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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3035 , RESOLUTION NO. 3035 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL' OF ,THE CITY OF 'ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DENYING A VARIANCE TO PERMIT PROPERTY AT 518 ,WEST ,LoNGDEN AVENUE' TO BE USED AS A REST H,OME. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES FIND, DETERMINlj: AND RESOLVE; AS FOLLOWS: ,0;' SECTI<?1'f, L That there was filed with the City Planning Commission on the 7th day of April, 1958, the application of LeRoy K. Johnson and Doris Johnson, as owners, for a zone variance to permit the following described property at 518 West Longden Avenue, + County of Los Angeles, State of California, to wit: The west 192 feet of the north 253.56 feet of Lot 12, Tract No. 4467, as shown on map recorded in Book 53, page 10, of Maps, Records of Los, Angeles County, ' to be used for furnishing room, board and nursing care to elderly women. That aft,er notice as r~quired by' Ordinance No. 760 of the City of Arcad~a, as amended, a public hea~ing was duly held by and , ' before said CQmmissio~ Qn the 13~h day of May, 195~, which said hearing was duly continued to May 27, 1958, at each of,which times all interested persons were given a full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence. That upon the conclusion of said hearings said Commission adopted its certain Resolution No. 296 wherein and whereby it made certain flndings and recommendations to this Coun- ciL SECTION 2. That although fifteen property owners in the neighborhood signed the application as not being opposed to the granting of the variance, no one spoke in favor of it at the hear- ing, and there were several oral protests, including one from a property owner who had previously signed as not being opposed to the ..... variance. -1- 3035 . T SECTION 3. That subject property consists of a large lot. In 1953 a lot split'was granted to permit the construction of a fifth dwellingj that although said lot split does not appear on the tax roll, the fifth dwelling was erected making more dwellings on subject property than are allowed on other property similarly zoned R-lj that had the lot been divided, subject property would be no larger tha~ other lots in the vicinity and for that reason the size , of subject property does not constitute an exceptional or extraor- dinary circumstanGej that no rest ,home exists anywhere in the City of Arcadia on property similarly zoned or situatedj and applicant has not shown that the variance is necessary for the enjoyment of ,any right possessed by other property in the same vicinity nor that public necessity, convenience, general welfare or good zoning prac- tice justify the requested zone changej that such a variance would be detrimental to the residentia.l property in the ,neighborhood and , would not be ,~n ~~e interest of good,plann+ng for the City as a + whole. SECTION 4. That for the foregoing reasons, the request for a zone variance to permit the above described property to be used for furnishing room, board and nursing care to elderly women is hereby denied. SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the f~regoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Cquncil of the City of Arcadia held on the 1st day of July , 1958, by,the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: ~ -2- 3035 ~ ~ AYES: NOES: ABSENT: COUNCILMEN JACOBI, CAMPHOUSE, BALSER; REmOLD ,AND PHILLIPS NONE NONE '~( ,.~ ~ c5 M g' / ' , yi~01 e C y 01' ~ , SIGNED AND APPROVED this ~ ' 7)OAL ). y er ' (SEAL) ~ ,... " -3- 1st day of July , 1958. < !:iS~~c!~~~: