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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3777 '. RESOLUTION NO. 3777 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2 AND SECTION 3 OF RESOLUTION NO. 3727. WHEREAS, it was the intention of the City Planning Commission to have a plan review in each of the zones in the Central Area and this item was omitted from Zone C-l regulations in Resolution No. 3727; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission did recommend in their Resolution No. 540 that the City Council amend Section 2 and Section 3 of Resolution No. 3727; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALI- FORNIA, DOES DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Section 2 of Resolution No. 3727 be amended to read as follows: SECTION 2. That in order to promote and insure the purposes, aims and objectives of the Central Area Plan and foster the harmonious development thereof, and to prevent obnoxious, unsightly and undesirable buildings and structures that will be detrimental to properties and im- provements in the area, it is necessary that the following regulations be imposed with respect to that property classified in Zones C-l (Limited Commercial) and D (Architectural Overlay) by said Ordinance No. 1266, to wit: I. Plan Review: Prior to the filing of an application for a building permit to alter, construct, or reconstruct any structures, pre- liminary plans shall be submitted to and approved by the Planning Depart- ment. Such preliminary plans shall be drawn to scale and shall include the followin A B C D E F Adjacent streets and alleys, Sidewalks, curbs, gutters and parkway trees, Entire ownership of lot being developed, Floor plan layout of structures, Accurate elevations of all building sides, Completely dimensioned parking layout with all spaces indicated, -1- 3777 '. ~~l ~~l Location and method of all exterior lighting, Lahdscape planting layout with all plant materials identified, Method'of irrigation,' Gradiiig--and drainage plan, Locations and sizes of all signs to be located on the property, Any' otter data the Planning Department indicates as necessary to properly evaluate such plans. (L) II. Design'Factors:' . ,.. , . (A) 'Buildin Hei t Bulk and Area - No building hereafter erected' shall exceed a height of three 3 stories or thirty-five (35) feet, except as provided in Division 6 of Part 7'or in Division 2 of Part 8 of Chapter 2, Article 9, of the Arcadia Municipal Code. ' ' '(B) Setbacks - Front Yards, None; Side Yards, None; Rear Yards, Twent~ (20) feet. (C) Si!l71s- ,. 'a. Signs shall contain only such subject matter which re- fers to' the name of the establishment or to the goods and services sold on the premises on which the sign is located. b. No one sign shall exceed an area of fifty (50) square feet. c. Signs shall not project above the building roof line. d. The total area .of signs on the property shall not ex- ceed one (1) square foot of sign area for each lineal foot of building frontage. The total area of signs on the side or rear of the buildings shall be the same as permitted on the front of the building. e. Billboards shall not be permitted. f. Attraction boards shall not be permitted. g. Signs shall not be permitted on telephone or Edison Company poles or trees. h. Signs shall not project more than ten (10) inches over public right-of-ways. i. For sale or lease signs shall not exceed four (4) square feet. j. Moving sign or signs with any moving parts shall not be permitted and blinker, flashing, travelling or moving lights or signs shall not be permitted. k. Signs shall not cause any glare or reflection or light on other property or buildings. 1. When signs are illuminated, such illumination shall come from within or behind the sign. m. All signs which become non-conforming as a result of adoption of these regulations shall be completely removed from the premises within a three (3) year period from the effective date of these regulations. n. In addition to conforming with the above rules, the Building Superintendent prior to the issuance of a permit shall submit all sign plan proposals to the Planning Department for approval. The plan shall show the size and position of all proposed signs on the building and by word description indicate the colors, materials and method of illumination, and identification of the company constructing and installing the Sign. (D) Parking- a. Area Parking Requirements - Not less than three (3) square feet of off-street parking area shall be provided for each one (1) square foot of ~ross floor area of building being served. (Ratio-Parking to G.F.A. - 3:1). 