HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-13-1993 City Council Minutes MINUTES
SARATOGA .CITY COUNCIL
TIME: Tuesday, April 13, 1993 - 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: Administrative Conference Room, 13777 Fruitvale Ave.
TYPE: Adjourned Regular Meeting/Joint Meeting with Planning
Commission
1. Roll Call
Councilmembers Burger, Kohler, Monia, Tucker and Mayor Anderson were
present.
Planning Commissioners Asfour, Caldwell, Jacobs, Moran, Murakami, and
Wolfe were present.
Staff members present were Planning Director Curtis, City Attorney
Riback, and Acting City Manager Perlin.
2. Report of City Clerk on Posting of Agenda
Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2, the agenda for this meeting was
properly posted on April 9. The notice of adjournment from the April
7 Council meeting was properly posted on April 8.
3. Discussion of Non-Conforming Uses and their Abatement
Planning Director Curtis explained the background of this issue.
The City Attorney defined non-conforming uses and reviewed the
conditional use permit as follows. Issuance of a conditional use
permit creates a vested right for continued operation of a business.
The amortization decision depends on property owner's investment in the
property. A use permit negates the non-conforming status of the
activity. Conditional Use Permits can be called back for certain
review. Uses must be amortized to eliminate the use. Use permit runs
with the property, not the owner. Renewal of a conditional use permit
is to change conditions only, not whether to extend.
4. Status Report on Paul Masson.Specific Plan Process - (Presentation
by Planning Director)
Planning Director Curtis gave an update on the specific plan process.
5. Presentation by property owner on alternatlve development concepts
for the former Paul Masson winery site on Saratoga Ave.
City Attorney Riback made opening remarks providing background for the
presentation by the property owner's consultant.
Tom de Regt, consultant for Bank of America, explained where the
property owner is in their process. He presented three alternatives
for development and explained how the Bank of America process might
dovetail with the City's.Specific Plan process.
6. Presentation by property owner on Master Plan concepts for the
Paul Masson Mountain Winery property on Pierce Rd.
Gary Hansen, representing the Mountain Winery, presented development
concepts for the property.
7. Set date and time for joint hillside fleld trip with the City
Geotechnical Consultant.
There was consensus to have the trip at 5:00 p.m. on a Monday, either
May 3 or May 10. Staff is to arrange the schedule with Mr. Cotton, the
geological consultant.
8. Items added to agenda
Acting City Manager Perlin noted that the Los Gatos-Saratoga High
School District Board had no agenda items for the joint meeting
scheduled for April 27. The Council having no agenda items, there was
City Council Agenda 2 April 13, 1993
consensus to cancel the joint meeting.
Mayor Anderson requested that the Council agendize the policy of
renting space in City facilities to non-profit groups. There was
consensus to place the matter on the April 21 Council agenda.
ANDERSON/MONIA MOVED TO AGENDIZE SCHOOL USE OF CITY PROPERTY. Passed
5-0.
Discussion ensued concerning use of City traffic cones by Saratoga
Union School District. There was consensus to approve the City's
lending the cones to the district subject to the terms of an agreement
to be supplied by the City Attorney.
9, Adjournment
The meeting was' adjourned at 10:30 p.m.
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Larry Perlin~~
Acting City Manager