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RESOLUTION NO. 6199 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING RESOLUTION 4185 AND ESTABLISHING NEW REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY lOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF HUNTINGTON DRIVE AND BALDWIN AVENUE EFFECTIVE UPON ITS RECLASSIFICATION TO THE C-2 & D AND C-2 D & H8 ZONES WHEREAS, in order to protect and promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the City of Arcadia ("City"), it is necessary that specific conditions be established to insure that the continued development and expansion of the regional shopping center on the property at the northeast corner of Huntington Drive and Baldwin Avenue (the "Property") generally depicted on the map attached hereto as Exhibit "A", will be harmonious with the high quality of the existing shopping center and compatible with development in the vicinity; and WHEREAS, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the D Architectural Design Zone regulations of the Arcadia Municipal Code, the regulations setforth herein shall control the development and use of the Property; and WHEREAS, a Final Environmental Impact Report has been adopted certifying , that the decision-making body reviewed and considered the information contained in the final EIR prior to adoption of this Resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES AND RESOLVES AS FOllOWS' Section 1. The City Council hereby rescinds City Council Resolution 4185; provided, however, that in the event there is any successful challenge to all or part of this Resolution then the provisions of Resolution 4185 shall automatically be deemed to be in full force and effect. Section 2. The City Council adopts the following design guidelines for the Property. 1. The Property shall continue to be developed and used only for a high quality regional shopping center with department stores, together with supplementary specialty shops and facilities including restaurants, multi-plex theater(s), a food market or markets and not more than two (2) automobile convenience centers. All -1- 6199 w '. ...!': . ., ""f ... ,.... development on the Property shall be subject to the specific conditions set forth in this Resolution and all plans for any and all development on the Property shall be submitted by the owner of the Property to the City for review and approval in accordance with all procedural and substantive requirements set forth in the Arcadia Municipal Code and resolutions, rules and regulations adopted by the City Council of the City. 2. All buildings on the Property shall be constructed within the areas shown on the Design Overlay Site Plan that is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof. 3. Any and all preliminary site plans, floor plans, exterior elevations, exterior lighting plans, conceptual landscape plans and signing programs for development on the Property shall be submitted to the Development Services Department of the City. Said plans shall be subject to design review and recommendation by the Planning Commission following a public hearing, and following its receipt of the Planning Commission recommendation, then design review and approval, disapproval or modification by the City Council following a public hearing. The final plans shall substantially comply with the City approved preliminary plans and shall be submitted by the owner of the Property to the Assistant City ManagerlDevelopment Services Director, or his/her designee, for approval, disapproval or modification. The Assistant City ManagerlDevelopment Services Director shall review the final plans for compliance with the approved preliminary plans. 4. No building permit for any construction on the Property shall be issued unless all of the conditions hereof have been complied with or assurances satisfactory to the Assistant City Manager/Development Services Director have been made to insure that all such conditions will be fulfilled. 5. Any use of the Property which is otherwise subject to the Conditional Use Permit provisions of the City's Zoning Ordinance shall require a conditional use permit; provided, however, a conditional use permit shall not be required for uses within Building Area C [mall area] as shown on the Zoning/Design overlay site plan. 6. Parking shall be provided on the Property in accordance with the requirements of the City's Zoning Ordinance and on-site parking spaces shall be provided at all times for all employees of the shopping center. If necessary to meet -2- 6199 ~ , r' .......l! ~ r- <, ... ... - ~ parking requirements, multi-level parking structures may be constructed on the Property adjacent to and east of the mall, in accordance with plans approved by the City. 7. Parking structures shall be designed to create an open environment maximizing vertical space, lighting and ingresslegress to the structures. The parking structures shall be architecturally compatible with the mall architecture and shall be subject to the review and approval of the City. 8. Any floor area within the mall common area(s) devoted to portable carts (not kiosks) shall not be subject to the City's Zoning Ordinance for providing off-street parking spaces. 