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ORDINANOE NO. 170.
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/1/0 /70, AN ORDINANOE OF THE OITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, PROVID-
ING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OR EREOTION IN THE SAID OITY OF SiVEN
ZONES OONSISTING OF VARIOUS DISTRIOTS AND PRESORIBING THE OLASSES
OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, IMPROVEMENTS AND OCCUPANCY IN SAID SEV-
ERAL ZONES, AND THE USES THEREOF: THE PERCENTAGE OF AREA THAT MAY
BE OOVERED BY IMPROVEMENTS AND THE HEIGHT TO WHIOH BUILDINGS MAY
BE EREOTED: DEFINING THE TERMS USED THEREIN: AND PRESORIBING THE
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF.
The Board of Trustees of the Oity of Arcadia, California,
do ordain as follows:
DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.
That for the purpose of this Ordinance, cer-
tain terms used herein are defined as follows:
All words used
in the present tense shall include the future; all words used in
the plural number shall include the singular number, and all words
in the s~ngular number shall include the plural number; the word
alotl includes the word "plota.
AOOESSORY:
That the word laccessory. means a subordinat
building or portion of a main building, the use of which is incide
tal to that of the main building and located on the same lot or
parcel of land.
APARTMENT:
That the word napartment" means a room or a
suite of two or more rooms in a tenement or apartment house, occu-
pied or suitable for ocoupation as a residence for one family doin
its own cooking on ~he premises.
AREA:
That the word "arean means the surface of a lot
or plot of ground as determined by its dimensions measured on a
horizontal plane.
ATTIO:
An "attio. is a story under a sloping roof at
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BUILDING:
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of p,ersons, animals or Chattel~;
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and when separated by division walls of masonry from the ground
up and without openings then each portion of such building shall
be deemed a separate building.
BUSINESS OR COMMERCE:
That the word "business" or the
word "commerce" means the purchase, sale or other transaction in-
vo1~ing the handling or disposition of any article, substance or
commodity for profit or livelihood or rendering of personal ser-
vices or the ownership or management of office buildings, offices
or recreational or amusement enterprises.
CURB LEVEL:
The "curb level' for the purpose of meas-
uring the height of any portion of a building is the mean level
of the curb in front of such portion of the building.
But where
a building is on a corner lot the curb level is the mean level of
the curb of the street of greatest width.
If such greatest
width occurs on more than one street the curb level is the mean
level of the curb on the street of greatest width whiph has the
highest curb elevation.
The curb level for the purpose of ,reg-
u1ating and determining the area of yards. courts and open spaces
is the mean level of the curb on the front of the building where
there is the highest curb elevation.
Where no curb elevation
has been established or the building does not adjoin the street
the average ground level of the lot shall be considered the curb
level.
HEIGHT :
The "height" of a building is the vertical dis-
tanoe measured from the curb level to the finished ceiling line
of the highest story of the building.
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING:
That the term "industrial build-
ing" means a building devoted to the storage, repair, manufacture.
preparation or treatment of any article, substance or oommodity
whatsoever, and ino1udes buildings used as stables.
INDUSTRY:
That the word "industry" when used in this
ordinance means the storage, repair, manufacture, preparation or
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treatment of any article, substance or commodity whatsoever, and
including the operation of garages and stables.
LOT: That the word "lot" means a parcel of land abutti
on at least one street or alley and as shown upon ;he record maps
of the County of Los Angeles, on file in the office of the County
Recorder of said County.
Where no alley exists the rear line
of a lot having a frontage on two parallel or approximately para-
llel street$,shall be considered as equi-distant from those
streets, except where the full length or depth of such lot is less
than one hundr,ed twenty-five (125) feet, in which oase it shall
be deemed one lot.
LOT LINES:
That the term "lot lines" means the estab-
lished division lines between parcels of property public or pri-
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on file as aforesaid.
STORY: A "story" is that portion of a building includ-
ed between the surface of any floor and the finished oeiling
above it.
U8E: That the word "use" means the purpose for which a
building or premises is deitgned, arranged or
whioh it is or may be occupied or maintained.
intended,
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SECTION 2.
