PC Minutes 1975-06-17Arroyo Grande Planning Commission
June 17, 1975
The Arroyo Grande Planning Commission met in regular session wi
Chairman Calhoon presiding, Present are:, Cole, Mathews anl•
Ries. Commissioners Moots and Sandoval ;re, absent. Also in attendance, are
City Administrator Butch and Planning Director- Gallop,
MINUTE APPROVAL
Upon hearing additions or corrections, the minutes of the regular
meeting of June 3 1 975 were; approved,by; the •, Cha;i ; rmanprepa-red.
REVIEW COMMITTEE ..... . : .., � , _ Y. _ , ,..
ACTIONS - LOT SPLIT CASE NO 75 -220, ARCHITECTURAL -.�REVIrEW..:
CASE NO, 75 -104,
D i rector Galt op'. , Commi t -tee act ion. on ;the : ve cases:
and noted that. Tight-of-way. dedkca.;t ion. on. =Lot; ,Spl it,; Case 'No.. •75. -220 ,has
been changed to ; r : ea : d 7, feet,,; :;i nstead :of ;:the: original : '5 feet . After :a. brief`
discuss ion , -the _, ordered •,f. =i:1ed.:• ;.
HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE.
D i rector Gal lm noted 'that, Hous:i.ng' :El ernent , is the 'last_ .unit of
the General P; lan :,to:dbe:rr;evriewed;,wh,i;ch; is requ,i; red: cb -y•:1eg;islative:a :ctlon
The original Hous i-.ng Element _was. adopted. in, 197O,-,and :following :the,:19:74
State Census, the Hous:i n-g E:l;emen.t was•.updated:.i = The. bas ic. difference
the Pre l i mj nary Housing El ement: i s a .change i n hous i:•ng !inventory, age of.'
houses, ,etc. I:t :is rpr'i"marr a :r'ev.iew.of the :.fir.st'Housing Element, just
updated.: The. Plan- t• hat Arroyo,Gran`de:,conside:r- acontract with
the San Luis Ob,i,spo Hous i:ng. Author ;i ty, :.i f • :i t ,p;l ans to go. into &housing
subsidy program.
D i rector:.Ga l lop also noted; - that ;aa <shown•.;i n. ithe Addendum, Arroyo.
Grande has little invento_ry_.cushio.n;. _,.A healrthsy vacancy factor- is normally
around 5 %; Arroyo G:rande has=-between 2 -3 %. All. new.- :low - income housing in
the City is spoken for before it is finished.
Commissioner,- Col.e1nquJ r:ed; about the • :annua;lrev.iew of the Ho ing
Element that had been recommended,. .D recto ,Gallop .replied that this is
necessary in. order to,,have• :a.n updated ; :Element'., in ,caste Ar.royo 'Grande :'should
ever want to apply for a Federal grant, which requires an up -to -date Housing
Plan.
After. fur-the scus.s;ioh At was decided :.ta,hol -,d a public hearing on
the Housing Element at the July 15 Planning Commission meeting.
REQUEST FOR ABSENCE: :.FRQM_ JULY a P:LANN I NG , COMM I SS.I ON• .MEET I.NG . • ..
•Chairman Ca1hoon :,requested: approval :fr;om ahe P:lanni ng:• Commission
for his absence from the July 1 meeting of the Planning Commission, On
motion by Commissione,r_ CoFe; seconded: by Commissioner Mathews, and unani-
mously carried that < :Chad :rman:•Cal.hoon•be absent from the July 1 Planning
Commission meeting
PUBLIC HEARING - REZONING CASE NO, 75 TRAFFIC WAY EXTENSION "R- A -B -3" •
RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURE DISTRICT TO "P-M" PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
(LAWLER) ; REFERRED :BACK FROM GI`TY. COUNCIL:
Director.Ga:11.ovrew;i.ewed• the • case.:for.the.Planning :Commiss :ion, The'
Planning Commission originally recommended to the City Council that the "P -M"
zoning: request on lTraffi c :Way be adopted. . • Howe:ver:, the members of, the • Latter
Day Saints Church ,started; that they -had -not received a notice bf the Planning
Commission public heari.ng:•because : the'notice had been sent to Salt Lake City.
The members of.t.h.e Chur,ch;,:were; concerned at the City Council hearing with •
several things: the uses permitted in a "P -M" District, the sight problem
that could be•.caused.:by a building; and the - traffic problems that
could arise, The matter was referred back "to the Planning Commission from
the City Council for consideration of a " -D" override,
Director Gallop quoted from sections of the Zoning Ordinance referring
to "P -M" District, with regard to uses allowed and those allowed subject to a
Use Permit. The Planning Director also reviewed what can be controlled by
combining the " -D" Design District with the "P -M" Zone, such things as height
of buildings, distances between buildings, etc,:; whatever the Planning Commis-
sion decided It wanted to make part of the override.
