HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 13c - Approving Parcel Map No. 70963
DATE: June 19, 2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Jason Kruckeberg, Assistant City Manager/Development Services Director
Philip A. Wray, Deputy Director of Development Services/City Engineer
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION NO. 7219 APPROVING PARCEL MAP NO. 70963,
REJECTING THE DEDICATION OF A STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
EASEMENT FOR UTILITY PURPOSES ON THE MAP, AND
RESERVING THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY
AND EASEMENT IN THE FUTURE
Recommendation: Adopt
SUMMARY
On July 17, 2009, the Arcadia Planning Commission approved Parcel Map 70963
subject to Conditions of Approval. The Parcel Map is to split the existing 135-foot wide
by 230-foot deep lot that fronts on Santa Anita Avenue (1512 South Santa Anita
Avenue) to construct a new single-family residence on each lot. Santa Anita Terrace
terminates at the subdivision’s easterly boundary. The map offers a public street
dedication to the City for the future extension of Santa Anita Terrace as a cul-de-sac
and an easement for public utility purposes. The street right-of-way and the utility
easement are not necessary until the development of Lot 2.
Parcel Map 70963 is now ready for approval and recordation. In consideration of the
developer’s offer of the dedication and easement, it is recommended that the City
Council adopt Resolution No. 7219 to accept the map, but reject the street right-of-way
and easement for utility purposes at this time, and reserve the right to accept the street
and easement in the future as a part of Parcel Map 70963.
BACKGROUND
In 2008, a Tentative Parcel Map Application was submitted to the City for a two-lot,
single-family residential subdivision at 1512 South Santa Anita Avenue. The size of the
new lots will be 20,925 sq. ft. for Lot 1, and 8,288 sq. ft. for Lot 2. Lot 1, the westerly lot,
fronts on Santa Anita Avenue, and Lot 2, the easterly lot, will connect to Santa Anita
Terrace as an extension from its terminus. Currently, Santa Anita Terrace terminates at
the easterly subdivision boundary, and the Parcel Map proposes to extend the street as
Resolution No. 7219 (1512 S. Santa Anita Ave.)
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a 1,837 square-foot half cul-de-sac bulb, measured separately from the two lots, to
serve Lot 2. The other half of the cul-de-sac bulb would be dedicated from the adjacent
northerly property in the event that property is subdivided. A public utility easement for
drainage and public utilities is also proposed on the property for the benefit of the street
right of way and Lot 2. It was determined that because the cul-de-sac extension and
the easement have no benefit to the City until development of Lot 2 occurs, there is no
need to build the half cul-de-sac now.
On July 17, 2009, the Arcadia Planning Commission approved Parcel Map 70963
subject to Conditions of Approval. Clearly, a great deal of time has elapsed since the
original approval. There were a number of reasons for this. Because the tentative map
was approved during the recession, various state Assembly Bills granted automatic time
extensions to July 14, 2017. Before the map can be recorded, the existing home on
the property (several structures) must be demolished because it encumbers both
proposed lots. In an effort to obtain a Certificate of Demolition, the applicant had the
existing structures evaluated for historic significance. The first evaluation of the
property was done in May 2016 and the evaluator found one of the structures to be
eligible for listing on the California Register of Historic Places. A second evaluation of
the structures was done in October 2017, and this evaluator determined that there were
no significant structures on the property. Both evaluations were submitted to the City
and the City’s consultant reviewed both documents, as well as completing additional
research, and agreed that there are no significant structures on the property.
The Certificate of Demolition application was approved on January 8, 2018. During the
evaluation period, the owner requested and received one final one-year time extension
from the City to July 14, 2018.
The requirement for construction of the half cul-de-sac for Santa Anita Terrace is not a
condition of the final map, and will be required as part of the development of Lot 2.
DISCUSSION
Final Parcel Map No. 70963 is now ready for approval and recordation. The half cul-de-
sac public street for Santa Anita Terrace was designed by the project engineer, and is
approved and on file with the City. The cul-de-sac right-of-way and the utility easement
are offered for dedication on the map.
The recommendation is to reject the offer of dedication and the easement now, but
reserve the right to accept them in the future when the need arises. It is of no benefit to
the City to accept the dedication and easement now, and the City would be liable for the
property even though it would not be improved. When development of Lot 2 occurs, the
development will be required to construct the Santa Anita Terrace half cul–de-sac to
provide access. At that time, the City will accept the dedication for the public street, and
the easement for utility purposes.
Resolution No. 7219 (1512 S. Santa Anita Ave.)
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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
The proposed dedication is categorically exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Section 15301(c) because the action will result in
negligible or no expansion of use.
FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no fiscal impact incurred by the City as a direct result of this action.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 7219 approving Parcel
Map No. 70963, rejecting a dedication of street right-of-way and an easement for utility
purposes on the map, and reserving the right to accept the street right of way and
easement in the future.
Attachment: Resolution No. 7219