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RESOLUTION NO. 416
A RESOLUTION ,OF THE CITY PLANNING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDJ;NG THE DENIAL
OF A ZONE VARIANCE TO ALLOW PROPERTY
AT 39 AND 43 CHRISTINA STREET TO BE
USED AS A HOME FOR PAYING GUESTS
OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE.
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WHEREAS, there was filed with this Commission on the
13th day of July, 1961, the application of George W. Gilbert as
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owner and C. M. Rhodes, as lessee, fora zone variance to permit
the use for housing, dining and recreation of paying guests over
sixty-five years of age of property at 39 and 43 Christina Street
in said City of Arcadia, County of Los Angeles, State o~ Ca11~ornia,
described as follows:
Lot 19 and the east 6.05 feet of Lot 20,
Tract No. 13252, as shown on map rec.orded
in Book 345, pages 6, 7 and 8, of Maps,
records of said County;
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WHEREAS, after notice required by the Zoning Ordinance
of said City, a public hearing was duly held on the matter by and
before this COmmission on the 25th day of July, 1961, at which time
all interested persons were given a full opportunity to be heard
and to present evidence;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HEREBY
DETERMINES AND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. That there were numerous protests, both oral
and written, to the granting of the variance on the grounds that
the proposed use of the property would be commercial and thereby
depreciate the value of the residential property on tne south side
of Christina Street. That only those with a financia~ interest in
the proposed project spoke in favor of it.
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SECTION 2. That subject property is zoned R-3 with an
alley at the rear; that the R-3 zoning was established, to provide
a buffer bet~een the commercial zoning of property on the north
facing on Duarte Road and the R-2 residential property on the
south side of Christina Street. That the property to the west is
also zoned R-3 and developed with apartment houses. That the
property between Santa Anita Avenue and First Avenue e~tending
south from Christina Street is zoned R-l and so developed. That
property to the east is a parking lot, with a church on the south
side of Christina Street. That subject property is developed for
R-3 uses and there are no exceptional or extraordinary circumstances
applicable to subject property nor is the requested variance
. necessary for the preservation of any property right of the appli-
cant possessed by other property in the same zone and vicinity.
That the establishment of R-3 zoning between commercial and resi-
dential zoning has long been considered good planning practice;
that to allow a variance for a commercial enterprise would not
only be injurious to the property and improvements in the neigh-
borhood but to the comprehensive general plan.
SECTION 3. That for the foregoing reasons, this Commis-
sion recommends to the City Council that the requested variance
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for use of the property above described as a home for paying guests
over sixty-five years of age be denied.
SECTION 4. 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
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on the 8th
day of
August ,1961, by the following vote:
AYES:
Commissioners Ferguson, Forman. Michler.
Rutherford and Aaker
NOES:
None
ABSENT: Commissioners Golisch and Norton
Chairman:
ATTEST:
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