Ordinance - 340ORDINANCE NQ.340
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A,PRECISE..PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN
PROPERTIES IN.SAID CITY, PURSUANT TO.SECTION.14.0F ORDINANCE NO.147
OF THE.CITY.OF WEST COVINA, AND AMENDING.SAID ORDINANCE NO.147
(Batchelder,Jobe,Schofield and..Gauldin).
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1, WHEREAS, Ordinance No.147 of the City of West
Covina,.known-as-the Zoning Ordinance, classifies certain properties
in the City of West Covina and the property annexed to the City of
West Covina by the passage of Ordinance No.291 of the City of West
Covina described as 'RWest Covina Annexation -District No.11,5111described
as the area.located in the vicinity of Workman Avenue and Citrus..Street,
as Zone R-1; and
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission of the City of West
Covina has caused to be prepared a precise plan for the development
of the above described area to encourage the proper utilization of
such properties; and
WHEREAS, the said Planning Commission did on July 19,1954,
and August 2, 1954, conduct.duly advertised public hearings as pres-
cribed by law and duly considered said precise plan; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.182 the said Planning Commission
on August 2, 19549 approved said plan as amended and recommended to
the City Council the adoption thereof, subject to the conditions here-
inafter'enumerated; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Covina did on
August 23, 19549 hold and conduct a duly advertised public hearing as
prescribed by law and considered said precise plan thereat and duly
adopted said plan, subject to the stipulations hereinafter enumerated;
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NOW,THEREFGRE, the City Council of the City of West Covina
does ordain as follows: That that certain Precise Plan No.17 for the
development of the real property hereinafter more particularly defined
and described, in the City of West Covina, heretofore approved and
adopted by the City Planning Commission and by the City Council as afore-
said, or a similar plan for a mall -type regional shopping center, be
and the same is hereby adopted as an Official Precise Flan, under and
pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No.147 of the City of West
• Covina, for the areas hereinafter specifically described, subject to
the following conditions:
(1) That there shall be established and incorporated in said plan
as a part thereof a minimum setback line from the westerly property
line of fifty (50) feet;
(2) That public parking facilities be provided and maintained in
conformity with the plan hereby approved and having a minimum parking
ratio of two and one-half square feet of parking area to one square foot
of floor space;
(3) That the area required for the widening of Citrus Street adja-
cent to the within described property to a 100 foot right-of-way be
deeded to the City of Vest Covina,in accordance with the Master Plan of
Streets and Highways heretofore adopted and approved by the City;
is (4) That all street improvements outlined in Section 49 of Ordi-
nance No.225 of the City of West Covina, including utilities, be installed
accordingly and meet the approval of the City Engineer; this to include
sidewalks, sanitary sewers and street lights,and all improvements along
the -service road on Garvey Boulevard that are not proposed for install-
ation by the State Division of Highways, the improvements to be installed
as the frontage is developed.
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(5) That the area under consideration for this plan and variance
conform to the proposed State Division of Highways right-of-way;
(6) That all improvements permitted or required by this ordinance
shall be constructed substantially in accordance with the general plan
now on file in the office of the Planning Commission of the City of
West Covina, and provided further that the construction of one or more
of the group of buildings comprising the mall section of the development
in said plan contained shall be commenced within two and one-half years
• from the effective date of this ordinance, delays caused by acts of God
and circumstances or conditions not under the control of the owners,
grantees, lessees or assignees excepted;
(7) That a solid wall six (6) feet in height shall be constructed
along the line of the described properties wherever such properties
abut other real properties developed for residential uses, to serve as
an effective barrier between such respective properties;
(8) That adequate water supply and fire protection be provided
as required by Ordinance No.237;
(9) That no building permit be granted for the erection or const-
ruction of any building upon said property unless the plans and specifi-
cations be first submitted to the Building Inspector of the City of West
• Covina, and that said plans and specifications shall in all particulars
comply with the building codes or ordinances and sanitary regulations of
the City of "West Covina; 'and 'pr'ovided, further, that all required bonds,
fees and deposits for improvements be deposited*with the City before
building permits be issued;
(10) That Charter Oak Creek within the boundaries of the properties
herein described be maintained by the owners and developers with the
understanding that the City of West Covina will not be required to parti-
cipate in any future improvements within the said creek area;
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(11) That the owners submit this plan to the County Flood Control
and conform to their requirements regarding the development or improve -
went of Charter Oak Creek;
(12) That approval herein referred to is subject to the completion
of the annexation proceedings of the area not within the City of West
Covina;
(13) That the major unit delineated in said plan be developed on
that portion of the properties described which are located east of
• Citrus Street;
(14) That the major store in said plan contemplated and delineated
have a minimum,floor area of,100,000 square feet;
(15) That in the event any of the provisions of this ordinance are
violated any undeveloped portion of the property herein described which
is directly involved in such violation shall revert to Zone R-1, as
defined in Ordinance No.147, and the rights and privileges herein granted
shall terminate and cease in the event any such violation is not ter-
minated within thirty (30) days or such further time as the City Council
may decide that the owner or owners of said property, in the exercise
of due diligence, requires to correct such violation, after the owner
or owners of said property have been given written notice by the City
• Council of such violation. Provided, however, that the rezoning
herein involved shall be fixed and determined as to any portion of
the within described,property for which a building permit has been duly
issued by the City of West Covina.
