HomeMy WebLinkAbout3164
RESOLUTION NO. 3164
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
DENYING AN APPLICATION FOR A ZONE
VARIANCE TO PERMIT THE PROPERTY AT
290 WEST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD TO BE
USED FOR CHURCH PURPOSES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That there was filed with the City Planning
Commission on ~~y 12, 1959, the application of the Shepherd of the
Hills Evangelical Lutheran Church, as owner, signed by the Reverend
Ray E. Hansen, requesting a zone variance to permit the following
described property located at 290 West Foothill Boulevard, in the
City of Arcadia, County of Los Angeles, State of California, to wit:
Lot 11, except the southerly 3 feet thereof,
of Tract No. 20642, as shown on map recorded
in Book 599, pages 77 and 78, of Maps, Records
of Los Angeles County,
to be used for church purposes; that after notice as required by
Ordinance No. 760 of said City, as amended, a publiC hearing was
duly held by and before said Commission on the 9th day of June, 1959,
which said hearing was continued to June 23, 1959, for a Staff and
Zoning Committe,~ report, at each of which times all interested per-
sons were given a full opportunity to be heard and to present evi-
dence; that on July 14, 1959, said Commission adopted its certain
Resolution No. 336 wherein and whereby certain findings, determina-
tions and recornlendations were made.
SECTION 2, That in addition to numerous oral and written
protests, a petition signed by twenty-four property owners in the
general neighborhood was filed opposing the requested variance on
the grounds that the proposed church in a residential neighborhood
would create tra.ffic hazards and would reduce residential property
values,
-1-
3164
SECT:CON 3. That subject property and all other nearby
property on the south side of Foothill Boulevard is zoned R-l and
used for no other purposes, and that the property across the street
on the north si.de of Foothill Boulevard is zoned R-O and used for
no other purposes. That subject property is only slightly irregu-
lar in shape with a frontage of approximately 230 feet on Foothill
Boulevard and a depth of 377 feet along Burnell Oaks Lane and has
an area of two acres. That subject property is presently improved
with a large, two-story frame dwelling erected some 30 years ago,
and with a guest cottage and a three-car garage. That although
applicant's petition recites that subject property was acquired by
the church on April 19, 1959, the transfer of ownership is not re-
flected on the tax rolls, the property has not claimed nor been
given the tax exemption commonly given to churches, and at the
time of the hearings before the City Planning Commission the prop-
erty was in escrow, the sale to applicant being contingent upon the
granting of a variance permitting the use thereof for church pur-
poses.
SECTIO~ 4. That applicant has not shown that the variance
is necessary for the enjoyment of any right of applicant possessed
by other propert;r in the same vicinity, but rather that applicant
as
has no interest therein other than/a potential purchaser. That ap-
plicant has not shown that public necessity, convenience, general
welfare or good zoning practice justify the requested variance, but
rather that such a variance would be detrimental to the residential
property in the neighborhood and would not be in the interest of
good planning for the City as a whole.
SECTION 5. That for the foregoing reasons, the application
of the Shepherd of the Hills Evangelical Lutheran Church for a zone
variance to permit the property hereinabove described and located
-2-
3164
at 290 West Foothill Boulevard to be used for church purposes is
hereby denied.
SECT:ON 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this resolution.
I HEPEBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held
on the 1st
day of
September ,1959, by the affirmative vote of
at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Jacobi, Camphouse, Reibold and Phillips
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Balser
~';h'gfa ~
C ~erk 0 th~ty 0 rea a
SIGNED AND APPROVED this
day of Septembe ,1959.
--
ATTEST:
~.~~
City Clerk
(SEAL)
-3-
3164