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ORDINANCE NO. 1313
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COU~CIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING DIVISION 2 OF PART 6 OF
CHAPTER 2 OF ARTICLE IX OF THE
ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE (C-l LIMITED
COMMERCIAL ZONE). _
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the Title of Title 2 of Division 2 of Part 6
of Chapter 2 of Article IX of the Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read "Height and Yard Regulations".
SECTION 2. That Sections 9262.2.6, 9262.2.7, 9262.2.8,
9262.2.9 and 9262.2.10 of the Arcadia Municipal Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That a new Title 3 entitled "Parking Regulations"
and containing Sections 9262.3 through 9262.3.15 is hereby added to
the Arcadia Municipal Code, the same to read as follows:
ARTICLE IX.
CHAPTER 2.
PART 6.
DIVISION 2.
TITLE 3.
DIVISION AND USE OF LAND
ZONING REGULATIONS
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES
C-l LIMITED COMMERCIAL ZONE
PARKING REGULATIONS
9262.3. GENERAL. The regulations set forth in this Title
shall apply in the C-l Limited Commercial Zone unless otherwise pro-
vided in this ~hapter.
9262.3.1. SPACE REQUIRED. No less than the number of park-
ing spaces shall be provided and maintained for each of the following
uses:
USE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED
Banks 8 spaces per 1000 sq.ft. gross floor area
Restaurants and Bar:> 1 space per 50 sq.ft. of gross floor area
Offices (Medical - Dental) 8 spaces per 1000 sq.ft. gross floor area
All other uses 5 spaces per 1000 sq.ft. gross floor area
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9262.3.2. LOCATION, Required parking spaces shall be lo-
cated on the same lot or site, or on a lot or site contiguous thereto,
or within five hundred (500) feet of the building or land use which
these facilities will'serve. When required off-street parking spaces
are provided on a separate lot from the main building or land use
there shall be recorded in the office of the County Recorder a covenant
in the form approved by the City Attorney that such owner or owners
will continue to maintain such parking space as long as said building
or land use is maintained.
9262.3.3. SETBACKS. Off-street parking facilities shall
be permitted in a required rear yard provided that all other parking
requirements such as walls, landscaping and irrigation are complied with.
9262.3.4. DIMENSIONS. Stall Size: Open and covered park-
ing stalls shall be not less than eight and one-half (8t) feet wide
and twenty (20) feet long.
Aisle Width 00_4 0: Parking spaces laid at angles through
forty-five 5 degrees to the aisles or driveways shall have a one-
way aisle or driveway width of not less than sixteen (16) feet.
Aisle Width 460_600: Parking spaces laid at angles from
forty-six degrees through sixty (60) degrees to the aisle or
driveway shall have a one-way aisle or driveway width of not less than
twenty (20) feet.
Aisle Width 610_ 00: Parking spaces laid
sixty-one 1 degrees through ninety (90) degrees to
driveway shall have an aisle or driveway width of not
five (25) feet.
Parallel Parking: Parallel parking spaces shall have twenty
(20) foot minimum aisles and ten (10) foot by twenty-four (24) foot
parking stall size.
at angles
the aisle
less than
from
or
twenty-
9262.3.5. CIRCULATION. Parking areas having more than one
aisle or driveway shall have painted directional signs provided in
each aisle or driveway. No parking space shall be so arranged as to
require the moving of any vehicle on the premises in order to enter
or leave any other parking space. This provision shall not apply at
such times as attendant parking is provided.
9262.3.6. PAVING. All parking areas shall be paved with
a concrete or asphaltic surface to specifications and standards on. file
in the office of the Department of Public Works.
9262.3.7. DRAINAGE. Drainage of a parking area shall meet
the approval of the Department of Public Works. Drainage into a street
shall be by means of a conduit beneath the parkway.
9262.3.8. MARKING OF SPACES. Each parking space shall be
clearly marked with paint or other easily distinguishable material.
Either hairpin or single line marking will suffice.
