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ORDINANCE NO. 1050
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTIONS 2, 4, 5, 6 AND 7
OF ORDINANCE NO. 760 OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
DETERMINE AND ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. After public hearings before the City Planning
Commission and the City Council, and upon reviewing and conSidering
all evidence presented thereat, that the public necessity, conven-
1 ience and general welfare require that Ordinance No. 760 of the City
of Arcadia be amended as hereinafter provided.
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SECTION 2. That Sections 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Ordinance
No. 760 of the City of Arcadia, entitled "AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING
ZONES IN THE CITY. OF ARCADIA AND THEREIN REGULATING THE USE OF LAND:
HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS AND YARD SPACES: ADOPTING A MAP SHOWING THE
BOUNDARIES OF SAID ZONES: DEFINING THE TERMS USED IN .THIS ORDINANCE:
t- PROVIDING FOR ITS ADJUSTMENT, AMENDMENT AND, ENFORCEMENT: PRESCRIB-
ING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION AND REPEALING ORDINANCES OR PORTIONS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH," adopted May 3, 1949, be and the
same is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS.
This ordinance which defines and makes effective the Land
Use Plan of the City of Arcadia shall be known as the "Zoning Ordi-
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nance" and for the purpose of this ordinance certain words and terms
are defined.
Words in the present tense include the future; words in
the singular number include the plural; and words in the p~ura1 num-
ber. include the singular; the word "shall" is mandatory. The term
"City Council" means the City Council of the City of Arcadia, and the
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term "Commission" or "Planning CommiSSion" means' the City Planning
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Commission of the City of Arcadia. The word "City" when used means
the City of Arcadia.
"Accessory": A building, part of building or structure or
use which is subordinate to,. and the use of which is incidental to
that of the main building, structure or use on the same lot. Where
the wall of an accessory bui1ding'is a part of; or j6ined'to,.the
wall of the main building, such accessory building shall' be counte'd'
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as part of the main building.
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"Accessory Living Quarters": Living quarters within an ac-
cessory building for the sole use of persons employed on the premises
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or for temporary use by guests of occupants of premises; such quarters
having no kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a
separate dwelling.
"Alley": A public or private way permanently reserved as
a secondary means of access to abutting property.
"Apartment": A room or a suite of two or more rooms in a
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multiple dwelling, occupied or suitable for occupancy as a residence
for one family.
"Apartment Hotel": A building or portion thereof designed
for or containing both individual guest rooms or suite of rooms and
dwelling units.
"Apartment House": See "Dwelling, Multiple".
"Automobile Service Station": A filling station, contain-
ing not more than six (6) pumps, one (1) grease rack and one (1)
wash rack, to supply gasoline and oil to motor vehicles and provide
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minor servicing and sales of motor vehicle accessories.
"Automobile Wrecking": The dismantling or wrecking of
used motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale or dumping of
dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts.
"Basement": A story partly underground and having one-
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half or more of its height below the average level of the adjoining
ground. A basement, when designed for, or occupied by dwellings,
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business or manufacturing shall be considered to be a story.
"Boarding House": A building where lodging and meals are
provided for compensation for five (5) but not more than fif~een (15)
persons, not including rest homes.
"Building": A permanently located structure having a roof
(all forms of vehicles excluded).
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"Building Height": The vertical dis'tance measured' from the
av~rage level of the highest and lowest point of that portion of the
site covered by the building to the highest portion of the roof.
"Building Site": The ground area of a building or group of
buildingS together with all open spaces as required by this ordinance.
"Block": All prope,rty fr~:mtingupon one side of a street
between intersecting and intercepting streets, or between a street
an~ right-of-way, water way, end of dead-end street, or city.boundary.
_ An intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the block,
on the side of the street which it intercepts.