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That Section 3 of Ordinance No,147 of the City of West
Covina, known as the Zoning ordinance$ adopted January 21, 1948
as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto
and as a part of the Zoning Map of the City of West Covina, the
following:
The hereinafter described real property, to wit:
Lot 8, Block 22; Lot 1, Block 27, of the Phillips Tract,
as per'map recorded in Book 9 pages 3 and 4 of Maps in
the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County;
and Lots 3, 4, 6 and 7, the West 270.6 feet of Lot 2 and
all that part of Lot 8 lying,West of the Road conveyed by
W.G.Kerckhoff to the County of Los Angeles, by deed
recorded in Book 7669-page 243 of Deeds, all in Block 26
of the Phillips Tract$ in the County of Los Angeles, State
of California, as per map recorded in Book 9, pages 3 and 4,
Miscellaneous Records of said County; and that portion of
Lot 5 in Block 26 of the Phillips Tract in the Rancho
La Puente, in the City of West Covina, in the County of Los
Angeles, State of California,
iao as per map recorded in.Book
9 Pages 3and 4 of,Miscellaneous Records in the office of
the County Recorder of said County, included within the
boundaries described.as follows;
Beginning at a point in the South line.of ' Arroyo Avenue,
as shown on the map of Tract No,930 recorded in Book 17 Pages
38 and 39 of Maps in the office of the County Recorder of
said Countyv distant thereon South 880 56''East 223.96 feet
from the Northeast corner of Lot 71 of said Tract NO,930,
said point being in the Southe . rly prolongation of the We . sterly
line of Charter Oak Creek, 50 feet widep as shown on the
Los Angeles County Flood Control District map of Walnut Wash,
No,201 R.W. 49 a copy of said map .being filed in the office
• of the County Surveyor of said County as C.S.Map No.B-576
Sheet 31 thence along said prolongation and along said Westerly
line North 30 081 30" West 489,27 feet tothebeginning.of
a tangent curve concave Easterly having a radius of 598.69
feet, thence Northerly along said curve 71.34 feet, thence
leaving said Westerly line North 890 05, 50"*West 57.43 feet,
thence North 00 541 100 East 116.60--feet, to the North line
of said Lot 5t_thence along said North line S'O'uth.,.890 05, 501t
East 197,73 feet to the Northeasterly corner of said Lot, -
thence along the Easterly line of said Lot 5"and its prolong-
ation South 00 11, 0011 West 67603 feet.to the Southerly line
of Arroyo Avenue, -as shown on the map of said Tract No.930,
thence along said Southerly line North 880 561.West 113.53
feet to the point of beginning.
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EXCEPTING therefrom --that portion of said land included
in -the 57.feet-strip of land described in the -deed -to
the State of California recorded -in Book 18099 Page 243,
Official Records of said County, being- -the "Southerly 57 feet
of.the-portion of -said -Lot 5 lying Northerly of and adjoin-
ing Garvey Avenue, 100 feet wide, as shown on County
Surveyorts Nap No.B-596-on file in the office of the County
Surveyor -of said Countyt
be and the same is hereby excepted -from -the particular -zone in
which such real property has otherwise been placed and designated
by the provisions of this section, and all such real property and
territory is hereby granted -a variance.so as to -establish said
property and territory as'a part of Zone C-2t under the provisions
of said ordinance No,147, subject, however, to all of the conditions
hereinbefore enumerated*
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
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places within the Coty, in the manner required by the laws and
ordinances in the City of West Covina, and thirty (30) days from
and after the passage thereof said Ordinance shall take effect and
0 be in force,
City er
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted
at a regular meeting of the
e City Council of the City of West Covina,
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held on the 27th day of Sept,ember,1954, by the affirmative vote
of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen JAMES W. KAy JVER.T C. VAN HOR-NjAy D. BROWM J. CAL SPERLINE7
NOES : d iv, (f,
ABSENT: JOE 11URST, MAYOP,
Uity Ulerrc of The City oF West Covina
• STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS-ANGELES ss.
CITY,OF,WEST,COVI.NA.
ROBERT FLOTTENy being by me -first duly sworn, deposes and
says:' That.be,is,.the.City Clerk -of the City of West Covina, Calif-
ornia; a citizen of the'United States and -over the age of 21 years;
that on the _4r10- day of _54*496341 1954, he posted three copies
of Ordinance 17o.340 of the City_ofWest Covina-9 entitled ff AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINAtCALIFORNIA9
ADOPTING A PRECISE -PLAN FOR - THE ...,DEV`tLOPXENT_,OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES.
IN SAID CITY, PURSUANT td'SECTION 14 OF ORDINANCE NO.147 OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, AND AMENDING . SAID.,,ORDINANCE NO.147 (Batchelder,
Jobe2 Schofield and-Gauldin)wg,in three public places in said City,
to wit: One at the Police Office'q 1444 West Garvey Boulevard,
one in front of the West Covina School House, and one at the north-
west corner of Puente Street and Lark El Boulevard,
City Clerrc
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Subscribed sworn and � LAL� , AoAffme
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his . day of LZTAJI*o
Angeles, State of California.
My Commission Expires August 12, W
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