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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0504 . Wee:.' ....., I...' 1'./....( -.-: (1,1/p_t! , ' RESOLUTION NO. 504 . 'II . A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THE AMENDMENT OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING AND AUGMENTING THE REGULATIONS CONTROLLING SIGNS, BILLBOARDS AND ADVERTISING STRUCTURES IN ZONE C-l, AMENDING OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR ZONE C-l, AND ALTERING THE USES PERMITTED IN AND THE REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ZONE C-l. . WHEREAS, 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 did, on June 25, 1963, pass, approve and adopt its certain Resolution No. 483 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING AND ~1AKING RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 2 OF ARTICLE IX OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL ZONES AND APPROPRIATE REGULATIONS APPLICABLE THERETO, AND AMENDING OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS MAY BE REQUIRED THEREBY," pursuant to which after notice was duly published and given a publiC hearing was duly held on the 9th day of July, 1963 and continued from time to time until January 28, 1964, at all of which times all interested persons were given a full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence relative to such proposed amendment of the Arcadia Municipal Code; and, WHEREAS, said Planning Commission has fully reviewed and con- sidered the subject generally; . NO\~, THEREFORE, THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES I:lEREBY 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 Coun- cil of the City of Arcadia that the Arcadia Municipal Code be amended as hereafter provided. -1- 504 t/~ '. . . . . SECTION 2. That the appropriate portions of the Arcadia Muni- cipal Code with respect to signs, billboards and advertising structures in Zone C-l be so amended as to accomplish the following results or em- body the following recommendations: )..- 1. SiGN CONTENT / Wall sighs shail contain only such suoiect marteI' which refers to the name of the establishment or to the goods and services sold on the premises on which the sign is lacated. 2. Sim~ SIZE , . Wall ,igns sholl not exceed fifty square feet and ,hall be located entirely within the facade orea of accupancy and shall hot project above buildIng roof line. S. STREET FRONTAGE: RATIO TO SiGN AREA The total or aggregate area of 011 signs affixed t'o any building shall not exceed the equivalent af ane square foot per lineal foot of building frontage. A building having a lineal frontage between fifty feet ond one hundred feet moy be allowed an additional one square foof of sign area for each two lineal feet af building frontage. Buildings with lineal frontages in el<cess of one hundred feet, may hove on additional one squol'e foot of sign area for each four feet of frontage. 4. ..!!.ONTAGE ON TWO STREETS: EFFECT UPON SIGN AREA Buildings abutting on more than ane public street shall be allowed their respective quotas of sign area an any two of the streets, provided that the arees nwy not be cumulated on one street and shall not exceed the ai/owed area on ony one street. 5. SIGN LOCATION: W.c,LL SIGNS A. Wall Signs shail be cfltlched fla;' ago/nst a wall of the building arid paralle! with its horizontal ciimensian and shall front :-he principal street, a partking area iri the rear, or, in the case of a corner building, on that portian of the side street wall within fifty feet of the principal street. B. Wall signs sholl be located no closer than ten feet fram other signs advertising the name, goods, or services provided by other establishments, and in 110 case shall such sign be located close, than five feet to building edge. C. Wall signs shoil not be constructed of a thickness greater than ten inches and shall not proiect from wall inta public parkways greater than I'en inches. -~ oS"y ",~, , , '. - -' .-- .. '. .. . \' ,/ , /I' , t" , (<' / ,.V,V.J 6. SIGN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY ejj:j? . .' No sign shall be supported in whole ar in part from any public utility installation or on any tree an private premises. 7. OTHER ADVERTISING A. No roof signs, billboards, attraction boards shall be permitted in Zone C I . ~. r1 ,;/. . B. Banners may be erected on a temparary basis, not exceeding thirty days, in locations approved by the Planning Commission. C. No part of any sign shall extend over or abave any street, parkway alley, sidewalk or other public property, except as herein stated. 