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"Bungalow Court": A group of four or more detached or semi-'
detached one-story, one or two-family dwellings located upon a single
lot, together with ,all open spaces as required by this ordinance oc~
cupying a building site in one ownership and used for non-transient
living accommodations. Two-family dwellings shall mean two units as
,defined unde.r "Dwelling, Two-Family" ~
"Business or Commerce": The purchase, sale or other trans-
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or :commodity for livelihood or profit, .or the ownership or management
of ,'office buildings, offices, recreational or amusement enterprises
or the maintenance and use of offices,by profeSSions and trades ~en-
de ring services.,
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"Carport": An accessory residential use consisting of
a reserved space, roofed or unroofed, and established for the
convenient loading and unloading of passengers and for theaccom-
modation of a passenger car when not in use.
"Club": An association of persons for some common non-
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profit purpose but not including groups organized primarily to
render a service which is customarily carried on as a business.
"Convalescent Homes": See "Rest Homes".
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"Dwelling"; A building <?r portion thereof designed ex-
c1~sive1y for residential purposes, including one-family, two-family
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lodging houses.
"Dwelling Unit": One or more rooms in a dwelling or
apartment hotel designed for occupancy by one family for living or
sleeping purposes, and having only one (1) kitchen. .
"Dwelling, , One-Family": A detached building designed
excluSively for occupancy by one family.
"Dwelling, 'fwo-Fami1y": A building designed exclusively
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for occupancy by two families living independently of each' other.
"Dwelling, Multiple": A building, or portion thereof,
designed for occupancy by three or more families living independ-
ently of each other.
"Educational Institutions":' Colleges or universities
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supported Wholly or in part by public funds and other colleges,
universities or schools giying general academic instruction, as
determined by the state Board of Education.
"Family": An individual, or two (2) or more persons re-
lated by blood or marriage, or a group of not more than five (5)
persons, excluding servants, who are not related by blood or mar-
riage, living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling
unit.
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"Garage, Private": An accessory building or an acces-
sory portion of the main building, designed or used only for the
shelter or storage of vehicles owned or operated by the occupants
of the main building.
"Garage, Public": A building other than a private garage
used for the care, .repair or equipping of automobiles, or where
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such vehicles are kept for remuneration, hire or sale.
"Group Houses": Two or more separate buildings, each
containing one or more dwelling units.
"Guest Home~': See "Rest Homes".
"Guest House'!: See "Accessory Living Quarters".
"Hotel" : A building in which there are six or more guest
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rooms where lodging with or without meals is provided for compensation
as the more or less temporary abiding place of individuals and where
no provision is made for cooking in any individual room or suite.
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Jails, hosPitals, asylums, sanitariums or orphanages, prisons, deten-
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tion homes or similar buildings where human beings are housed and
detained under legal restraint are specifically not included.
"Kitchen": Any room:!!i,lsed or intended or designed to be
used for cooking or the preparation of food.
"Loading Space": An off-street space or berth on the same
lot with a bUilding,or ~ontiguous to a group of buildings, for the
temporary parking of a commercial vehicie' whiie loading or unloading
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merchandise or materials.
"Lodging House": A building with not more than five (5)
guest rooms where, for compensation, lodging is provided for five (5)
but not mOre than ten (10) persons.
.iLot": (1) A parcel of real property as shown as a de1in-
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eated parcel of land with a number or other designation on a plat
recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County,
or (2) an area or parcel of land used, or capable of being used for
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a building with yards or other open spaces required by this or other
ordinances, and provided such area or parcel contains not less than
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the prescribed.number of square feet required in the zone in which
such parcel is located; and provided that each such parcel has per-
manent, legal access to a public street, and (3) a parcel of land
other than such described in Item (1) hereof held under separate
ownership prior to the date of June 28, 1940 and containing less.
than the prescribed minimum area and having permanent legal access
to a public street.
"Lot Area": The total horizontal area within the lot lines
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of a lot.
"Lot, Corner": A lot situated at the intersection of two
(2) or more streets, having an angle of intersection of not more
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than one hundred and thirty-five (135) degrees.
"Lot Depth": The h,orizonta1 distance between the front and
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rear lot lines, measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines.
"Lot, Interior": A lot other than a corner lot.
"Lot, Key": The first lot to the rear of a reversed corner
lot and whether or not separated by an alley.
"Lot, Reversed Corner": A corner lot, the side street line
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of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the
lot upon'which it rears.