That in order to designate, regulate and re-
striot the location and locations of commerce, business, trades
and enterprises; and the location and locations of all buildings
designated, designed, arranged or intended for speoial uses, six
(6) classes of districts which shall be respectively known as
I;Zone A," 'Zone B," "Zone C,u"Zone D~u 'Zone E,' and "Zone F,"
which said several zones and the distriots of eaoh thereof, so fa
as said distriots are hereinafter defined, are hereby established
and the boundaries of said distriots and each of them are shown
upon the "Zone Map" of the City of Arcadia attached hereto, which
is by this reference expressly made a part thereof, and which is
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and each of them.
SECTION 3.
That except as hereinafter provided, the
use or uses of all buildings, improvements and premises existing
i~ any of said zones or districts thereof respectively, at the
time of the adoption of this ordinance may be continued. That
except as hereinafter provided, no building, structure or improve-
ment no~ existing shall be altered, enlarged or used; nor shall
any building, structure OT improvement be ereoted, construoted,
established or used in any of ~id zones or districts which is
designated, designed, arranged or intsnded for occupancy or used
in any manner contrary to or against the restriction oontained in
this ordinance for such district or zone.
SECTION 4.
That the Oity Planning Oommission may, upon
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the verified petition of any property owner, filed with said Oom-
mission, stating fully the grounds of the application and all
facts relied upon by petitioner, recommend to the Board of Trust-
ess, sxceptions to any of said restriotions established by this
ordinance in any of said zones or districts and the said Board of
Trustees may, by ordinance, permit the ereotion, alteration, re-
construotion, enlargement or use of any building, struoture or im-
prOvement, in any of said zones whioh is restrioted again~ said
building, structure or improvement, upon suoh terms and conditions
as said Board of Trustees may deem proper under the speoial,oirc
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stanoes so shown to exist.
Whenever said Board of Trustees shall
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27 stated in said petition, that suoh exception or permit is neoessa-
28 ry for the preservation and enjoyment of any substantial property
29 right or rights of the petitioner, and not materially detrtmental
30 to the public welfare, or injurious to the property and improve-
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ments in said zone or distriots thereof.
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said Board of Trustees thereon, within thirty (30) days thereafter
and mail a postcard notice of the fact of the rendition of suoh re
port to said petitioner, and if said report and reoommendation be
agains~ the petitioner, he may appeal to the Board of Trustees by
written notice of appeal filed with the City Clerk.
If the
Board of Trustees deem it necessary or expedient so to do, it may
set the matter for hearing upon suoh notice to interested parties
as it may deem proper, and the decision of the Board of Trustees
upon said appeal, shall be final and conclusive as to all matters
and things involved in said petition.
SECTION 5.
IIZ0NE A."
That hereafter no building, structure or
improvement or premise shall be used and no building, structure
or improvement shall be ereoted, construoted, established, alter-
ed or enlarged in the IIA" Zone whioh is designed, arranged or in-
tended to be oocupied or used for any purposes other than a sin-
gle family dwelling, together with the usual aocessories loca-
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ted on the same lot or parcel of land inoluding a private garage
containing space for not more than four (4) automobiles, provided
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that only one such single family dwelling house shall be erected,
constructed, e~tablished, altered or enlarged upon anyone lot or
paroel of lan4, which said lot or parcel of land shall be not les
than forty (40) feet in width.
other provisions of this ordi-
nance to the, contrary notwithstanding, and provided that the abov
provisions pertaining to the minimum width of lots im said IIAII
Zone shall not apply to any lot offioially reoorded in a map or
plat in the offioe of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County,
prior to the date of adoption of this ordinance, provided further
however, that no suoh single family dwelling shall be erected, co -
structed, established, altered or enlarged upon any portion or
portions of such reoorded lot or
lots as shown upon any OffiCial~
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map or plat recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Los
Angeles County, unless suoh portion or portions of suoh lot or
~ots shall be not less than forty (40) feet in width. Provided,
nothing in this section is intended to restrict farming or agticul
tural pursuits including the keeping of poultry and stock under
such regulations as are now or may hereinafter be imposed by or-
dinance.
No suoh dwelling house or any acoe~sory building thereto
in, said Zone DA. shall be erected to a height greater than one-
half of the width of the etreet upon whioh the lot fronts nor
shall such building contain more than two and one-half storiee,
provided that where the mean surface of the lot is five feet or
more above the curb level, that the height measurements shall be
made from the natural level. of the groun~ at.the lowest point OOV-
ered by the building.
