HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-07-1981 City Council Minutes MINUTES
SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
TIME: Tuesday, April 7, 1981 - 7:00 p.m.
PLACE: Meeting Room, Co~anity Center, 1377,~ Fruitvale, Saratoga
TYPE: Adjourned Regular Meeting
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
I. ROLL CALL - Councilmembers Clevenger, Jensen, Watson, and Mayor Callon present.
(Councilmember Mallory arrived at 7:05 p.m. )
II. ~tR~ERAL PLAN REVISION PROCESS
City Council received report from City Manager regarding procedures for revision
to the S~ratoga General Plan. Following discussion of the report and recommenda-
tions among councilmembers and ccrm~n{s from members of the General Plan Citizens
Advisory Conmittee who were in attendance, the City Council moved to make certain
r~Ddifications in the draft resolution recoamended to th~n, following which Jensen/
Cteven'ger moved to adopt Resolution 1005 as recc~mended with the amendments discussed.
III. PRESENTATION OF INTERIM ORDINANCE FOR REGULATION OF HEI~FF, DESIGN AND BULK
OF STRUCTURES
The City Council took up the matter of the interim ordinance requiring design review
of proposed single-family residential structures. Mr. Hal Toppel, of the City
Attorney' s Office, provided a report on the legal basis and a description of the
issues pertaining to the interim ordinance, followed by a presentation from Planning
Director Robinson concerning the design standards that were contained in the ordinance.
Councilmembers raised various questions ~oncerning the standards of the provisions
by which the ordinance would apply to ex%sting applications and existing built homes.
Several members of the audience made comnents regarding how such an ordinance
would apply .to specific applications pending or would apply to conditions generally
in the commlnity.
After further discussion, the councilmembers .noted.that setbacks sbouldrbe addressed~
in the new.ordinance.-+: They-~al~sofsugg~st~d ~hat' the:standards pertaining'.to-~fleer area
r_ atiO might- be =overly:TreStr, ictive~; ._an~' they wished-to =haye~ st~_ff~re~dations ~.on
that, issue; >they. obelieVed~,th_ese· ~stand~a~_ds~sho~rld.zbe: based- on,.percentage ~of actual lot
Si. ze~r~%her than byl maxm a~llowable?b.'y.~zone.-classificat._iOn.:eouncilmembers .further
e~preSsedDcQncern ,th.a_t:s~tandards kia-reviewed w~th respeCt~ ,tOiwhe~/~er the same.standard
.should- apply-...to conversions:and remede}in~ of;e~istinG..homes-as wou, ld .apRly .to=.construc-
~ion,"Of new.. hd~nes."'C'odhCiL ~u~'eb_~ da+fal~ned~ .tha~ ~/d~ i~n~ebdd~6~ b~lddla~'~H ~_ height,
tSnsideratioh !b~'~iVel tO; aL s]r~dind ~aat~-formula fo~ det~ngti6h 0f~flaf6r'~area
Following these directions from ,Council, ~ the City Council moved to continue cgn-
sideration of the interim ordinance to an adjourned regular meeting on April 29
and also determined that the matter should be placed on their agenda for the
meeting of the Ccattee of the Whole on. April 21 to receive further staff reports
and resolve any remaining issues .in the application or standards of the proposed
ordinance.
The Council. then adjourned at 9:30 p.m. '.and after a break of ten minutes re-convened
in the regular scheduled meeting of the Ccranittee of the Whole.' ,':.. - . · =
C~I'i'i'~ OE THE W~HOLE
I. DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC PLAN ON NORT~I~EST HILLSIDE ARFA
Respectfully' submitted,
Grace E. Cory
Acting City Clerk