"Lot, Through": A lot having frontage on two (2) parallel
or apprOXimately parallel streets.
"Lot Width": The horizontal distance between the side lot
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lines measured at right angles to the lot depth at a point midway
~etween the front and rear lot lines.
"Lot Line, Front": In the case of an interior lot, a line
separating the lot from the street, and the line .separating the nar-
rowest street frontage of the lot from the street in the case of a
corner lot.
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"Lot Line, Rear": A lot line which is opposite and most
distant from the front lot line and, in the case of an irregular,
triangular or gore-shaped lot, a line ten (10) feet in length within
the lot parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot
line.
"Lot Line, Side"; Any lot boundary line not a front lot
line or a rear lot line.
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"Motel": See "Tourist Court".
"Non-c~nforming Building": A building or portion thereof
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lawfully existing at the time this ordinance or any amendment hereof
became effective, and which was designed, erected or structurally
altered for a use which no longer conforms to the use zone in which
it is located or which, no longer complies with all the regulations
of the zone in which it is located.
"Non-conforming Use": A use which lawfully occupied a
building or land at the time this ordinance or any amendment hereof
became effective, with respect to such building or land, and which
1._ . use no longer conforms with the use regulations of the zone in which
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such building or land is located.
"Parking Area, ,Public": An open area other' ,than a street,
alley or place, used for the temporary parking of more than four (4)
automobiles and available for public use whether free, for compensa-
tion or as an accommodation for clients or customers.
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"Parking Space, Automobiles": Space within a building or
parking area for the temporary parking or storage of one (1) auto-
mobile.
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"Place": An open, unoccupied space other than a street or
alley, permanently reserved as the principal means of access to abut-
ting property.
"Rest Home": Same as boarding house, but permitting nursing,
dietary and other personal services rendered to convalescents, invalids
~ and aged pe~sons, but excluding cases of contagious or communicable
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diseases, and excluding surgery or primary treatments such as are
customarily provided in sanitariums and hospitals.
"Schools, Elementary and High": An institution of learn-
ing which offers instruction in the' several branches of learning
and study required to be taught in the public schools by the Educa-
tion Code of the state of California.
"Self Service Laundries": Any establishment for launder-,
ing where there is no pick up or delivery service and no steam or
hand laundry of any type; provided, however, that all washing
machines and accessory extractors and dryers shall be installed on
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mingling of customers' laundry.
"Stable, Private": A detached accessory building for the
keeping of horses owned by the occupants of the premises, and not
kept for remuneration, hire 'or sale.'
"Stable, Public": A stable other than a private stable.
"story": That portion of a building included between the
surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or
if there be no floor above it, then the space between such floor
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and the ceiling next above it.
"Street": 'A'~ub1iC or private thoroughfare which affords
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principal means ofacces8 to abutting property. ;
"Street, Side": That street
bounding ,a cotner lot and
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as the line. det~rmining the
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which extends in the general direction
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"Street Line": The boundary line between the street and
abutting property.
"Structure": Anything constructed or erected, which re-
quires location on the ground or attached to something having a lo-
cation on the ground, but not including fences or walls used as
fences less than six (6) feet in height.
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"Structural Alterations": Any change in the supporting
members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams, .f10or
or roof joists, girders, or rafters or changes in roof or exterior
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"Super Service Station": An automobile filling station
to supply gasoline, oil and diesel fuel to motor vehicles, and in-
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c1uding grease racks or elevators, wash racks or pits, tire repairs,
battery servicing and repairing, ignition service, sales of motor
vehicle accessories and other customary services for automobiles
including major repair, towing service and equipment rental, but
f excluding painting, body work and steam cleanin~.
"Tourist Court": A group of attached or detached build-
ings containing individual sleeping or living unit with garage at~
tached or parking space conveniently located to each unit, all for
the temporary use by automobile tourists or transients; includes
auto courts, motels, or motor lodges, but excludes trailer camps.
;' ''trailer, Automobile": A vehicle without motor power, de-
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tation and for carrying persons and property, including a trailer
coach. Includes also a self-propelled vehicle having a body de-
signed for the same uses as an automobile trailer.
