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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0524 , . . .. .'~ ~ -~ It . RESOLUTION NO. 524 ,..--- r ,.---..,. 1"'" ~ r::J, _J I I~.' I '- -I " ~ l' , ,I L , 'I' _ . , ' I, ,", \,' \,' " '--.'.; u {I "I A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, RECo~mENDING THE i' CLASSIFICATION INTO ZONE D , ARCHITECTURAL OVERLAY IN ADDITION ' TO THE BASIC C-2 ZONING OF PROPERTIES ABUTTING BOTH SIDES OF HUNTINGTON DRIVE FROM SECOND AVENUE TO FIFTH AVENUE AND THE NORTH SIDE OF HUNTINGTON DRIVE FROM SANTA CLARA STREET TO MORLAN PLACE IN SAID CITY. r~ .r'...., : ',-~J I, - I'., I If L'~.7~1,_~.. '-- ' - " THE CITY PLANNING CO~lISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALI- FORNIA, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLO\'lS: SECTION 1. That this Commission on its 01~ motion instituted proceedings for the purpose of holding hearings, receiving evidence and m~{ing recommendations concerning the reclassification to some ~ more restrictive zone and also to Zone D Architectural Overlay and the regulations to be imposed under any such D Zon~ of the following described property in the City of Arcadia, County of Los ~1geles, State . of California, to wit: Parcel l: Beginning at a point 165.85 feet westerly from the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and Third Avenue; said point being the southwest corner of Lot No.6, Tract No. 6860; thence north along the west line of said Lot No.6, a distance of llO feet to the northwest corner of said Lot No.6; thence east a distance of 15.87 feet to the southwest corner of said Lot No. 37 of said Tract 6860; thence northerly a distance of 50 feet to the northwest corner of said Lot No. 37; thence easterly along the northerly lines of said Lot No. 37 and Lot No. l8 of said Tract No. 6860 to the northeast corner of said Lot No. 18; thence north a distance of 110 feet to a point, said point being on the east line of Tract No. 6860 and north 270 feet from the north line of Hunt- ington Drive; thence easterly a distance of 298.99 feet to a point, said point being north a distance of 270 feet from the north line of Hunt- ington Drive; thence south to a point, said point being north a distance of 110 feet from the north line of Huntington Drive; thence east to a point on the westerly ri~1t-of-way line of the L.A.C.F.C. (also known as the Santa Anita Wash); thence southeasterly along said westerly right- of-way line to a point on the north line of Huntington Drive, said point being west approximately 90 feet from the west line of Fifth Avenue; thence southeasterly to a point on the south line of Huntington Drive; said point being east a distance of 175.35 feet from the northwest cor- ner of Lot No.9; Tract No. 5205; thence southeasterly a distance of 28.28 feet to a point on the west line of Fifth Avenue; thence south along said west line a distance of 107 feet to a point on said west line of Fifth Avenue; thence west on a line l30 feet south of and parallel to the south line of Huntington Drive, a distance of 495.35 feet to the southwest corner of Lot No. 25, Tract No. 8504; thence south along the west line of Tract No. 8504, a distance of 85 feet; thenee west a dis- tance of 100 feet; thence north a distance of 85 feet; thence west a -1- 524 \., . . . ., . . -. distance of 100 feet; thence south a distance of 213.51 feet; thence northwest on a line 20 feet north of and parallel to the northerly ri&1t- of-way line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to a point on the west line of Lot No. 3 of Tract No. 5205; thence north on said west line a distance of 134.89 feet to a point, said point being 130 feet south of the south line of Huntington Drive; thence west a distance of 155.35 feet to a point on the west line of Third Avenue; thence south along said west line to the northerly right-of-way line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; thence northwesterly along said right- of- way line to its intersection with the south line of Huntington Drive; thence northeasterly to the point of beginnin~, said point being the southwest corner of Lot No. b of Tract No. 68bO; Parcel 2: Beginning at the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and Morlan Place; thence northerly along the west line of said Morlan Place a distance of 251.29 feet to a point, said point being the southeast corner of Lot 7 of Tract No. 13768; thence westerly along the southwesterly line of said Lot 7 to its intersection with the easterly line of Santa Clara Street; thence southwesterly along said easterly line to its intersection with the north line of Huntington Drive; thence east along said north line to