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The Planning Commission is endeavoring to make Arcadia's General Plan more flexible and more consistent with zoning regulations. The Commission will submit its changes to the City Council for final approval.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 2, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 2, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1179AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council will need to tackle the long-standing thorn-in-the-side of the Planning Commission - illegal lot splits.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 31, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 31, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1184AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Planning Commission has endorsed unanimously a revision of the city's General Plan, the policy-setting document for everything from housing and land use to noise and safety.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 31, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 31, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1212AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Planning Commission will ask the City Attorney whether or not they have the power to turn down a developer even though his plans meet all requirements.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 15, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 15, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1178AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Planning Commission and ultimately the City Council are going to have a very difficult time prohibiting further lot splits in areas where splits were OK'd before the present laws limiting this practice.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 10, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 10, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1182AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

By a 6 to 1 vote the Planning Commission on May 24 approved a new zone: R-M (single-family mountainous residential). The proposed ordinance will need to go before the City Council for adoption.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 26, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 26, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1189AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Planning Commission approved a group of rules that restricts the height of new homes.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 31, 1988

Pages: p. 1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 31, 1988

Pages: p. 1 photo

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1208AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Planning Commission members and Planning Director Bill Woolard were bitterly disappointed at the slim turn-out of residents at a recent and much publicized hearing to review zoning in the city's central area.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 31, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 31, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1176AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

On Wednesday, April 10, the planning commission met in what was to be their first meeting to discuss and review certain aspects of the General Plan Update for 1996. Approximately 200 people crowded the council chamber and the meeting was declared a safety hazard. The rescheduled meeting will be held at the community center.

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Newspaper: Sierra Madre News

Date: April 18, 1996

Pages: p. 7

Newspaper: Sierra Madre News

Date: April 18, 1996

Pages: p. 7

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 5643AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Planning Department recently gave its proposal to Planning Commission for possible ordinance permitting a second unit to be built on a single-family dwelling.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 10, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 10, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1198AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Understanding Our City Series - Part 4, Commissions Generally, Planning Commission Specifically.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 5, 1996; February 26, 1998 (Reprinted)

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 5, 1996; February 26, 1998 (Reprinted)

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Understanding Our City Series; Boards and Commissions; Planning Commission

Item ID: 25990AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Planning Commission has scheduled at least 6 public hearings regarding the 30 acre, 21 lot residential development proposal submitted to the City by the Bluth Realty and Investment Co., an Arcadia firm.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 17, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 17, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1190AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Seeking to curb the trend toward "mansionization," the Planning Commission recommended a series of restrictions to the City Council on Tuesday night.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 9, 1999

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 9, 1999

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Planning

Item ID: 14307AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council reviewed the general plan which was revised in December 1990, the first revision since the 1970's. This was the first time the City reviewed its progress in meeting the new plan's goals.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 20. 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 20. 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 31AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Planning

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Contents: 1. "Arcadia Planning Commission." San Gabriel Valley Digest, April 1930. 2. "City moves step closer." Arcadia News Post, April 15, 1970. 3. "Planning Department." Arcadia City Newsletter, Fall 1974. 4. "Citizens serving Arcadia." Arcadia City Newsletter, Fall 1976. 5. Environmental documents. …

Contents: 1. "Arcadia Planning Commission." San Gabriel Valley Digest, April 1930.; 2. "City moves step closer." Arcadia News Post, April 15, 1970.; 3. "Planning Department." Arcadia City Newsletter, Fall 1974.; 4. "Citizens serving Arcadia." Arcadia City Newsletter, Fall 1976.; 5. Environmental documents. Directive from City Hall, April 7, 1978.; 6. "City of Arcadia General Plan, Public Safety Element." Arcadia Planning Department Report, 11 pages, September 1975.; 7. City of Arcadia General Plan Map, March 1972.; 8. Draft of Environmental Impact Report, Hillside Development, July 26, 1978.; 9. Zone R2 Study. (Developed in 1964, it was another step along the way to a General Plan.); 10. Memo from City Manager William R. Kelly to Arcadia City Council/Arcadia Redevelopment Agency, regarding a request for direction on projects, dated October 11, 1994. Council and Agency actions are shown on the margins.; 11. Arcadia General Plan Update Program Community Workshop agenda and program guide, May 17, 1995.; 12. Proposed General Plan Update of the City of Arcadia, February 16, 1996.; 13. Project location: 728 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. CEQA filing fee no effect determination form completed by Charles Huang, February 1, 2010. To change the zone of the subject property from C-O & D (Professional Office) to R-3 (Multiple Family) to make it consistent with the General Plan land use designation-Multiple Family Residential (24 du/acre). With environmental checklist, photographs, survey map, general plan land use map, vicinity map, aerial photo & zoning, copy of Ordinance No. 2269 signed by Donald Penman, and a proposed zone change map (large).; 14. Arcadia General Plan Update, 2010. "Defining the future" describes general plan and goals of the general plan update. Semi-glossy 6-sided folded pamphlet, 1 double-sided paper insert.; 15. Parking lots traded for shops/apartments? Development proposals for mixed-use buildings--1) Dorn Platz 57 Wheeler (at First Avenue) and 2) Promenade on Wheeler by Matt Waken at MW Investment Group. Article by Scott Hettrick, August 17, 2014. Retrieved from www.arcadiasbest.com on September 6, 2014.; 16. Summary of Ordinance no. 2399 and 2400 related to a zone change amending the zoning designations and zoning map for properties citywide, adopted on February 20, 2024.