"Transient": When used to define living accommodations
shall be deemed to describe such accommodations when customarily
used or furnished for a period of forty.-eight (48) hours or less.
"Use": The purpose for which land or building is arranged,
designed or intended, or for which either is or may be occupied or
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m'aintained.
"Yard": An open space other than a court, on a lot, un-
occupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.
"Yard, Front": A yard extending across the full width
of the lot, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance
between the front lot line and. a line parallel thereto on the' lot.
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"Yard, Rear": A yard extending across the full width of
th~ lot between the main building and the ~ear lot line; the depth
of the required rear yard shall be measured 'horizontally from the
nearest part of the main building toward the rear lot line.
"Yard, Side": A yard between the main building and the
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side lot line, extending from the front yard or front lot line
where no front yard is required to the rear yard; the width of the
~- required side yard shall be measured horizontally from the nearest
point of a side lot line toward the nearest part of a main building.
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SECTION 4. "R-O" FIRST ONE-FAMILY ZONE.
The following regulations shall apply in the "R-O" First
One-Family Zone unless otherwise provided in this ordinance.
A. USE.
No building or land shall be used and no building shall
be hereafter erected, constructed or established, except for the
following uses:
1. One single-family dwelling of a permanent character,
containing not less than one thousand two hundred (1,200) square
feet of floor area, exclusive of porches, garages, entries, patios
and basements; provided that on sites containing fifteen thousand
(15,000) square feet or more th~re may be one 'additional house
without kitchen facilities for,guests or servants of the family
occupying the single-family dwelling on said lot; private garages,
accessory buildings, carports.
. 2. Agricultural crops, private flower and vegetable
gardens; greenhouses and horticultural collections (grown in the
ground); fruit trees, nut trees; the raising or keeping for domes-
tic, non-commercial use, of no't to exceed a total of ten (10) fowl
or birds, the raising or keeping of Racing Homing Pigeons under
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such regu1ations'as may be imposed by Ordinance, anqltotal of not
to exceed five (5) small animals (and the offspring of each thereof
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until such offspring is capable of being raised or maintained sepa-
rately from and independently of full grown members of the same
species); not more than two (2) horses for the use of the family oc-
cupying the lot on sites having an area of not less than sixteen
thousand (16,000) square feet entirely within the boundary lines
of a single lot as such lot is shown on ~he subdivision map re-
corded in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, pro-
~ vided one (1) additional horse may be kept for each additional five
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thqusand (5,000) square feet over the minimum sixteen thousand
(16,000) square feet, and provided further that no more than a
total of five (5) horses shall be maintained, and provided that
the keeping of all poultry, rabbits and domestic animals provided
for herein shall conform to other provisions of law governing same;
community buildings and libraries, together with the usual acces-
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sor~es necessary and incidental to the use of the main building
located on the same lot or parcel of land, when owned and controlled
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by the City of Arcadia.
3. The following unlighted signs located not nearer than
ten (10) feet to the adjoining premises nor nearer than five (5)
feet to a street line:
a. One (1) sign of not to exceed one (1) square foot
in area and containing only the name of the occupant;
b. One (1) sign of not to exceed four (4) square feet
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in area advertising products raised on the premises;
c. One (1) sign of not to exceed four (4) square feet
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, in area advertising the premises for sale, lease or rent;
d. Temporary signs of not to exceed four (4) square
feet in area giving the names of the contractors, engineers and
architects during the period of construction on the premises;
e. Two (2) temporary signs of not to exceed thirty-
two (32) square feet in area each, advertising the property for
sale, erected and maintained in a new subdivision during the
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period an active sales campaign is being conducted for such
subdivision, but in no event for a period longer .than six (6) ,
months.
No other advertising signs, structures or devices of any
character shall be permitted in any IR-O"'First One-Family Zone.
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4: Underground storage of petroleum products for use on
the premises.
B. BUILDING HEIGHT.
No building hereafter erected, constructed or ,established
shall exceed two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height ex-
i cept as provided in Section 15.
