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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0268 " . . . RESOLUTION NO. 268 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THE DENIAL OF A ZONE VARIANCE TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A CHURCH LOCATED ON THE EXTENSION OF SECOND AVENUE NORTHERLY FROM SYCAMORE AVENUE. . WHEREAS, there was filed with this Commission on the 20th day of September, 1957, the application of Santa Anita Church of Religious Science, signed by Ethel Barnhart, Minister, for a zone variance to permit the following described property in the City of Arcadia, County of Los Angeles, State of California, to wit: Portions of Lots 8, 11, 12 and 13, Block 94, Santa Anita Tract, as per map recorded in Book 34, page 41, of Miscellaneous Records of said County; and A portion of Lot 3, Section 22, Township 1 North, Range 11 West, San Bernardino Meridian, to be used for the construction and operation of a church; and, WHEREAS, after notice required by Ordinance No. 760, as amended, of said City, a public hearing was duly held on the matter by and before this Commission on the 8th day of October, 1957, which said hearing was duly continued to October 22, 1957; and which said hearing was still further continued to Nove ~er 12, 1957; at each of which times all interested persons were given a full opportunity to beheard and to present evidence; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HEREBY DETER- MINES AND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That there were many protests, both oral and . written, to the granting of the requested variance on the grounds that a church in a residential area lowers the value of the residential property. SECTION 2. That it was not shown that there are exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or conditions applicable to the proper- ty involved; that all the other property in the vicinity is zoned -1- (J; ,. q!" ; 268 ./ . . R-l, and all such property that has been developed has been devel- . oped with high class residential uses; that it has been clearly demonstrated by maps prepared by subdivision engineers that subject property can be similarly well developed for residential purposes, and with a minimum loss of trees. SECTION 3. That it was not shown that the variance is necessary for the preservation or enjoyment of a substantial prop- erty right of the applicant possessed by other property in the same zone or Vicinity; that no other property in the same vicinity and zone has been developed to any other use than uses permissible in Zone R-l, nor has any variance for uses other than R-l been re- . quested or granted in the vicinity of subject property; that the applicant is not the owner of subject property but at most a pur- chaser; that the granting of a variance for church purposes in this particular location would adversely affect the residential develop- ment of property in the vicinity. SECTION 4. That for the foregoing reasons, this Commis- sion recommends to the City Council that the request of Santa Anita Church of Religious Science for a zone variance for the construction and operation of a church be denied. SECTION 5. The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and shall cause a copy of the same to be forwarded 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 26th day of November ,1957, by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Acker, Davison, Forman, Michler, Robertson and Vachon . NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioner Pratt -2- 268