9262.3.9. WHEEL STOPS. Wheel stops shall be required where
a parking space abuts a wall, building or adjacent property line. The
wheel stop shall be set a minimum distance of ~ (~)feet from such
wall, building or property line and be of concrete.
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9262.3.10. LOADING REQUIREMENTS, On the same land therewith,
every building, stI~cture or part thereof, erected or occupied for a
permitted use involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of
materials or merchandise incidental to carrying on such activity shall
be provided with sufficient space for standing, loading and unloading
vehicles to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets
and alleys. Such space shall be no less than ten (10) feet by twenty-
five (25) feet for every ten thousand (10,000) feet of floor area or
outdoor storage area with a fourteen (14) foot minimum height clearance,
but shall not be a part of any area required for use as off-street parking
stalls.
shall
forth
9262.3.1l.
provide parking
herein.
ADDITIONS, Structures which are enlarged in area
facilities in accordance with the standards set
9262.3.12. CHANGES IN USE, Whenever the existing use of a
structure or lot is changed to another use, parking facilities shall
be provided in accordance with the standards set forth herein.
9262.3.13. MIXED USES. In the event that two (2) or more
uses occupy the same building, lot or parcel of land, the. total re~
quirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements
of the various uses computed separately.
9262.3.14. FRACTIONAL PARKING SPACES. When a fractional
figure is found as a remainder in computations made to determine the
amount of required off-street parking, such fraction shall be construed
to be a whole number. .
9262.3.15. WALLS, Except for driveway and other entrances,
parking lots shall be properly enclosed with an o~namental masonry wall
as follows:
A. Adjacent to Residential Zone: Where such areas front,
side or rear on a street which is a boundary with a residential zone,
there shall be a landscaped border not less than five (5) feet in width,
on a street side and a solid masonry wall four (4) feet in height shall
be erected between the landscaped area and the paved parking area.
Where such areas side or rear directly on a residential zone, a solid
masonry wall six (6) feet in height shall be installed on the zone bound-
ary line measured fr.om the grade of the contiguous property, said wall
to be reduced to three (3) feet in height within any corner cut~back
area and along the front yard area of the abutting residential zones.
Walls adjacent to alleys may be erected on the property line.
B. Adjacent to Non-Residential Zone: Where such areas front,
side or rear on a street which is a boundary with a non-residential zone,
there shall be a landscaped border not less than five (5) feet in width
on the street side, and a solid masonry wall four (4) feet in height
shall be erected between the landscaped area and the paved parking area.
Community off-street parking lots shall be permitted and the require-
ments for walls bet~ieen separate buildings and uses dispensed with, pro-
vided that a covenant in the form approved by the City Attorney and by
its terms to be for the benefit of, enforceable by and to be released
only by the City, is executed by the owners of all property affected
thereby. The covenant shall state that such joint use of such off-street
parking shall be use able by the tenant and owners of the properties
proposed to be served by such parking area.
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SECTION 4. That anew Title 4 entitled "Sign Regulations"
containing Sections 9262.4 through 9262.4.13 is hereby added to the
Arcadia Municipal Code, the same to read as follows:
ARTICLE IX.
CHAPTER 2.
PART 6.
DIVISION 2.
TITLE 4.
DIVISION AND USE OF LAND
ZONING REGULATIONS
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES
C-l LIMITED COMMERCIAL ZONE
SIGN REGULATIONS
9262.4. GENERAL, The regulations set forth in this Title
shall apply in the C-l Limited Commercial Zone unless otherwise provided
in this Chapter.
9262.4.1. CONTENT RESTRICTED. Any exterior sign displayed
shall pertain only to the use conducted within the building.
9262.4.2. LOCATION. Each exterior sign shall be attached to
and be parallel with and shall be not more than twelve (12) inches from
the wall of the main building or from the front of a marquee fronting
the principal street, a parking area in the rear, or in the case of a
corner building on that portion of the side street wall within fifty
(50) feet of the principal street. No sign other than one required by
law may be placed on the rear or side of a building within one hundred
(100) feet of any property in any R Zone.
