Arcadia City Council denies proposed hillside development project, citing concerns over environmental impacts along with future risks including fire, flooding or mudslides. The applicant, Nevis Capital LLC, was seeking approval to subdivide 90 acres into two parcels to build a home on about 12 acres along the ridge line.
Santa Anita Park Race Track would like to build a helipad on the hillside on the north edge of its property and has sent a letter to its neighbors to the north asking if they have any objections.
The Arcadia City Council has approved the environmental impact report for a proposed hillside subdivision north of Foothills Junior High School. Public hearings will follow.
The first of several public hearings was held in re the Environmental Impact Report on proposed hillside development north of Foothills Junior High School. This represents one of the first tests of the city's new RM (Residential-Mountainous) zone.
Owners of Zapata Vive Mexican Restaurant and Bar Twist bar and grill will appeal the city's denial of their entertainment permits. Neighbors are upset about late night noise.
Arcadia Planning Commission denies 2236 Hollis Lane project, citing the applicant's lack of effort in finding a middle ground between the developers and the neighbors that oppose it. The applicant Marvin Fong aims to replace a 624 square-foot home with a 2500 square-foot home. Many Arcadians are concerned with "oversized" homes.
The City Council will hear a report of the proposed Noise Level portion of the General Plan on Tuesday. A Noise Level Plan consists of a statement of community goals and the identification of local noise sources.
A massive hillside wild fire of "suspicious" origin raged into its second day Tuesday, consuming about 750 acres and forcing at least 500 Arcadia residents from their homes.
A proposed ranch house called a "a monstrosity" by one Arcadia neighbor and a "a hay barn" by another will not be built, the Arcadia City Council decided. The 2-story house with a 3-car garage attached was proposed for the lot at 400 Columbia Road.
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 City Council approved a revision of Arcadia's General Plan, the foundation for which all land-use decisions are made, so that regulating growth is one of the main aims of the revised plan. Article includes a list of the Plan's goals and policies.
Following a 2-year study period and moratorium on adult book stores, the Arcadia Planning Commission accepted a text amendment which zones such business to a narrow slip of land in a bit of industrial area in southeast Arcadia known as Chicago Park.
Fearing a glut of smut near their schools and churches, 1000 local people, including more than 500 Arcadians, signed a petition against adult business zoning and presented it to the Arcadia City Council.
Curtailment and changes in the Five Year Capital Improvements program as adopted by the City Council last week have drawn disapproval of some Arcadians.
Tonight Arcadia City Council will decide on whether the city should pursue an economic impact study before adopting new residential zoning regulations. The zoning code recommendations are concerned with floor area ratios (FAR) in 4 different parts of the city, building height, setback and hillside standards.
Proposed two-story home at 1101 S. Fifth Avenue causes kerfuffle. At this week's Arcadia City Council meeting, the project's neighbors appealed the Planning Commission's decision to approve the design of the 3588 s.f. house. Neighbors complain of loss of light and privacy. In a 3-2 vote, the Planning Commission's decision was upheld on the conditions that the owner remove windows on the north and south sides of the second floor.
By mid-May 1987 the buildings on the south side of Huntington in the east part of Arcadia should be all gone. 400 days after that, at the latest, there should be a shopping center on the land. By mid-May of 1989, 3 office buildings should join the shopping center according to Arcadia's city manager, Peter Kinnahan.