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Home My WebLink About0841 - -, . . . RESOLUTION NO. .841 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DETERMINING THAT A CERTAIN USE IS AN ACCESSORY OFFICE USE. WHEREAS, an office area of approximately 475 square feet on the fifth floor of the Towne Centre building at 150 North Santa Anita Avenue has been designed and is proposed for use asa 'snack bar for the use of tenants of the building, only, including their employees and guests,. and WHEREAS, a question has been presented to the Planning Commission pursuant to Section 9213 of the Zoning Ordinance as to whether such proposed use is an acc~ssory use to the Towne Centre . building" as permitted by the Ordinance; NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA HEREBY DETERMINES AND RESOLVES that sa~d snack bar as it is designed and proposed for use on the fifth floor of said Towne Centre building, for the use of tenants only, includcing their employ.ees and guests, is an accessory use customarily in:cidental to the use of said building as an office building. The Secretary shall cert~fy to the adoption of this resolution. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission of the City . -1- 841 . . . .., .... ... . . of Arcadia held on the 8th following vote: AYES: NOES: day of January , 1974, by the Commissioners Clark, Coghlan, Erickson, Reiter Commissioners perlis and Huddy ABSENT: Commissioner Hegg~ . .. ~a/4 ATTEST: (;;Jf//t4111L(/llrjtrt~ Secretary -2- 841 " Vi J . . . , . . & December 6, 1973 City of Arcadia Members of the Planning Commission 249 W. Huntington, Drive, Arcadia, California 91006 RE: Cutting Board Towne Centre Building 150 N. Santa Anita Dear Commissioners: As I am sure the majority of you are aware, the Towne Centre building is leasing at a very fast pace. We are currently 95%' leased, and will be 95% occupied by approximately De'cember 15, 1973. Due to the heavy concentration of clerical employees of the various' tenants in the building it was decided that a fast food service installation would benefit the building'-s tenants greatly. The parking situation is obviously conjested and the lessening o'f traffic in the parking area would assist tremendously. This type of installation is designed to keep the employees in the building during their lunch hours and coffee breaks as opposed to getting into their automobiles and driving to an alternate toffee shop. Also, with the advent of the energy crisis and the possibility of gasoline rationing, an installation of this sort will be good for the community in general. The Cutting Board is designed as a fast food service installation with the primary intent of serving only t~ose tenants within the building. 'there are no provisions within their leas,,"allowingsign rights., The operator's merchandising program does not involve outside advertising. It is not the type of restaurant (for lack of a better word) that would appeal to the outside public. It is located on the 5th floor of the building and consists of a total square footage of 475. Of this total, less than 50% is allocated for seating. It is not anticipated that anyone would be driving to the building solely for the purpose of patronizing this facility. All foods are pre-prepared and brought in Qaily. The only cooking that is performed on the premises is the l:"einstitution of precooked foods through the use of a microwave oven. 'there is a table seating capacity for sixteen people, however, it is highly unlikely that this number of people would ever at one time be 251 SOUTH LAKE AVENUE P^~ADEN,\, CAUrurH-lIA 91101 . TELEPHONE /213) .1.\8-0SSIJ &.1,. U"lnn~"'~"Cll C.....nrr""~ ~~, . . CITY OF ARCADIA MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION December 6, 1973 Page 2 . seated at the tables due to their size and the uncomfortable feeling of closeness that would result. The majority of the foods will be taken by the employee back to his desk or lunch room,as the case may be,to be consumed. The counter shown on the floor plan is there only for picking up orders and will definitely not be used as additional seating for food cohsumption. After our negotiations of the lease had been consurnated, we contacted the Roether ,Construction, Company, the general contractor performing thp majority of the tenant improvements in the building, for the purpose 'of _ ,/. dev~lo~~ng the space. The plans were drawn and submitted to the Arcadia ~..6P"o/rll{ft{{tt(g Department, stamped "Approved", and a permit was iSS. ued for the LJ development of the space, Now that the space is completed and the facility is ready for operation, we have been completely surprised. to find out from the City that there is a possible conflict as to whether or not the zoning would allow such an establishment under the definition of the code.. We find it hard to believe that this situation was not acknowledged dur,ing the planning stage. A substantial capital outlay has been put forth by both the owners of the building as well as the intended operator. Should we now not be allowed to open for business the resulting factor would produce a tremendous hardship on the operator as well as a considerable financial loss to our company. We would like the Planning Commission . to consider this establishment as an "Accessory Use" within the definition of the code of the building. It is merely designed to facilitate the employees in the building and is obviously not appealing to the general public at large. Very truly yours, " >-;~k~t/ --" / J: Randall Moore Vice President JRM/la cc: John J. Palermo President American Realty & Management Co. -,..< . I ~ .,__ .. _________ _ _ r....{ II -.. \ (-.1 ,-.\ ~'~---;-:--';I--r=-i-~-; ~.;;- I ,.-:--....-' ..),.'=;-~'--~--t~'>=" --' 0'... .. "-' I I ~ - 4~. .. . 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