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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
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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 ,
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City Clerk of Arcadia
SIGNED and APPROVED
this 4th day of March, 1947.
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Mayor of the City of Arcadia
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ATTEST' 4 '
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City Clerk.
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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
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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.
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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:
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N . rkAlV1~ t
' Mayor
ATTEST:
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City C..erk. -
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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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.
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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.
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