![]() ![]() The study area for the Building Form Overlay includes about a dozen blocks of the Petaluma Historic Commercial District and the A Street Historic District, bounded by Washington Street to the north, Petaluma Boulevard to the east, D Street to the south and Howard and Liberty streets to the west, according to a staff report. ![]() The proposed changes to the zoning “will be the end of charming Petaluma as we know it,” another commenter said. “A re-zoning overlay of our historic and downtown district that would allow for higher than normal buildings, and buildings that cover more of a lot, would be a terrible thing to have come to pass for our beautiful town.” “We want to maintain our unique sense of place,” one commenter said in a letter posted to the city’s website. In this case, the overlay, proposed by EKN Development, would increase the maximum allowable building height from 45 feet to 70 feet, and the maximum lot coverage from 80% to 100% – giving Appellation Petaluma the extra space it needs without being scaled down.īut dozens of residents who commented on the item before and during the Tuesday evening discussion were far from pleased. What was new during the June 13 meeting was a proposed “Building Form Overlay,” a kind of zoning amendment that superimposes new regulations over an existing zoning district. The proposed hotel – named Appellation Petaluma ever since celebrity chef Charlie Palmer’s Appellation joined forces with original applicant EKN Development – would be a six-story structure with 93 guest bedrooms, a ground-floor hotel lobby and restaurant, rooftop lounge and event space and a below-grade, 58-space valet parking garage. McErlane addressed the paired proposals by suggesting a possible scaling down of either of them – the size of the hotel, or the affected area of the zoning amendment. “I like the idea of the hotel, I like the idea of the financial impact, I like the idea of the quality of what we bring to the town, I just think it has to be the right fit,” said Planning Commissioner Roger McErlane. No action was taken during the joint study session on Tuesday, June 13 between the Petaluma Planning Commission and Historic and Cultural Preservation Committee, where multiple commissioners and committee members came prepared to support the hotel but questioned whether a zoning change was appropriate. The proposal to build a new hotel at the corner of Petaluma Boulevard and B Street now comes paired with a second proposal: upping the height limits in Petaluma’s historic downtown district so that the six-story structure can be built there.īut both proposals were met with mixed reactions, including uncertainty and strong push-back, during a public study session last week. ![]()
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