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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3810 , RESOLUTION NO. 3810 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING AND ESTABLISHING REGU- LATIONS APPLICABLE TO REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF FOOTHILL BOULEVARD AND SECOND AVENUE IN SAID CITY UPON ITS CLASSIFICATION INTO ZONES C-l (LIMITED COMMERCIAL) AND D (ARCHITECTURAL OVERLAY). THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1, That the City Council has heretofore determined that the property in the City of Arcadia, County of Los Angeles, State of California, located at the northwest corner of Foothill Boulevard and Second Avenue, shown as Lots 1 and 9 of Tentative Map No. 23972 as approved by the Arcadia City Council on August 3, 1965, should be and the same is hereby reclassified in Zone C-l (Limited Commercial) and also Zone D (Architectural Overlay), and has adopted its Ordinance No. '1298 classifying and establishing said property in Zone C-1 (Limited Commercial) and also Zone D (Architectural Overlay), SECTION 2, That for the protection of properties in the vicinity, for the integration of subject property with the uses in effect or permissible in the area, and to promote the full and proper . utilization of the aforesaid property, the following restrictions and conditions should be and the same hereby are imposed upon the above- described property, pursuant to Division 2 of Part 7 of Chapter 2 of Article IX of the Arcadia Municipal Code, to wit: 1. That the property be developed in accordance with Plan "D" submitted by applicants, except that the northerly driveway presently shown on the aforesaid Plan "D" shall be totally eliminated or be re- located southerly thereof a distance approved by the Planning Department. The property shall be used in the manner shown on the plot plan depicting the development of the area heretofore filed with and approved by the Planning Commission, -1- 3810 2, All utilities, including electrical and telephone, shall be installed underground in a manner meeting with the approval of the Department of Public Works. Vault space, when required, shall be pro- vided to meet with the approval of the Department of Public Works. 3, Complete landscape planting and sprinkler irrigation plans prepared by a registered Landscape Architect shall be submitted as part of the working drawing package, such plans to be approved by the Planning Department, 4, Complete grading and drainage plans showing existing ele- vations and existing excavations shall be submitted as part of the work- ing drawing package, such plans to be approved by the Department of Public Works. 5. Any service facilities placed on the roof shall be screened from view and in a manner approved by the Planning Department, In no case shall these appurtenances exceed eight (8) feet in height, Accessory Structural Items: Towers, chimneys, spires, gables, roof structures, etc" shall not exceed a height of ten (10) feet above the roof of any bUilding and shall be adequately screened, 6. Heating and Air Conditioning Devices: Such devices shall be located within the building or if mounted elsewhere shall be screened from public view, 7, Lighting: Lighting shall be hooded and arranged to reflect light away from adjoining properties and streets. Light standards shall be a maximum of ten (10) feet in height, The height of the light stan- dards shall be measured from the elevation of the adjacent pavement of the parking lot. 8, Noise Requirements: The noise level from any activity shall not exceed a maximum level of sixty (60) decibels at any point on or be- yond any property line adjoining a residentially zoned district. 9, SIGNS: ao Only one (1) free standing sign identifying the name of the center shall be permitted, the maximum height of this sign not to exceed twenty-five (25) feet, All other signs permitted shall be mounted on the facades of the building, Any exterior signs displayed shall pertain only to the name of the business or the use conducted within the buildin~, b. No one sign shall exceed an area of fifty (50) square feet in Zone C-1. c, Signs shall not project above ~he building roof line nor more than ten (10) inches over publiC rights-of-way, d, The total area of signs on the front of a building in Zone C-l shall not exceed one (1) square foot of sign area for each lineal foot of building frontage, e. The total area of signs on the side or rear of a build- ing shall be the same as permitted on the front of a building. f, Signs shall not be permitted on trees or utility poles, g. No billboards or attraction boards shall be permitted, h, For sale or lease signs shall not exceed four (4) square feet, i, When signs are illuminated, such illumination shall come from within or from behind the sign, No illuminated signs shall be mounted on the east, west and north walls of the buildings, -2- 3810 (9, SIGNS: Continued) j, Signs shall not cause any glare or reflection of light on other property or buildings. k, Signs shall be of materials approved by the Division of Building and Safety. 1. No sign shall contain flashing lights or moving parts. 