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. RESOLUTION NO. 157
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA. CALIFORNIA, MAKING CERTAIN
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO THE
PROPOSED AMEND1JIENT OF ORDINANCE NO. 760 OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA. PURSUANT TO RESOLUl'ION NO. 1!j.9
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 17 of Ordinance No. 760 of
the City of Arcadia, the City Planning Commission of the City of
Arcadia did, on September 22, 1953, pass. approve and adopt its
certain Resolution No. 125 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLAN-
NING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS
INTENTION TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AND MAK-
ING RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE AMENDMENT OF SECTIONS 7. 8. 9,.
10. AND 15 OF ORDINANCE NO. 760 OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA AND ADDING
~ SECTION 8i THERETO", pursuant to which notice was duly published and
given and a public hearing duly held on the 10th day of November,
1953, at which time all persons present and interested were given a
full opportWlity to be heard and to present evidence relative to the
matter of the proposed amendment of Ordinance No. 760 of said City
as proVided in said Resolution No. 125;; and,
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WHEREAS, for the purpose of broadening the scope of the
subject matter and the recommendations to be made thereon, the City
Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia did, on May 11, 19,54.,
pursuant to Section 17 of Ordinance No. 760 of the City of Arcadia,
pass, approve and adopt its certain Resolution No. 1!j.9 entitled"A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLAWTING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA. DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO INSTITUTE AND HE-INSTITUTE
PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AND 1f.AKING RECOMMENDATIONS CON-
CERNING THE AMENDMENT OF SECTIONS 2, 7, 8, 9, 10 AND 15 OF ORDINANCE
NO. 760 OF '.fHE CITY OF ARCADIA AND ADDING SECTIONS 8.1 AND 8.2
THE:RErO'~, pursuant to which notice was duly published and given and
a public hearing held on the 8th day of June, 195!j., at which time all
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persons present and interested were given a full opportunity to be
heard and present evidence relative to the wAtter of the propmed
amendment of Ordinance No. 760 of said City as provided in said
Resolution No. 149; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 17 of Ordinance No. 760 of
the City of Arcadia, the City Planning Commission of the City of
Arcadia did, on May 11, 1954. pass, approve and adopt its certain
Resolution No. 150, entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLANNING COM-
MISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA. CALIFORNIA. DECLARlNG ITS INTENTION
TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AND lllAKING RECOM-
MENDATIONS CONCERNING THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 7 OF ORDINANCE NO.
760 OF THE CITY OF ARCADIAII, pursuant to which notice was duly pub-
lished and given and a public heB!:' ing held on the 8th day of June.
1954, at which time all persons present and interested were given a
full opportunity to be heard and present evidence relative to the
matter of the proposed amendment of Ordinance No. 760 of said City
as provided in said Resolution No. 150; and,
WHEREAS. said Planning Commission has fully reviewed and
considered the subject matter generally;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Planning Commission of the City
of Arcadia, California, does hereby find. determine and resolve and
recommend as .follows:
SECTION 1. That the public necessity, convenience and
general welfare require, and this Commission hereby recommends to the
City Council of the City of Arcadia, that Ordinance No. 760 of said
city be amended in the following particulars to read as follows:
That SECTION 2, DEFINITIONS. of said Ordinance No. 760 be
amended by adding thereto the following definitions:
IIStory, Half:1I A story with at least two (2) of its
opposite sides situated in a sloping roof, the floor area
of which does not exceed two-thirds (2/3) of the floor area
inDnediately below it;
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"Super Service Station": An automobile filling
station to supply gasoline. oil and diesel fuel to motor
vehicles. and including grease racks or elevators, wash
racks or pits. tire repairs, battery servicing and repair-
ing, ignition service. sales of motor vehicle accessories
and other customary services for automobiles including
major repair, towing service and equipment rental. but
excluding painting, body work and steam cleaning;
"Self Service Laundries"': Any establishment for
laundering where there is no pick up or delivery service
and no ste!llI!. or hand laundry of any type; provided. how-
ever, that all washing machines and accessory extractors
and dryers shall be installed on a single floor without
double decking and there shall be no intermingline of cus-
tomers' laundry;
and by amending the definition of "Service Station" to read as
follows:
"Automobile Service Station": A filling station.
containing not more than six (6) pumps. one (1) grease
rack and one (1) wash rack, to supply gasoline and oil
to motor vehicles and provide minor servicing and sales
of motor vehicle accessories.
