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Home My WebLink About0254 " . . . RESOLUTION NO. 254 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLANNING CO!IllVIISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, RECO~~NDING THE RECLASSIFICATION OF REAL PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LAS TUNAS DRIVE, EAST OF EL MONTE AVENUE. ~rlEREAS, there was filed with this Commission on March 4, 1957, the application of G. Glenn Dollinger, as owner, for the re- c lassii'ication from Zone R-3 to Zone C-0 0.1' te,e followin.,; described . real proIlerty in the City of Arcadia, County of Los Angeles, State of California, to wit: Lots 2i and 28, Tract No. 13540, per map re- corded in Book 277, pages 11 and 12, of Maps, records of Los Angeles County, and That portion of Lot 6{, Santa Anita Colony, as shom1 on map ~ecorded in Book 42, page 87, Miscellaneous Records of said County, be5in- nine; at the northeast corner oJ Las Tunas Drive and El Monte Avenue, thence North 100 feet with a uniform depth of 31"( feet East; located on the north side of Las Tunas Drive between El Monte Ave- nue and the Arcadia Wash Channel; and, WHEREAS, after notice required by Ordinance No. T';O of said City, as amended, a public hearing was C1uly held on the matter by and before this Commission on the 26th day of !'larcn, 1)47; and whic:1 hearin~ was duly continued to April 9, 1:15'7, at Wilich times all inte~ested persons were given a full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence; and, . ~mEREAS, pursuant to authority in it vested by law, tnis Co~~ission did, on April 23, 1957, under and pursuant to its cer- tain Resolution No. 2:;'0, institute proceedings for tne consideration of and making recommendations concerning tile reclassification of t,le above-described property to Zone D (arcnitectural overlay) in addi- tion to the basic zoning applicable or to be imposed upon said prop- erty; and, WHEREAS, after notice required by Ordinance No. '(00, of -l- 2=,4 . . said City, as amended, a public hearing was dul;;, held on the matter . by and before this Commission on the 14th day of rilay, 1957, at which time all interested persons were given a full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence; NO'.v, 'rHEREFORE, THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HEREBY DETER- MINES Ah~ RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That there were no protests, either oral or written to the granting of the application. That because of the in- creased traffic on Las Tunas Drive, subject property is presently more suited to profeSSional uses than to residential; that property across the street from subject property has recently been x'e2:oned . C-2; that under certain conditions subject property could be prop- erly developed with professional office buildings; that the hiGh caliber of the resiuential developments in the area require that reasonable restrictions on such developments be imposed to insure their harmony with adjaeent residential properties. SECTION 2. That for the foregoing reasons, this Commis- sion recommends to tile City Council t;lat the property hereinabove described be reclassified and placed in Zohe C-Q and alSO in Zone D and that the i'ollowing restrictions be made applicable to the aforesaid property if it be reclassified as requested and placed also in Zone D as recommended, to wit: 1. No building shall be over two and one-half stories in heignt. 2. There shall be a front yard ot' not less tnan ten feet, and, in the case of a corner lot, there snaIl be a side yard on the side street of not less than ten feet. . 3. All buildings shall comply with the requirements of Fire Zone No.2, and the exterior walls of all buildings, other than brick or natural field materi- als, shall be of pastel colors, 4. No roof slone shall be steeper tIlan six inclles vertical to tweive inches hori2:ontal. All roofs shall be covered with fire retardant rooi'ine. 5. The main entrance to all buildings shall face the principal street, and, in the case of a corner -2- 254 . . . . lot, nc entrance to such building shall be located on the side street except witnin fifty feet of the principal street. 6. Signs shall be located as speCified in Zone C-O. The total area of all signs shall not exceed one square foot for each lineal foot of builciinc; frontage on the street. There shall be no blink- ing lig~t3 or moving parts on any Sign. . .7, Towers, chimneys, spires, gables, roof struc- tures, flag poles, radio or television masts snaIl not exceed a heig'lt 01' twenty feet above the roof of the main portion of the building, 8. All buildings except accessory buildings snaIl face the principal str'eet. There shall be a six-foot hie;h masonI'Y wall f'ro,n tile rear of the building to tne rear property line, located on tne ten-i'oot setback line alorlrt; the side street. There shall be a. ,s::llx'-foot high masonry wall on the rear propert~ line, except tDat no wall s~all be required if the rear lot line is alSO a line of a deaicated alley. The:r'e st~all -::>e a four-foot high masonry wall on the interior lot line from the ten-foot front setback line to the building line of t!:re adJacen't lot and a aix-foot hig!1 mason- ry wall on the balance of tne interior lot line iI' a driveway or parking lot abuts an adjacent lot zoned for residential use.. The ten-foot yard re- quired. at the front of the building, and, 'in tile case of a corner lot, t;l€ yard required along the side street, shall oe landscaped and maintained free of.weeds and debris. There shall be no ve- hicular access from the side street. Tr,ere shall be no automobile parkin,$ in front of tile bUildin.;. Concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks of a five-foot minimum'width shall be constructed the full street frontage of each paI'cel of propel'ty prior to or concurrent with the erection or lnajor improvement of any structure on the respective parcel of land, unless such curb, gutter or sidewalk is existing. 9. The regulations contained in tllis resolution shall apply only to those buildings and their ac- ~essory buildings used and occupied as professional offices. No existing residential building or ac- cessory building shall be converted for professional office uses, unless such buildine; conforms to all of these regulations. All non-conforming buildinGS shall be removed from the lot when professional of- fice uses are established. No lot shall be used concurrently for both residential and profe.ssional office use. . 1Q. All flood lighting shall be directed away from adjoining properties, or be so shieided as to not shine on adjoining property, 11. The Planning Commission may modify any of the i'oregoing conditions if suc!: modification will not adve::,sely affect property or improve.nents in the vicini ty and iJ SUC~l modification will equally ac- complish substantially tlle SaJle results as will -3- 253- ;15-4- . . . the adherence to the foregoing conditions, o SECTION 3. The Sec~etary shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and shall cause a copy 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 Cit:y Planning Commission, held on the 14th day of May, 1957. QY the following vote: AYES; Corm'nlss;l.one:\,s I3alse.r, Daly, Davison, Robertson and Vachon NOES: None ABSENT: Co~nissioners Acker and Pratt f)~~ . ATTEST: Secretary . -4- 254