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RESOLUTION NO. 6507
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING
TENTATIVE MAP 63552 FOR A FIVE LOT
SUBDIVISION AT 122]-]225 SOUTH SECOND
AVENUE AND 150 EAST LA SIERRA DRIVE.
WHEREAS, on October 18, 2005 an appeal was filed by John and
Karen Barker appealing the Planning Commission's 4-1 vote to deny
Tentative Map Application No. TM 63552 to create five residential lots from
three existing lots at 1221 and 1225 S. Second A venue, and ] 50 E. La Sierra
Drive. more particularly described as follows:
A portion of Lot 20 of Tract No. 808 in the City of Arcadia, County of
Los Angeles, State of California as per map recorded in Book ] 6,
Page 82 of Maps in the Office of the County Recorder of said County.
WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was held before the
Planning Commission on October II, 2005 to consider a request by the
applicant for a five lot single-family subdivision at which time all interested
persons were given full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission voted 4-1 to deny the tentative
map; and
WHEREAS, on October 18, 2005 the applicant appealed the Planning
Commission's denial; and
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2005 the City Council held a duly
noticed public hearing on said appeal and after closing the public hearing
voted 5-0 to approve Tentative Map 63552; and
WHEREAS, as part of the record of this hearing, the City Council
reviewed and considered:
I. All staff reports and related attachments and exhibits submitted
by the Community Development Division of the Development Services
Department to the City Council;
2. The record of the Planning Commission hearing regarding
Tentative Map 63552;
3. All information and material and documentation presented as
part of the public testimony at the City Council public hearing including the
staff report and the environmental documents (including the Negative
Declaration); and
WHEREAS, the above recitals are hereby incorporated as part of the
findings set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND
RESOL VE AS FOLLOWS:
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Section I. That the factual data submitted by the Community
Development Division in the attached report is true and correct.
Section 2. The City Council finds:
1. That four (4) of the five (5) proposed lots comply with all
development standards and requirements of the Arcadia Municipal Code and
the zoning code, and that Lot 3, the proposed corner lot, complies with the lot
area and lot depth requirements but has a width four feet less than that
required for a corner lot (instead of the required 85 feet in width, it has a
width of 81 feet);
2. That Section 9113.6 of the Arcadia Municipal Code provides "that
[if] a modification of the requirements of this Division [Design of Lots] is
necessary by reason of the size, shape, topography, or other conditions of the
property within the subdivision or of adjacent property, [the City Council]
may, by majority vote grant such modifications to this Division as are not
prohibited by the Subdivision Map Act and as are not inconsistent with the
General Plan";
3. That the 85'-0" lot width requirement for comer lots was adopted in
] 988 and prior to that time, the minimum lot width for a corner lot was 75'-
0"; that based upon evidenced presented at the public hearing, there are forty-
seven corner lots within the area that have lot widths less than the 85'-0"
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required by the Arcadia Municipal Code and only two existing corner lots
within the area comply with the current 85'-0" wide standard; that for this
reason, and in particular due to size, shape and other conditions of the
proposed subdivision and the fact that other similarly situated corner lots in
the vicinity of the proposed corner lot enjoy the benefit of a lot width less than
85 feet, a modification of the width requirement in the amount of four (4) feet
(a modification of less than 5%) is reasonable and appropriate for the
proposed corner lot;
4. That the design of the subdivision and improvements will not cause
serious public health problems;
5. That the site is suitable for the density of development and that the
design will not cause substantial environmental damage or substantially and
avoidably injure fish or wildlife or their habitat;
6. That the proposed subdivision, together with the provisions for its
design and improvement, is consistent with the City's General Plan; and
7. That the discharge of waste from the proposed subdivision into the
community sewer system will not violate existing requirements prescribed by
a California regional water quality control board.
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Section 3. That for the foregoing reasons, the City Council approves
Tentative Map 63552 for a five-lot subdivision at 1221-1225 South Second
A venue and 150 E. La Sierra Drive.
Section 4.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
Passed, approved and adopted this 3rd
day of January , 2006.
May r of the City of Arcadia
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Arcadia
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies
that the foregoing Resolution No. 6507 was passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 3rd day of January, 2006 and that said Resolution
was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
A YES: Council Member Chandler, Kovacic, Marshall, Segal and Wuo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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ity Clerk of the City of Arcadia
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