That SECTION 7. "R-3" MULTIPLE FALIILY ZONE, paragrah A -
USE and Paragraph B - HEIGHT. be amended to read as follows:
''SECTION 7: "R-3" MULTIPLE-FAMILY ZONE.
The following regulations shall apply in the "B-3'" Multiple-
~ Family Zone, unless otherwise provided in this Ordinance.
A. USE.
No building or land shall be used and no building shall
be hereafter erected, constructed or established, except for
the follow.!. ng uses:
1. Any use permitted in the "R-2" Two-family Zone.
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2. Multiple &vellings.
J. Group houses. including bungalow courts.
4. Boarding and lodging houses..
5. Private clubs. fraternities. sororities and
lodges, exceptL~g those the chief activity of wluch is
a service customarily carried on as a business.
6. Accessory buildings and t~es customarily inci-
dent to any of the above uses. when located on the sarna
lot and not involving the conduct of a business. includ-
ing servants' quarters when located not less than seventy
(70) feet from the front lot line, or WhEW ereclj'Jd above
private garages.
7. Signs of the following character only.
a. One (1) unlighted sign of not to exceed
one (1) square foot in area attached to and paral-
lel with the front vIall of t he building. and con-
taining only the name of the occupant.
b. One (1) sign of not to exceed four (4)
square feet in area advertising the premises for
sale, lease or rent. located not nearer than ten
(10) feet to adjoining prem.ises, nOl' nearer than
five (5) feet to a street line.
c. One (1) sign of not to exceed ten (10)
square feet in area attached to and parallel with
the front wall of the building for identification
purposes for multiple dwellings, clubs. lodges and
similar permitted uses.
8. Parking space (See Section 15).
9. Transitional use subject to the following condi-
tions:
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a. A publiC parking area where the side of a
lot in the "R-3" Multiple-Family Zone abuts upon a
lot zoned for commercial or industrial purposes.
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b. In no case shall any part of such transi-
tional use be located farther than seventy-five (75)
feet from the ie~s restricted zone.
B. HEIGHT
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No building hereafter erected. constructed or established
shall exceed two and one-half (2!) stories in height or thirty-
five (35) feet in height."
That Ordinance No. 760 be amended by adding thereto the
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following sections. SECTION 8.1 "C-o" PROFESSIONAl/ZONE and SECTION
8.2 "C-l" L!MITED COMMERCIAL ZONE to read as follows:
"SECTION 8.1: "C-O'" PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONE
The following regulations shall apply in the c-o Profes:-
sional Office Zone unless otherwise provided in this Ordinance.
A. USE
No building or land shall be used and no building shall
hereafter be erected, constructed or established, except for
the following uses:
1. Any use permitted in the R-3 MUltiple-Family
Z'one.
2. Professional offices for the following uses only:
a.. Accountants
b. Architects
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c. Attorneys-at-law
d. Chiropractors
e. Chiropodists
f. Dentists
g. Engineers
h. Insurance Agents
i. Opticians
j. Optometrists
k. Osteopaths
1. Physicians
m. Real Estate Brokers
n. Surgeons
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3. The accessory buildin~and uses customarily inci-
dent to any of the above uses when located on the smne lot.
Any exterior sign displayed shall pertain only to a use con-
ducted wtthin the building; shall be attached flat against a wall
of the building and parallel with its horizontal dimension and
shall front the principal street, a parking area in the rear, or,
in the case of a corner bUilding. on that portion of the side
street wall within fifty (50) feet of the principal street. In
no case shall a sign project above the roof line.