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 67AF

Collection: Subject Files

The Planning Commission is re-thinking its proposed sign ordinance which has received angry reaction from local merchants.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 19, 1974

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 19, 1974

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1174AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Dwight Stoner resigns from Arcadia Planning Commission. He is sixth person to resign in recent months.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 11, 1950

Pages: p. 1 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 11, 1950

Pages: p. 1 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Arcadia Planning Commission; Stoner, Dwight

Item ID: 33207AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The general plan will be reviewed by the Planning Commission. The "central area" will be the focus of study. This area runs from the 210 Foothill freeway on the north to Duarte Road on the south and from the east city boundary to Santa Anita Avenue. It also includes the commercial section west of Santa Anita Avenue and north of Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 28, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 28, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1175AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Planning Commission endorsed by a unanimous vote a specific legal definition of signs for business advertising. Such limits are seen by some merchants as being of questionable constitutionality.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 10, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 10, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1173AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Planning Commissioners have recommended a change in the city's zoning laws to limit the floor area of new residential structures of 40% of the lot on which they are built.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1211AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The Planning Commission is endeavoring to make Arcadia's General Plan more flexible and more consistent with zoning regulations. The Commission will submit its changes to the City Council for final approval.

The City Council will need to tackle the long-standing thorn-in-the-side of the Planning Commission - illegal lot splits.

The Arcadia Planning Commission has endorsed unanimously a revision of the city's General Plan, the policy-setting document for everything from housing and land use to noise and safety.

The Planning Commission will ask the City Attorney whether or not they have the power to turn down a developer even though his plans meet all requirements.

The Planning Commission and ultimately the City Council are going to have a very difficult time prohibiting further lot splits in areas where splits were OK'd before the present laws limiting this practice.

By a 6 to 1 vote the Planning Commission on May 24 approved a new zone: R-M (single-family mountainous residential). The proposed ordinance will need to go before the City Council for adoption.

The Arcadia Planning Commission approved a group of rules that restricts the height of new homes.

Planning Commission members and Planning Director Bill Woolard were bitterly disappointed at the slim turn-out of residents at a recent and much publicized hearing to review zoning in the city's central area.

Arcadia Planning Department recently gave its proposal to Planning Commission for possible ordinance permitting a second unit to be built on a single-family dwelling.

Understanding Our City Series - Part 4, Commissions Generally, Planning Commission Specifically.

The Arcadia Planning Commission has scheduled at least 6 public hearings regarding the 30 acre, 21 lot residential development proposal submitted to the City by the Bluth Realty and Investment Co., an Arcadia firm.

Seeking to curb the trend toward "mansionization," the Planning Commission recommended a series of restrictions to the City Council on Tuesday night.

The City Council reviewed the general plan which was revised in December 1990, the first revision since the 1970's. This was the first time the City reviewed its progress in meeting the new plan's goals.

City Planning

The Planning Commission is re-thinking its proposed sign ordinance which has received angry reaction from local merchants.

Dwight Stoner resigns from Arcadia Planning Commission. He is sixth person to resign in recent months.

The Planning Commission endorsed by a unanimous vote a specific legal definition of signs for business advertising. Such limits are seen by some merchants as being of questionable constitutionality.

The Planning Commissioners have recommended a change in the city's zoning laws to limit the floor area of new residential structures of 40% of the lot on which they are built.