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RESOLUTION NO.2388
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AND GRANTING A ZONE
VARIANCE AFFECTING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN SAID
CITY TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATION WHEREON OF ONE STORY APARTMENT HOUSES
UPON SPECIFIED CONDITIONS.
WHEREAS, on April 28, 1953, the City Planllint Commission of
the City of Arcadia did on its own motion pursuant to its Resolution
No.106, institute proceedings for the consideration of a zone variance
to permit the cc'nstruction and maintenance of single story, multiple
family dwellings on the tollowing described real property in said
City:
Tholl! portions ,of Lots 5 and 6, Tract No .949 as
shown on map recorded in Book 17, Page 13 of Maps,
Records of Los Angeles County, included within the
following described exterior boundary line;
Beginning at the southeast corner of Lot l29, Tract
No.12l04, as shown on map recorded in Book 226, Pages
37, 38 and 39 of Maps, records of SLid County; thence
South 87001'35" East 220 feet to the West line of
Baldwin Avenue; thence Northerly along the west line
ot Baldwin Avenue to the North line ot said Lot 5,
Tract No.949i thence West thereon to the Northeast
corner of Lot 5, Tract No.l4460, as shown on map re-
corded 1n Book 318, Page 44 of Maps, Records of said
County; thence Southerly along the Easterly lines of
said Tract No.14460, Tract No.12786, as shown on map
recorded in Book 263, Pages 3 and 4 ot Maps Records
of said County, and aforesaid Tract No.12l04 to the
point of beginning, (being all that property located
on the West side of Baldwin Avenue beginning apprOXi-
mately 220 feet North of Huntington Drive and extend-
ing to the South line of the Los Angeles State and
County Arboretum.), and
WHEREAS, after notice required by Ordinance NO.760 of said City
a public hearing was held by and before said City Planning Commission
on the 12th day of May, 1953, at which time all interested persons
were given a full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence; and
WHEREAS, said City Planning Commission, acting in an advisory
capacity to the City Council, has made its findings and recommen-
dations relative thereto, under its certain Resolution No.109, en-
titled: "A Resolution of the City Planning Commission of' the City of
Arcadia, California, Recommending the Granting of a Zone Variance
Affecting Certain Real Property in Said City, to Permit the Con-
struction and Maintenance thereon of one story Apartment Houses,
. Upon Specified Conditions.", a true copy of which is attached hereto
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and made a part hereof by reference the same as herein again fully
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set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City o~ Arcadia
does find, determine and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That there were no p~otests, written or oral, to
the granting of the variance as proposed, upon the conditions here-
inafter recommended. That all of the above described property is
equally affected by conditions warranting the granting of the pro-
posed variance.
SECTION 2. That when SUbject property was zoned R-l, Baldwin
Avenue had nOt been extended as a through street North from Huntington
Drive; that Baldwin Avenue is now a through arterial from Huntington
Drive to Colorado Blvd.; that the property in question faces and is
across the street from the property of the Los Angeles Turf Club,
comprising appro.ltimately four hundred acres dedicated to horse racing
and other recreational and entertaining events, and to the parking ot
motor vehicles in connection with such uses; that in the near vicinity
are horse stables owned by or used in conjunction with the activities
of the Los Angeles Turf Club.
SECTION 3. That the construction of multiple-story apartments
throughout the entire area would materially decrease the value of pro-
perty abutting on the rear, particularly but not necessarily limited to
the lessening of the privacy of the owners of said property, and a
diminuation, 1t 110t total loss, of the v1ew presently afforded said
owners from their respective pDoperties.
SECTION 4. That the granting of the variance as hereinafter
provided will no1; be inconsistent with good planning practice or the
provisions of the Master Zoning Plan, or with the present development
of the neighborhood in which subject property is located, nor will
the granting of such variance adversely affect the general comprehen-
sive plan.
SECTION 5. That such variance as hereinafter granted, is
reasonably necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of substantial
pboperty rights of the applicants, for the reason that the present
development and use of adjacent properties and the development of
Baldwin Avenue as a through traffic arterial are not cond~cive to the
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use of subject property for the uses for which 1t 1s presently zoned.
SECTION 6. That a var1ance be and the same 1s hereby
granted to permit the property hereinbefore described to be used
for the construction and maintenance thereon of apartment houses
thereon, upon the following express and continuing conditions:
(a) That no apartment house thereon constructed shall
exceed one story in height.
(b) That no apartment house thereon constructed shall
J exceed a max~mum of eighteen (18) feet in height above final grade.
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(c) That the front, side and rear yards of each apart-
ment house shall not be less than required by Section 6 of Ordinance
No.760 of the City of Arcadia.
(d) That each of the foregoing conditions shall be con-
tinuing and inter-dependent each upon the other and the violation
of anyone cr ~)re conditions herein provided shall constitute grounds
for the immediate rescission and cancellation ot the vanance hereby
granted as to the provisions with reference to which such breach
occurs.
SEcnON 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Resolution.
I H]~REBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution \'Ias adopt-
ed at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 16th day of
June, 1953, by the affirmative vote of the following Councilmen,to-wlt:
AYES: Councilmen Dow, HUlse, Kennett and Schmocker
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Nottingham
SIGNED AtID APPROVED this
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