HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 8396 N.C.S. 12/18/1978r :.. P:LK :mi 12-19-78'
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Resolution No
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RES.OLr: TO THE. HOUSING
U.TT'ON, ADOPTING AN AMEND IENT
ELEMENT OF THE GENE RAL P LAN
(Condominium conversion pJ ivies
olcie•s' and. ob 'sect ) •
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN- - "WILLIM1 -A.. ..PERR-Y-- JR
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SECONDED -,BY COUNCILMAN_________ __________ _JM.4ES L HARBERSON ata
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REGULAR
Meeting of the City Council of the
1'8th De cember 7 8
City of Petaluma,..on the day of: - -• - --..................... ....................
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WHEREAS' tke C 1t: .P ann 'n Commi .
' � y " g sign; 'has 'reviewed a pro-
posed -amendment to, they `Housing Element of the '''General Plan, and
has held a he,arin°g, thereon, and after''said ,hearing finds the
proposed amendment ,should be adopted;. and,
WIiEREAS•,, th:e. 'City, Planni'ng Commission .,,filed With' the City
Clerk its report, as,„ set forth in i'ts Re -solution No. 41-78. re-
commending' adoption , of .„said proposed' amendment to the Housing.
Element of the, General Plan,* and,
WHEREAS,; the, City .Co`gnCll has -reviewed the proposed amend-
ment to the Housing Element of th.e^:General r?Ian�, consistent with
the Plannir'g,” Comm "ssions`' recommendations arid. has held a hearing
thereon on the 18th'da, of. Decembe
r; 1978.;° and affer said hear-
ing 'finds that' the prbposed amendment to the Housing Element of
the General ,'Plan;' ,attached Yi'ereto as Exhibit A, should be. adopted.
NOW, THEREFORZ, BE . IT RES'OLVE;D .that, the proposed amendment
to the Housing E-lement of;,:the�.Gene;rail Plan . is ._, ,ereby adopted.
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under the
grit .coriferre'd u on, :this Council
power` and Lauth' y p 6y the Charter of said City:
Y• y g g y 7 g- arl int
certif.` that��the:°fore' oin `R'esolution was dul and re uly rod'u11 ced and
adopted' by lie'Council o f ;the City of Petaluma. on the ____ ___._ 18th_-__:.. __._-_-_-
day'of: : -.. Ae=_Cea9_e---------- 19;-= 7'8._ _--_.; by the following votes:.
AYES: Councilmen Ba-lshaW. Bond,Harberson,, Perry andMayor-,Mayor-,Putnam.
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NOES: Co di lmen� ,C:avian°agh` and. -H TI'igos's .
COMMUNITY HOUSING. CONVERS'TON
EXHIBIT "A"
The City can help to 'e'st,,ab,l'ish and, maintain a r.eas"onable balance of
rental and ownership housing in Petaluma by es'tablishn.g definite ob-
ject ves and policires, specifically directed to community housing con-
versions.. Community housing includes condominiums':, community apartment
proj;ec.ts, and st,o,ck, co.oper:atives.
Objectives
The City of Petaluma,.,,sh;all attempt to provide fori.,the housing needs of
all economic segment's,of the community, by:
1. Insuring a reasonable balance of rental and ownership housing and
- a variety of individual choices of. tenure, .type., price and location
of housing;
2 rMaintain_inthe '
. ,g supply of rental housing f:or Tow and; moderate-income
persons and 'f'ami'lies;, and
3'., 'Red'ucing and avoid;ifig the `disp`lacemen't of to'ng-term residents, par-
ticularly' senior 'citizen's and families with s.choo.L-age children', who
may be ,requi-red to move from , the community due-to a shortage of-
replacement `rentaa housing.
Policies
The conversion o,f existing apartment buildings to community housing
(condominiums,, c'ommun'ity apa'r.tment, projects; and, cooperatives) diminishes
the supply 'af renaal-housws and;displaces', residents 'an'd .will tend to
require them to move outside of Petaluma when a housing shortage exists.
Procedures should be established to relgulaite the conversion of existing
apartment buildings to 'community housipg'.' Conversion'; to community housing
should only be permitted if, -there are a sufficient number :of vacant renta'1
units, within the `Ct:y of Petaluma to accommodate those households who
would be ds;p`lac:ed conversion project.
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