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Public hearings on 2 proposed amendments to the Arcadia municipal code, one that would limit the size of homes, and another that would reduce the density of apartment and condominium units, were continued by the Planning Commission to its November 24 meeting.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 15, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 15, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1204AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council unanimously approved a zone change that would prohibit future lot splits in the Lower Rancho Area. The revision increased the minimum lot size from 15,000 to 20,000 square feet.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 9, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 9, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Real Estate - Lower Rancho

Item ID: 2291AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The 14-year-old son of Arcadia real estate developer Charles Bluth shot and killed one of 2 intruders who had broken into the Bluth home in the exclusive Whispering Pines neighborhood.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1367AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Jose Rosas, Mar. 2.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 10, 1983

Pages: p. C3

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 10, 1983

Pages: p. C3

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Rosas, Jose Emmanuel

Item ID: 27317AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council voted to put a measure on the April 1989 ballot that would make the city clerk an appointed rather than an elected position.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 10, 1988

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 10, 1988

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1989

Item ID: 1129AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council has decided to have Arcadia voters decide whether the sale and use of fireworks should be banned in the city. The issue will appear on the April ballot.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 8, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 8, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Fireworks

Item ID: 1608AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council tabled a Planning Commission recommendation to limit new homes to 40% of their lot size after complaints that the restrictions would reduce property values.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 6, 1988

Pages: p. A-7

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 6, 1988

Pages: p. A-7

Subjects: Housing

Item ID: 1847AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has decided to allow horses to remain within 35 feet of a neighbor's home as long as the horse was there first. Previously the city code would have required horses to move if a new home was built within 100 feet of the horse.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Horses

Item ID: 1745AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council added a new amendment to the city building code reducing the size of new houses.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 6, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 6, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Ordinances, Municipal

Item ID: 2076AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Target, a discounter, would be a real first in fashionable Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 5, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 5, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Target Department Store

Item ID: 816AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two Charter amendments will be on the April 9th ballot: 1. Would increase from 2 to 3 the number of consecutive 4 year terms a Councilman may serve and change the residence requirement from 2 years to 1. 2. Provides for a municipal election in February with offices to be filled by those candidates who receive the highest number of votes. However, if no candidate receives at least 40% of the votes cast, a run-off election would be held in April.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 4, 1984

Pages: p. D-4

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 4, 1984

Pages: p. D-4

Subjects: Charter

Item ID: 925AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Janet S. Maynard was arrested for trying to raffle off her $250,000 home for $25 a ticket. She organized the raffle because she has been unable to sell the house and was facing foreclosure.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 15, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 15, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Real Estate

Item ID: 2290AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's Planning Department is studying a city-wide ordinance to prevent private property owners from cutting down trees on their land. According to Mayor Charles Gilb, "there's a lot of people that move into town that because of their background . . . cut all the trees down so the spirits can't get in it."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 21, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 21, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Ordinances, Municipal; Gilb, Charles

Item ID: 2075AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A group of residents on South 10th Avenue lost a battle to prevent the subdivision of 3 horse-size lots into 9 lots that would be too small to keep horses.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 25, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 25, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1321AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A disappointing turnout of less than a dozen people (mainly real estate developers) attended the public meeting to discuss phase I of the Downtown Arcadia Revitalization Study held Tuesday, July 31. One idea offered at the meeting was to create an "Avenue of the Thoroughbreds." More interaction with business owners affected by such suggestions was hoped for.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1298AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Candidates discuss their positions on charter change at a forum presented by the Arcadia Republican Women's Club last week. The amendment will be on the April 10 ballot.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29 ,1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29 ,1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1984

Item ID: 1109AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has grounded a proposal that would have allowed hang glider pilots to land their grafts on an unused LA County floodplain in the north end of the city. The 30 pilots of the Mr. Wilson Soaring Society need a landing site because the one used for the last 8 years in Pasadena has been developed with the new Pasadena Rose Court homes.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 27, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 27, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Hang Gliding

Item ID: 1681AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The percentage of voters casting ballots in the City Council election was the lowest in 24 years. Only 22.9% of voters turned out.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 13, 1986

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 13, 1986

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1986

Item ID: 1122AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Voter turnout was the lowest in recent memory for a municipal election, according to some Arcadia precinct workers. 5,044 out of 26,595 voters cast ballots for a 19% turnout.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 17, 1988

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 17, 1988

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1988

Item ID: 1126AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A public hearing Wednesday night before the Arcadia City Council on a draft Environmental Impact Report for an extensive addition to Whispering Pines Estates drew a mixed reaction from the audience and many questions from Councilman Jeff Dring. After lengthy discussion, the council members, on a 3-1 vote, agreed that a soils study could be postponed until after submission of the final EIR.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Real Estate - Whispering Pines

Item ID: 2295AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Public hearings on 2 proposed amendments to the Arcadia municipal code, one that would limit the size of homes, and another that would reduce the density of apartment and condominium units, were continued by the Planning Commission to its November 24 meeting.

The City Council unanimously approved a zone change that would prohibit future lot splits in the Lower Rancho Area. The revision increased the minimum lot size from 15,000 to 20,000 square feet.

The 14-year-old son of Arcadia real estate developer Charles Bluth shot and killed one of 2 intruders who had broken into the Bluth home in the exclusive Whispering Pines neighborhood.

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Jose Rosas, Mar. 2.

The City Council voted to put a measure on the April 1989 ballot that would make the city clerk an appointed rather than an elected position.

City Council has decided to have Arcadia voters decide whether the sale and use of fireworks should be banned in the city. The issue will appear on the April ballot.

City Council tabled a Planning Commission recommendation to limit new homes to 40% of their lot size after complaints that the restrictions would reduce property values.

The Arcadia City Council has decided to allow horses to remain within 35 feet of a neighbor's home as long as the horse was there first. Previously the city code would have required horses to move if a new home was built within 100 feet of the horse.

The Arcadia City Council added a new amendment to the city building code reducing the size of new houses.

Target, a discounter, would be a real first in fashionable Arcadia.

Janet S. Maynard was arrested for trying to raffle off her $250,000 home for $25 a ticket. She organized the raffle because she has been unable to sell the house and was facing foreclosure.

A group of residents on South 10th Avenue lost a battle to prevent the subdivision of 3 horse-size lots into 9 lots that would be too small to keep horses.

Candidates discuss their positions on charter change at a forum presented by the Arcadia Republican Women's Club last week. The amendment will be on the April 10 ballot.

The percentage of voters casting ballots in the City Council election was the lowest in 24 years. Only 22.9% of voters turned out.

Voter turnout was the lowest in recent memory for a municipal election, according to some Arcadia precinct workers. 5,044 out of 26,595 voters cast ballots for a 19% turnout.