the point of beginning, said point being the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and Morlan Place. Pursuant to Which publiC hearings were, after notice duly given, held by and before this Commission on June 23, 1964, which hearing was con- tinued to July 14, 1964, at each of which times all interested persons were given full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence. SECTION 2. That there appears to be no need for more restric- tive classification of the above-described properties at this time. However, in order that buildings, structures, signs and landscaping will be harmonious within the area and not detrimental to other prop- erties and improvements in the vicinity comprising the Central Area, it is necessary that the f'ollowing regulations be imposed on the above- described property under said Zone D Architectural Overlay, to wit: -2- 524 , .' '\ t ,4 . . . SECTION 3. That for the foregoing reasons, this Commission recommends to the City Council of the City of Arcadia, that the prop- erty hereinbefore described in Section 1 be reclassified to Zone D Architectural Overlay and that the restrictions hereinbefore enumerated in Section 2 be imposed with respect thereto under such D. Zone. 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 on the 11th day of AugJ, 1964, by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Ferguson, Golisch, Kuyper, Parker, Turner and Norton . NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioner Hanaon __4 ~~ ~aHman A'rTEST: Secretary . 524 ,--~ . . . . . June 23, 1964 TO: PLANNING COMMISSION FROM: PLANNING DEPARTMENT SUBJECT: PROPOSED REGULATIONS - ZONE C-2 ARCADIA CENTRAL AREA The purpose of this report will be to suggest standards for those properties proposed to remain in Zone C-2 within the Centrol Area. ZONE C-2 CENTRAL AREA In order to guarontee that the C-2 districts locoted along Huntington Drive, on the eost and west ends of the Central Area, develop in a manner compatible and consistent with those goals and objectives for the balance of the Central Area's zoning districts, it is recommended that these areas be placed in Zone "0" (Architectural Design Zone). The standards suggested for Zane "0" as it applies to those specific C-2 zoning districts are as follows: I. PLAN REVIEW - Prior to the issuance of a building permit to alter, construct, or reconstruct any structures, preliminary plans shall be submitted to and approved by the Planning Department. Such preliminary plans shall be drawn to scale and shall include the following: A. Adjocent streets ond alleys, B. Sidewalks, curbs, gutters and porkway trees, C. Entire ownership of lot being developed, D. Floor plan layout of structures, E. Accurate elevations of all building sides, F. Completely dimensioned parking loyout with all spaces indicated, G. Location and method of 011 exterior lighting, H. Landscape planting layout with all plant materials identified, I. Method of irrigation, J. Groding and drainage plan, K. Locations and sizes of 011 signs to be located on the property, L. Any other data the Planning Department indicates as necessary to properly evoluote such pions. 2. DESIGN FACTORS A. Building Height, Bulk ond Area - No building hereafter erected shall exceed a height of three (3) stories or th irty-five (35) feet. No bulk or orea requirements are suggested sinf'e the parking and land- scaping will to a large extent accomplish this purpose. -1- . . . . . C-2 Standords June 23, 1964 Poge Two B. Setbacks - Front Yards - None Side Yards - None Rear Yards - Twenty (20) feet C. Signs a. Signs shall contain only such subject matter which refers to the name of the establ ishment or to the goods ond services sold on the premises on which the sign is located. b. No one sign shall exceed an area of 100 sq. ft. c. Themaximum height of signs shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet. d. The total area of signs on the property shall not exceed two (2) square feet of sign area for each lineal foot of property frontage. e. No billboards shall be permitted. f. No ottraction boards shall be permitted. g. Signs shall not be permitted on telephone or Edison Company poles or trees h. No signs shall project more than twelve (12) inches over. public right-of-woys. i. For sale or lease signs shall not exceed four (4) square feet. j'. No moving sign or signs with ony moving parts sholl be permitted. Blinker, flashing, travelling or moving lights or signs shall not be permitted. k. Signs sholl not cause any glare or reflection or light on other property or bu i1dings. I. All signs which become non-conforming as a result of adoption of these regulations sholl be completely removed from the premises