9. All signs shall be subject to the City's Zoning Ordinance, except that the following shall be applicable: a. Two (2) freestanding mall identification. signs shall be allowed on the perimeter of the Property; one [1] on Baldwin Avenue and one [1] on Huntington Drive. The total area of said signs shall not exceed 350 sq. ft. per sign (including both faces). b. Wall signs on the exterior of the shopping mall structure shall be restricted to anchor stores containing 25,000 square feet or more, major restaurantsleating establishments containing 5,000 sq. ft. or more, theaterslcinemas and a food market Said signs shall comply with the City's Zoning Ordinance in regard to allowable square footage. Tenant signs facing on an open-air mall area and not exposed to the public right-of-way shall be excluded from this provision. c. Single-sided monument signs shall be allowed for a food market, theater/cinemas and restaurantsleating establishments containing 5,000 sq. ft. or more and that have public entrances from the exterior of the shopping mall. Said signs shall be allowed on the perimeter of the shopping mall structure or open-air mall area and located within planter areas. The total square footage of each sign shall not exceed 36 square feet d. No more than two (2) multi-tenant monument signs shall be allowed on the perimeter of the Property with identification on each of not more than four (4) major tenants. The total sign area for said signs shall not exceed of 500 sq. -3- 6199 T?, i r' _" ! :: ; " , ,'" -:: " ^ ,. ft. (including all faces). The design(s) shall be compatible with the mall identification signs. 10. All signs shall be compatible with the signing program approved by the City Council as part of the design review process and shall be subject to final review and approval of the Assistant City Manager/Development Services Director or his/her designee. 11. Final landscape plans in substantial compliance with the landscape plans approved by the City Council shall be prepared by a registered landscape architect and shall be submitted to and approved by the Assistant City Manager/Development Services Director or hislher designee, before any building permit is issued for any part of the project. Said plans shall include or be in conformance with the following, without limitation: a. A 20 foot wide landscaped buffer strip with a minimum six (6) foot high earth berm shall be maintained adjacent to Baldwin Avenue and a minimum ten (10) foot wide landscaped buffer shall be maintained adjacent to Huntington Drive. b. In addition to the landscaping required in Section 11a. above, three (3) percent of the parking areas shall be landscaped and the planting beds shall be distributed evenly throughout the entire parking area. Landscaping shall not be concentrated on only one (1) portion of the parking area, but dispersed throughout the parking lot. Any unused space resulting from the design of the parking spaces shall be used for planting purposes. No planting area or island shall have an average width of less than three (3) feet. The planting areas or islands shown on the landscaping plans must be drawn to scale and the plants shall be clearly designated and labeled. A continuous six (6) inch raised concrete curb shall surround all planting areas or islands. The required landscaped buffer areas adjacent to Huntington Drive and Baldwin Avenue shall not be considered as part of the three (3) percent "landscaping" of the parking areas. Where a parking area abuts the buildings on the Property, the border plantings adjacent to those buildings shall not be considered as part of the landscaping of parking areas. -4- 6199 -.,. ,~, T 'r ." :,,:. .. 1" '1 .- c. The solid exterior walls of the mall shall be developed with decorative landscaping and treatment such as a raised landscaped berm. d. To facilitate the processing of landscaping plans, a plant list shall be prepared giving the botanical and common names of the plants to be used, the sizes to be planted (e.g. 1, 5 or 15 gallon containers) and quantity of each. The plants should be listed alphabetically and assigned key numbers to be used in locating the plants on the plan. e, Additional parkway trees shall be installed, if necessary, at locations designated by the Public Works Services Director. These trees shall conform to the City Master Plan and be installed in accordance with the Public Works Services Department standards. 12. Light standards on the Property shall be a maximum of 20 feet in height. The height of the light standards shall be measured from the elevation of the adjacent pavement of the parking lot. Lighting shall be hooded and arranged to reflect light away from adjoining properties and public rights-of-way and shall be subject to approval of the Assistant City Manager/Development Services Director or hislher designee. 