9262.4.3. ROOF PROJECTION. No sign shall project above the
lowest point of the roof line.
9262.4.4. MAXIMUM AREA. No individual sign shall exceed
seventy-five (75) square feet in area.
9262.4.4.1. SAME. FRONT SIGNS. The total area of all signs
on the front of a building shall not exceed one (1) square foot of sign
area for each linear foot of building frontage.
9262.4.4.2. SAME, REAR SIGNS. The total area of all signs
on the rear of a building shall be the same as permitted on the front
of a building.
9262.4.5. AREA COMPUTATION. The surface area of a sign shall
be computed by including the entire area within a regular geometric form
or combination of regular geometric forms comprising the front, back,
top and bottom of the display area of the sign, including all the ele-
ments of the advertising matter displayed. Frames and structural mem-
bers not bearing advertising matter shall not be included in the compu-
tation of the surface area.
9262.4.6. MAXIMUM HEIGHT. No free standing sign shall exceed
twenty-five (25) feet in height.
9262.4.7. BANNERS. No attraction boards, pennants or
banners shall be permitted except as authorized by Section 8271.5.1.
9262.4.8. FOR SALE OR LEASE. For sale or lease signs shall
not exceed an area of four (4) square feet.
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9262.4.9. MOVING SIGNS, Moving signs or signs with any
moving parts shall not be permitted; and blinking, travelling or moving
lights shall not be permitted. Any exterior light except a light the
sole purpose and effect of which is to illuminate accessways, parking
facilities, the exterior of the building or architectural or land-
scaped features, is prohibited by this Section.
9262.4.10. GLARE, No sign shall cause any glare or reflec-
tion or light on other property, buildings or streets.
9262.4.11. FREE STANDING SIGNS. A free standing sign shall
be permitted provided that it shall not exceed one hundred (100) square
feet in area and shall be approved by the Modification Committee as
not detrimental to the surrounding properties.
9262.4.12. NONCONFORMING SIGNS. Every nonconforming sign
shall be completely removed from the premises within three (3) years
from the effective date of this Title.
9262.4.13. VACANT BUILDINGS,
the property owner shall be required to
and paint out or remove all other signs
such time l:l.mit is extended pursuant to
When a building is vacated
remove all structural signs
within sixty (60) days, unless
Part 9 of this Chapter.
SECTION 5. That a new Title 5 entitled "Landscaping Regu-
lations" containing Sections 9262.5 through 9262.5.2 is hereby added
to the Arcadia Municipal Code, the same to read as follows:
ARTICLE IX.
CHAPTER 2.
PART 6.
DIVISION 2.
TITLE 5.
DIVISION AND USE OF LAND
ZONING REGULATIONS
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES
C-l LIMITED COMMERCIAL ZONE
LANDSCAPING REGULATIONS
9262.5. GENERAL. The regulations set forth in this Title
shall apply in the C-l Limited Commercial Zone unless otherwise pro-
vided in this Chapter.
9262.5.1. LANDSCAPING. A minimum of three (3) percent of
the interior of a public parking area shall have a complete irrigation
system; shall be well maintained in perpetuity; and shall be reviewable
annually by the Building Superintendent of the City of Arcadia. Re-
quired planting areas on the street side of walls shall not be considered
as part of the three (3) percent interior landscaping. In complying
with the three (3) percent landscaping requirement, the planting beds
shall be distributed throughout the entire parking area as evenly as
possible. Any plot plan showing the entire three (3) percent landscaping
in one or two large planting beds, or concentrated on only one portion
of the parking area shall not be acceptable. All unused space resulting
from the design of the parking spaces shall be used for planting pur-
poses. No planting area or island shall have an average width of less
than three (3) feet. The planting areas or islands must be drawn to
scale and the plants within clearly located and labeled. All planting
areas or islands shall be surrounded by a continuous raised concrete
curb. The uppermost level of an uncovered parking structure shall be
landscaped in accordance with the above except that landscaping may be
in portable containers.
