HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Resolution 2012-06 06/12/2012 RESOLUTION NO. 2012-06
CITY OF PETALUMA PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL NOT AMEND THE TEXT OF CHAPTER 20,
SECTIONS 20.140 AND 20.150, OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA IMPLEMENTING ZONING
ORDINANCE REGULATING FREEWAY ORIENTED SIGNAGE
WHEREAS, Section 25.010 of the City of Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance
provides in pertinent part that no amendment shall be made to the Implementing Zoning
Ordinance unless the Planning Commission and City Council find the amendment to be in
conformity with the General Plan; and,
WHEREAS, on May 7, 2012 the Petaluma City Council directed staff to modify Chapter
20 (Sign and Sign Structures), Sections 20.140 and 20.150, of the Implementing Zoning Ordinance
to allow for freeway oriented signs for shopping centers with freeway frontage as part of a
master sign program; and,
WHEREAS, on May 31, 2012 a public notice of the June 12, 2012 public hearing before
the Planning Commission was mailed to all property owners and residents within 500 feet of Plaza
North, Plaza South, East Washington Place, and Deer Creek Village, and a notice of the June 12,
2012 public hearing before the Planning Commission was published in an one-eighth page
notice in the Argus-Courier on May 31, 2012; and,
WHEREAS, on June 12, 2012, the Planning Commission held a duly-noticed public
hearing in accordance with the City of Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance, Section
24.010. •
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission hereby recommends
that the City Council not amend the text of Chapter 20, Section 20.020, Section 20.140 and
20.150 of the City's Implementing Zoning Ordinance, to permit freeway oriented signs.
ADOPTED this 12th day of June, 2012, by the following vote:
'Commissioner Aye,° No'_ '-Abse_nt _ rAbstain'-
Abercrombie X
Elias X
Herries X
Chair Johansen X
Kearney I X
Vice Chair Pierre X
Wolpert X
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ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Heather Hines, Commission Secretary Leslie Thomsen, Assistant City Attorney
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