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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0393 -: . . . '. . . RESOLUTION NO. 393 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING INTERIM EMERGENCY ZONING OF M-l AND D (ARCHITECTURAL OVERLAY) CONCURRENT WITH ITS ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF ARCADIA OF CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS ANNEXATION NO. 20, SOUTHEAST ARCADIA (UNINHABITED) AND RECOD~ENDING REGULATIONS TO BE MADE APPLICABLE UNDER rrl-fE D-l.ONING AND .f'lIAKING DETERIvjINA'l'lONS CONCERNING SPECIAL USES ON SAID PROPER'I'Y. WHEREAS, pursuant to the Annexation of Uninhabited Terri- tory Act of 1939, as amended, the City Council of the City of Arcadia proposes to annex and has, on its own motion, initiated proceedings for the annexation to the City of Arcadia of certain uninhabited territory contiguous and adjacent to the southeasterly portion of the City of Arcadia, which territory has been designated and is known as "Annexation No. 20, Southeast Arcadia (Uninhabited)", and which territory is specifically described and bounded as follows: -l- 393 ". . . . ", .. . "ANNEXATION NO. 20, SOUTHEAST ARCADIA (UNINHABITED)" TO THE CITY OF ARCADIA Beginnlng at a point in the boundary of the City of Ar- cadia, as same existed on July 1, 1960, (along the northwesterly line of Peck Roaa) , said point being the point of intersection of said boundary with the northwesterly prolongation of the north- easterly line of Dearborn Street, 50 feet wide as shown on map of Chicago Park, recorded in Book 30, page 100 of Miscellaneous Rec- ords, in the offlce of the Los Angeles County Recorder; thence southwesterly 975.40 feet more or less, along said boundary and northwesterly line of Peck Road to a point of intersection with the northwesterly prolongation of the southwesterly line of vacated Randolph Street, 25 feet wide, said southwesterly line being along the northeasterly lines of Lots I and 7 of the Coffin and Armstrong Tract as per map recorded in Book 2, page 39 of Maps in the office of the Los Angeles County Recorder; thence southeasterly along the last mentioned prolongation and .southwesterly line to the north- westerly line of Cogswell Road, 50 feet wide, as per map of Tract No. 13286 recorded in Book 268, pages 29 to 32 of Maps in the office of the Los Angeles County Recorder; thence northeasterly along the northwesterly line of said Cogswell Road to a point of intersection with the southwesterly line of Clark Street, 50 feet wide as shown on said map of Chicago Park; thence southeasterly along the south- westerly line of said Clark Street to a point of intersection with the existing boundary of said City of Arcadia; thence northeasterly and northwesterly along said boundary to the point of beginning; and. -2- 393 '. . . .... ,. . ~EREAS. Ordinance No. 760 of the City of Arcadia, as amended, as well as Chapter 2 o~ Article IX of the Arcadia Municipal ' Code, prov~des that all property annexed to the, City of Arcadia and not otherw~se classified concurrently with its annex~tion shall be classified' and placed in Zone R-l; and, WHERE~S, Section 65806 of the California Government Code provides in part that in the event new territory may be annexed to . the city, the legislative body to protect the public safety,'health and" ~elfare, may adoI?t, as an urgency measure, a temporary, interim . zoning ord~nan~e prohibiting such and other uses which may be in' conflict w~th such zoning ordinance; and, WHEREAS, Section 3 of Ordinance No. 760 of the City of Arcadia, as well as Chapter 2 of Article IX of the Arcadia Municipal . Code, provides for the zoning of unincorporated territory concurrent with its annexation to the City of Arcadia; and, WHEREAS, no portion of the property within the territory above described is presently improved with or devoted exclusively to R-l uses nor is it suitable for such residential uses but rather for i~dustrial purposes; and the uses to which such property is presently devoted would become nonconforming upon the annexation of said property; and, WHEREAS, after notice as required by Ordinance 'No. 760, as amended, a public hearing was duly held on the matter by and before this Commission on the 26th day of October, 1960, Which hearing was duly continued to November 9, 1960, at each of which times all in- . terested persons,were given a full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence; }jQW, THEREFORE, THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HEREBY DETER- MINES AND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS ~ SECTION 1. That while there were no objections to the re- zoning of the property for industrial uses and there were many who -3- 393 " , "... . . . spoke in favor of such rezoning, there were many objections to the granting of a special use permit for one of the requested uses of a portion of subject property for the raising of sheep; and that there were some objections to a speclal use permit for a riding stable. SECTION 2. That no part of the property hereinabove de- . scribed is suitable for nor developed to R-l uses; that the rezon- ing of said property for industrial purposes will permit the improvement and development of property that has been undeveloped; that the ,granting of industrial zoning under certain