8. INTERIOR WINDOW SiGNS A. No directly lighted sign in an interior window shall exceed ten percent of the total ar aggregate area of signs permitted in Zone C 1. B. No interior window signs shall exceed 15 square feet. Such signs in addition shall not cover more than one-fourth the total window space. :1 9. SALE, RENT SIGNS (;,~ One sign not exceeding twa square feet in area for each parcel of property to advertise the lease, 'rental or sale thereaf. 10. SIGN TYPE No moving sign or signs having any maving parts shall be permitted. 11. SIGN MATERIALS No paper, cardboord, cotton, linen and woad fibre signs shall be permitted an building exteriors. All exterior wall signs shall meet with building and fire code regulations. B - 4- .so,/ - . -:,~:,." )~}-',~ \:\~~~C1';~:t:~:2v;"~r~~" . ,'7j '12: METHOtlS b~sjGfflttUMINAtt6N ,- elt- t ~~.., A, Alllightingafsignsshall be fram within or behind. No fload ar spat light shall be permitted. B. No signs with blinking, flashing, travelling or moving lights shall be permitted. C. Illuminated signs shall be designed, canstructed and installed of materials and in such monner as to avaid any glare or reflection of light on other property or buildings. 13. SIGN COLORS Na illuminated, electrical or tube sign shall use colors other than white, yellow, gold and the softer shades of blue and green as predominating colors. 14. IMITATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL ~- No person shall place, maintain or display upon, or in view of any street or highway any unafficial sign, signal or device, or any signal, sign or device which purports to be or is imitation of or resembles an official traffic sign or signal or which attempts to direct the mavement of traffic or which hides from view any afficiaf traffic sign or signal. (State Law: Vehicle Code - 473) 15. ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTIONS No signs painted ar otherwise shall be permitted to be fixed to the borders, on top of, ar below marquees, canopies, awnings, orcodes, or ather similar structures or attachments. 16. CONTINUATION OF SIGNS Any sign which lawfully existed and was maintained at the time this ordinance became effective may be continued although such structure does not conform to the pravisions set forth in the C 1 Zone Sign Ordinance, provided thot no structural alteratians ore odded thereto and that all such non-conforming signs shall be completely remaved from the premises not later than three years from the effective date of this ordinance. ,'- . -.- 00'1 . . .' ~-'-~.-"~'~- -~.-. 17. PERMITS REQUIRED It is unlawful to any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, maintain move, alter, change, repair, place, suspend, attach or cause ar permit to be erected, constructed, moved, altered, changed, repoired, placed, suspended, attached or maintained within this district, any sign or advertising structure without first abtaining a permit, paying the fees prescribed therefor, and canforming to and complying with all the provisions of the C 1 Sign Ordinance. 18. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS In addition to conforming with the above rules, the Building Superintendent prior to the issuance of a permit shall submit all sign plan proposals ta the Planning Department for opproval; such plan to show the size and position of all propased signs an the building and by word description indicate the colars, materials and method of illumination, and identification of company canstructing and installing the sign. . The Planning Department shall evaluate all new sign proposals on the basis of the above stated requirements and in addition on the basis of locations distinguishable from the other signs, intensity of colors and illum- ination, compatibility with signs of contiguous properties and signs of the area. The Planning Department shall have the power to disapprove sign applications on the basis of non-compliance with the above stated requirements and standards in order that safety hazards be minimized, and a pleasing and attractive appearance in the C 1 areas of the City be attained. 19. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS The Modification Committee is empowered to gront modifjcotions to the C I Zone Sign Ordinance in accardance with the procedure set forth in Article IX, Chapter 2, Part 9, Division 2, Title 2, of the Arcadia Municipal Cade. .. PLANNING DEPARTMENT ~ #1~,~o EM:ma ERNEST MAYER, JR. Senior City Planner 5 -ll- S01 I ,. :. . . SECTION 3. That the appropriate portions of the Arcadia Muni- cipal Code with respect to off-street parking requirements in Zone C-l ~ be so amended as to accomplish the following results and embody the following recommendationst ZONE C 1 OFF STREErPARKING PROPOSALS AREA PARKING REQUIREMENTS Provide not less than 3 sq. ft. of off street parking area for each I sq. ft. of gross flaor area of building being served (Ratio ~ Parking to G. F.A. = 3: I) NOTE: Having satisfied the ratio requirement, 400 sq. ft. shall be used os a design computational figure to determine .