HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 11/26/1990November 26, 1990
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1 MINUTES OF A REGULAR ADJOURNED MEETING
2 PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL
3 MONDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1990
4 4:00 p.m. ROLL CALL .
5 PRESENT: Balshaw, Sobel, Davis, Vice Mayor Cavanagh, Mayor Hilligoss,
6 Woolsey, Tencer
7 ABSENT: None
8 PUBLIC COMMENT
9 There was no public comment.
10 COUNCIL COMMENT
11 Michael Davis -more and more people are using water rather than air blowers to
12 clean their surroundings. With the low annual rainfall these last few years, maybe this
13 should be looked at.
14 Lynn Woolsey - the shopping centers usually use large vacuums:
15 Jack Cavanagh - some people are bothered by the noise level from the air blowers.
16 John Balshaw - asked for a status report and plans on the tree planting at the 100 acre
17 community athletic facility.
18 John Balshaw - the commercial buildings are not maintaining their landscaping. The
19 old ice house (Lakeville at D Street) is an example. North of the Post Office facility
20 on North McDowell, there is a closed building that is not minding the landscaping.
21 Lynn Woolsey - referred to a letter from a constituent about the condition of the
22 school's soccer fields. She heard that volunteers could not work on the soccer fields
23 because of some union regulation.
24 Brian Sobel - asked that the Recreation Director address these soccer field issues by
25 letter to the people, who are writing to the City Council, so they know the school is
26 responsible.
27 CONSENT CALENDAR
28 The following items which are noncontroversial and have been reviewed by the City
29 Council and staff were enacted by one motion introduced by Larry Tencer, seconded
30 by Lynn Woolsey.
31 AYES: Balshaw. Sobel, Davis, Woolsey, Tencer,
32 Vice Mayor Cavanagh, Mayor Hilligoss
33 NOES: None
34 ABSENT: None
35 RESO.90-389 NCS
36 NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS
37 Resolution 90-389 NCS authorizing issuance of a Negative 'Declaration of
38 environmental impact for Corona -Ely Specific Plan and General Plan amendments.
39 RESO.90-390 NCS
40 APPROVE GENERAL PLAN AND CORONA ELY SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS
41 Resolution 90-390 NCS approving Corona -Ely Specific Plan amendments:
42 1. Relocate Maria Drive Elementary School on Maria Drive.
43 2. Relocate Elementary School Site from Gatti property to Corona Road.
44 3. Exempt residential projects from General Plan Policy requiring 10% of
45 housing units to be significantly different.
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November 26, 1990
1 RESO. APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS cont'd.
2 and approving General Plan Amendments:
3 1. - Identify future park site at D Street Extension and Windsor Drive
4 2. Amend definition of Mixed Use
5 RESO.90-391 NCS
6 AMEND HOUSING ELEMENT
7 Resolution 90-391 NCS adopting a revised Housing Element.
8 RESO.90-392 'NCS
9 ADOPTING SONOMA HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
10 Resolution 90-392 NCS amending the General Plan by Incorporation, by reference, of
11 the Sonoma County Hazardous Waste Management Plan.
12 RESO.90-393 NCS
13 DENY PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN AND CORONA -ELY PLAN AMENDMENTS
14 Resolution 90=393 NCS denying proposed 'amendments to the Corona -Ely Specific
1.5 Plan, (extension of Urban. Separator between residential land use and community
16 athletic fields located on East Washington) and denying proposed amendment to the
17 General Plan (amending definition of Urban. High Residential from 15 dwelling units
18 per acre to 30).