conditions imposed by an architectural overlay and the granting of special use permits with certain specified restrictions will be a benefit to the neighborhood and to the development of the city as a whole. SECTION 3. That for the foregoing reasons, this Commis- sion recommends that the property hereinabove described be placed in Zone M-l and in Zone D (Architectural Overlay) and that the fo]- lowing restrictions should be made applicable to said property under said Zone D (Architectural Overlay): a. Dedicate 20 feet for widening Peck Road except where the dedication has now been made. b. Dedicate 5 feet on each side of Clark Street. c. All buildings to be set back 10 feet from property lines after street dedication. . d. Setback area shall be suitably landscaped and main- tained along the Peck Road frontage. e. All buildings to be of tilt-up concrete, concrete block of equivalent masonry construction and to comply with the requirements of Fire Zone No.1. f. Doors and windows on the street side of a building, except doors and windows used exclusively for light and ventilation and opening directly into rooms used exclusively for business offices, shall not comprise more than ten percent (10%) of the area of a street side of the building. No rooms on the street side of any building shall be used for storage, display or manufacturing purposes if more than ten percent (10%) of the area of the street side of the building consists -4- 393 . . . of doors and windows. No door for transporting materials or equipment into or out of the building may face Peck Road unless set back from the front property line 40 feet or more. g. Along the Peck Road frontage all parking areas for commercial and industrial vehicles and equipment shall be paved and shall be located t9 the rear or side of buildings. All materials and equ~pment stored outside a-building shall be stored at the side or rear of the main building and shall be en- closed by. at least a six-foot high masonry wall, and no materials stored outside shall project above the enclosed masonry wall. h. Parking of employee and customer vehicles will be permitted in front of said building. i. Any work areas outside the building shall be located in the rear of said building, or at the side, and shall be enclosed with at least a six-foot masonry wall. SECTION 4. That this Commission recommends that a special . use permit be granted to allow a riding academy or boarding stable for a period of not to exceed ten (10) years, subject to adequate enforcement of sanitation and health regulations, on the following portion of the property described in Section 1 hereinabove: That property bounded on the North.by Dearborn Street, on the East by Myrtle Avenue, on the South by Clark Street and on the West by Peck Road. SECTION 5. That this Commission recommends that a special use permit for the quarrying of rock and sand for a period of ten (10) years be granted covering the following portion of the property described in Section 1 hereinabove: . Beginning at the intersection of the northerly line of Dearborn Street with the easterly line of Myrtle Avenue; thence southerly along said easterly line of Myrtle Avenue to the northerly line of Clark Street; thence easterly along the said northerly line of Clark Street to the present easterly Arcadia City boundary; thence northerly thereon to the northerly line of Dearborn Street; thence.westerly thereon to the point of beginning, upon the following conditions: a. That all operations conducted on the above-described property be conducted in compliance with all valid requirements of the Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District. -5- 393 . . . ~ . b. If necessity requires the installation of rock and sahd processing equipment, an additional special use permit with suitable regulation shall be required. , c. That a chain link wire fence of a minimum height of six feet, topped with three strands of barbed wire, or a masonry type wall of a mtnimum height of six feet, be installed completely around. the property, except that along the northerly side of Clark Street from Cogswell Road to Durfee Road, said masonry type wall shall be installed. d. All private roads connecting quarry, processing plant and stock pile shall be paved or be kept wetted down while being used, and shall be serviced and maintained so as to eliminate all dust so far as is possible. e. All excavations from an open pit shall result in a finished slope no steeper than one foot horizontal to one foot vertical. . f. All excavating operations shall be conducted only be- tween the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., except in case of a public emergency or whenever reasonable ahd necessary repairs of equipment are required. Any variation of the above-mentioned hours shall require the approval of the City of Arcadia. g. That there be a 25-foot buffer strip along the northerly side of Clark street and that a row of trees be planted and maintained along this buffer strip. SECTION 6. 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 9th day of November, 1960, by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Ferguson, Golisch, Rutherford and Forman NOES: None . ABSENT: Commissioners Acker, Michler and .Norton GEORGE FORMAN Vice Chairman ATTEST: L. M. TALLEY Secretary -6- 393