with in a three year period from the effective date of these regu lations. -2- . . . . . C-2 Standards June 23, 1964 Page Three D. Parking a. Area Parking Requiremenl1i- Provide not less than 3 sq. ft. of off street parking area for each, I sq. ft. of gross floor area of building being served. (Ratio - Parking to G.F.A. = 3:1) NOTE: Hoving satisfied the ratio requirement, 400 sq. ft. shall be used as 0 design computational figure to determine the number of parking spaces a lot area will facilitate. The 400 sq. ft. includes access drives, outomobile spaces and incidental uses such as land- scaped areas and unuseable corners. This figure is likewise based upon 0 porking stall size of not less than 9 ft. by 20 ft. b. Use Parking Requiremenl1i - The following uses, due to their unique traffic generation characteristics, shall be excepted from the above requirement and shall provide off street parking on the following use basis: USE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED Banks & Savings and Loan Associations I space per each 200 sq. ft. of floor area. Restaurant and Bar Facilities I space per each 50 sq. ft. of floor area. Hotels I space per each sleeping unit, plus I space for each 3 employees. Offices (Professional & Business) 4 spaces per 1000 sq. ft. of floor orea. Offices (Medical & Dental) 8 spaces per 1000 sq. ft. of floor area. Public Buildings To be determined by Planning Deportment at time of plan preparation. c. Location of Off Street Parking - The space for porking facilities shall be locoted on the same lot or site, or on a lot or site contiguous thereto, or within 400 feet of the building or land use which these facilities will serve. When the required off street porking facilities are provided on a separate lot from the main building or land use, there sholl be recorded in the office of the County Recorder a covenont to the effect that such owner or owners will continue to maintain such parking space as long as soid building or land use is maintoined. -3- . . . . . C-2 Standards June 23, 1964 Page Four d. Setbacks- Off street parking facilities shall be permitted in required rear yard providing thot all other parking requirements such as walls, landscaping, irrigation, etc., are complied with. e. Dimensions for Parking Stalls - Access Aisles - Driveways Stall Size Open and covered parking stalls shall be not less than nine (9) feet wide and twenty (20) feet long. Aisle Width (0 - 45~ Parking spaces laid at angles through forty-five (45) degrees to the aisles or driveways shall have a one-way aisle or driveway of not less than sixteen (16) feet. Aisle Width (46 - 600) Parking spaces laid out at angles from forty-six (46) degrees through sixty (60) degrees to the aisle or driveway shall have a one way aisle or driveway width of not less than twenty (20) feet.. ' Aisle Width (61 - 900) Parking spoces laid out at angles from sixty-one (61) degrees through ninety (90) degrees to the aisle or driveway, shall have an aisle or driveway width of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. Porallel Porking Parallel parking shall have twelve (12) foot minimum aisles and ten (10) foot by twenty-four (24) foot (10' x 24') parking stall sizes. f. Circulation - porking areas having more thon one aisle or driveway shall have painted directional signs provided in each aisle or driveway. Automobile parking so arranged as to require the moving of any vehicle on the premises in order to enter or leave any other stoll shall be prohibited. -4- . . . . . C-2 Standards June 23, 1964 Page Five Automobile parking so arranged as to require the backing of motor vehicles onto a major or secondory highway shall be prohibited. g. Paving - All parking areas shall be paved with a concrete or asphaltic surface to specificotions and standards meeting the approval of the Department of Public Works. h. Drainoge - Drainoge of a parking areo sholl meet the approvol of the Deportment of Public Works. Drainage into a street shall be by means of a conduit beneath the parkway. i. Marking of Spaces - Each parking space shall be clearly morked with paint or other easily distinguishable materiol. Either hairpin or single line marking will suffice. i. Wheel Stops - Wheel stops shall be provided for all required porking spaces and shall be constructed of concrete. k. Walls - Except for driveway and other entrances, parking lots shall be properly enclosed with an arnomental masonry wall as follows: Adjacent to Non-Re,sidential Zone I. Where such oreas front, side, or rear on 0 street which is a boundory with a non-residential 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 ond the paved park ing areo. 2. A wall not less than four and one-half (4 - 1/2) feet in height shall be erected on all property lines not abutting a street. 