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B. HEIGHT
Fo~ (4) stories and not to exceed forty-five (45) feet.
C . FRONT YARD
There shall be a front yard of not less than ten (10) feet.
D. SIDE YARD
None, except all buildings used exclusively for dwelling
purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-3 Zone.
E. REAR YARD
There shall be behind every building a rear yard having a
minimum depth of twenty (20) feet. Where there is an alley at
the rear of the lot, such rear yard may be measured to the
center ot.' sa! d alley.
F. AREA REQUIREMENTS
None, except all buildings used exclus:l.vely for dwelling
purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-3 Zone.
G. PARKING REQUIREMENTS
For all professional offices the same area of parking space
. shall be provided on the sroDe site as there is floor space in
the office building. II
"SECTION 8.2: "'C_l't. LIMITED COI;1!I:ERCIAL ZONE
The following regulations shall apply in the C-l Limited
Commercial Zone unless otherwise provided in this Ordinance.
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A. USE
No building or 1 and shall be used and no building shall
hereafter be erected, constructed or established, except for the
follOWing uses:
1. Any use permitted in the R-l, R-2, R-3 and C-O
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Zones
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Automobile parking areas
Automobile service stat ions (except super l1ervie
Antique stores
Banks
Barber shops or beauty parlors
Bird or pet shops
Book or stationery stores
Clothes cleaning agencies or pressing establish-
ments (only two pressers)
10. Cont'ecticnary stores (including the manufacture
of candy for sale on the premises provided that no more
than five persons shall be employed or engaged in the
manufacture of candy on the premises)
11. Dressmaking or millinery shops
12. Drugstores
13. Dry goods or notions stores
14. Electric appliance stores and repairs
15. Florist shOps
16. Grocery, fruit or ve&9table stores
17. Hardware stores
18. Hotels
19. Interior decorating stores
20. Jewelry stores
21. Liquor stores
22. Meat market or delicatessen stores
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23. ~usic ~tores
24. Magazine stores
25. Offices, business or professional
26. Paint and wallpaper stores
27. Photog1'9Iphers
28. Public buildings
29. Radio and television stores
30. Restaurants, tearooms or cafes where all cus-
tomers' are served at a table or counter (excluding dancing,
entertainment and sale of intoxicating liquors)
31. Self-service laundries
32. Shoe stores or shoe repair shops
33. Sporting goods stores
34. Tailor, clothing or wearing apparel shops
35. The accessory buildings necessary to such uses
located on the same lot or parcel of land, including a
storage garage for the exclusive use of the patrons and
employees of the above stores or businesses.
The above specified stores, shops or businesses shall be
retail establishments selling new merchandise exclusively and
shall be permitted only under the following conditions:
a. Such stores, shops or businesses, except automobile
service stations shall be conducted entirely within an inclosed
building of not to exceed five thousand (5000) square feet of
floor area.
b. Products made incidental to a permitted use shall be
sold at retail on the premises.
c. No public entrances to such stores, shops or businesses
shall be located on the side street of a c orner lot nearer than
one hundred (100) feet to property in any "R" zone.
d. Any exterior sign displayed shall pertain only to a use
conducted wi thin the buildingj: shall be attached to and be
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parallel with and not more than six (6) inches from the wall
of the main building or from the front of a marquee fronting
the principal street, a parking area in the rear or, in the
case of a corner building, on that portion of the side street
wall within fifty (50) feet of the principal street. In no
case shall a sign project above the roof line.
B. HEIGHT
Four (l~) stories and not to exceed forty-five (45) feet.
C. FRONT YARD
None required.
D. SIDE YARD
None, except all buildings used exclusively for dwelling
purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-3 Zone.
E. REAR YARD
There shall be behind every building a rear yard having a
minimum depth of twenty (20) feet. Where there is an alley at
the rear of the lot, such rear yard may be measured to the
center of s aid alley.
F. AREA REQ.UIREMENTS
None, except all buildings used exclusively for dwelling
purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-J Zone."