10, PARKING: a, Area Parkin~ Requirements: Provide not less than three (3) square feet of off-street parking area for each one (1) square foot of gross floor area of building being served (Ratio - Parking to G,F;A. equa1s'3:l). Having satisfied the ratio requirement, four hundred (400) square'feet shall be used as a design computational figure to determine the number of parking spaces a lot area will facilitate, The four hun- dred (400) square feet includes access drives, automobile spaces and in- cidental uses such as landscaped areas and unuseable corners, This figure is likewise based upon a parking stall size of not less than nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet, b, Use Parking Requirements: The fOllowing uses, due to their unique traffic generation characteristics, shall be excepted from the above requirements and shall provide off-street parking on the follow- ing use basis: USE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED 8 spaces per 1000 sq, ft, of floor area 1 space per 50 sq, ft, of floor area 4 spaces per 1000 sq. ft, of floor area 8 spaces per 1000 sq, ft, of floor area Banks Restaurant and Bar Facilities Offices (Professional & Business) Offices (Medical & Dental) c, Location and Design Factors: Location of Off-Street Parking - The space for parking facilities shall be located on the same lot or site, or on a lot or site contiguous thereto, or within three hundred (300) feet of the building or land use which these facilities will serve, When the required off-street parking facilities are prOVided on a separate lot from the main building or land use there shall be recorded in the Office of the County Recorder a covenant to the effect that such owner or owners will continue to main- tain such parking space as long as said building or land use is maintained, Setbacks - Off-street parking facilities shall be per- mitted in required rear yard providing that compliance with all other parking requirements such as walls, landscaping, irrigation, etc" is effected. Dimensions for Parking Stalls, Access Aisles, Driveways - Stall Size: Open and covered parking stalls shall be not less than nine (9) feet wide and twenty (20) feet long, Aisle Width (0-450): Parking spaces laid at angles through forty-five (45) degrees to the aisles or driveways shall have a one-way aisle or driveway of not less than sixteen (16) feet, Aisle Width (46-600): Parking spaces laid at angles from forty-six (46) degrees through sixty (60) degrees to the aisle or driveway shall have a one-way aisle or driveway width of not less than twenty (20) feet. -3- 3810 (10, PARKING: Item c paragraph 3 Continued) Aisle Width (61-900): Parkin~ s~aces laid at angles from sixty-one (61) degrees through ninety (90) degrees to the aisle or driveway shall have an aisle or driveway width of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. Parallel Parking: Parallel parking shall have twelve (12) foot minimum.ais1es and ten (10) foot . by twenty-four (24) foot parking stall sizes, Circulation - Parking areas having more than one (1) aisle or driveway shall have painted directional signs provided in each aisle or driveway, Automobile parking so arranged as to require the moving of any vehicle on the premises in order to enter or leave any other stall shall be prohibited, Automobile parking so arranged as to require the backing of motor vehicles onto a major or secondary highway shall be prohibited. Paving - All parking areas shall be paved with a con- crete or asphaltic surface to specifications and standards meeting the approval of the Department of Public Works. Drainage - Drainage of a parking area shall meet the approval of the Department of Public Works, Drainage into a street shall be by means of a conduit beneath the parkway. Marking of Spaces - Each parking space shall be clearly marked with paint or other easily distinguishable material, Either hairpin or single line marking will suffice, Wheel Stops - Wheel stops shall be provided for all re- quired parking spaces and shall be constructed of concrete. Landscaping - A minimum of three (3) percent of the in- terior of a public parking area shall have a complete irrigation system; shall be well maintained in perpetuity; and shall be reviewable annually. by the Superintendent of Building and Safety of the City of Arcadia, Re- quired planting areas on the street side of walls shall not be considered as part of the three (3) percent interior landscaping. Where a parking area abuts the buildings on the subject property, the border plantings adjacent to those buildings shall not be considered as part of the interior landscaping. . In complying with the three (3) percent landscaping re- quirement, the planting beds shall be distributed throughout the entire parkin~ area as evenly as possible. Any plot plan showing the entire three (3) percent landscaping in one or two large planting beds, or con- centrated on only one portion of the parking area, is not acceptable, Any unused space resulting from the design of the parking spaces shall be used for planting purposes. No ~lanting area or island shall have an average width of less than three (3) feet, The planting areas or islands must be drawn to scale and the plants within clearly located and labeled, All planting areas or islands shall be surrounded by a continuous raised concrete curb, To facilitate the processing of plot plans, a plant list should be prepared giving the botanical and common names of the plants to be used, the sizes to be planted, e,g., 1, 5, or 15 gallon containers, the quantity of each and when applicable, the spacing shall be shown. The plants should be listed alphabetically and assigned key numbers to be used in locating the plants on the plan. -4- 3810 (10, PARKING: Continued) . Irrigation - All landscaped areas shall be provided with a permanent, below grade (except for sprinkler heads), irrigation