3. Community off street parking lots sholl be permitted and the requirement for walls between separate buildings and uses disposed with provided that o covenant in recordable form by its terms to be for the benefit of, enforce- able by, and to be released only by the City, is executed by the owners of all property affected thereby. The covenont shall state that such joint use of such off street porking shall be useoble by the tenant and owners of the properties proposed to be served by such porking area.' -5- . C-2 Standords June 23, 1964 Page Six . . . . NOTE: Wall heights shall be meosured from contiguous properties and in no cash shall such woll height be more than six (6) inches above or below the prescribed height when measured from adjacent interior parking lot paving. Ornamental Masonry Wall shall consist of the use of solid wall materials" e.g. brick, stone, concrete, slump, stone, etc., but shall not mean cinder block, fibre block or concrete block or similar such materials. I. Lighting - Lighting shall be hooded and arranged ta reflect light oway from adjoining properties and streets. Light stondords shall be a moximum of ten (10) feet in height. m. landsca~ing - A minimum of two (2) percent of the interior of a public parking area sha I be landscaped with plant material and shall have a complete irrigotion system; be well maintained in perpetuity; be reviewable annually by the Building Superintendent. Required planting areas on the street side of walls shall not be considered as port of the two (2) percent interior landscaping. Where a parking area obuts the buildings 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 two (2) percent landscaping requirement, the planting beds sholl be distributed throughout the entire parking areo as evenly as possible. Any plot plan showing the entire two (2) percent landscaping in one or two large planting beds, or concentrated on only one portion of the parking area is not acceptable. Any unused spoce resulting from the design of the porking spoces shall be used for planting purposes. No planting area or island shall have on 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 plot pions, a plant I ist should be prepared giving the botonical and common names of the plants to be used, the sizes to be plonted, i.e., 1,5, or 15 gallon containers, the quantity of each and when possible and appl.icable, 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. -6- . . . C-2 Standards June 23, 1964 Page Seven Except as stated below, it shall be required that the plant material include trees with a ground cover and shrubs beneath. Ground cover alone is not acceptable. A combination of ground cover and shrubs are acceptable in places where there is a problem of overheod space for trees; however, wherever possible, trees are required. All plant material shall be evergreen. Plants selected for the design will be checked for suitability in regard to eventual size and spread, susceptibility to diseases and pests, and adaptability to existing soil and climatic conditions. A local landscape architect or nurseryman is a suitable source for plant material information. n. Irrigation - Alllondscaped areas shall be provided with a permanent, below grade (except for sprinkler heads,) irrigation system. All domestic water supply lines to which irrigotion systems are connected, sholl when necessary be protected by installation of otmospheric or pressure type vaccuum breakers. . At leost one hose bibb be located each one hundred (100) lineal feet, starting with one hose bibb ot the front wall. Hose bibbs, wherever possible, shall be located in planting beds. In no cose shall hose bibbs be located where they will interfere with pedestrian or vehicular circulation. o. Loading Requirements - On the same land therewith, every building, structure, or part thereof, erected or occupied for a permitted Zone C-2 use involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of moterials or merchandise incidentol to carrying on such activity shall be provided with sufficient space for standing, loading and unloading vehicles to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets and olleys. Such space shall be no less than ten feet by twenty-five feet (10' x 25') for every ten thousand (10,000') feet of floor area or outdoor storage area with a fourteen (14) foot minimum height clearance, but sholl not be a part of any area required for use as off street parking stalls. p. Additions - Structures which ore enlarged in area shall provide parking facilities per the stondard Zone C-2 requirements. q. Changes in Use - Whenever