Ordinance - 281ORDINANCE N0.281
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IV -EST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, MCING A CONDITIONAL VARIANCE TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF ORDINANCE N0.147 OF SAID CITY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 THEREOF.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The petition of the Covina School District
having been filed in the office of the City Planning Commission
pursuant to Section 15 of Ordinance No.147 of the City of West
Covina establishing zones or districts and regulating therein the
use of land, height of buildings and yard spaces, adopted on the
21st day of January, 1948, asking that a conditional variance
be made affecting the property described in said petition and
setting forth the specific reasons therefor and the circumstances
in connection therewith, and recommendation having been made by
the Planning Commission to this Council, and a full investigation
and consideration of the facts having been made by this Council
pertinent to such petition; the Council determines that there are
exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or conditions applicable
to the property involved and to the intended use thereof that do
not generally apply to the property or classes of uses in the
• same zone or district in which said property is located, and will
not be inconsistent with the general purposes of Ordinance No.147;
This Council,'therefore, grants a conditional variance
from the provisions of said Ordinance No.147, but only so far as
such variance,is necessary to permit the following described
real property, to wit:
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Lot 8 in Block 18 of the Phillips Tract, in
the City of West Covina and portion of Lot 7
in Block 18 of the Phillips 'Tract, in the
City of West Covina being 1.53 acres commencing
at the Northeast corner of Lot 7, Block 18;
thence West 1.77 chains; thence South 40471 West
48.68 feet; thence East 16.4 feet; thence South
to the North line of Rowland Avenue; thence East
thereon to the East line of said Lot produced
South; thence North to beginning, part of vacated
• street adjoining on the South; and located on
the northwest corner of Rowland and Lark Ellen
Avenues
to be used for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and
conducting an elementary public school and uses incident thereto.
This conditional variance is granted upon the following
terms and conditions:
(1) That the necessary widening of Lark Ellen Avenue
be deeded to the City of West Covina;
(2) That all street improvements outlined in Section 49
of Ordinance No.225, including utilities, be installed accordingly
and meet the approval of the City Engineer. This. to include
sidewalks;
(3) That an eight foot easement be provided along the
• westerly edge of the property;
(4) That vehicular access to the school site be confined
to Rowland Avenue and that the access rights along Lark Ellen
Avenue be deeded to the City of West Covina;
(5) That in accordance with the policy of the City Council
along Lark Ellen Avenue regarding palm trees, a $50.00 per tree
deposit with the City for future maintenance or removal of trees
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be required.
(6) .That a plot plan of the building site and
proposed streets be furnished the Building Department; and
(7) That the plot plan conform to the block study
adopted for this area.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15)
days from the passage thereof, shall cause the same to be posted
with the names of the members voting for and against the same,
in three places within the City, in the manner required by the
laws and ordinances of the City of West Covina, and thirty (30)
days from and after the final passage thereof said Ordinance
shall take effect and be in force.
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Mayor : the `CZ y of we Covina
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• I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of West
Covina, held on the 26th day of October, 1953, by the affirmative
vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen FRANK DELAYBETT C. VAN HORNC. T- PJOSSBER0 . CAL SPERLTNIV
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JOE HURST, MAYOR'
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ABSENT: A/ 0 A/ �
OhFPUT� C1 y Clerk of e City o I es Covina
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF' LOS �NGELES ) ss.
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
LMA W. PRESTON
_'M, being by me first duly sworn, deposes
,Deputy
and says: Thatshe is the City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
• California; a citizen of the United States and over the age of
21 years; that on the d d- day of October, 1953,she posted
three copies of Ordinance No.281 of the City of West Covina,
entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CI`.CY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, X"__ING A CONDITIONAL VARIANCE TO CERTAIN
PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE NO.147 OF SAID CITY, PURSUANT TO SECTION
15 THEREOF", in three public places in said City, to wit: One
at the Police Office, 1444 West Garvey Boulevard, one in front
of the West Covina School House, and one at the northwest corner
of Puente Street and Lark Ellen Boulevard.
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DtpU-r Cs y Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me
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this day of OutiflMr,r1953
4ory Pub114n�'�a�n fo he Coun y
of Los Angeles, State of California
M.y Commission Expires August 12,1956
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