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RESOLUTION NO. 3467
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
DENYING A REQUESTED VARIANCE TO ALLOW
THE ERECTION AND OPERATION OF A
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION AT THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF DUARTE ROAD AND
GOLDEN WEST AVENUE.
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 April,,5, 1961, the application of Jane C. Greer and
Ora Reed Greer, as owners, for a zone variance to permit the erec-
tion and operation of a gasoline service station on property at
the northwest corner of Duarte Road and Golden West Avenue, in the
City of Arcadia, County of Los Angeles, State of California, de-
scribed as follows:
Lot 133, Tract No. 2731, as shown on map
recorded in Book 33, page 29, of Maps, records
of said County, excepting the north 117 feet
thereof.
That after due notice as required by the Zoning Ordinance of said
City, as amended, a public hearing was duly held on the matter by
and before said City Planning Commission on April 25, 1961, at
which time all interested persons were given a full opportunity to
be heard and to present evidence. That on May 9, 1961, said City
Planning Commission adopted its certain Resolution No. 407, wherein
and whereby it recommended the denial of the requested variance.
SECTION 2. That while there were those who spoke in
favor of the variance, there were many who orally protested the
granting of the variance, many of these claiming that when they had
signed the application for the variance they did not understand
that it was for a gaSOline service station.
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SECTION 3. That subject property is presently zoned R-3.
That with the exception of the southeast and southwest corners of
Golden West Avenue and Duarte Road which were developed with small
commercial buildings while they were still in the unincorporated
portion of Los Angeles County, the development of the entire neigh- .
borhood is exclusively for residential uses, the majority of them
single family residences. That the recent development in the area
has been for R-3 uses. That there are no exceptional or extra-
ordinary circumstances applicable to the subject property that will
prevent the owners thereof from developing subject property for
similar residential uses. That the requested variance is not neces-
sary for the preservation of any property right of the applicants.
SECTION 4. That the area is not in any particular need
of a service station as there are already two at Baldwin Avenue and
Duarte Road, the first intersection to the east. That the granting
of a variance on subject property would open the way for similar
requests for the other corners, and such development would be detri-
mental to the property in the same neighborhood and zone. That the
granting of a variance for this particular lot would in effect con-
stitute spot zoning which would adversely affect the comprehensive
general plan.
SECTION 5. That for the foregoing reasons the request
for a variance to permit the erection and operation of a gasoline
service station on property at the northwest corner of Duarte Road
and Golden West Avenue in the City of Arcadia is hereby denied.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this resolution.
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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 20th
day of February , 1962, by the affirmative vote of
at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES:
Councilmen Butterworth, Phillips, Reibo1d and
Balser
NOES:
Councilman Camphouse
ABSENT:
None
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City Clerk 0 the City of Arcadia
SIG~ED AND ApPROVED this 20th
day of February, 1962.
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk
(SEAL)
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