Such portion of such dwelling and its accessory buildings
as are enclosed by walls or otherwise, together shall not oover
more than thirty per centum of the total area of the lot, provid-
ed, however, that where a lot has frontage on more than one street
forty per centum of the total area may be oovered.
SECT ION 6.
DZONE B..
That hereafter ~o bu11ding, structure or im-
promement or premise shall be used and no building or structure
shall be erected, constructed, established,' altered or enlarged
in Zone DB. which is designated, designed, arranged or intended to
be occupied or used for any purpose other than dwellings, tenement ,
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hotels, lodgings or boarding houses, churches, private clubs, pub-
lic or semi-public institutions of an eduoational, philanthropic
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or eleemosynary nature, or railroad passenger 'station and the usu-
al aocessories looated on the same.lot or paroel of land with any
of said buil~in8s, including the
office of a physician, dentist or
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1 other person authorized by law to practioe medioine and including
2 private garages containing neoessary and oonvenient space for au-
3 tomobiles or for any purpose permitted by this ordinanoe in Zone
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5 No such building, struoture or improvement shall be
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than three stories, provided, that where the mean surface of the
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lot is five feet or more above the ourb level, that the height
measurement shall be made from the natural level of the ground at
the lowest poipt oovered by the building.
The portions of suoh buildings as are enolosed by walls
or otherwise, together wball not oover more than fifty per oentum
of the total area of the lot, provided, however, that where a lot
has frontage on more than one street, sixty per centum of the
total area may be covered.
"ZONE C."
SECTION 7.
That hereafter no building, struoture or im-
provement or premise shall be used, and no building or structure
shall be erected, oonstruoted, established, altered or enlarged
in Zone "C" whioh is designated, designed, arranged or intended
to be occupied or used for any purpose other than dw~llings, tene-
ments, hotels, lodgings or boarding houses,. churches, private
clubs, public. or semi-public instituticns of an eaucational, phil-
anthropic or eleemosynary nature, or railroad passsnger station
and the usual accessories looated on the same lot or parcel of
land with any of said buildings including the of~ice of a physi-
cian, dentist or other person authorized by law to practice medi-
cine and including private garages containing necessary, and con-
venient spaoe for automobiles or for any' purpose permitted by this
ordinanoe in"Zone B.n
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ted to a height greater than one-half the width of the etreet upon
which the lot fronts nor shall such structure contain more than
four stories, provided, bowever, that towers, steeples, water
tanks, 'pent bouses, etc., may be ereoted above said limits.
The portions of such buildings as are enclosed by walls
or otherwise, together shall not cover more than seventy-five per
oentum of the total area of the lot, provided, however, that where
a lot has frontage on more than one etreet, eighty-tive per centum
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That hereafter no building, structure or im-
provement shall be erected, constructed, established, altered or
enlarged in the aoa Zone which is designed, arranged or intended
to be occupied or used for any purpose other than a sto~e or shop
for the conduct of a wholesale or retail businees, a place of
amusement, an office or offices, stud~os, conservator1es, dancing
academies, carpenter shop, cleaning and dyeing works, painting,
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photograph gal'l~y. plumbing shop, tallo'r, t1nsm1 th, undertaker,
hospi tals and sanitariums, upholsterer, commerc'ial garages, board-
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which the lot fronts nor shall such structure contain more than
four stories, provided, however , that towers, steeples, water
tanks, pent houses, etc., may be erected above said limits.
The portions of such buildings as are enclosed by walls
or otherwise, together shall not cover more than eighty per centum
of the total area of the lot, provided, however, that where a lot
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has frontage on more than one street, ninety per oentum of the
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"ZONE E."
SECTION 9.
That hereafter no building, struoture or im-
provement or premise shall be used; and no building or struoture
shall be ereoted, oonstruoted, established, altered, or enlarged
in Zone "E" whioh is designated, designed, arranged or intended
to be ocoupied or used for any purpose other than a store, or
shop for the conducting of a wholesale or retail business, a p1aoe
of amusement, an office or 'offioes, studios, oonservatories, danc-
ing aoademies, carpenter shop, cleaning and dyeing works, painting
(except spraying), paper hanging and decorating store, dressmaker,
millinery store, photograph, gallery, plumbing shop, roofing or
plastering establishment, ,tailor , tinsmith, undertaker , hospitals
and sanitariums, upholsterer, dog hospitals, oat hospitals, oom-
meroia1 garages and other similar enterprises or institutions; or
for any purpose permitted by this ordinance in Zone "n."
