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Home My WebLink About0109 . . . . . RESOLUTION NO. 109 A RESOLUTION OF TIE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION oF THE: CITY OF ARCADIA, CAL:mlRNIA, RECOMMENDING TIE ORlWTING OF A ZONE VARIANCE AFFECTING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN SA! D CITY, TO PERMIT THE CON- STRUCnON AND MAINTENANCE THEREON oF ONE STORY APARTME:NT HOUSES, UPON SPECIFIED CONDITIONS. WHEREAS, on April 28, 1953, this COIIlIIlission did on its own motion, and pursuant to Resolut~on No. 106, institute proceedings for the consideration of a zone varianoe to permit tI'e construction and maintenance of single-story, multiple family dwell1l1gs, on the follOlling described .real property in said City, to-wit: rhose portions of Lots :s a>>d 6, Tract No. 949, as shown on Map recorded in Book 17. Page 13 of Maps, Records of Los Angeles County, included within the fol.lowing described exterior boundary line: Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot 129, Tract No. 12104, as shOND on map recorded in Book 226, Pages 37, 38 and 39 of Maps, records of said County; theme Silllltll 870 01' 3Sn East 220 feet to the WElst line of Baldwin Avenue; thenl;l6 Nortmrlyalong the West l.1ne of Baldwin Avenue to the North line o~ said Lot 5, Tract No. 949; tl'ieIlI:e ~st thereon to the Northeast corner ot Lot 5, Tract No. 1li46O. as ehovu on map recorded in Book 318, Page 44 01' Maps, Records of said County; thence Southerly along the Easterly 1111ils ot said Tract No. :141160, Tract No. 12786, all shown on map recorded in Book 263. Pages 3 and 4 of }(aps, Records of ss1d..County, and aforesaid Tract No. 12104 to the point of beginning, (being all that property located on the West side of Baldwin Avenue beginning approxima:tely 2~ feet. North at Huntington Dn va and extending to the Southlineof;the Lo~ ii.t1geles State and Count;r Arboret1llllf) and, ... ....'"~ : , . ~ ~ 1 ~ WHEREAS, after notice reqUired for-Ordinance No. 760. apubl:kl. hearing .'. , - . . was heldbEitore tQll.s Commiss;i!o~ on tlie 12t.h ~y lilt ~ 1953, at. w~b, time all .- /" -;, .-.. ~ ". ,- .. -,.' ".; ~ .. . .' I. .".. - , _. l j -', interesteli persOns were: gf:,.en a fuU 1lpportunity torbe heard and top~sent evidence; . .. NaI, T1EREFORE, the ~:LtY. P:tll:i'ming CoJttrd.sQon of tie City of Arcadi.a does hereby find, dete1'll!l.ne, resolve and recommend as foUows: SECTION 1. That tl'ere were no prote$ts, written or oral, to the granting of the variance as proposed, and with the conditions hereinafter rec~nded~ that the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum requested that tile norther:Q" 3.3 acres be excepted frl?Pl the proposed variance for the reason that the Arborehm proposed to purchase the same for additional off-street parld.ng facilities in connection With the Arboretum; that, except for such proposed acquisition. this COllllllission finds that the northerly 3.3 acres~ssilnilarly situated and affected by prevailing condi t1ons. as the balance of the property under consideration. -1- 109 . . . . . SECTION 2. That when subject property was zoned R-l, Baldwin Avenue had not been extended as a through street North from Huntington Drive; that Baldwin Avenue is now a through arterial fr01ll Hunt~ton Drive to Colorado Blvd..; that ,- the property in question faces and is across the street from t he property of the Los Angeles Turf Club, comprising approximatel;y rour hundred acres dedicated to horse racing and other recreational and entertaining events, and to the park- ing of motor vehicles in cormection with such uses; that in the near Vicinity are horse stables owned by or used in conjunction with the actiVities of the Los Angeles Turf Club. SECTION 3. That the construction of IIlI1ltiple-story apartments through- out the entire area would materially decrease the value of property abutting on the rear, part;1.cularly but not ~esse.rily J.inlited .to the le$seD1ng of the privacy of the owners of said property, and a d1ndnltation, if not total lose, of tbe View presently afforded said owners from their respective properties. SECTION 4. That the granting of the 'variance 'hareinafter recommended on the conditions specified, will not be inconsistent with good planning practice or the proVisions of the Master Zoning plan, or VIi. th the present development of the general neighborhood in which said prop&rty is located, nor will the granting of a variance as hereinafter recommended adversel;y affect the general comprehensive plan.. SECTION 5. SUch variance as hereinafter recommended is reasonab1Jr necessary for the preservation am. enjoyment of S\1bstantial property rights of the applicants, for the reason that the present development and use of adjacent properties and the development of BalMn Avenue as a through traffic arterial are not conducive to the use of subject property for the uses for which it is preSent1Jr zoned. SECTION 6. That for the foregOing reasons this Commission recOllllll6nds to the City Council that a variance be granted to permit the property hereinbe1'ore described to be used for the construction and mainte~e thereon of apartment houllt.,,,n condition that no apartnllnt house thereon constructed shall exceed one story in heighth, and a maximum of eight.een feet above final grade, and provided further that the front, side and rear yards shall not be less than req\l.ired by Section 6 of Ordinance No. 760 of the City of Arcadia, as amended. I HEREBY CERTIFY the t the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular -2- . . . . . meeting of the City Planning Commission held on the 26th day of May, 1953, by the following vote: A'lES: Commissioners anderson, Balser, Berky, Pratt and "Iobertson NOZS: None ABSENT: Commissioners Knopp and "orenson ~ /! J \"~ '(}ALL l:nx..f ~ ',' Chairman pro-tern 1/ .AX 1EST :