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1 CITY OF PBTALUMA, `CALIFORNTIA
2 MEMORANDUM
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ty` e'lopmenl Depart»iena, Planning Division, llhrStreet, Petaluma, CA 94952
5 (707) 778 -4301 pax (70.,,7) 778 -4498 E -mail: planning@c :petaluma.ca.us
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7 DATE: October 24, 2003 AGENDA ITE °M NO. 1
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9 TO.: Planning Commission
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1 1 FROM: Mike Bierman; City Manager'
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13 SUBJECT: Petaluma Village Marketplace
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16 The Planning Commission held °p,ublc hearings on the Draft' Subsequent Environmental Impact
17 Report (DSEIR) for the ,proposed development of .Parcels B and C of the Petaluma Village
18 Marketplace on. January 14,. January 28 and February. 3 of this year. The Final Subsequent
19 Environmental Impact Report (FSEIR) was presented to the Commission on April 22 at which
20 time the Commission, voted to fee ornmend that the City Council. certify the FS:EIR. This decision
21 was upheld on May 27, 2003. when the Commission voted' against reconsideration of the
� recommendation. The Commission considered - project details at the May 27, June 10 and July
23 22, 2003 meetings.- Af them, eeting of July 22, the Planning Commissiori expressed a great deal
24 of frustration regarding the Chelsea Group's lack of response, to 'Commission, and citizen
25 comments "relating to the site plan. The Commission requested that I meet with Chelsea Group
26 representatives to negotiate a project ,that I. could support and- for approval.
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28 after lengthy negotiations over the `last several weeks, the applicants have modified the project
29 to address concerns expressed. during the public hearings. The revisions I have requested, and to
30 which Chelsea has agreed, are ireflected below and on the attached revised site plan. The final
31 site plan and ar "chitectural details w,l be subject to Site Plan and' � Architecture Review
32 Committee_,(SPARC) approval. The following project details'have'been agreed'upon.
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34 Parcel
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36 a. Maximum, total retail square footage is limited to 163 square feet to be divided :into a.
37 minimum 'of °two buildings. The maximum square footage of any, one building or tenant is
39 is a smgle and ex eed 665;000 square feet, department. store type use; which
38 130,000 s uare feet. An de artment store or
q et, is excluded.
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41 b. Individual retail uses or stores within each building are; riot subject to any '
mimrnum or
42 maximum square footage, except as otherwise noted" in "a ", above.
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c. The site plan opens up a view corridor between the buildings from° Highway 101 to the
5 Petaluma' River. 'Vil'g la e Drive is rerouted to pass thf ugh ''this view corridor. On the
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Petaluma Village Marketplace Memo Page I Planning C ommission, October 28, 2003
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Highwa y� I YI sidd,6f theNiew corridor, Vi Dri ve turns to;the left an d r`
uns parallel to.
Highway 101.. Village Drive ctossesll the Capri Cfeek,culvert near -Hi iw.
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connects with the. road behind the existing Outlet `
d, Chelsea will. build and maintain anexterision of the existing from A to
:the southern timits of -A&;ow The RiverWalk on Pd rce! B will "run a - long the
VetAuma,Rvver', then. run ,along 0 1 e , the no s ofbeerC c - ross over Deer Creek,"c I 'lose
to Highway I al and 6xfdhd to I t - he southern point of Parcel B, -
Chelsea 11 make an �i'rrevocable 6ff6r, of dedication- to the 0
ea wi e i i . Ci t y 'of a, conservat 'on,
easement, over the triangular Portion 6f,Parcel B, south of Deer Cit Chelsea : Will-JoCate
a 0.47-aetewet.lan - &m I fig4ti'priiare I area i n this triangular - portion and' will relocate locate% certain, fi 1 11
maAer'iaLto?arcelC.
f, The parking ratio maximum on Parcel B is 5 for every 1,000
spaces. "squar , feet of'retail.
However, to reduce the overall hArdscape, all spaces r over a ratio l will be compact
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g. The parking 'surface is ; set back-, a minimum of. -
100 feet. 'froth the top, or the. Petalim'a
River bank and 15 feet where feasible: Mini'
mum °setback from tlle , Iop of batik of,Ca
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Creek is, 35 feet and from "the top of"bank of Deer Cr'eek is 50 feet.
Parcel C
,Ia. Maximum retail - square footage is 81 ,600 square
feet to he dividedbetween two separate
buildings: future major of'36,00,sqUAre feet dhd a 45,000 square fdot.'b �L'I&ng which
.- I - - major ; foot building .
maybe developed as a., theater, subject to the provi: 1 1 i
si-on ofthe Downtown Theater District
Ordinance, oralternatively, as retail uses, 'including restaurants. At Cfielsda option;
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,material ' fro m the ' Parcel B triangle south of Deer Creek may be 'used to elevate - the
building pads/parking a C .1
area on Parc
b; Any retail use, affiliated with Wal -Mart Slores,'Ific. prohibited.
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maintain an extension of the existing, Riverw'a'lk from, Parcel A to
Parcel Q along the, ?etaluma lo
River, the northern limit of its I ownership.
d. Thei setback from the top of bank, of the Petaluma. 'River is a minimum of 1.0.0 feet, and
150 feet wherever feasible.
le. The design cif' Parcel. C will allow ,'Bor the; future. -construction, of a, collector road •
connectinp, Parcels C and A as per the General' Plan. The road would run along the rear of
Parcel, C, buildings , parallel' to Highway 1.01.
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RECOMMENDATION'
In my j;u.dgmgnt as. City Manager, the agreed upon modifications to the Petaluma Village
Marketplace; PCD provide; the basis for a positive recommenfdation to the City Council.. Again,
the site plan included with this, memo is conceptual: T.he actual development will be based on the
Petaluma Village Marketplace. Planned Cominuriity District General Development Plan, which
will be modified to be consistent with the points stated above and any further changes that may
be, directed by the City Council This process is similar to the Kohl's project, also based on a
conceptual plan, which, was forwarded to the City Council `by the Planning Commission in
September with a recommendation for approval.
Recommended conditions of approval for the' Petaluma Village Marketplace PCD modification
are included as Attachment A. The Petaluma Village Marketplace PCD Modification has been
tentatively scheduled. for City Council public : hearing on December 1; therefore, I encourage the
Planning Commission to vote on the proposal as recommended at the October 28 meeting, where
I will be present to answer any questions you may "have.
ATTACHMENTS.
Attachment A: Draft Conditions of Approval
Attachment B: Revised Site Plan
Petaluma Village:Marketplace Memo Page 3
Planning Commission, October 28, 2003