the existing use of a structure or lot is changed to another use, porking facilities shall be provided per standard Zone C-2 requirements. . r. Mixed Uses - In the event that two or more uses occupy the some building, lot or parcel of lond, the total requirements for off street parking sholl be the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately. -7- . . . . C~2 Standards June 23, 1964 Page E igh t . . s. Computation of Required Off Street Parking Spaces - When a fractional figure is found as a remainder in computations made to determine the amount of required off street parking, such fraction shall be construed to be a whole number. t. Accessory Structural Items - Towers, chimneys, spires, gables, roof structures, etc. sholl not exceed a height of ten (10) feet above the roof of any building ond sholl be odequately screened. u. Storage - All permanent and temporary storoge of ware and merchandise crates, bottles, trach, garbage and refuse shall be within the building. v. Modificotions - The Planning Commission shall reserve the right without necessity of further notice, to make minor modification of any of the foregoing conditions. PLANNING DEPARTMENT ~~~ WILLIAM PHELPS Planning Director -8- - . . ,- I. ' ('.-1,"'/ . SUBJECT: C-2 WEST OF SANTA ANITA AVENUE Beginning at the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and Morlan Place; thence northerly along the west I ine of said Morlan Place a distance of 251.29 feet to a point, said point being the southeast corner of lot 7 of Tract No. 13768; thence westerly along the southwesterly line of said lot 7 to its intersection with the easterly line of Sanfa Clara Street; thence southwesterly along said easterly I ine to its intersection with the north I ine of Huntington Drive; thence east along said north I ine to the point of beginning, said point being the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and . Morlan Place. . , / / . . . ., . . SUBJECT: C - 2 EAST OF SANTA ANITA AVENUE Beginning at a point 165.85' westerly from the northwest comer of Huntington Drive and Third Avenue; said point being the southwest corner of Lot No.6, Tract No. 6860; thence north along the west line of said Lot No.6, a distance of liD' to the northwest comer of said Lot No.6; thence east a distance of 15.87' to the southwest corner of Lot No. 37 of said Tract 6860; thence northerly a distance of 50' ta the northwest corner of said Lot No. 37; thence easterly along the northerly I ines of said Lot No. 37 and Lot No. 18 of said Tract No. 6860 to the northeast corner of said Lot No. 18; thence north a distance of liD' to a point, said point being on the eost I ine of Tract No. 6860 and north 270' from the north line of Huntington Drive; thence easterly, a distance of 298. 99' to a point, said point being north a distance of 270' from the north line of Huntington Drive; thence south to a point, said point being north a distance of 110' from the north line of Huntington Drive; thence east to a point on the westerly right-of-way line of the L.A.C. F.C. (also known as the Santa Anita Wash); thence southeasterly along said westerly right-of-way line to a point on the north line of Huntington Drive, said point being west approximately 90' from the west I ine of Fifth Avenue; thence southeasterly to a point on the south line of Huntington Drive; said point being east a distance of 175.35' from the northwest corner of Lot No.9; Tract No. 5205; thence southeasterly a distance of 28.28' to a point on the west I ine of Fifth Avenue; thence south along said west line a distance of 107' to a point on soid west line of Fifth Avenue; thence west on a line 130' south of and parallel to the South line of Huntington Drive, a distance of 495.35' to the southwest corner of Lot No. 25, Tract No. 8504; thence south along the west line of Tract No. 8504, 0 distance of 85'; thence west a distance of 100'; thence north a distance of 85'; thence west a distance of 100'; thence south a distance of 213.51'; thence northwest on a line 20' north of and parallel to the northerly right-of-way line of the A. T. and S. F. Ry to a point on the west line of Lot No.3 of Tract No. 5205; thence north on said west line a distance of 134.89' to a point, said point being 130' south of the south line of Huntington Drive; thence west a distance of 155.35' to a point on the west line of Third Avenue; thence south along said west line to the northerly right-of-way line of the A. T. and S. F. Ry; thence northwesterly along said right-of-way line to its intersection with the south line of Huntington Drive; thence northeasterly to the point of beginning, said point being the southwest corner of Lot No. 6 of Tract No. 6860.