No such building, structure or improvement shall be erec-
ted to a height greater than three-quarters the width of the
street upon which the lot fronts nor shall such structure oontein
more than six stories, provided, however, that towers, steeples,
water tanks, peat houses, eto., may be erected above said limits.
The portions of such bui1dings,as are eno10sed by wa1~ 0
otherwise, together shall not oover more than ninety-per centum
of the total area of the lot, provided, however, that where a lot
has frontage on more than one street, or where the lot is bounded
on one or more sides by an alley not less than 20 feet wide, the
whole of said lot may be covered.
ZONE F."
SECTION 10.
That hereafter
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improvement or premise shall be used, and no building or structure
shall be ereoted, constructed, establish~d, altered or enlarged
in Zone "F" which is designated, designed, arranged or intended
to be oocupied or used for any of the following speoified tr~des, ~
industries, or purposes:, Ammonia chlorine or bleaching powder
manufaoture, asphalt manufacture or refining; brick and tile terra
oo~ta manufacture or storage; boiler works, creos6te treatment
or manufacture; crematory; distillation of coal, wood or bones;
fat rendering; fertilizer manufacture; gas (illuminating or heat-
ing) manufacture; glue manufacture; gun powder, fire works or ex-
plosives manufaoture and storage; incineration or reduction of
garbage, offal, dead animals or refuse; iron foundry, lamp blank
manufacture, lime, ce~ent and plaster of pariS manufacture; paint
manufacture; petroleum refining and storage; piokle, sauerkraut,
sausage or vinegar manufacture; railroad yard or round house; raw-
hides and ekins, ouring and tanning; rolling mill, scrap iron,
junk or rags storage or baling; slaughter of animals or fowls;
smelting of iron, soap manufaoture, stook'yards, stone mill and
quarry; sulphurous nitrio or hydroohloric aoid manufaoture; tal-
low, grease and lard manufaoture and refining; tar roofing or tar
water-proofing manufacture; tobaoco (Chewing) manufacture; or
similar obnoxious purposes.
No such buildings, struoture or improvement shall be
ereoted to a height greater than three-quarters the width of the
street upon whioh the lot fronts nor shall such structure oontain
more than .six stories, provided, however, that towers, steeples,
water tanks, pent ~ouses, eto., may be ereoted above said limits.
Any building, structure or improvement in said Zone "E"
may cover the total area of the lot; provided, however, that
buildings or structures used for human habitation shall oonform
to all building oodes and other regulations governing such build-
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"ZONE G."
That hereafter any building, structure or
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may be ereoted or oonstruoted, established, altered or enlarged
in Zone nG" without restriction as to its design, arrangement'or
intended use or purpose, provided such building, struoture or im-
provement or the use or purpose thereof, is not prohibited by law
or ordinance now in foroe or which may be hereafter enacted.
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water tanks, pent houses, etc., may be erected above said limits.
AnJr building, structure or improvement in said Zone "F"
may cover the total area of the lot, provided, however, that
buildings or structures used for human habitation shall conform
to all building codes and other regulations governing suoh build-
ings or structures.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 12.
That except as hereinafter specifioally
provided, it is not intended by this ordinanoe to modify or ab-
rogate or repeal, any ordinanoes, rules, regulations or permits
previously adopted or issued pursuant to law, relating to the
usage, management or oonduct of buildings, structures, improve-
ments or premises; provided, however, that where this ordinance
imposes a greater restriction upon the erection, establish~ent,
alteration or enlargement of buildings than is imposed or required
by such ordinances, rules, regulations or permits, the provisions
of this ordinance shall control.
SECTION 13.
That any building may be altered or en-
larged to the extent of not more than 50 per cent of its assessed
value; provided, however, that if any
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the zone or district in such such building is located, as shown
on said Zone Map, exoept where permit is issued as provided in
Seotions 4 and 9.
SECTION 14.