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 hundred (400) square feet shall include access drives, automobile spaces and incidental uses such as landscaped areas and unuseable corners. -2- 3777 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED 1 space per each 200 sq. ft. of floor area. 1 space per each 50 sq. ft. of floor area. 1 space per each sleeping unit, plus 1 space for each 3 employees. 4 spaces per 1000 sq. ft. of floor area. 8 spaces per 1000 sq. ft. of floor area. To be determined by Planning Dept. at time of plan preparation. c. 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 contiguo~s thereto, or within four hundred (400) 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. d. Setbacks - Off-street parking facilities shall be per- mitted in required rear yard providing that all other parking require- ments such as walls, landscaping, and irrigation are complied with. e. Dimensions for Parking Stalls - Access Aisles - Drive- ways - 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 out 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. AISLE WIDTH (61-900): Parking spaces laid out 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 parkin~ shall have twelve(12) foot minimum aisles and ten (10) foot by twenty-four (24) foot parking stall sizes. f. Circulation - Parking areas having more than one 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. g. 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. h. 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. b; Use Parking Requirements - That the following uses, due to their unique traffic generation characteristics, shall be excep- ted from the above requirement and shall provide off-street parking on the following use basis: USE. Banks & Savings & Loan Associations Restaurant and Bar Facilities Hotels Offices (Professional & Business) Offices (Medical & Dental) Public Buildings -3- 3777 i. Marking of Spaces - Each parking> space shall be clearly marked with pairit or other easily distinguishable material. Either hair- pin or single line marking will suffice. ' ->- > - ,- -, > '>j. -Wheel'Stops - Wheel stops shall be provided for all r.'_e9-uired parking' spaces and shall be constructed of concrete. > , ' >. k. -Walls - Except for driveway and other' entrances, park- ing lots shall be properly enclosed with an ornamentalmasoriry wall as' follows: ,-- ' ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL ZONE: Where such areas front, side~ or' rear> on a atreet which is a boundary with a residential> zorie, there'shall-be a landscaped border not less than five (5) feet-in"width' oil 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' residen-' tial 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 residehtial >zones. Wall adjacent to alleys may be erected on the property line. ' , ADJACENT TO NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONE: Where such areas" front, side, or rear on a street which is a boundary with a non-resideh~ tial 'zone, there shall be a landscaped border not less than five' (5) -feet ih'width on the atreet side, and a solid masonry wall four (4) 'feet 'in height'shall be erected between the landscaped area and the paved 'park- irig area.' A wall not less than four'and one-half (4~) feet in height shall be erected on all property lines not abutting a street~ --, ' Community off-street'parkihg lots shall' be permitted arid' the requirement for walls between separate bUildings and uses dis- posed- wi th pr'-ovided that a covenant in recordable form by its terms -to be for'>the'>benefi t of, enforceable by, and to be released only by the Ci ty''-''is executed"by the owners of all property affected thereby. The' covenant shall state that such joint use of such off-street parking shall> tie 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 properties and in no case shall such wall height be more than six (6) inches above or below the prescribed height when measured from adjacent interior parking lot pavirig. ORNAMENTAL MASONRY WALL 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 or concrete block or similar such materials. 1. Lighting - Lighting shall be hooded and arranged to reflect light away from adjoinin~ properties and streets. Light stan- dards shall be a maximum of ten (10) feet in height. m. Landscaping - A minimum of two per cent of the inter- ior of every public parking area shall be landscaped with plant material and shall have a complete irrigation system; shall be well maintained in perpetuity and shall be reviewed annually by the Building Superintendent. Required planting areas on the street side of walls shall not be considered as part of the two per cent interior landscaping. Where a parking area abuts the buildings on the sub- ject property, the border plantings adjacent to those buildings shall not be considered as part of the interior landscaping. In complying with the two per cent landscaping requirement, the