That SECTION 9, "C-2" GENERAL COJIIIT,1ERCIAL ZONE be amended
to read as follows:
"SECTION 9: "C_21t GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE
The follo;'T:Lng regulations shall apply in the "0-2" General
Commercial Zone unless otherwise provided in this Ordinance. Build-
ings erected, constructed or established and used exclusively for
dwelling purposes shall comply with the front, side and rear yard
regulations of the "R-3" Zone.
A. USE
No building or land snaIl be used, and no building shall
be hereafter erected, constructed or established except for one
or more of the follow ing uses:
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1. Ainy use permitted in the C-l Zone.
2. Retail stores or businesses net involving any
]tind of manufacture, processing or treatment of products
other than that which is clearly incidental to the retail
business conducted on the premises and provided that not
more than five (5) persons are employed~ ani not more than
fif.ty (50) per cent of the floor area of the building is
used, in the manufacture, processing or treatment of pro-
ducts, and that such operations or products are not objec-
tionable due to noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibration~ or
other similar causes, and provided also that unless other-
wise permitted all such manufacturing, processing or
treatment of products shall be conducted inside of build-
ings.
3. Advertising sign boards or structures (subject to
regulations by other ordinances)
4. Automobile laundries, hand operated onl3'.
5. Automobile service stations (including super ser-
vice stations)
6. Bakeries, employing not more than ten (10) persons
on premises
7. Baths, Turkish and the like
8. Billiard or pool halls or bowling alleys
9. Blueprinting and photostating shops
10. Churches, temporary revival
11. Cleaning and pressing establishments using non-
inflwmnable and non-explosive cleaning fluid
12. Conservatories of music
13. Department stores
14. Electric distributing sub-stations
15. Employment agencies
16. Feed stores
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17. Frozen food locker plants (oxcluding wholesale
processing or cold storage)
18. Funeral parlors
19. Furniture stores
20. Furniture warehouses for storing personal house-
hold goods
21. Garages, public, inc1uding only incidental body
and fender repair
22. Garden supplies
23. Ice storage houses of not more than five (5) ton
capacity
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Medical laboratories
Messenger offices
Motels, auto courts an~ tourist courts
Music and vocal instruction
Newspaper pUblishing
Nurseries, flowers or plants
Plumbing shops
Printing or lithographing shops
Restaurants, tea rooms or cafes
Schools, commercial
Studios (except motion picture)
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35. Super service stations
36. Taxidermist
37. Telephone exchange
38. Theatres or auditoriums (except drive-in theatres)
39. Tlnsmi ths
40. Trade schools (not objectionable due to noise,
odor, dust, smoke vibrations or other similar causes)
41. Upholstering shops
42. Used car sales areas, provided (a) that no repair
or reconditioning of automobiles shall be permitted except
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when enclosed in a building and (b) that such area is
located and developed as required in Section 15.
43. Wedding Chapels
44. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident
to any of the above uses when loc'ated on the same lot.
B. HEIGHT
Four (4) stories and not to exceed forty-five (45) feet.
C. FRONT yARD
None required.
D. SIDE YARD
Non9, except all buildings used exclusively for dwelling
purposes shall comply with the provisions of the R-3 Zone.
E. REAR YARD
There shall be behind every building a rear yard having a
minimum depth of twenty (20) feet. Where there is an alley at the
rear of the lot, such rear yard may be measured to the center of
said alley.
F. AREA REQUIREMENTS
None, except all buildings used exclusively for dwelling
purposes shall comply with the provisions Clf the R-] Zone."
That SECTION 15, GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS:, Sub-
paragraph A-2, USE - Parking Requirements and Paragraph B, HEIGHT,
be amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 15: GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
A. USE
2. Parking Requirements
a. Area
Every mal n building hereafter erected, constructed
or established shall be provided with minimum off-street
parking accommodations as follows:
(1.) For dwellings there shall be at least
and one-quarter (I}.)
one/liOO-rking spaces on the same site with the main
each of
building for each dwelling unit aneV slich parking
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spaces shall not be less than eight (8) feet
wide by twenty (20) feet lone with adequate pro-
vision for egress and ingress. At least one
such parking space for each dwelling unit shall
be in a garage or roofed carport. A full park-
ing space shall be required in each instance
where a fractional parldng space would otherwise
be required by the terms hereof. Each such park-
ing space shall be located back of the required
front yard.