19 * * * * * End of Consent Calendar
20 RESO.90-394 NCS
21 AMEND CORONA -ELY SPECIFIC PLAN STREET WIDTHS
22 Resolution 90-394 NCS approving an amendment to the Corona -Ely Specific Plan
23 relating to street widths as follows:
24 a. Sonoma Mountain Parkway - 4 lanes (from 2 lanes)
25 b. Local cul de sac - 32 feet if serving 20 or fewer homes (down from 36
26 feet)
27 C. Local loop street - 32. feet if serving 40 or fewer homes (down from 36
28 feet)
29 Introduced by Vice Mayor Cavanagh, seconded by Lynn Woolsey.
30 AYES: Balshaw. Sobel, Woolsey, Tencer,
31 Vice Mayor Cavanagh, Mayor Hilligoss
32 NOES: Davis (does notwant streets narrowed)
33 ABSENT: None
34 ACCESSORY DWELLINGS
35 ZONING ORDINANCE 1072 NCS TEXT AMENDMENT
36 On November 19, the City Council began its deliberation on thei height of accessory
37 dwellings and discussed the Planning Commission recommendation of limiting a
38 principal building which includes an accessory dwelling is limited to "2-1/2 stories or
39 25 feet in height" and an accessory building includinga detached accessory dwelling
40 even if part of an accessory structure is limited to "1-12 stories of 15 feet in height".
41 The Council discussed and rejected the idea of tying the height limit to the size of the
42 rear and side yard setbacks. The reference to and potential interpretation problems
43 for "1/2" story -was troublesome to the Council.
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1 Definitions Section 1-203 and Article 6 - Single family Residential Districts Height
2 Regulations, Section 6-500 were amended. The Council concurred that an accessory
3 dwelling on level ground may have 2 livable stories (including some sort of roof).
4 There will be a. noticing process for each application, so neighbors will have an
5 opportunity to address any concerns they may have about potential loss of solar access
6 and privacy.
7 Article 5 Agricultural District - Section 5-403 and 5-407 Conditional Use. Agricultural
8 District were amended to add references to low impact, open space recreation.
9 Sign area calculations for shopping centers was dropped from the discussion.
10 Article 25 Non -conforming Uses Non -conforming signs - Section 25-300 The Council
11 concurred a sign should remain legal: nonconforming, until there is a change of use.
12 Staff will bring this amendment back at a later date.
13 Article 26 Administrative Procedures and Required Permits - Signs Adjacent to the
14 Freeway - Section 26-913 Building or structure identification is acceptable if it is not
15 lighted (back lighting is acceptable). Examples of acceptable identification were the
16 McDonald's restaurant at Petaluma Gateway (Lakeville and Caulfield) and the North
17 Bay building in Southpoint Business Park. Subdued identification is acceptable.
18 Article ' 26 Administrative Procedures and Required Permits - Sign Permit
19 Application - Section 26-902 The application form shall include such information
20 deemed appropriate by the Director.
21 Bed and Breakfast - Section 1-203 Definitions - eliminates a reference to the number
22 of rooms.
23 Article 2 Establishment and Designation of Districts - General Plan / Zoning
24 Consistencv - Section 2-312 - requires applicants to include concurrent General Plan
25 and Zoning applications if a request would result in non-conformance.
26 Building Heights - Section 1-203 Definitions - changes height calculation formula and
27 replaces the word "mean" with "average" when calculating height of a building with a
28 hip, gambrel or gable roof.
29 Article 2 Establishment and Designation of Districts - SPARC review of subdivisions
30 - Sections 2-308 (delete) and Article 26 - Administrative Procedures and Required
31 Permits - 26-401 - Makes it the decision of the Director whether or not the
32 architecturalreview committee shall review single family buildings. It is the Council's
33 intent the SPARC workload be decreased by eliminating their review of "Non -
34 production" residences. Staff will develop a definition for "Non -production" to be
35 included in the amendment.
36 The Council continued consideration of the following to a later meeting:
37 Driveway Standards
38 Section 1-203 re: definition of junk yard
39 Sections 16-300 and -16-703.1 Floodway and Flood Plain Districts
40 Riverfront / Warehouse District parking
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1 CLOSED SESSION
2 At 5:00 p.m., the Council recessed to Closed Session for Personnel matters.
3 ADJOURN
4 The meeting was adjourned to'December 10, 0 p.m.
5 M. Patricia Hilligoss,'Mayor
6 ATTEST:
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7 Patricia E. Bernard, City Clerk
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