planting beds shall be dis- tributed throughout the entire parking area as evenly as pOSSible. Any plot plan showing the entire two per cent land- scaping in one or two large planting beds, or concentrated on only one portion of the parking area is not acceptable. -4- 3777 '. -- Any'unused space resulting from'the design of the park~~g spaces shall-be used' forplartting purposes. u_, No planting area or island shall have' an average wiath three (3) feet. The planting areas' or islahds must be--arawn the'plantswithin clearly" located ahd labe1ea.All'plant-- islands shall be surrounded by a continuous raised concrete 6f less'thari to"scale"and iiig-areas or curb. _"U . - - ,'u - , To- facilitate the plot plans, a plant list should- be' prepared 'giving the-botahical and common names of the plants to be' usea~ - tfie -si'zes "to' be planted, 1. e., 1, 5 or 15 galloh containers,- the" quantity of each and when possible and'applicable, the spacirig shall be shown.- The'plants sfiould'be listed alphabetically and assigned key num- bers to be used in locating the--plants ori'the plan. ' - ,."- ----.' -- Except' as stated below, it shall be required' that the plant material include trees with a ground cover and shrubs'beneath. Grouna cover-alone is not acceptable. A combination of ground' cover and Bhrubs-are'acceptablein'places where there is a problem of 'overhead space for'trees; however, wherever possible, trees are required. All plant'material shall be evergreen. Plants selected for the'design will be'checked for suitability in regard to eventual size and spread, sus~' ceptibility to diseases and pests, and adaptability to existing soil and climatic conditions. A local landscape architect or nurseryman is a suitable source for plant material information. " , ' n. 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 when necessary be protected by installation of at- mospheric or pressure type vacuum breakers. 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 lo- cated in planting beds. In no case shall hose bibbs be located where they will interfere with pedestrian or vehicular circulation. o. Loading Requirements - On the same land therewith, every building, structure, or part thereof, erected or occupied for a permitted Zone C-l use involving the receipt or distribution 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 publiC 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, but shall not be a part of any area required for use as off-street parking stalls. p. Additions - Structures which are enlarged in area shall prOVide parking facilities per the standard Zone C-l requirements. q. Changes in Use - Whenever the existing use of a struc- ture or lot is changed to another use, parking facilities shall be pro- vided per standard Zone C-l requirements. r. 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.' s. 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. -5- 3777 , 't; Accessory Structural Items - Towers, chimneys, spires, gables; 'roOf structures, etc. shall not exceed a height often (10) feet above the roof of any building and shall be' adequately screened'. ' ---.'" 'u. - -'Storage - All permanent arid temporary storage of ware aiid--iilerchandise crates, bottles, trash, garbage and refuse shall be within the building. ... .,., - '" v. Modifications - The Planning Commission shall 'reserve the"riglltwithout-necessity of further notice, to make minor modifica- tion of any of the foregoing conditions. ..", -(E). UndergroUnd Utilities - All utilities on the site for direct. service to the use thereon shall be installed underground except ciif'otherwise' approved by the Council by precise plan of design. The oWner or developer is responsible for complying with the requirements of tliis' Section -and shall make'the necessary arrangements as required-- by the serVing utility companies for the installation of such facilities. . -, SECTION 2. That Section 3 of Resolution No. 3727 be amended by adding a new part (E) to read as follows: (E) Underground Utilities - All utilities on the site for direct' service to the use thereon shall be installed underground except as otherwise'approved by the Council by precise plan of-deSign. The owner or developer is responsible for complying with the requirements of this Section and shall make the necessary arrangements as required by the serving utility companies for the installation of such facilities. 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 6TH day of APRIL , 1965, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEN, BALSER, CONSIDINE, FORMAN, REIBOLD AND TURNER NOES: NONE ABSENT: ~R~~" #~ City Clerk of the Ci'y of Arcadia SIGNED AND APPROVED this 6TH day of APRIL , 1965. ih~E ~~ / Mayor 0 the City of Arcadia NONE ATTEST: City Clerk (SEAL) -6- 3777