PC Minutes 1970-03-17Planning Commission
Arroyo Grande, California
March 17, 1970
The Planning Commission met in regular session with Chairman Moss presiding.
h Present are Commissioners Kane, McMillen, Porter, St. Denis and Strother. Commissioner:
Combe is absent. Also in attendance are Mayor Thompson, City Administrator Butch and
Planning Director Gallop.
MINUTE APPROVAL
On motion of Commissioner St. Denis, seconded by Commissioner Kane, and unanimously
carried, the minutes of the regular meeting of March 3, 1970 were approved as prepared.
STREET NAMING AND CHANGES
Hilliker and Woodbury Tract, North Off of Tally Ho Road. Director Gallop ex-
plained that there have been several lot splits requiring dedication of right -of -way
for street purposes northerly off of Tally Ho Road between "James Way" and "Canyon Lane ",
and that in checking back into the records he found that neither of these roads have ever
been officially named. Over a period of year he easterly road has been called Canyon
Lane, and the westerly road has been referred to as James Way. it was the staff's
opinion that these streets should have official names because of future additional de-
velopments. He advised two choices would be to use the names which have been used on
these streets for sometime; or there was a suggestion to use the original name of the
subdivision, Hilliker and Woodbury.
On motion of Commissioner McMillen, seconded by Commissioner Porter, and
unanimously carried, that a public hearing be set for the next regular Planning
Commission meeting on April 7, 1970 to consider the street names of James and Canyon .
for the indicated streets.
Fair Oaks Extension Easterly to Traffic Way, Director Gallop advcsed that as' the
Fair. Oaks extension is developed from the west side of the creek across and over to
Valley Road, problems of street identification will. be created. Theoretically, it
should continue on through to Traffic Way as a continuous street,.: and pointed out that
the staff recommends that Fair Oaks Avenue be continued through,to Traffic Way, and .
that the recommendation of the street name change should be made now, effective ' upon
completion of the road:
After discussion, on motion of Commissioner McMillen, seconded by Commissioner
Strother, and unanimously carried, that a public hearing be set for the next regular
meeting of the Planning Commission on April 7, 1970 to consider recommended street
name change.
West Branch Street; Director Gallop advised that with the redevelopment of the
intersection of Branch Street and Grand Avenue, and the realignment of Branch Street,
it has become difficult to determine where one starts and stops, making it difficult
to clearly direct people to West Branch Street. It has been suggested that, as a
matter of clarification, the street that has been called West Branch Street should be
considered for different name because it comes down and swings into a 90 inter-
section
with Branch Street. He advised the names "Ridgecrest" or "Crestmont "have
been suggested as names for this street.
On motion of Commissioner McMillen, seconded by Commissioner Kane, and
unanimously carried, that a public hearing be set for the next regular meeting of the
Planning Commission on April 7, 1970 to consider recommended street name changes.
Road Adjacent to Lot 6, Hilliker & Woodbury Tract. Director Gallop described
a street easterly of Lot 6, . Hilliker & Woodbury Tract, and which is paralleling Printz
Road where the city has required right - of - way dedication for street purposes and, to
his knowledge, has never carried a legal name. He advised that the road runs along a
ridge and the name "Ridgeview" had been suggested. ,
On motion of Commissioner McMillen, seconded by Commissioner St. Denis, and
unanimously carried, that a public hearing be set for April 7th, 1970 to consider
recommended street name.
PROPOSED MOBILE HOME PARK ON SOUTH HALCYON ROAD
Director Gallop advised that the property involved is about 31 acres on Halcyon
Road, is sandwiched between two existing mobile home parks, and that there are 23 spaces
proposed for the development. He listed the staff's recommendations, dated March 13,
1970, and advised these recommendations were unofficially given to the County Staff
Review Board at their meeting this morning. Director Gallop informed the Commission
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that the public hearing on the proposed development has been set for April 8, 1970 be-
fore the County Planning Commission, and that if this Commission would like to take
action approving these recommendations, then they could be officially recommended to
the County Planning Commission.
On motion of Commissioner McMillen, seconded by Commissioner Strother, and
unanimously carried, that the staff recommendations be approved and submitted to the
County Planning Commission for consideration.
CONFLICT WITH SCHEDULED MEETING OF APRIL 21, 1970.
Director Gallop pointed out that the regular Planning Commission meeting of
April 21st is the night the City Council is required, by law, to canvass the ballots,
and recommended that the Commission either cancel the meeting or reset the date. On
motion of Commissioner McMillen, seconded by Commissioner Porter, and unanimously
carried, that the regular meeting of April 21, 1970 be cancelled.
LETTER FROM MRS. NAOMI K.EESAMAN RE: BUSINESS PROPERTY ON WEST BRANCH STREET
Director Gallop referred to a letter from Mrs. Keesaman regarding her property
on West Branch Street, which is presently occupied by Ardens on one side and the other
side is vacant within the CBD District. She is asking for temporary relief of develop-
ing off street parking subject to the eventual wrecking of the building occupied by
Ardens.
Mrs. Keesaman was present and outlined her plans for parking facilities for
this property at a later date by demolishing the building presently occupied by
Arden, but she could not say just when this would be done. She stated she had the
approval of the owners of the adjoining property to share their rear parking lot
temporarily. Director Gallop advised that this parking lot had been checked during
the last two weeks and at the present time this parking area is being used 1/4 to
1/2 of its capacity.
After discussion, on motion of Commissioner McMillen, seconded by Commissioner
Strother, and unanimously carried, that approval be granted for temporary use of the
adjoining parking area and that a letter of approval for joint usage of the existing
parking lot be placed on file, and that the matter be reviewed in 18 months from date
of issuance of the business license.
POST OFFICE PARKING LOT
Director Gallop informed the Commission that a copy of a letter from Mr. Lee,
addressed to the United States Post Office, had been received, complaining about the
Post Office parking lot to see if something could be done about the situation there.
Commissioner Strother advised he had checked with the Acting Postmaster sometime ago,
who suggested the Planning Commission take official action requesting that someone
look into the reorganization of the parking lot. After discussion, on motion of
Commissioner Strother, seconded by Commissioner McMillen, and unanimously carried,
that this Commission take action and write a letter to the Post Office Department
in San Francisco requesting that corrective action be taken to reorganize the local
Post Office parking lot.
ADJOURNMENT
On motion of Commissioner McMillen, seconded by Commissioner Porter, and
unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at 8:22 p.m.
ATTEST:
Secretary Chairman
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