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RESOLUTION NO. 3438
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
GRANTING A ZONE VARIANCE TO PERMIT
THE USE OF PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF SANDRA AND SECOND AVENUES
FOR THE STORAGE OF SPECIFIED MATERIAL
USED IN CONNECTION WITH HARDING'S
GARDENLAND, INC.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That there was filed with the City Planning
Commission on September 19, 1961, the application of Charles E.
Harding, Jr., as lessee, for a zone variance to permit the use for
storage of material used in connection with the operations of Hard-
ing's Gardenland, Inc., of property located at the southwest corner
of Sandra and Second Avenues in the Ci~y of Arcadia, County of'Los
Angeles, State of California, specifically described as follows:
That portion of Lot 4, Tract No. 12670, as shown
on map recorded in Book 245, page 47, of Maps,
records of said County, bounded on the north by
Sandra Avenue, on the east by Second Avenue, on
the south by the first alley north of Live Oak
Avenue, and on the west by a line parallel' with
the west line of said Lot 4 and distant 181.65
feet easterly therefrom.
That after notice required by the Zoning Ordinance of said City,
as amended, a public hearing was duly held on the matter by and
before said Commission on the lOth day of October, 1961, at which
time all interested persons were given a full opportunity to be
heard and to present evidence, That at the conclusion of said
hearing said City Planning Commission adopted its certain Resolu-
tion No. 427 wherein and whereby it recommended the granting of
the requested variance upon certain specified conditions.
SECTION 2. That there were no protests to the granting
of the proposed variance. That subject property is a 20-foot wide
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strip of land between Sandra Avenue and the alley to the south,
west of Second Avenue. That although it was zoned PR-3 at the time
the property south of it facing on Live Oak Avenue was zoned for
commercial uses, it has never been graded or paved; that up to this
time the filling station on the corner and the doughnut shop west
of the station have had no need of additional parking area,
SECTION 3. That the extremely narrow width of subject
property and its unusual length constitute an exceptional circum-
stance applicable to the property that does not apply generally to
other properties in the same vicinity and zone. That the narrow
width of subject property precludes its use for any purpose per-
mitted under its basic zoning of R-3. That its only use for tran-
sient parking as permitted in Zone P would be in connection with
the adjacent properties, one of which is developed and used for an
automobile service station and the other for a doughnut shop, each
of which businesses already have far more parking than is required
to satisfy their daily needs. That the granting of the variance
as hereinafter prOVided is necessary for the preservation and en-
joyment of property rights possessed by other properties in the
same vicinity and zone, namely the right to use the same for some
reasonable and lawful purpose. That with proper conditions and
restrictions, the granting of the requested variance for the pres-
ent and until such time as the commercial development in the area
requires the use of subject property for parking would not be detri-
mental to the public health or welfare or injurious to property or
improvements in the vicinity, nor would it adversely affect the com-
prehensive general plan.
SECTION 4. That for the foregoing reasons, a variance
is hereby granted to allow the storage upon subject property of
mater~al used in connection with the operations of Harding'S Garden-
land, Inc, upon the following conditions:
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a, That the entire area of subject property be graded,
and all but the easterly twenty-three (23) feet thereof be fenced
with a concrete block wall, grape stake fence or a similar type of
fence to screen the stored materials from view,
b. That any portion of such a fence constructed within
twenty-three (23) feet of Second Avenue be no higher than the exist-
ing wall along the south side of Sandra Avenue at this location,
and that no storage of materials shall be permitted within the east-
erly twenty-three (23) feet of subject property.
c. That no fertilizer be stored on subject property and
that no paint spraying be done thereon,
d. That all niaterialsstored on the property with the
exception of tubbed trees shall be kept below the height of the
adjacent wall along the south side of Sandra Avenue.
,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 21st day of November ,1961, by the affirmative vote of at
least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Butterworth, Camphouse, Phillips, Reibold
and Balser
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Ci y C er 0 the City 0 rea ia
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 21st
day of November
, 1961.
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City Clerk
(SEAL)
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