98 was introduced by Commissioner Parsons, seconded by Commissioner Stimson and unanfmoasly passed -by all members -' present. 4 POLICY MATTERS Two resolutions setting forth policies of the Commission as agreed upon at the previous meeting were presented° Resolution No. 95 entitled- "Resol,ution 'sing a polio of the Planning Commi °ssi:on' that it will not discuss with any'person appearing before the Commission . matters of zoning otheg' than in ° general terms unless there is a fo final application before the Commission was introduced 'by Commissioner S;timson, seconded b;y 'Commissioner; Tibbetts and un'animou`sly pa.ssed'by all members presence Resolution Nos 96 entitled- ''Resolution sett forth the tu ne ,of. receipt of matters "to .be heard by this Commission on its reg lar° meeting dates ss�.oner Sti meson, :seconded by Commissioner Tibbetts was introdu.c'ed b Comm1_ and unanimously passed. by all members present. JULY 1959 - page 4: CIVIC- CENTER The Planning Director tor stated,that he had.been".r by the City Council to prepare a piqn for landscaping around the City Hall :Area, He presented the preliminary site. development :of'the Cfv1c,Center6 - This plan the land directly, in front of; the Q.-fty'Ha-11 and included off = street parking, children's � playground, plaza With a pond and, land scaping. He added that the h e City Council had decided to - .coAstructthei off-stre& parking and sidewalk in,front of the City Hall in this year'8 irhprovem ent plans. He also presented -a L.ong Range Development Plan for the Civic Center and explained it in detail. This plan showed 'how the 'Civic Center be enlarged in the. future to "'" "a number of City,. Gbdffty,, $'tate Federal and quasi- public buildings. Mr. 'Coleman then. discussed other municipa 1, developmem plan's, Mr. Coleman stated that these plans, were presented for their information only and that no action Was required by the Commi - ss ib - nl STAFF REPORT Mr. Coleman stated that it had been suggested that all architects, in the community should be notified of all rezdnings, The Commission being . in agreement, "directed Mr,. Coleman to- obtain the - names of all architects in the community from the Amoricanln8tliute.of -Architects Associates in order that this suggestion could be carried out. ADJOURNMENT There being no further busidp ss to come before meeting,. the meeting was adjourned,