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Home My WebLink About0572 _._'1 . . Q r'.':-~ .r~ n f"'0 r 1 ~ . . I. . I , , 'I '. , ~J , . .' ,"',1 . 1 .'. t J I ' , , 'J . 1\' ' "' I . . .' ,. l, oJ L '. . ' ". 1.\ ~'=t RESOLUTION NO. 572 f'-"'..' .", rLtL~ (: ."""{ , ,\ . ,... J' tL; l\j cl " A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLANN COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THE RECLASSI- FICATION TO ZONES C-2 AND n OF PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA BOUNDED BY DUARTE ROAD ON THE NORTH, BALDWIN AVENUE ON THE EAST, GOLDEN WEST AVENUE ON THE WEST AND CAMINO REAL ON THE SOUTH, AND RECOMMENDING REGULATIONS TO BE APPLICABLE UNDER ZONE D. THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That pursuant to Division 3 of Part 9 of Chapter 2 of Article IX of the Arcadia Municipal Code, the City Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia on October 26, 1965 adopted Resolution No. 569 . whereby on its own motion it instituted proceedings for the purpose of considering and making recommendations concerning the reclassification to some more appropriate zone classification of that portion of the City of Arcadia bounded by Duarte Road on the north, Baldwin Avenue on the east, Golden West Avenue on the west and the properties abutting Camino Real on the south, pursuant to which notice was duly published and given and a public hearing duly held on the 9th day of November, 1965, which hearing was duly continued to November 23, 1965, at which times all interested persons were given a full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence. SECTION 2. That the public necessity, convenience and general welfare and good zoning practice justify and require, and this Commission ~ hereby recommends to the City Council of the City of Arcadia the re- classification to Zone C-2 (General Commercial) and to Zone D (Archi- tectural Overlay) of all of the property bounded by Duarte Road, Baldwin Avenue, Golden West Avenue and Naomi Avenue presently zoned either R-2 " -1- 572 . . . or R-3, and that portion of the property bounded by Naomi Avenue, Baldwin Avenue, Golden West Avenue and a line 176.1 feet northerly of the north line of Camino Real presently zoned R-3, and all of the property within said boundaries presently zoned PR-2 together with the properties to the west and within 132 feet of such PR-2. property. That concurrent with said reclassification to Zones C-2 and D the following regulations shall be imposed, to wit: . A. SIGNS: a. Any exterior signs displayed shall pertain only to the name of the business or the use conducted within the building. b. No one sign shall exceed an area of 100 square feet. c. Signs shall not project above the building roof line nor more than ten (10) inches over public rights-of-way. d. The total area of signs on the front of a building shall not exceed two (2) square feet of sign area for each one (1) lineal foot of property frontage. e. The total area of signs on the side or rear of a build- ing shall be the same as permitted on the front of a building. f. Signs shall not be permitted on trees or utility poles. g. No billboards or attraction boards shall be permitted. h. For sale or lease signs shall not exceed four (4) square feet. i. When signs are illuminated, such illumination shall come from within or behind the sign. j. Signs shall not cause any glare or reflection of light on other property or buildings. k. No sign shall contain flashing lights or moving parts. B. PARKING: a. Use Parking Requirement - The following uses, due to their unique traffic generation shall provide off-street parking on the following use basis: USE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED Banks 8 spaces per 1000 sq. ft. of floor area Offices (Professional and Business) 4 spaces per 1000 sq. ft. of floor area Offices (Medical and Dental) 8 spaces per 1000 sq. ft. of floor area Commercial Uses over 100,000 sq, ft. of gross floor area 5 spaces per 1000 sq. ft. gross floor area . Commercial Uses under 100,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area 4 spaces per 1000 sq. ft. gross floor area b. Location and Design Factors - The space for parking facilities shall be located on the same lot or site, or on a lot or site contiguous thereto, or within five hundred (500) feet of the building or land use which these facilities will serve. When the required off-street parking facilities are provided on a separate lot from the main building or land use there shall be recorded in the office of the County Recorder a covenant to the effect that such owner or owners will continue to main- tain such parking space as long as said building or land use is maintained. -2- 572 . . . . -3- 572 , . . . b. Adjacent to Non-Residential