~he number of parking spaces a lot area will facilitate. The 400 sq. ft. inc:ludes Clccess drives, outamobile spaces and incidental uses such as landscaped areas and unuseable corners. This figure is likewise based upon a parking stoll size af not less than 9 ft. by 20 ft. USE PARKING REQUIREMENT , 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 1 space per each 200 sq. ft. of floor area Restaurant and Bar Facilities 1 space per each 50 sq. ft. af floar area Hotels 1 space per each sleeping unit, plus 1 space for each 3 emp I oyees Offices (Professional & Business) 4 spaces per 1000 sq. ft. of floor area Offices (Medical & Dental) 8 spaces per 1000 sq. ft. of flcar mea Public Buildings To be determined by Plonning Department at time of plan preparation - -~- 3' S-a~ It ,. '- k' ~ , .. . . LOCATlQN OFQFF STREEHARKI.NG,_ The space for parking facilities shall be located an the same lot or site, or on a lot or site contiguous thereto, or within 400 feet of the building ar 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 Caunty Recorder a covenant to the effect that such owner or owners wi II continue to maintain such parking spoce as long as said building or land use is mointained. SETBACKS Off street parking facilities shall be permitted in required rear yard providing that all ather parking requirements such as walls, landscaping, irrigation, etc., are complied with. PLAN APPROVAL Plot plans for proposed off street parking facilities shall be submitted to the Planning Department for its approval by the Building Superintendent prior to the issuance af a perm it. The Planning Department shall endorse its approval an a copy af such plans provided that all parking regulations are complied with and returnyame to the Building Superintendent. ' If the parking lot p.lans do not camply with one or mare regulations, then the Planning Department shall submit a written report indicating all deficiencies to the Building Superintendent. PLOT PLANS The plot plan shall be drawn to scale and shall clearly show the follawin9: 1. All adjacent streets and alleys. 2. Sidewalks, curbs and gutters and street trees. 3. Entire awnership of lat or parcel being developed. 4. All proposed structures, including floar plan layout. 5. Height, number of staries of building and total floar area. 6. Completely dimensioned parking layout with all spaces clearly shawn. 7. Location and method of lighting. ' 8. Landscape planting locatians, including plant material locatians by name. 9. .Method of irrigatian. 10. North arraw and scale. 11. Grading and drainage of entire lot. - ~- 5"01 I . . " NOTE: It may be necessary ta submit separate plans for grading, planting and irrigation data in order that plans be understood and approval granted. DIMENSIONS FOR PARKING STALLS - ACCESS AISLES - DRIVEWAYS 1. STALL SIZE Open ond covered parking stolls shall be nat less than nine (9) feet wide and twenty (20) feet long. 2. AISLE WIDTH (0-450) Parking spaces laid at angles through forty-five (45) degrees to the aisles or driveways shall have a one-way aisle or driveway af not less than sixteen (16) feet. 3. AISLE WIDTH ( 460 - 600) . Parking spaces laid out at angles from forty-six (46) degrees through sixty (60) degrees ta the aisle or driveway shall have a one way aisle or driveway width of nat less than twenty (20) feet. 4. AISLE WIDTH ( 610 - 900) Parking spaces laid out at angles from sixty-one (61) degrees through ninety (90) degrees to the aisle or driveway, sholl have an aisle or driveway width of nat less than twenty-five (25) feet. 5. PARALLEL PARKING Parallel parking shall have twelve (12) foot minimum Q isles and ten (10) foot by twenty-four (24) foat (10' x 24') parking stall sizes. CIRCULATION 1. Parking areas hoving more than one aisle or driveway shall have painted directional signs provided in each aisle or driveway. . 2. Autamabile parking so arranged as to require the moving af any vehicle on the premises in order to enter or leave any other stall shall be prohibited. 3. Automobile parking sa arranged as ta require the backing of mator vehicles onto a major ar secondary highway shall be prohibited. - t- Sa,! . -" '. . . ~ ,...: PAVING All parking areas shall be paved with a concrete ar asphaltic surface to specifications and standards meeting the appraval of the Department af Public Works. ' DRAINAGE , --.