(2) For buildings other than dwellings
there shall be at least one parking space of two
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hundred and fifty (250) square feet on the same
lot with the main building or contiguous thereto
as follows:
(a) For Churches, High SchoolS, Col-
leges and University Auditoriums and other
places of assembly, at least one (1) parking
space for every Sight (8); seats provided in tne
main auditorium. .thereof.
(b) For Hospitals and Institutions,
at least one (1) parking space for every two
(2) beds provided in said buildings.
(c) For Hotels and Clubs, at least one
(1) parking space for every three (3) guest
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rooms pro videO. in said buildings.
(d) For Theaters, Auditori~~s and other
similar places of assembly, at least one (1)
parking space for every four (4) seats pro-
vided in said building.
(e) For all Office, Con~ercial and
Industrial Buildings at least one (1)
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parking space shall be provided for each
five hundred (500) square feet o.f .floor
space or fraction thereof. Each such park-
ing space shall contain at least two hundred
and fifty (250) square feet including adequate
space for ingress and egress, and shall be on
the same lot or within five hundred (500)
feet of the building.
Nothing in this Ordinance shall prohibit the
collective use of space for o.f'f-street parking
provided such collectively used space is equal to
the swn of the requirements of each individual
establishment participating in such collective
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use. When the required of.f-street parkins space
is provided on a separate lot from the main
building, there shall be reccrded in the office
of the County Reccrder of Los Angeles County,
California, a covenant by the owner or owners of
said lot for the benefit of the City of Arcadia
to the effect that such owner or owners will
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continue to maintain such parking space so long
as said building is maintained.
'(3) For tourist courts there shall be at
least one (1) parking space for each individual
sleeping or living unit."
"SECTION 15: GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
B. HEIGHT
1. General
Except as hereinafter provided, no building shall be
erected, constructed, reconstructed or established to
exceed the height limit herein established for the zone
in whiCh such building is located.
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2. Exceptions
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a. One-fwnily dwellings in the thirty-five (35)
foot height zones may be increased in height by not
more than ten (10) feet w hen two (2) side yards of not
less than fifteen (15) feet each are provided. Such
dwellings, however, shall not exceed three (3) stories
in height.
b. In the thirty-five (35) foot height zones,
public or semi-public buildings, schools or institu-
tions may be erected to a heignt not exceeding four
(4) stories or forty-five (45) feet when the required
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front, side and rear yards are increased an additional
one (1) foot for each one (1) foot in heignt such
buildin€'l3 exceed thirty-five (35) feet.
c. on through lots one hundred and fifty (150)
feet or less in depth, the height of a building may be
measured from the adjoining sidewalk level on either
street. On through lots more than one hundred and fifty
(150) feet in depth, the height regulations and basis
of height measurements for the street permitting the
greater height shall apply to a depth of not more than
one hundred and fifty (150) feet from the street.
d. Penthouses or rcof structures for the housing
of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or
similar equipment required to operate and mal ntain the
buildings, and fire or parapet walls, skylights, tow-
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ers, roof signs except in the C-O and C-l zones, flag-
poles, chimneys, smokestacks, wireless masts or similar
structures may be erected above the height limits here-
in prescribed, but no penthouses or roof structures or
any space above the height limit shall be allowed for
the purpose of providing additional floor space."
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SECTION 2. 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 adopter
at a regular meeting of the City Planning Commission held on July i7,
1954, by the following vote:
ATTEST:
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Secretary
AYES: Commissioners DaJ;r, Knopp, Robertson, Sorenson and Balser .
NOES: None
ABSENT: Co1lllllissioners Anderson and Pratt
Chai rmen .
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