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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3609 ~- ~ RESOLUTION NO. 3609 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIiE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, GHANTING A ZONE VARIANCE FOR THE ERECTION OF A CHURCH AND RELATED FnCILITIES ON LOTS ,11 AND 12 AND PORTIONS OF LOTS 10 AND 13 OF TRACT NO. 6074 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DUARTE ROAD \'lEST OF SANTA ANITA AVENUE IN SAID CITY. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CRLIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOW::>: SECTION 1. That pursuant to Section 9291.1 of the Arcadia Municipal Code the City Planning Commission on its own motion initiated proceedings for the purpose of considering and making recommendations concerning the granting of a variance for church purposes upon the following described property in the City of arcadia, to wit: Lots 11 and Ie, the west 10 feet of Lot 10, and the east 9 feet of Lot 13, of Tract No. 6074, as shown on map recorded in Book 67, page 83, of Maps in the office of the Recorder of Los nngeles County; Except the northerly 12 feet thereof measured at right angles to the northerly lot lines. That after due notice as required by the ~oning Ordinance of said City, a public hearing was duly held on the matter by and before said City Planning Commi,ssion on July 23, 1963, at which time all interested persons were given a full opportunity to be heard and to present evi- dence. That said City Planning Commission thereafter on July 23, 1963, adopted its certain Resolution No. 490 wherein and whereby it recom- mended the granting of the requested variance. SECTION 2. That the American Lutheran Church has heretofore obtained a variance for church purposes on property owned by it on the south side of Duarte Road westerly of City-owned property in said loca- tion. That the City is desirous of acquiring said church property in -1- 3609 r .' exchange for City-owned property hereinbefore described and the Ameri- can Lutheran Church of Arcadia is willing to make such exchange of properties. SECTION 3. That the above-described property is proposed to be developed in a manner identical to the plan and elevation hereto- fore approved with respect to the Church's present site with two excep- tions: a. The parking has been rearranged to facilitate the continua- tion of a thirty (30) foot wide alley; such alley to consist of a six (6) foot high wall and a five (5) foot wide planting strip on the south property line to provide a protective buffer and barrier for the single family residential uses south and twenty-five (25) feet of paving to facilitate a secondary supplemental means of traffic circulation for this and other similar developments that are likely to materialize in the future. The new parking arrangement, although not taking full advantage of the available space for parking in terms of the potential number of parking :3ta11s, nevertheless prOVides sixty-three (63) spaces and exceeds the prl~viously approved plan which proposed fifty-seven (57) spaces; b. The educational building is proposed to be two (2) stories in height whereas 11 one (1) story educational building was originally proposed and approved. That the plan and elevation proposed for sub- ject property are in the opinion of the Planning Department and the Planning COmmission an improvement over the original plot plan and elevation and will provide for better integration of the facilities in the neighborhood &ld provide better use of subject property. SECTION 1.. That for the foregoing reasons, a zone variance is hereby granted 1;0 permit the erection of a church and related facili- ties upon the above-described property upon the following conditions: -2- 3609 . a. That the variance shall not be operative until complete working drawings including landscape planting plans and irrigation plans prepared by a qualified landscape architect are submitted to and approved by the Planning C~nmission, which shall be within one year from the date of City Council approval of this variance. b. That no building permit shall be issued until such time as the plans have been approved by the Planning COmmission. c. That the working drawings shall indicate construction of a six (6) foot high wall on the west property line running from the north setback line to a point forty (40) feet north of the south property line, at which point the wall height shall be reduced to a height of three (3) feet and shall run to the north boundary of the alley; and that construction of not less than six (6) tree cut-out areas in the parking area in locations be completed and planted with tree types which screen the two (2) story educational building from the residential prop- erties south of subject property. d. That the water services shall meet with the standards set forth in the Uniform Plumbing Code. e. That grading and drainage plans shall be-submitted to and approved by the Department of Public Works. f. That no parking lot illumination shall exceed six (6) feet maximum height, and all building and parking illumination be de- signed to be and shall be directed away from the adjoining properties. g. That the south thirty (30) feet of the above-described property shall be offered to the City for alley purposes, accompanied by tender of deed for such purpose. h. That all windows on the south side of the second story buildings shall have a minimum sill height of six (6) feet, and no bal- conies or exterior exit ways from the second story on the south side:.':Of such buildings shall be permitted. i. That the City Planning Commission shall reserve the right, without necessity of further notice or hearing, to make minor moqif*ca- tions of any of the foregoing conditions, if such modification will -3- 3609 . achieve substantially the same results and will be no more detrimental to adjacent properties or improvements than will the strict compliance with said conditions. j. That construction plans shall be submitted to and approved by the Planning Commission prior to the issuance of a building permit therefor, which plans shall be substantially in compliance with the plot plan and elevation submitted by applicant in JUly of 1963 and approved by said City Planning Commission. SECTION 5. 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 Augus t , 1963, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Balser, Butterworth, Reibold and Phillips NOES: None ABSENT: Turner gf:~lMeOf?;:~~~ SIGNED AND APPROVED this 6th day of August , 1963. ATTEST: rdUo11;~{:RJ 'V4?v ~ City Clerk (SEAL) -4- 3609