~ Drainage of a parking area shall meet the approval of the Department af Public Works. Drainage into a street shall be by means of a conduit beneath the parkway. MARKING OF SPACES Each parking space shall be clearly marked with paint or other easily distinguishable material. Either hairpin or single line marking will suffice. WHEEL STOPS . Wheel stops shall be provided for all required parking spaces and shall be constructed of concrete. WALLS Except for driveway and other entrances, parking lots shall be properly enclosed with an ornamental masonry wall as follows: 1. Adjacent to Residential Zone a. Where such areas front, side,ar rear. n a street which is a boundary with a residential zane there shall be a landscaped barder not less than five (5) fe in width on the street side, and a sol id masonry wall f in height shall be erected between the landscaped area and the paved parking area. b. Where such areas side or rear directly on a residential zone, a sol id masanry wall six (6) feet in height shall be installed on the zane baundary I ine, said wall to be reduced to three (3) feet in height within any corner cutback area and within the front yard area of the abutting residential zones. . c. Wall adjacent ta alleys may be erected on the property line. -6- '7 6"'0 'I . . ;-, ,-- . 2. Adjacent to Non-Residential Zone 1>() ,r a. Where such areas front, side r rear on a street which is a baundary with a non-resi tial zone, there shall be a landscaped border not less than fi (5) feet in width an the street side, and a salid masonry wall in height shall be erected between the landscaped area and the paved parking areo. b. A wall nat less than four and one-half (4-1/2) feet in height shall be erected on all property I ines not abutting a street. c. .Community off street parking lots shall be permitted and the requirement far walls between separate buildings and uses disposed with pravided that a covenant in recordable form by its terms to be for the benefit of, enforceable by, and ta be released only by the City, is executed by the owners of all property affected thereby. . The covenant shall state that such jaint use of such off street parking shall be useable by the tenant and owners of the properties proposed to be served by such park ing area. NOTE: WolI Heights shall be meosured fram contiguous properties and in no case shall such wall height be more than six (6) inches above or belaw 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, stane, concrete, slump stone, etc., but shall not mean cinder block, fibre block ar concrete block or similar such materials. LIGHTING 1. Lighting shall be hooded and arranged to reflect I ight away from adjoining properties and streets. Light standards shall be a maximum of" : III reet in height. 30 2. The height of all light standords shall be measured from the elevation of the adjacent pavement of the parking lot. . -8- ItJ .5'''i '. . . LANDSCAPING 1. A minimum of three (3) percent of the interiar of a publ ic parking area shall be landscaped with plant material and shall have a complete irrigation system; be well maintained in perpetuity; be reviewable annually by the Building Superintendent. 2. Required planting areas on the street side of walls shall not be cansidered as part of the three (3) percent interior landscaping. 3. Where a parking area abuts the buildings on the subject praperty', the border plantings adjacent to those buildings shall nat be cansidered as part of the interior landscaping. 4. In complying with the three (3) percent landscaping requirement, the planting beds shall be distributed throughout the entire parking area as evenly as possible. Any plot plan shawing the entire three (3) percent landscaping in one or two large planting bed~or cancentrated on only one portion af the parking area is not acceptable. . 5. Any unused space resul ting from the design af the parking spaces shall be used for planting purposes. No planting area ar island shall have an average width of less than three (3) feet. The planting areas ar 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. 6. To facilitate the processing af plot plans, 0 plant list should be prepared giving the batanical and common names af the plants to be used, the sizes to be planted, i.e., -1,5 or 15 gallon containers, the quantity. af each and when applicable, the spacing shall be shown. The plants should be listed alph!lbetically and assigned key numbers to be used in locating the plants on the plan. . 