Zone - Where such areas front, side, or rear on a street which is a boundary with a non-resi- dential zone, there shall be a landscaped border not less than five (5) feet in width on the street side, and a solid masonry wall four (4) feet in height shall be erected between the landscaped area and the paved parking area. Community off-street parking lots shall be per- mitted and the requirements for walls between separate buildings and uses disposed with provided that a covenant in recordable form by its terms to be for the benefit of, enforceable by, and to be released only by the City, is executed by the owners of all property affected thereby. The covenant shall stare that such joint use of such off-street parking shall be useable by the tenant and owners of the properties proposed to be served by such parking area. Wall heights shall be measured from contiguous properties and in no case shall such wall height be more than six (6) inches above or below the prescribed height when measured from adjacent interior parking lot paving, Ornamental masonry walls shall consist of the use of solid wall materials, e.g., brick, stone, concrete, slump stone, but shall not mean cinder block, fibre block, or concrete block or similar such materials, . D. PARKING LIGHT STANDARDS: Lighting shall be hooded and arranged to reflect light away from adjoining properties and streets. Light standards shall be a maximum of ten (10) feet in height. The height of the light standards shall be measured from the elevation of the adjacent pavement of the parking lot. E, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING DEVICES: Such devices shall be located within the building or if mounted elsewhere shall be screened from public view. F. STORAGE: All permanent and temporary storage of ware and merchandise crates, bottles, trash, garbage and refuse shall be within the building or screened entirely from public view by a six (6) foot high decorative masonry wall or other approved screening devices. . G, LANDSCAPING: A minimum of three (3) percent of the in- terior of a pUblic parking area shall have a complete irrigation system, be well maintained in perpetuity and be reviewable annually by the Building Superintendent of the City of Arcadia. Required planting areas on the street side of walls shall not be considered as part of the three (3) percent interior landscaping, Where a parking area abuts the build- ings on the subject property, the border plantings adjacent to those buildings shall not be considered as' part of the interior landscaping. In complying with the three (3) percent landscaping requirement, the planting beds shall be distributed throughout the entire parkin~ area as evenly as possible. Any plot pian showing the entire three (3) per- cent landscaping in one or two large planting beds, or concentrated on only one portion of the parking area, is not acceptable. Any unused space resulting from the design of the parking spaces shall be used for planting purposes. No planting area or island shall have an average width of less than three (3) feet. The planting areas or islands must be drawn to scale and the plants within clearly located and labeled. All planting areas or islands shall be surrounded by a continuous raised concrete curb. To facilitate the processing of plot plans, a plant list should be prepared giving the botanical and common names of the plants to be used, the sizes to be planted, such as 1, 5, or 15 gallon containers, the quantity of each and when applicable, the spacing shall be shown. The plants should be listed alphabetically and assigned key numbers to be used in locating the plants on the plan. -4- 572 , . . '. . . . H. IRRIGATION: All landscaped areas shall be provided with a permanent, below grade (except for sprinkler heads), irrigation system. All domestic water supply lines to which irrigation systems are connected, shall when necessary be protected by installation of atmospheric or pressure type vacuum breakers. At least one hose bibb shall be located each one hundred (100) lineal feet, starting with one hose bibb at the front wall. Hose bibbs, wherever possible, shall be located in planting beds. In no case shall hose bibbs be located where they will interfere with pedestrian or vehicular circulation. Such landscaping and irriga- tion shall not be required in connection with the covered portion of a parking structure. SECTION 3. The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause a copy hereof 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 23rd day of November, 1965, by the following vote: . AYES: Commissioners Ferguson, Hanson, Lauber, Parker and Kuyper NOES: Commissioners Golisch and Norton ABSENT: None W. E, KUYPER l,;na~rman ATTEST: WILLIAM PHELPS Secretary . -5- 572