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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1598 RESOLUTION NO. 1598 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF PETITION FOR CONDITIONAL VARIANCE TO THE CITY OF SIERRA n~ADRE PERTAINING TO CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES RESotVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. VffiEREAS, the City of Arcadia is the owner of a portion of Fractional Section 16, T. 1 N., R. 11 W., S.B. B. & M., located in the City of Sierra Madre, County of Los Angeles, state of California, upon which said City of Arcadia now maintains I and operates a water reservoir, and WHEREAS, in the opinion of this Council it is necessary that an additional reservoir be constructed on said property, and \VHEREAS, a Petition has been prepared upon instructions of this Board, asking that a conditional variance be granted by the City of Sierra Madre allowing the construction and use of a water reservoir on said property as part of the water system of the City of Arcadia, NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized, and they are hereby instructed to e:lCecute and file with the City of Sierra Madre said petition for conditional variance. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, at its regular meet- ing held on the 4th day of March, 1947, by the affirmative vote of at least three Souncilmen, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Adcock, Leeper, Nugent, Ormsby and Russell NOES: None ABSENT : None , e City Clerk of Arcadia SIGNED and APPROVED this 4th day of March, 1947. 011 . f((()h~ Mayor of the City of Arcadia . ATTEST' 4 ' ~e ~ ~/' City Clerk. ~r.l) ,~1)"" PETITION FOR A Vi.RIA!lCI.: OR EXCEPTION OF zonE CLAS"IFICATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IX T'fF. CITY OF SIERRA lWlRE. To the Planning Commission of the City of Sierra Madre, County of Los Angeles, Stat~ of Ca1ifornial The Petition of the City of Arcadia, a municipal cor- poration, respectfully showsr That petitioner is the owner of the followine described \ \ real property, to ~itl That portion of fractional Section 16, 'I. 1 n., R. 11 fl., S. B. B. & M., located in the City of Sierra Madre, County of Los Angela 5, State of California, described as fo110wSl Beginning at a point in the l~esterly line of Santa Anita Canyon Road distant 860 feet Northerly from the Northerly line of Grand View Avenue; said point bE'ing the South- easterly corner of land conveyed by Clara Bald~in Stocker to the City of Arcadia by deed recorded in Book 7351, Page 106 of Deeds, Records of said County; thence uest- erly along the Southerly line of land con- veyed by said deed, 172.71 feet; thence Northerly parallel with the l'iester1y line of Santa Anita Canyon Road 288.71 feet; thence Easterly parallel with the Southerly line of land conveyed in above mentioned deed 172.71 fpet to the ~ester1y line of Santa Anita Canyon Road; thence Southerly thereon 288.71 feet to the point of begin- ning, containing 1.144 acres. Said property is hereinafter mentioned and referred to as petitioner's property. The description of the property within the City of Sierra Madre and within a radius of Three hundred (300) feet from the exterior, limits of said property, as shown on the latest assess- ment roll of the County of Los Angeles, is as fo110wSl Immediately to the north of said petitioner's property is a small parcel of land owned by Gerald O. Risinger and in Zone R-l A. Immediately to the south and east of petitioner's property is land owned by C. T. Gardiner and in Zone R 1 A. To the, Vlest of the last mentioned property of C. T. Gardiner is n parcel of land owned by Lannan corporation, a ~ortion of which is Inc]~ded within the aforesaid radius of three hundred (300) feet and in Zone R 1 A. To the north of said Gardiner property is a parcel of land owned by the U. S. Forest Service. Petitioner's property on the East abuts on Canyon Road and to the east of said Canyon Roa~ and within said three hundred foot radius are the properties of Three Cities Land Company and Andrew W. Sorensen, both in Zone R 1 A. A plat showin~ petitioner's property requested herein'to be excepted from the provisions of Zone R 1 A, together with all property within a radius of Three hundred (300) feet of said property is attached hereto, and said plat has attached thereto a list of the namos of the owners of the parcels of property with- in said three hundred (300) feet radius in the City of Sierra Madre. That you~ petitioner d4sires a perman~nt exception to the zoning affectin~ said property for the construction, maintenance, use and operation of a second or additional water reservoir as part of.the water syst~m of the City of Arcadia. That there are special circumstances attached to petitioner's property which e~nerally do not apply to other properties in the same district and vicinity in that there exists upon petitioner's propert ~ at the present time a water reservoir so that the granting of this application for'a second reservoir upon said property will not result in material damage or prejtldice to other property, no~ be detrimental to the pUblic welfare or injurious to persons in the vicinity thereof. That a sketch showing the location of the proposed second water reservoir is attached hereto, as well as the proposed pumphouse to be constructed and used in conjunction therewith. " -2- That a previous petition covering this proposed variance was filed and granted by the Planning Commission in August, 1941, but the petitioner was unable to carry out the plans for the pro- posed construction due to the recent war. That petitioner is in a position, and intends, to proceed with the actual construction work in accordance with the attached plans within Six (6) months from the date of filing of this Petition. i~mREFORE, your petitioner prays that the property of petitioner be permitted to be used for the purposes herein mentioned and that an exception be granted as to petitioner's property for the purposes herein mentioned as provided for in Ordinance No. 391 of the City of Sierra Dadre. City of Arcadia, a municipal corporation. By: 1J! N . rkAlV1~ t ' Mayor ATTEST: <<4~ df City C..erk. - STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) SS COUNTY OF !,OS ANGFlES ) On this 4th day of March, 1947, before me, T. Guy Cornyn, a Notary Public, personally appeared M. H. Ormsby, of the City or Arcadial State of California, known to me to be the person described n the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same in the capacity therein stated and for the purposes therein contained. In uitness whereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal. Notary Public in and for said County and state. -3- U. S. Forest Service Lannan Corp. C. T. Gardiner Gerald O. Risinger Andrew W. Sor~nson Three Cities Land Co. N. Santa Anita 627 Winston St. 712 S. Olive st. 1408 Guess St. 163, E. Florence Ave. 474 N. Beyerly Dr. -4- Sierra Madre San ~arino Los Angeles 14 Rosemead Los Angeles Beverly Hills