7. Except as stated below, it shall be required that the plant material include trees with a ground caver 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 overhead space for trees; hawever, 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 ahd spread, suscepti- bility to diseases and pests, and adaptability to existing sail and climatic canditions. A lacal Landscape Architect or nurseryman is a suitable saurce for plant material information. - ,,,-- II 5o~ . . " B. All planting areas shall be 'given a soHsterilizatlan treatment~with an approved sail steril ent prior to planting. IRRIGATION 1. All landscaped areas shall be provided with a permanent, below grade (except for sprinkler heads), irrigation system. 2. All domestic water supply I ines to which irrigatian systems are connected, shall when necessary be pratected by installation of atmospheric or pressure type vacuum breakers. 3. At least one hose bibb be located each one hur.dred (100) I ineal 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. LOADING REOUIREMENTS . On the same land therewith, every building, structure or part thereof, erected or occupied for a permitted Zone C 1 use involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise incidental 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 alleys. Such space shall be no less than ten feet by twenty-five feet ( 10' x 25') for every ten thousand square feet (10,000') of floor area or outdoor storage area with a fourteen (14) foot minimum height clearance, but shall not be a part of any area required for use as off street parking stalls. ADDITIONS Structures which are enlarged in area shall provide parking facilities 'per the standard Zane C 1 requirements. CHANGES IN USE Whenever the existing use of 0 structure or lot is changed to another use, parking facilities shall be provided per standard Zone C 1 requirements. . -..- Iv .::r '" -I I . . EM:ma MIXED USES . . In the event that two or more uses occupy the same building, lot or parcel of land, the total requirements for off street parking shall be the sum of the requirements of the various uses camputed separately. COMPUTATION OF REQUIRED OFF STREET PARKING SPACES When a fractional figure is found as a remainder in camputations made to determine. the amaunt of required off street, parking, such fraction shall be construed to be a whole number. PLANNING DEPARTMENT BY ~ :!~~~e Seniar City Planner -f- I,j' .5d.y j . . . . . ~ . '. ., , SECTION 4. That the appropriate provisions of Chapter 2 of Article IX of the Arcadia Municipal Code be so amended as to accomplish the following results and embody the following recommendations: SUBJECT: RECOMMENDED CHANGES IN ZONE C-l The Commission has previously approved the Central Area Plan. The next step is to determine the changes and additions to the existing Zoning Ordinance which should be made in order to .carry out the principles and objectives a~ the plan. To date the Committee has reviewed the uses and regulations of lone C-l. From this review it is recatnmended that the following changes be considered: 1. Zone C-l should be an exclusive zone, i. e., residential uses should not be permitted in the same district as commercial uses. Ta accompl ish this objective Section 9262.1. should be changed to el iminate RO - R 1, R 2, R 3 R, and R 3 uSe5'from Zane C 1. The uses I isted in Zone C 0, (except the residential uses) should be permitted in Zane C 1. 2. Change Section 9262 .1.31 to permit the sale of intoxicoting beverages in restaurants, teClroams and cafes whenever such sales are an occessary (rather than principal) use of the premises. 3. Section 9262.1.2 permits automobile parking areas. In connection with this use Section 9284.4 shauld be reviewed ta insure that the imptovement and gener~1 site standards are appropriate. 4. Sectian 9262.1.3 permits service stations. If they are ta continue as permitted uses, it is suggested that they be develaped in accordance with site standards. 5. Sections 9262.2..3 and 2.5 should be changed as they refer to R 3 uses. (These are yard and area requirements when.C 1 property is used for residential purposes). 6. Section 9262.2.6 limits the size of commercial structures to 5000 square feet. It is suggested that a building area requirement is not needed and should be deleted. /1/' ."r",.? .. ,." ." . . '.. . .. . SECTION 5. 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 foreg~ing resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Planning Commission held on the 28th day of January, 1964, by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Forman, Golisch, Hanson, Kuyper, Norton, Parker and Ferguson NOES: None ABSENT: None /CV'.ch~~~~ 7- ".. . ATTEST: Secretary e ...- l~ 504