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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0173 .,~,.:- . . . lIESOW'l'ION NO. 17) A llESQLUTIOll OF THE CITX PLANNING COl4MISSION OF TliJil cnI OF AttCADIA, CAL!j'()J:frjIA, .tl.l>COMMlll!!lDIi'lG T.tlJll DENIAL OF THJ!; APPLICATIOll FOR A V.A.RUNCJ!: TO 1'EIlMIT GEB'.rAD1 BlilAL PllOP'''1'i'1 Iii ZOIil.l!l .&.1 ~\l :Bl!I USJIID AS A MULTIPLE DWELLING WR'~AR, there was filed with this Commission the pstition of Frances E. and Martin J. State~, as owners, for a variance to permit certain real property in Zone .&.1 described as follows I That portion of lot 4, Tract No. 2409, 88 shown on map reoorded in llook 23, page 23, of Maps; and that portion of lot 43, Tract No. 119b9, 88 shown on map recorded in llook 259, :page 30, of Maps, records of Los Angeles County, ~ng rithin..the norther~ prolongation of the easter~ and WBster4' lines of lot 38 of said Tract No. 119b9, to be used for a multiple dwelling; and, WH.:ll1i1AR, after notice as required by law, a public hearing was du4r . held on the matter by and before this Commission on the 14th dq of Septemoer, 1::154, at which time all interested persons were g1 ven a full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence; NOlf, THEllEFOBE, the City Pl8llJling Commission of the City of Arcadia does hereby find and determine as follows: lUIlCTIOll 1. That subject property abnts property of an exceptional4' high type of development present4' being resonsd from Zone .&.1 to Zone :s.0. That there were numerous protests to the granting of the requested variance by the owners of property in the immediate vicinity. That a s1m1lar petition was filed before this Commission approximately four years ago and was denied by th1B Commission in January, 1950. !hat no cirCWllstances were found at that t1me to exist which w:>uld warrant or justify the granting of the requested variance. That since that time the circumstances have not changed so as to . warrant or justify the granting of the variance herein requested but rather such changes as have occurred mili.tate only further against the granting of the requested. variance, one of such changes being the upgrading from Zone .&.1 to Zone .&.0 of the adjacent properties. SECTION 2. That the granting of the variance requested is not necessary for the preservation of substantial property rights of the applicant - 1- .-- ,..../ /' I ;5{131: I ...~. ... . . for the reason that the eub~ect property is still as desirable and usable for . the po.rposes for wnich. it is and for ;rears has been zoned as it was at the time and prior to ths purchase thereof by appliCflJlt. That the granting of the requested variance would injuriously affect adjacent properties in the same vicini t;r and up to now in the same zone, particu.larly by reason of their exceptionally high type of development and maintenance. That there are no exceptional circumstances applicable to the intended use of subject propert;r, end no such exceptional circumstancee applicable to the propert;r i tsel!, as would compel the granting of the requested variance. SECTION 3. That for the foregoing reasons, this Commission recom- mends to the Cit;r Council that the request of Frances E. and Martin J. Stately for a variance be denied. SECTION 4. The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and shall cause a co~ to be forwarded to the Oity Oouncil of the . Ci t;r of Arcadia. I lIEllEBY CERTIli'Y that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the Cit~ Planning Commission held on the 13th ~ of Octo- ber, 1954, by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Anderson, Balser, Daly and Sorenson NOE: None AllSENTl Cormnissioners Knopp, Pratt and Robertson ~VA~ Cha1 rmen ATTESTl " '?!..tRA It Secretary - 2- 173