That the Building Inspeotor of the City of
Arcadia, California, shall not issue any permit for the erection,
construction, establishment, alteration or enlargement of any
building, structure or improvement in any of said zones contrary
to the provisions of this ordinance; and every application for a
building permit shall state therein the purpose for which the pro-
posed building, structure or improvement is intended.
SECTION 15. That any persons, firm or corporation, vio-
lating any of the provisions of this ordinanoe sha~~ be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon oonviction thereof, shall be
punishable by a fine of not more than Three Hundred Dollars
($300.00) or by imprisonment in the City Jail of the City of Ar-
oadia, California, or in the County Jail of Los Angeles County,
California, as the Committing Magistrate may direct, for a period
of not more than three months, or by both suoh fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the Court. Eaoh such person, firm or
oorporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every
day during any portion of which any violation of any provisions of
this ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person,
firm or corporation, and shall be punishable therefor 'as provided
by this ordinance.
SECTION 16. That where uncertainty exists with respect
to the boundaries of zones as shown on said Zone Map the following
rules shall apply:
(a) The Zone boundaries are either streets or alleys or
lot lines of record, unless otherwise shown, and where the colors
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(b)- Where the zone boundaries are not shown to be
streets, alleys or lot lines and where the property has been or
may hereafter be divided into blocks and lots, the zone boundaries
shall be construed to be lot lines and where the oolors on said
Zone Map are approximately bounded by lot lines, said lot lines
shall be construed to be the boundary of such zone.
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on said Zone Map shall be determined by the scale contained on.
such map and where uncertainty exists, the zone boundary line
shaLl be determined by the City Planning Commission upon written
application, and record thereof kept on file in the office of the
City Planning Commiesion.
INTERPRETATION --- PURPOSE
SEOTION 17. That in interpreting and applying the pro-
visions of this ordinance, they shall be held to be the minimum
requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safe-
ty, comfort, peace, convenience and general welfare. It is not
intended by this ordinance to repeal, abrogate, annul or in any
way to impair or interfere with any existing provision of law or
ordinance or any rules, regulations or permits previously adopted
or issued or which shall be adopted or issued pursuant to the law
relating to the use of buildings or premises or relating to the
erection, construction, establishment, alteration or enlargement
of any buildings or improvements; nor is it intended by this ordi-
nance to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easement, cov-
enant, or other agreement between parties; provided, however,
that where thie ordinance imposes a greater restriction upon
the erection, construction, establishment, alteration or en-
largement of buildings, structures or improvements in said se~
eral zones or any of them, than is imposed or required by
such existing provisions of law or ordinance or by such rules,
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SECTION 18.
That no building, structure or improvement
shall be occupied or used for any purpose other than the purpose
permitted in the zone or district in which such building or struc-
ture or improvement is situated, except as provided in Section 4
thereof.
SEOTION 19.
That if any section, sub-section, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinanoe is, for any reason, held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the deoision of any Oourt of compe-
tent jurisdiotion, suoh de~ision shall not affect the validity o~
the remaining portions of thie ordinance.
The Board of Trustees
of the City of Arcadia hereby deolares that it would have passed
this ordinance and each section, sub-section, sentenoe, clause and
phrase thereof, irrespective of the ~act that anyone or more
other sections, sub-seotions, sentences, clauses or phrases be
declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SEOTION 20.
That all ordinances and parts',of ordinances
in conflict 'herewith are hereby repealed.
SEOTION 21.
This ordinance is urgently required for the
preservation of the publio peaoe, health and safety and for the
speoific reason that this ordinance oreates residence, business,
industrial and other zones within said Oity of Arcadia and that
the best interests and general welfare of the community will be
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served by the creation and maintenance of said zones, as said
Board of Trustees is informed and believes that certain persons
who are cognizant of the fact that this ordinance is contemplated,
are deliberately planning to construct a building or buildings
within the several zones herein described, which will not be in
conformity with the requirements of this ordinance, and that such
person or persons are contemplating the commencement and construc-
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the design and plan of this ordinance and will be suocessful
therein unless this ordinance is made effective 'immediately.
SECTION 22.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adopt-
ion of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published
once in The Arcadia Journal ~nd The Arcadian, a semi-weekly news-
paper published and circulated in said City of Arcadia, and there-
upon and thereafter the same shall take effeot and be in force.