C. FRONT YARD.
There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty-five
per cent (25%) of the depth of the lot, provided such fron.tyard
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need not exceed thirty (30) feet, except, where sixty~p~rMt
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(60%) or more of the improved frontage on one side of~a,8treet be-
tween intersecting streets is developed with buildings having a
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yard shall be the average of those having a variation of not'more
than six (6) feet from the standard front yard herein prescribed;
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, provided that where exceptionally deep lots or exceptionally shallow
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lots prevail, an appropriate special front yard depth established
in the manner provided for in Section 16 hereinafter shall govern;
provided, however, that if a front yard depth other than that herein
prescribed is now or may hereafter be established by Section 15, C
Area, Subparagraph 2 of this Ordinance, the required front yard
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depths shall be as prescribed therein.
D. SIDE YARD.
On interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side
of a building "of not lessthan.three (3),feet; provided that when
one or more dwellings are erected at locations on a lot other than
the building, sites contiguous to the front yard, the required side
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yard, for each such building shall be not less than ten (10) feet.
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On corner lots the required side yard line adjoining the
interior lot shall be the same as for interior lots. The required
side yard on the street side shall be ten per cent (10%) of the
width of the lot, provided it shall be not less than ten (10) feet.
E. REAR YARD.
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On all lots there shall be a rear yard of not less than
twenty-five per cent (25%) of the depth of the lot, provided such
rear yard need not exceed twenty-five (25) feet, and provided fur-
ther that no structure designed or used for dwelling or sleeping
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purposes shall be located within that distance from the rear lot
line that is herein specified for the required rear yard. The dis-
tance between any dwelling and an accessory building shall be not
less than fifteen (15) feet.
F. LOT AREA.
Every main building hereafter erected, constructed, or
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established shall be on a lot having a width of not less than
eighty (80) feet fronting on a public street.
Provided, however, that where a lot has less area than
herein required, and was of record prior to June 28, 1940, said
lot may be occupied by not more than one family.
Where building site areas, other than recorded subdi-
viaed lots, vary from the minimum requirements herein provided, it
shall be the responsibility of the Planning Commission, upon its
own motion, or,by application of a property owner or owners, to
ascertain all pertinent facts and to determine what, in the face
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of such facts, would constitute the greatest adherence to the
standards and purposes of this ordinance and to then recommend
such interpretation to the City Council. Upon the review by the
City Council and, the approval thereof by resolution, such adjust-
ment shall thereafter become effective as it pertains to specific
property. Proceedings under this paragraph need not be submitted
to public hearing.
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SECTION 5. "R-l" SECOND ONE-FAMILY ZONE.
The following regulations shall apply in the "R-1" Second
One-Family Zone unless otherwise provided in this ordinance.
A. USE.
No building or land shall be used and no building shall be
hereafter erected, constructed or established, except for the fo1-
lowing uses:
1. Any use permitted in the "R-O" First One-Family Zone;
one-family dwellings of a permanent character placed in a permanent
location, containing not less than one thousand (1,000) square feet
of floor area, exclusive of porches, garages, entries, patios and
~ basements; private' garages, carports.
2. The raising or keeping of not to exceed a total of
ten (10) fowl or birds, the raising or keeping of Racing Homing
Pigeons under such regulations as may be imposed by ordinance, and
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a total of not to exceed five (5) small animals (and the offspring
of each thereof until such offspring is capable of being raised or
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mai~tained separate from and independently of full grown members of
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be subject to'such regulations as are now or may, hereafter be im-
posed by ordinance; private greenhouses and horticultural collec-
tions (grown in the ground); fruit and vegetable gardens, fruit
trees, nut trees; sale of only the products produced on the prem-
ises.
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3. Underground storage of petroleum products for use on
the premises.
4. Transitional use, subject to the following conditions:
a. A two-family dwelling where a one-family dwelling
would otherwise be permitted when the side of a lot in the
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"R-1" Zone abuts upon property zoned for "R-3", "p " , commer-
cial or industrial pu~poses.
b. ,A public parking area where the side of a lot in
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the "R-l" Zone abuts upon a lot zoned for commercial or indus-
trial purposes and is developed as required in Section 15.
