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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3296 RESOLUTION NO. 3296. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN OFFICE AND STOR- AGE BUILDING AT 214 NORTH FIRST AVENUE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION L That there was filed with the City Planning , . Commission on June 13, 1960, the application of the Industrial Brush Company, as owner"signed ,by ~~chard B. English, Vice Presi- dent, for a zone variance to permit the construction of a building to be used for business offices in the front portion and warehouse purposes in the rear portion on property at 214 North .First Avenue in the City of Arcadia, County of Los Angeles, State of California described as follows: Lot 3, Block 79, Santa Anita Tract, as shown on map recorded in Book 15, pages 89 and 90, Miscellaneous Records of said County. That after notice as required by Ordinance No. 760 of the City of Arcadia, as amended, a public hearing was duly held by and before said Commission on the 12th day of July, 1960, which hearing was duly continued to July 26th, 1960, at each of which times all interested persons were given a full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence. That on August 9, 1960, said Commission adopted its Resolution No. 381 wherein and whereby it recommended the granting of the variance upon specified conditions. SECTION 2. That there were no protests to the granting of the variance. That the applicant is operating at its present location, 114 St. Joseph Street, under a variance originally -1- ..-J'.j _'~ granted in 1950 and twice extended, the second time by Council I Resolution No. 2495 which required that subject property be main- tained as a parking lot. That if the variance is granted, appli- cant will provide the required parking on Lot 1, Block 79, Santa Anita Tract, at the northeast corner of First Avenue and Santa Clara Street, and on Lot 2, Block 81, Santa Anita Tract, on First Avenue north of St. Joseph Street. That subject property, which lies between the Santa Fe Railway and the proposed freeway, is pre- sently zoned C-2 as is other property on First Avenue in the vicin- ity, but the property at the rear of subject property, facing on Santa Clara Street, is zoned and used for M-l purposes. SECTION 3. That the location of the property constitutes exceptional circumstances not usually applicable to property in the same zone and the variance is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of substantial property rights possessed by other property in the same zone and vicinity. That upon certain conditions herein- after specified, the granting of the variance will not be detri- mental to the public health or welfare, will not be inconsistent with good planning practice and the present or prospective develop- ment of the neighborhood in which the property is located. SECTION 4. That for the foregoing reasons a variance is hereby granted to permit the construction and use of a building at . . ~ - 214 North First' Avenue to be used for offices and storage facilities , , upon the following conditions: 1. The development of the property shall be in substan- tial compliance with the plot plan and building plans submitted with the application. 2. The applicant shall enter into a covenant with the city stipulating that Lot 1, Block 79, and Lot 2, Block 81, Santa Anita Tract, shall be improved and used only as required parking space for the business of the applicant, except that the small -2- .~' "C .~ . office building on Lot 2, Block 81, may remain in its present locat:Lon. 3. The city shall release the existing restriction relat:Lng to parking on Lot 3, Block 79, established by Resolution No. 2495. SECTION 5, The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of th:Ls resolution.. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcad:La, on the 6th day of September ,1960, by the affirma- tive vote of at least three Councilmen, .to wit: AYES: Councilmen Butterworth, Phillips, Reibold and Camphouse NOES:. None ABSENT: Councilman Balser ~2h~ City Clerk of the City of Arcadia SIGNED AND APPROVED this 6th c "'~-:' day of , 1960. '\. " ATTEST: '- ~~~ City Clerk (SEAL) ; -3-