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RESOLUTION NO. 285
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLANNING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THE DENIAL,
WITHOUT PREJUDICE, OF A ZONE VARIANCE
TO PERMIT THE REAR PORTION OF PROPERTY
AT 140 EAST DUARTE ROAD TO BE USED FOR
AUTOMOBILE PARKING PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, there was filed with this Commission on the 21st
day of March, 1958, the application of the Arcadia Masonic Temple,
Association, Inc. as owner, signed by Elmer E. Westerhouse, Presi-
dent, for a zone variance to permit the use for automobile parking
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purposes of the following described property in the City of Arcadia,
County of Los Angeles, State of California, to wit:
Part of Lot 14, Tract No. 808, as shown on map
recorded in Book 16, pages 82 and 83, of Maps,
records of Los Angeles County, described as
follows:
Beginning at a point in the north line of said
lot 108.5 feet west from the northeast corner
hereof; thence south to a point in the south
line of said lot 107.23 feet west from the
southeast corner thereof; thence west on said
south line 107.23 feet; thence north to a point
in the north line of said lot 217 feet west from
the northeast corner thereof; thence east 108.5
feet to the point of beginning,
located at 140 East Duarte Road; and,
WHEREAS, after notice as required by Ordinance No. 760 of
said city, as amended, a public hearing was duly held on the matter
by and before this Commission on the 18th day of April, 1958, which
said hearing was duly continued to April 22, 1958, at each of which
times all interested persons were given a full opportunity to be
. hearoand to present evidence.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HEREBY DETER-
MINES AND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. That there were protests both oral and written
to the granting of the requested variance for the reason that an
automobile parking area adjacent to R-l property, without proper re-
strictions as to a buffer zone, would be injurious to residential
property and improvements in the vicinity.
SECTION 2. That the proposed use of the north half of the
above described property, fronting on Duarte Road and zoned C-l, is
for the erection of the new Masonic Temple. That subject property
is a long narrow lot approximately 107 feet by 450 feet. That the
parking requirements for the proposed Masonic Temple in a C-l zone
would necessitate the use of most of the rear half of subject prop-
erty.
SECTION 3. That at the time Greenfield Avenue was devel-
oped in Tract No. 19712, the planned development of the area was to
extend Greenfield Avenue northerly to a cross street, and to provide
a buffer zone of R-2 lots between the northerly side of such cross
street and the southerly side of the commercial lots facing Duarte
Road, so as to provide a reasonable transition between the R-I resi-
dential and the cOrrIDlercial properties. That the granting of the re-
quested variance would prevent this planned extension of Greenfield
Avenue and would establish a precedent for requests for other vari-
ances in the immediate vicinity.
SECTION 4. That it was not shown that the variance as re-
quested is necessary for the preservation or enjoyment of a substan-
tial property right of the applicant possessed by other property in
the same zone or vicinity.
SECTION 5. That for the foregoing reasons, this Commission
recommends to the City Council that the application of the Arcadia
Masonic Temple Association, Inc. for a zone variance be denied with-
out prejudice to a reapplication, and that the applicant work with
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4It the City staff to formulate a plan establishing a suitable buffer
between the parking area and the residential area.
SECTION 6. The Secretary shall certify to the adoption
of this Resolution and shall cause a copy of the same to be for-
warded to the City Council of the City of Arcadia.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Planning Commission held on the
13th
day of
Ms.y
, 1958, by the following vote:
AYES:
Commissioners Acker, Davison, Forman, Michler,
Robertson and Vachon
NOES:
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ABSENT:
Commissioner
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