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c. In no case shall any part of such transitional
use,be located farther than seventy-five (75) feet from the
less re8tricted zone.
B. BUILDING HEIGHT.
No building hereafter erected, constructed or established
shall exceed two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height ex-
cept as provided in Section 15.
C. FRONT YARD.
There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty-five
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per cent (25%) of the depth of the lot, provided such front yard
, nee,d not exceed, twenty-five (25) feet except where ,lots comprising
sixty per cent (60%) or more of the improved frontage on one side
of a street between intersecting streets are developed with build-
ings having a front'yard different than herein prescribed, the re-
qu1red front yard shall be the average of those having a variation
of not more than six (6) feet from the standard front yard herein
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prescribed; provided that where exceptionally deep lots or excep-
f tionally shallow lots prevail, an appropriate special front yard
depth established in the manner provided for in Section 16 herein-
after shall govern; provided, however, that if. a front yard ,depth
other than that herein prescribed is now or may hereafter be estab-
1ished by Section 15, C Area, Subparagr~ph 2 of this ordinance, the
required front yard depths shall be ~s prescribed by such Section.
D. SIDE YARD.
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On interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side
of a building of not less than three (3) feet, provided that when
one or more dwellings are erected at locations on a lot other than
the building site contiguous to the front yard the required side
yard for each such building shall be not less than'ten (10) feet.
On corner lots the required side yard line adjoining the
interior lot shall be the same as for interior lots. The required
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side yard on the street side shall be ten per cent (10%) of the
width of the lot, provided it shall be not less than ten (10) feet.
There shall be adequate ingress and egress to each dwell-
ing and required parking space, by means of an unobstructed driveway
~ot less than eight (8) feet in width, and adequate space for an
automobile turnaround for each dwelling other than the one substan-
tially at the front building line.
E. REAR YARD.
On all lots there shall be a rear yard of not less than
twenty-five per cent (25%) of the depth of the lot, provided such
f rear yard need not exceed twenty-five (25) feet, and provided fur-
ther that no structure designed or used for dwelling or sleeping
purposes shall be located within that distance from the rear lot
line that is herein specified for the required rear yard. The dis-
tance between separate dwellings on the 'same lot shall' be not less
than thirty-five (35) feet. The di'stance between any dwelling and
an accessory building shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet.
F. LOT AREA.
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Every main building hereafter erected, constructed'or es-'
tablished shall be located on a site containing an area of not less
than seven thousand 'five hundred (7,500) square feet per family,
provided that where a lot has less area than herein required, and
was of record prior to June 28, 1940, said lot may be occupied by
. not more than one family; and provided that if such parcel of land
r is a recorded lot having the required lot area but a minimum width
of fifty (50) feet at the front building line and was of record
prior to January 27, 1949, said lot may be occupied by not more
than one' family.,
There may be one additional dwelling erected for each
site containing an area of seven thousand five hundred (7,500)
square feet in excess of the required minimum of seven thousand
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five hundred (7,500) square feet, but not more than three single
family dwellings will be permitted on anyone lot or parcel of
land in Zone "R'-l". Each such site shall be as rectangular as the
shape of the lot will permit, and shall be of substantially the
same size and shape as the others, and shall be approved in accord-
ance with Section 16 hereinafter.
Provided, however, that"no main building may hereafter
be erected, constructed or established other than substantially at
the front building line, nor may any additional dwelling be erected,
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except upon approval thereof secured in accordance with Section 16
hereinafter. Such approval ,shall not be given if any such main
building or additional dwelling will prevent or interfere with the
opening or development of any street the location of which has ,been,
approved by the City Planning Commission and.the City CounCil, nor
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if such construction will prevent uniformity of improvement of the
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area, nor if such construction Will/contrary to the existing de-
velopment of lots comprising sixty per cent (60%) or more of the
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lots facing the same side of the street between intersecting streets.