13. The owner of the Property shall provide adequate security personnel for the protection and control of persons and property on the Property. A security plan shall be submitted to and approved by the City of Arcadia Police Chief prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for any new buildings on the Property (including the parking structures). 14. Structures located within Building Areas A and B, as shown on Exhibit "A", shall maintain a minimum setback of 20'-0" from the Baldwin Avenue property line and shall be limited to one (1) story with a maximum height of 25'-0"; provided, however, that any building maintaining a minimum setback of 35'-0" from Baldwin Avenue shall be a maximum of one (1) story with a maximum height of 30'-0". In regards to Building Areas A and B, no more than one (1) building containing a maximum square footage of 10,000 square feet shall be allowed in each Building Area. 15. There shall be a minimum unobstructed distance between kiosks, between carts and between kiosks and carts of 15'-0". Kiosks and carts shall be harmonious in design. -5- 6199 ''/'.. '";'" "j~ , -.' r, 16. The following uses shall be permitted: Apparel and accessories stores Beauty and barber shops and figure salons Bookstores Camera and photographic supplies and services Department stores Drugstores Electronic equipment stores, including video, DVD, computer equipment, communication equipment, cell phones, pagers and other types of electronic appliances Fabrics and sewing stores Financial institutions including free-standing ATM machines Fitness centers, health clubs Food stores no greater than 38,000 sq. ft. in gross floor area Home furnishings, furniture, appliance and interior design stores Housewares Imports, cards and gifts Luggage Music, records, radio, video, DVD and television sales stores Optometrist/Opticians Pet shops Restaurants and other eating establishments offering food and beverage service, including outdoor dining, the sale of on-site liquor and entertainment. Entertainment is defined as such activities as high tech interactive simulation games, live music, dancing, billiards, bowling, ping pong, shuffleboard, banquet facilities and other family oriented group activities and shall be incidental to a restaurant/eating establishment use. Specialty food, liquor alld tobacco stores Sporting goods, hobbies and/or craft stores Theaters/cinemas Toys Variety stores Kiosks and/or carts within the enclosed and open-air mall common area shall be permitted provided the use thereof shall be in accordance with the above list of permitted uses. Other retail specialty shops, except those expressly excluded Other uses that the City Council determines are appropriate and compatible with a regional shopping center. The following uses shall be permitted only with an approved Conditional Use Permit: Entertainment uses including such activities as high tech interactive simulation games, live music, dancing, billiards, bowling, ping pong, -6- 6199 -., ,. ";" /'""" -'. ~ .." -- - ~.- I -17 ,.... ,~ shuffleboard, banquet facilities and other family-oriented group activities. Food service may be an incidental use in an entertainment facility. The following uses shall not be permitted: Body art studios including but not limited to tattoos, body piercing (other than ears) and body painting Check cashing, instant cash, cash advance businesses (exclusive of ATM machines) . Employment agencies Feed stores Gasoline service stations Messenger service Newspaper publishing Plumbing shops Printing or lithographing shops Self-service laundries and cleaners Taxidermist Telephone exchange service Vending machines (on the exterior of the enclosed and open-air mall areas as well as the exterior of all other buildings on the site) 17. The City Council may add to, amend or modify the provisions of this Resolution in a manner not inconsistent with the concept and substance of this Resolution, provided that the building envelopes shown on the Design Overlay Site Plan shall not be altered. Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. This Resolution shall become operative upon the effective date of Ordinance 2136 reclassifying all or a portion of the Property to the C-2 D and C-2 D and H8 zones. -7- 6199 -, ,. .,.. r -. . ,~ .~'.. -, .~- " Passed, approved and adopted this 3rd ATTEST: APPROV!=D AS TO FORM: ~p IJe~ Stephen p, Deitsch, City Attorney -8- day of October, 2000. Ma 6199 -1 ,. "';"'-"r- .. ,. "..-:1 "'- ~. ,- STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, JUNE D. ALFORD, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the foregoing Resolution No. 6199 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 October, 2000 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit: A YES: Councilmember Chandler, Chang, Marshall, Segal and Kovacic NOES: None ABSENT: None -9- . BUILDINC AREA "B" BUILDING AREA "A" WESTFIELD SHOPPINGTOWN SANTA ANITA i fTl BUILDING AREA -c" X :r: I - OJ j -1 ""l i -. i )> j I f=+ 1 " - 400' HEIGHT RESTRICTION AREA ; Ii w DUBRON AND ASSOCIATES SURVEYORS 16760 STAGG STREET SUITE 201 VAN NUYS, CA 91406 (818) 787-0676 OATE: 9-25-2000 JOB # 1505-2099 t " , Li .. - -- -, , ., , '. " , r J .< 1 l ': ~. :; ~ \ ') OD 62