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Alao, there are some uses vLch may be objectionable in this area and that
could be made subject to use permit procedure. It is also possible to
make it a requireme ^i that anything that goes into the zone is subject to
use permit procedure, The Commission could, in considering the "P -M" zoning
with a "-D" ove include any or all of the uses permitted in the "P -M"
zone; or they could be selective as to the uses, or make any or all uses in
this particular district subject to a use permit procedure,
Upon being ,assured by Director Gallop that public hearing for the
Rezoning Case No 75 had been dufl y pubs i shed, Chairman Calhoon-declared
the hearing open.,
Elsie Laycock, real estate agent for Mr, Lawler, referred to the
1970 Land Use Element of the• General Plan and stated that it ; indicates a
need for this type of district. She also said she didn't understand why
t:h,s. 'Church was concerned about traffic; they owned several churches in San
Luis Obispo on some of the busiest streets.
Dr, R. Dean Robinson, 164 Lincoln Street, San Luis Obispo, stated
he is responsible for the Latter Day•Saint Churches throughout.the County,
He stated that .the Church was not in opposition to the rezoning;.they were
mostly concerned - about what it would involve, He.said he could possibly go
along with the 'rezoning i f he could see definite plans for the area, How -
:_!9,-, he did not l i k e to have the zone changed first, then the plans . drawn up,
He also stated that he had not polled the other property owners in ,the area
+ni was interested in knowing whether or not they agreed -with him,
Riehard Mors, 633 E Tunnell Street, Santa Maria, said that he be-
lieved it ws highly desirable to have close control over what goes into this
area, He also felt that perhaps it might be desirableLto' have an area that is
limited to residential or some type of development that is compatible with
residential.
Marie Cattoir, 195 Orcutt Road, stated that; she was concerned about
possible rerouting of Highway 227, and she was al:s.o concerned about a future
bond issue for road improvement, She would like to know exactly what is
planle1 for this area,
Commissioner Cole asked Doctor Robinson how often the Church is used,
He replied that it is in almost constant use, with plans for even more use
as the congregation grows.
Mar; Annesley, 2010 Ocean, Oceano, said that she agreed with Doctor
Robinson as far as wanting to see plans first, before the rezoning is done.
,_ &arnes "_,ewler, S, Traffic Extension, owner of the property, stated
that he could not say what will go into the area an ; t i l. s,_,:rezoned, Chair-
man Calhoon asked Mr, Lawler if he had any objection •;toa,.., "- ,D!!,oy,e.rride, He
said he did not; he plans to continue to live in the area himself and does not
want anything to go in that is not compatible.. - cal .
Carroll Dean, 611 Traffic Way, said his only,-concern -was that there
would be a tax bond needed to pay for improvements,- ,.su.ch s,- sidewalks, etc:
Howard Mankins, 200 Hillcrest Drive, said he felt that a " -D" override
was not adequate. He did not believe it allows all• the,-property owners to
participate. He felt that a use permit should req,ui- red,,,in a cases,
Director Gallop said that the "-D" override could be set up to require this,
Doug Jones, 150 Palomar; Pismo Beach, inquired -•sf tthe "-,D" override
allowed for controi Over the use permit after it has been ssued, Director
Gallop said that any use permit can be set up to be,reviewed later date.
Mr, Dean wanted to know if the other property.owners,,would have to
improve their portion of the road,at the same time_.that;.the,developer did.
Mr. Gallop assured him that they would not be required,.to,.,do so, until such
a time as they improved their own property.
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Thomas Gouff, Huasna Road, was present and made reference to the
Church's questionable access.
There being no further discussion for or against the proposed zone
change, Chairman Calhoon declared the public hearing closed.
A'.jT',_ST:
After discussion, the following action was taken:
RESOLUTION NO. 75 - 388 Z
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
ARROYO GRANDE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO
THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE AS PROVIDED
BY CHAPTER 4 ZONING, ARTICLE 32, OF SAID CODE,
On motion by Commissioner Ries, seconded by Commissioner Cole,
and by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: Commissioners Cole, Mathews, Ries and Chairman Calhoon
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioners Moots and Sandoval
The foregoing Resolution was adopted this 17th day of June 1975.
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There being no further business before the Commission, on motion
by, , mmis::icner Cole, seconded by. Commissioner Ries, and unanimously carried,
the meeting was adjourned at 8 :35 P.M,
Secretary Chairman