Except as provided in Ordinance No. 860 of the City of
Arcadia, entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING THE SUBDIVISION AND DIVIDING OF
LAND IN SAID CITY, AND REPEALING ORDINANCES 488, 516, 584, 606 AND
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807 OF SAID CITY", no lot or parcel of land held under separate
ownership on June 2, 1949, shall be separated in ownership or re-
duced in size below the minimum lot width or lot area required by
this ordinance, nor shall any lot or parcel of land held under
separate ownership on'June 2, 1949, and which has a width or an
area less than that required by this ordinance be further reduced
in any manner. No portion of a lot, necessary to provide the re-
quired area per dwelling unit, shall be separated in ownership
from the portion of the lot upon which the building containing the
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or by application of a propert~ ,;owner or owners, to ascertain all
pertinent facts and to determine lfhat,' in the, face of such facts,
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would constitute the' gr~atest 'adlli~r~nce to the standards and pur-
po~es of this ordinance and to then recommend such interpretations
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to the City Council. Upon the review by the City Council and the
approval thereof by resolution, such adjustment shall thereafter
become effective as it pertains to specific property. Proceedings
'f under this paragraph need n~t be submitted to public hearings.
SECTION 6. IR-2" TWO-FAMILY ZONE.
The following regulations shall apply in the "R_2" Two-
Family Zone unless otherwise provided in this ordinance.
A. USE.
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No building or land shall be used and no building shall
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be hereafter erected, constructed or established except for the fo1-
lowing uses:
1. Any use permitted in the "R-l" One-Family Zone.
2. A two-family dwelling, or two one-family dwellings.
3. Elementary, Junior High and High Schools offering full
curricula as required by state law; churches.
4. Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses.
5. Accessory buildings, including private garages and
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carports.
6; Required parking space (See Section 15).
,7. Transitional,uses shall be permitted as follows:
a. A three- or four-family dwelling where the side
of a lot in, the IR_2" Two-Family Zone abuts upon a lot zoned
for multiple-family dwellings, commercial or industrial pur-
poses.
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b. A public parking area ~here the side of a lot in
the IR_2" Two-Family Zone abuts upon'a lot zoned for commer-
cial or industrial purposes and is developed as required in
Section 15.
.c. In no case shall any ,part of such transitional
use be located farther than seventy-five (75) feet from the
less restricted zone.
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B. BUILDING HEIGHT.
No building hereafter erected, constructed or established
shall exceed two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height ex-
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I' cept as provided in Section 15.
C. FRONT YARD.
There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty-five
per cent (25%) of the depth of the lot, provided such front yard
need not exceed twenty-five (25) feet, except where lots comprising
" sixty per cent (60%) or more of the improved frontage on one side
of the street between intersecting streets are developed with
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buildings having a front yard different than herein prescribed,
the required front yard shall be the average of those having a
variation of not more than six (6) feet from the standard front
yard herein prescribed, provided that ,where exceptionally deep lots
or exceptionally shallow lots prevail, an appropriate special front
yard depth established in the manner provided for in Section 16
~ hereinafter shall govern; provided, however, that if a front yard
( depth other than that herein prescribed is now or may hereafter be
established by Section 15, C Area, Subparagraph 2 of this ordinance,
the required front yard'depths shall be as prescribed therein.
D. SIDE YARD.
On interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side
of a building of not l;ss than three (3) f~et.
On corner lots the required side yard adjoining the in-
terior lot shall be the same as for interior lots. The required
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side yard on the street side shall not be less than ten (10) feet.
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E. REAR YARD.
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On lots having only one dwelling there shall be a rear
yard of not less than twenty-five per cent (25%) of the depth of
the lot, provide d such rear yard need not exceed twenty-five (25)
feet.
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On lots having two or more dwellings, the required rear
yard for the 'dwelling nearest the rear lot line shall be not less
than ten (10) feet and the distance between separate dwellings on
the same lot shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet.
F. LOT AREA.
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The minimum lot area in Zone R-2 shall be seven thousand
five hundred (7,500) square feet, on which may be erected two one-
family dwellings, or one two-family dwelling.