The foregoing ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting
of the Board of Trustees of the City of Arcadia, held on the 3rd
day of March, 1926, by the affirmative vote of at least four
Trustees, to-wit:
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Trustees Gramm, Granville, Hawk, Multer and
Wheeler.
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". - - t. ,/ --'J" f~ (). ,I (7 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE aITY OF AR-
1 OADIA'AMENDING SECTIONS 2, 10 AND 11 OF OROINAROE RO. 170 OF SAID
CITY OF AROADIA AND ADOING THERETO A NEW SECTION TO BE !l:NOWN AND
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AROADIA DO ORDAIN AS
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FOLLOWS:
SEOTION 1: That Seotion 2 of Ordinanoe No. 170 of
the Oity of Aroadla, entitled: HAn Ordinanoe of the City of Ar-
cadia, California, Providing for the Eetablishment or Ereotion
in the said City of Seven Sones Consisting of Various Districts
and Presoribing the Classes of Buildings, Struotures, Improvemsnt ,
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and Ocoupanoy ln sald Several Zones, and the Uses Thersof; The
Percentage of Area That May Be Covered by Improvements and the
Helght to U~loh Buildings May Be Ereoted; Defining the Terms Used
Therein; and Presoribing the Penalty for the Violation of the
Provisions ThereOf", adopted Karoh3, 1926, be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2: That in order to designate, regulate and
restriot the location and locations of oommeroe, business, trades
and enterprlsesL","d the location and locations of all buildings
designated, deslgned, arranged or lntended for special uses,
seven (7) classes of Distriots whioh shall be respectively known
as "Zone A", "Zone B", uZone C", aZone Oil, "Zone E. ,
"Zone Fa
and .Zone a", whioh s3id several Zones and the Districts of ~ach
thereof, BO far as sald Dlstricts are hereinafter defined, are
hereby eetablished; and the boundariee of said Districts and
each of them are shown upon the .Zone Map. of said City of Ar-
cadia attaohed hereto, which ls by this referenoe expressly made
a part thereof, and which is hereby referred to for a partioular
desoript1on of Baid Distr10ts and eaoh of them.
SECTION 2: That Sect10n 10 of aald Ordinanoe No.
170 be and the B3IIIe
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"ZONE F".
10: That hereafter no building, etruoture or
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ture shall be ereoted, oonstruoted, established, altered or en-
larged 1n Zone "F. whioh is designated, designed, arranged or
intended to be oooupied or used(for any ~urpose other than)the
following spe~ified trades and industries or purposes: Ammonia
ohlorine or bleaohing powder manufacture, asphalt manufacture or
refining; briok and tile terra oota manufaoture or storage;
boiler works, oreosote treatment or manufaoture; orematory; dis-
tillation of coal, wood or bones; fat rendering; fertilizer man-
ufacture; gas (illuminating or heating) manufaoture; glue manu-
faoture; gun powder, fire works or explosives manufacture and
storage; inoineration or reduotion of garbage, offal, dead ani-
mals or refuse; iron foundry, lamp blaok manufacture; l1me, oemen ,
and pl~ster of paris manufacture; paint manufaoture; petroleum
refining and storage; piokle, sauerkraut, sausage or vinegar man-
ufacture; railroad yard or roundhouse; rawhides and skins, ouring
and tanning; rolling m11l, sorap iron, junk or rags storage or
baling; slaughter of animals or fowls; smelting of iron, s&ap
manufacture; stock yards. stone mill and quarry; sulphurous nitri
or hydroohlorio aoid manufaoture: tallow, grease and lard man-
ufacture and refining; tar roofing or tar water-proofing manu-
facture; tobaooo (ohewing) manufaoture; or similar obnoxious
purposes.
No suoh building, struoture or improvement shall bs
ereoted to a height greater than thrae quarters the width of the
street upon whioh the lot fronts nor shall such struoture oontai
more than six stories, provided however, that towers, steeples,
water tanks, pent houses, etc. may be erected above said limits.
Any building, struoture or improvemsnt in said Zone " ·
may oover the total area of the lot; provided howsver, that bull _
ings or structures used for human habitation shall oonform to al
building oodes and other regulations governing such buildings or
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SECTION 3: That Section 11 of said Ordinance No.170
be and the eMe 18 hereby aIIIended to read as follows:
'ZONE a'.