system, All domestic water supply lines to which irrigation systems are connected shall be protected by installation of atmospheric or pressure type vacuum breakers, when necessary. At least one hose bibb shall be located each one hundred (100) lineal feet, starting with one hose bibb at the front wall. Hose bibbs, wherever possible, shall be located in planting beds, Hose bibbs shall NOT be located where they will interfere with pedestrian or vehicular circulation. Loading Requirements - On the same land therewith, every building, structure, or part thereof, (erected or occupied for a permitted Zone C-1, C-2, or C-3 use involving the receipt or distribu- tion by vehicles of materials or merchandise incidental to carrying on such activity) shall be provided with sufficient space for standing, loading and unloading vehicles to avoid undue interference with the pub- lic use of streets and alleys. Such space shall be no less than ten (10) feet by twenty-five (25) feet for every ten thousand (10,000) feet of floor area or outdoor storage area with a fourteen (14) foot minimum height clearance; NO PORTION of this area shall be used for the require- ments of Off-Street Parking Stalls. Additions - Structures which are enlarged in area shall provide parking facilities per standards set forth herein, Changesin Use - Whenever the existing use of a struc- ture or lot is changed to another use, parking facilities shall be pro- vided per standards set forth herewith, Mixed Uses - In the event that two (2) or more uses occupy the same building, lot, or parcel of land, the total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements of the various uses.computed separately. Computation of Required Off-Street Parking Spaces - When a fractional figure is found as a remainder in computations made to determine the amount of required off-street parking, such fraction shall be construed to be a whole number, 11. WALLS: Except for driveway and other entrances, parking lots shall be properly enclosed with an ornamental masonry wall as follows: a. Adjacent to Residential Zone: Where such areas front, side, or rear on a street which is a boundary with a residential zone, there shall be a landscaped border not less than five (5) feet in width on the street side, and a solid masonry wall four (4) feet in height shall be erected between the landscaped area and the paved parking area. Where such areas side or rear directly on a residential zone, a solid masonry wall six (6) feet in height shall be installed on the zone boundary line, said wall to be reduced to three (3) feet in height within any corner cutback area and within the front yard area of the abutting residential zones. Walls adjacent to alleys may be erected on the prop- erty line. b, Ad~acent to Non-Residential Zone: Where such areas front, side, or rear on a s reet which is a boundary with a non-residential zone, there shall be a landscaped border not less than five (5) feet in width on the street side, and a solid masonry wall four (4) feet in height shall be erected between the landscaped area and the paved parking area, -5- 3810 (11. WALLS: Item b Continued) Community off-street parking lots shall be permitted and the requirements for walls between separate buildings and uses dis- posed with provided that a covenant in recordable form by its terms to be for the benefit of, enforceable by, and to be released only by the City, is executed by the owners of all property affected thereby. The covenant shall state that such joint use of such off-street parking shall be useable by the tenant and owners of the properties proposed to be served by such parking area, NOTE: Wall heights shall be measured from contiguous rrop- erties and in no case shall such wall height be more than six (6) inches above or below the prescribed height when measured from adjacent in- terior parking lot paving. Ornamental masonry walls shall consist of the use of solid wall materials, e.g" brick, stone, concrete, slump stone, etc" but shall not mean cinder block, fibre block, concrete block, or similar such materials, 12. Storage: All permanent and temporary storage of ware and merchandise crates, bottles, trash, garbage and refuse shall be within the building or screened entirely from public view by a six (6) foot high decorative masonry wall or other approved screening devices. 13, Complete working drawings in substantial compliance with the approved preliminary plot plan shall be submitted within a one-year period, These plans shall be approved by the Planning Commission prior to the zoning becoming effective. 14. All R-1 lots north of subject property and abutting Sycamore Avenue shall be not less than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet in depth. 15, The City Planning Commission shall have the right, without necessity of further notice of hearing, to make minor modifications of any of the foregoing conditions, if such modification will achieve sub- stantially the same results and will in no way be detrimental to adja- cent properties or improvements than will the strict compliance with said conditions, SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 17th day of August men, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Balser, Considine, Turner and Reibold , 1965, by the affirmative vote of at least three Council- NOES: None Councilman Forman fZ /J ~ -)/ ~~ @tVc. ~.f ~~ 4V~ City lerk of ~he ity of rcadia SIGNED AND APPROVED this 17th August , 196 . ABSENT: ~: '~ . ~~ ity ler (SEAL) of -6- 3810