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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0619 . . .J . . . RESOLUTION NO. 619 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THE DENIAL OF A REQUESTED ZONE CHANGE FROM'R-O AND C-2 TO C-2 AND DTO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHOPPING CENTER ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 723 AND 731 WEST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD IN SAID CITY. . WHEREAS, there was filed with this Commission on the 28th day of July, 1967, the application of National Shopping Centers, Inc., as agent for the o~mer, Shepherd of the Hills Evangelical Lutheran Church Sierra Madre, for a zone change from R-O and C-2 to C-2 and D to permit the construction of a major supermarket, barber shop, ice cream parlor, dry cleaners, florist and the rebuilding of an existing service station on property located at 723 and 731 West Foothill Boulevard in the City of Arcadia, County of Los Angeles, State of California, more specifically described as follows: Lots 77 and 78 of Tract No. 11074. Also that por- tion of Lot 5, Tract No. 948 described as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of. Lot 77, Tract No. 11074, thence North 0054'30" East along the east line of said Lot 77~ a distance of 250 feet; thence North 88041'10' East, a distance of 250 feet to the west line of Santa Anita Avenue; thence southeriy along said west line, a distance of 250 feet to its intersection with the north line of Foothill Boulevard; thence westerly along said north line a distance of 250 feet to the place of beginning; and, WHEREAS, after notice duly given as required by the Zoning Ordinance, a public hearing was duly held on the matter by and be- . fore this Commission on August 22, 1967, at which time all interested persons were given a full opportunity to be heard and to present evi- dence; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY DETERMINES AND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: ~l- 619 v / 'I /' . .. i' . SECTION 1. That subject property is presently in Zones R-Q and C-2, with an existing service station on the C-2 portion and a church on the lot adjacent to the west. The lot west of the church site is vacant and unused. The property to the north and west is zoned R-O and developed with single-family homes. Properties to the south and east are zoned R-l and C-2 with a mixture of uses. That said development proposes commercial intrusion into a prime residen- tial zone. and would abut existing residentially developed properties. That the application proposes to extend commercial zoning further west on a street already overburdened with strip commercial zoning and development. That the granting of commercial zoning as requested in this location would be detrimental to the public health and wel- . fare and 1njurious to property or improvements in such zone or vicin- ity, and would adversely affect the comprehensive general plan. That such reques,ted zon.e change is not justified by good zoning practices. SECTION 2. That for the foregoing reasons, this Commission hereby recommends to the City Council of the City of Arcadia that the requested zone change of above-describe~ property be denied. . 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 12th day of September, 1967, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ATTEST: ~::- /r ~~--. Chairman -2- 619 . " " .' , . " . . . August 22, 1967 TO: PLANNING COMMISSION FROM: ZONING COMMITTEE SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING - AUGUST 17, 1967 The Zoning Committee held a meeting Thursday evening, August :7, 1967, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., in the Conference room of the City Hall. All 0,: the members were present. The Committee revie\\(ed the zone change application on tonight'" CS3,c,c.a. A" you ",.e aware the applicotion was filed by Nctional Shopping Cen~(,,..,, Incorpcrded. ':.", prO;:'erty is owned by the Shepherd of the Hills Evangelicol LutheC(.~, Church OT Sien-a Madre. . ':',,, ap", icant proposes to clear the land located at the northw::,st can,,,,r of :'~,nta A"ita Avenue and Foothill Boulevard of the existing chureh, reoic..:nce, "nd service station and construct a small shopping cent~r. The $;'O~p;:';) cenTer would consist of a supermarket in excess of 20,000 square feet, ane a je,u? of :ellite shops with about 10,000 square feet. The corner of the prop<:rty Is p;oposed TO be used for a new Richfield Service Station. The Staff report has already pointed out that the westerly portion of the site consists of two zone RO single-fomily residentiol lots. The balance of the p"operty which is about 250 ,feet square is in Zone C-2. ':ne applicction requests the Zoning be chonged from the present classification ,0 Zone C-2 and D. '"' If this request were approved the net effect would be that the entire site woulo be in a commercial zoning district. The Zone "D" portion of the application j, an architectural design zone which would penn it the Planning Commissicn and City Council to impose standards and regulations in addition to those that govern Zone C-2. Therefore, if the Commission is prone to approve the application tne publ ic hearing should be continued to permit the Zoning Committee and Staff to devise the appropriate Zone "D" regulations. . - 1 - fy~ &(4 . . c. . ..~ . . . . -:z=--~ -." . . Zoning Committee August 18, 1967 Page Two Based on the Committee's review of the application, the development pions, aerial photographs of the area, and of the existing development ar.ci zoning in the.surrounding area, the Committee ceme to the conclusion thor it cannot recommend approval of this zone change appl ication. In addition, the Committee wishes to point out that the City of Arcadic hos more than enough existing commercial zoned property that should be develope.:. aeld in some cases redeveloped before any c'dditiona I lend area is placec in that category . Secondly, one of the primary purposes of zoning is to afford protection .0 "II or the p..operiy within the City. This protection, by zoning, in substance ;:>rov"('-'5 locations within the community for land uses with similar charccteris;'!cc uou?cd tc.gether. The Comm ittee suggests thot by aj lowing an intrusion or commcJcic. activity even on the periphery of a residential area can be hormful to ..-he resi- dentiol area. This is particularly the case when small commercial sites are ov",r- developed too close to residential areas as proposed on the plans befere th", Comm iss ion. The Committee, therefore, recommends that the application be denied. ZONiNG COMMITTEE RAYMOND D. GODFREY, Chairmen I _ / ' /?/;;&4'~ .J~'(L"'9-;l ...... , WILLIAM PHELPS, Secretary RDG:WP:ma ... -2- .' . ~ ,1;' . . . . NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE ARCADIA <:iTY PlA~NING COMMISSION Z-67-2 SHEPHERD OF THE HilLS EVANGElICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH SIERRA M,&.DRE, owners of real property located within the City'of Arcadia, California, and hereinafter described hos authorized National Shopping Center, Inc. to file with the'Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia, an application requesting a zone change from Zone RO and C 2 to. Zone C 2 and D (Architectural Design Zone) on .the following described property: . Lots 77 and78 of Tract No. 11074. Also that portion of Lot 5, Tract No. 948 described as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of Lot77, , Tract No. 11074,. thence North 00 54' 30" East along the east line of said Lot 77, a distance of 250 feet; thence North 880 41' 10" East, a distance of 250 Feet to the west line of Santa Anita Avenue; thence southerly along said west line, a distance of 250 feet to its' intersection with the north line of Foothill.Boulevard; thence westerly along said north line a distance of 250 feet to the place of beginning. TI1e application also requests a Conditional Use Permitto permit the replacement of the e>,isting Richfield Service Station with a new model11 facility and to remove the church buildings and replace them with commercial buildings to be used for a supermarket, barber shop, ice cream parlor, dry cleaning establishment, and Florist. The property is commonly known as 31 and 23 West Foothill Boulevard and is presently used for church and service station purposes. NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Tuesday, August 22, 1967, at the hour of 8:00 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, 240 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, said Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the question of said proposed application, and an opportunity will be aUorded to persons parti- culorly interested, and the public generally, to be heard on all matters concerning said Zone Change . PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA ~d~~~T~ WILLIAM PHELPS, Secretary of Arcadia Planning Commission DATED: August 10, D967 NOTE: On file at the, Planning Department in the Arcadia City Hall are plans showing the praposed development. They may be seen between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.