SEOTION 11: That hereafter any building, structure
or improvement or premise may be used and any building or struc-
ture may be ereoted or constructed, established or enlarged in
Zone 10' without restriotion as to its design, arrangement or
intended use or purpose, provided such building, structure or
improvement, or the use or purpose thereof is not prohibited by
law or Ordinance now in force or which may be hereafter enacted.
No suoh building, struoture or improvement shall be
erected to a height greater than three-quarters the width of the
street upon whioh the lot fronts nor shall suoh etructures con-
tain more than six stories, provided howevsr, that towers, stee-
ples, water tanks, pent houses, eto. may be erected above said
11mi ts.
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may cover the total area of said lot. provided however, that buil -
ings or struCtures used for human habitation shall conform to
all building codes and other regulations governing such build-
ings or struotures.
SEOTION~: That said Ordinance No. 170 be and the
same is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section to be
Numbered 9-A, to read as follows:
SECTION 9-A: That all Lots or Paroels of land situate
South of that oertain Alley in Blooks 72 and 73, Part of Aroadia,
in the Oity of Arcadia, County of Los Angeles, State of Califor-
nia, as per Map reoorded in Book 15, Page S9, Misoellaneous Re-
oords of said Oounty, and all Lots or Paroels of land situate
North of that oertain Alley in Blooks 70 and 71, in said Part
of Aroadia, are hereby established as a Distriot of 'Zone B", as
defined by Section 6 of Baid Ordinance 170, in order to designate
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regulate and restrict the occupancy and use of any building,
etructure or improvement or premise in said 'Zone Ba, and from
and after the effeotive date of this Ordinance, the property
hereinabove desoribed shall be and beoome a district of said
"Zone 8ft.
SEOTION 5: The Oity Olerk shall certify to the
adoption of this Ordinanoe and shall cause the same to be pub-
lished once in The Aroadia Hews, a weekly newspaper published and
ciroulated in said City and thereupon and thereafter the same
shall take effeot and be in force.
The foregoing Ordinanoe was adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of sald City of Aroadia, held on
the 15th. day of August, 192!, by the affirmative vote of at
least three Counoilmen, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Bolz, Granville,Holt, Multer and
Sohermerhorn,
NOES I None,
and eigned and approved this 15th. day of August, 192!.
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1 NOTICE
2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Planning Com-
3 mission of the City of Arcadia, California. has heretofore submit-
4 ted to the Board of Trustees of said City of Arcadia its final
5 report under the provisions of that certain Act of the Legislature
6 of the State of California, approved May 31, 1917, and entitled:
7 "An act to provide for the establishment within Municipalities of
8 Districts or Zones within which the use of property, height of
9 improvements and requisite open spaces for light and ventilation
10 of such buildings, may be regulated by Ordinance".
11 Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provisions
12 of Section 4 of said Act, that on the 30th day of December. 1925, d
13 on the 15th,day of January, 1926, at the hour of seven thirty 0'-
14 clock P. M. of said days, in the Council Chamber of the Board of
15 Tru6t~es of said City of Arcadia, in the City Hall of said City,
16 any and all persons particularly interested and the General Public
17 may appear before said Board of Trustees and be heard as to the
18 matters embodied in such final report.
19 Said final report of said City Planning Commission and
20 the proposed Ordinance embodying the matters therein contained and
21 recommended for adoption by said City Planning Commission and en-
22 titled: "AN ORDINA.NCE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA. CALIFORNIA'; PRO-
23 VIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OR ERECTION IN ~~E SAID CITY OF SIX
24 ZONES, CONSISTING OF VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND PRESCRIBING THE CLASSES
25 OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, IMPROVEMENTS AND OCCUPANCY, IN SAID
26 SEVERAL ZONES, AND THE USE THEREOF; THE PERCENTAGE OF AREA THA.T MA
27 BE 'COVERED BY IMPROVEMENTS AND THE HEIGHT TO WHICH BUILDINGS MAY
28 ERECTED; DEFINING THE TERMS USED THEREIN AND PRESCRIBING THE PEN-
29 ALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND REPEALING
30 ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, are 0
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for a full description of said six zones and for further particu-
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