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9262.5.2. IRRIGATION, All landscaped areas shall be pro-
vided with a permanent irrigation system installed below grade except
for sprinkler heads. All domestic water supply lines to which irriga-
tion systems are connected shall, when necessary, be protected by
installation of atmospheric or pressure type vacuum breakers. At least
one (1) hose bibb shall be l.ocated each one hundred (100) linear feet,
starting with one (1) hose bibb at the front wall. Hose.bibbs, wherever
possible, shall be located in planting beds. In no case shall hose
bibbs be located where they will interfere with pedestrian or vehicu-
lar circulation.
SECTION 6. That a new Title 6 entitled "General Regulations"
containing Section 9262.6 through 9262.6.9 is hereby added to the Ar-
cadia Municipal Code, the same to read as follows:
ARTICLE IX.
CHAPTER 2.
PART 6.
DIVISION 2.
TITLE 6.
DIVISION AND USE OF LAND
ZONING REGULATIONS
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES
C-l LIMITED COMMERCIAL ZONE
GENERAL REGULATIONS
9262.6. GENERAL, The regulations set forth in this Title
shall apply in the C-l Limited Commercial Zone unless otherwise pro-
vided in this Chapter.
9262.6.1. BUSINESS LIMITATIONS. All stores, shops or
businesses permitted under this Division shall be retail establish-
ments selling new merchandise exclusively. The provisions of this
Section shall not apply to bona fide antique stores, nor to the receipt
or sale of second-hand goods by any person who received the same as
part payment on new goods sold of the same general type, if such person
is the authorized representative or agent of the manufacturer, jobber
or distributor of the said new goods thus sold.
9262.6.2. INCIDENTAL PRODUCTS. Products incidental to a
permitted use may be sold only at retail on the premises.
9262.6.3. SIDE ENTRANCES. No public entrances to such stores,
shops or businesses shall be located on the side street of a corner lot
nearer than one hundred (100) feet to property in any R Zone.
9262.6.4. LIGHTING. Lighting shall be hooded and arranged
to reflect away from adjoining properties and streets. Light standards
shall be a maximum of fifteen (15) feet in height. The height of the
light standards shall be measured from the elevation of the adjacent
pavement of the parking lot.
9262.6.5. ACCESSORY STRUCTURAL ITEMS. Towers, chimneys,
spires, gables, mechanical equipment and other roof structures shall
not exceed a height of ten (10) feet above the roof of any building.
Structural appurtenances not incorporated as architectural features
shall be adequately screened.
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9262.6.6. MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. Mechanical equipment, in-
cluding but not limited to heating and air conditioning devices, shall
be located within the building or if mounted elsewhere shall be screened
from public view.
9262.6.7. UTILITIES. All utilities on the site for direct
service to the area thereon shall be installed underground except as
otherwise approved by the Council by precise plan of design. The owner
or developer is responsible for complying with the requirements of .this
Section and shall make the necessary arrangements as required by the
serving utilities for the installation of such facilities. For the
purpose of this Section, appurtenances and associated equipment such
as but not limited to, surface mounted transformers, pedestal mounted
terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts in an under-
ground system may be terminated above ground.
9262.6.8. INSIDE STORAGE. All permanent and temporary
storage of wares and merchandise, crates, bottles and similar items
shall be within a building.
9262.6.9. OUTSIDE STORAGE REFUSE. Trash, garbage and refuse
may be temporarily stored outside the building, provided, however, that
such refuse shall be completely screened from public view by an enclosure
of which three (3) sides shall consist of six (6) foot high decorative
masonry walls, or other approved screening devices.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Ordinance.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at
a regular meeting of' the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on
the 7th day of December
, 1965, by the affirmative vote of at
least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Balser, Considine, Forman, Turner and Reibold
NOES: None
ABSENT:
None
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City Clerk of the City of Arcadia
SIGNED AND APPROVED this
of
, 1965.
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City Clerk
(SEAL)
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