There may be two additional one-family dwellings, or one
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additional two-family dwelling erected for each fullse.ven thousand
five hundred (7,500) square feet in excess of the r~q~~ minimum
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of seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet;-:prov1ded that
if such parcel of land is a recorded lot on June 2, 1948, and has
a minimum width of fifty (50) feet, then one two-family dwelling,
or two one-family dwellings may be erected thereon.
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SECTION 7. "R-3" MULTIPLE-FAMILY ZONE.
The following regulations shall apply in the lR_3" Mu1tiple-
Family Zone, unless otherwise ,provided in this ordinance.
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A. USE,.
No building or land shall be used and no building shall
be hereafter erected, constructed or established, except for the
following uses:
1. Any use permitted in the lR_2" Two-Family Zone.
2. Multiple dwellings.
3. Group houses, including bungalow courts.
4. Boarding and lodging houses.
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5. Private clubs, fraternities, sororities and lodges,
excepting those the chief activity of which is a service custom~
ari1y carried on asa business.
6. Accessory, ~uildings and uses customarily incident
to, any of the above uses, when located on the same lot and not in-
volving the conduct of a business, including servants' quarters
when located not less than seventy (70) feet from the front lot
1ine~ or when erected above private garages.
7. Signs of the following character only:
a. One (1) unlighted sign of not to exceed one (1)
square foot in area attached to and parallel with the front
wall of the building, and containing only the name of the
occupant.
b. One (1) sign of not to exceed four (4) square
feet in area advertising the premises for sale, lease or rent,
located not nearer than ten (10) feet to adjoining premises,
nor nearer than five (5) feet to a street line.
c. One (1) sign of not'to exceed ten (10) square
feet in area attached to and parallel with the front wall of
the building for identification purposes for multiple dwell-
ings, clubs, lodges and similar permitted uses.
8. Parking space (See Section 15).
9. Transitional use subject to the following conditions:
less restricted zone.
B. BUILDING HEIGHT.
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shall exceed two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height ex-
cept as provided in Section 15.
C. FRONT YARD.
There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty-five
per cent (25%) of the depth of the lot, provided such front yard
need not exceed twenty-five (25) feet, except where lots comprising
sixty per cent (60%) or more of the improved frontage on one side
,-, of a street between intersecting streets are developed with build-
ings having a front yard different than herein prescribed, the re-
quired front yard shall be the average of those having a variation
of not more than six (6) feet from the standard front yard herein
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prescribed; provided that where exceptionally deep lots or excep-
tionally shallow lots prevail, an appropriate special front yard
depth established in the manner provided for in Section 16 herein-
after ,shall govern; provided, however, that if a front yard depth
other than that herein prescribed is now or may hereafter be estab-
lished by Section 15, C Area, Subparagraph 2 of this ordinance, the
+~ required front yard depths shall be as prescribed therein.
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D. SIDE YARD.
On interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side
of a building of not less than,three (3) feet, provided that for
buildings higher than two (2) stories each required side yard shall
be increased by one (1) foot for each story in excess of two (2)
stories.
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On corner lots the required side yard adjoining the in-
terior lot shall be the same as for interior lots. The required
side yard on the street side shall be not less than ten (10) feet.
E. REAR YARD.
The required rear yard for the dwelling nearest the rear
lot line shall be not less than ten (10) feet and the distance be-
tween separate dwellings on the same lot shall be not less than
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fifteen (15) feet, and further provided that the rear yard shall
be increased by one foot for each story in excess of two stories.
F. LOT AREA.
Every dwelling hereafter erected or structurally altered
shall have a lot area of not less than seven hundred and fifty (750)
square feet per family; provided that these regulations shall not
apply to hotels or apartment hotels where no cooking is done in any
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individual room, suite or apartment.
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SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days
from the passage thereof, shall cause the same to be published once
in the Arcadia Tribune and Arcadia News, a newspaper of general cir-
cu1ation published and circulated in the City of Arcadia.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted
at a regulat meeting of, the City Council of the City of Arcadia,
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held on the 3rd
'day of March
, 1959, by the affirmative
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vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Jacobi, Camphouse, Balser, Reibo1d
and Phillips " '
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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SIGNED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of March ,1959.
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ATTEST:
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