RESOLUTION NO. ----
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASADENA ADOPTING A DECLARATION OF LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE I. MAGNIN AND COMPANY BUILDING AT 475 SOUTH LAKE AVENUE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA WHEREAS, the City Council has found that the I. Magnin and Company Building at 475 South Lake Avenue meets Criterion C, as set forth in Section 17.62.040(0)(2) of the Pasadena Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the I. Magnin and Company Building at 475 South Lake Avenue is significant because it embodies the distinctive characteristics of a building type, a stand-alone Post-War II Mid-Century department store; an architectural style, Late Moderne; the period of Post-War 11 Mid-Century decentralized development and South Lake Avenue's transition from a residential enclave into its present-day commercial corridor; method of construction as a poured-in-place concrete building; and represents the work of Harold C. Chambers, whose work is of significance to the City; and
WHEREAS, the application for Landmark designation is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15308, Class 8; and
WHEREAS, Yuval Chiprut, serving as Agent of owner, 475 South Lake Avenue, LLC, submitted the application for designation of the building as a Landmark; and WHEREAS, the City Council may designate a Landma 'rk and evidence such approval by adopting a declaration executed by the Mayor pursuant to Subsection
17.62.050(C) of the Pasadena Municipal Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASADENA RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: The attached declaration of Landmark designation for the I. Magnin and Company Building at 475 South Lake Avenue is hereby adopted.
Adopted at the ____ meeting of the City Council on the ___ day of ___ , 2022 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Approved as to form:
Theresa E. Fuentes
Assistant City Attorney
Mark Jomsky, City Clerk
2 DECLARATION OF LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR:
475 South Lake Avenue
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 17.62.050 of the Pasadena Municipal Code, the City Council of the City of Pasadena by this declaration hereby designates as a Landmark the I. Magnin and Company Building, as described in the City Council Agenda Report dated August 15, 2022, at certain real property described as:
(See attached Exhibit A)
Under Pasadena Municipal Code Section 17.62.090, all work affecting designated Landmarks, except ordinary maintenance and repair, such as but not limited to new construction and additions, exterior alterations, relocation, and demolition, is subject to review by the City of Pasadena.
DATED:
ATTEST:
Mark Jomsky, City Clerk
CITY OF PASADENA
A municipal corporation
By:--------
Victor M. Gordo, Mayor
EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTfON:
THE LA.ND REFERRED TO EN THIS COMMITMENT IS smJATED IN THE CffY OF PASADENA. COUNTY Of LOS ANGELES. STATE Of -CALIFORNfA, AND IS DESCRH3ED .. AS •-·FOLtoWS; PARCEL l: THOSE PORT!ONS Of LOTS 24 ANO 2:5 Of .SAMtJEL STRATTON'$ SVSDJV!SJON Of LOTS 1 l AND 12, BLOCK "K" OF THE LA,KE \11NEYARD LAND ,AND WATER ASSOCIATION LANEJS, lN THE CW( Of PAS.A.DENA. COUNTY Of LOS ANGELES, SlA.TE OF CALIFORNIA,. A$ PER MAP RECORDED IN SOOK 28 PAGE 8 OF MIS.CEU}\MEOUS RECORD$, IN THE om.ct OF THE COlmTY RECORDER · OF SM) COUNfr', DESCRU3ED AS FOLLOW'S: .
BEGiNN!NG .AT A POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERlY UNE OF SA.ID LOT 24, WITH A UNE P . .o,RALLEL WffH THE EASTERLY UNE OF SAm LOT 24 AND BEING 15 FEET WESTERLY AS MEASURED AT R10HT ANGLES FROM THE 8-',;STERL Y UNE 'OF SAJO LOT; $,AID PARALtEl UNE 8E.:IN0 THE WESTE'.RLY LINE Of' LAKE AVE:J~UE, A, PVSUC STREET, ;t..$ NOW €STAEIUSHEO, 100 FE(T IN WtOTH; 1HE:NCE AtONG !HE SOUTHERLY LINE Qf SAID LOT 24; NORTH esr $8'5,2" WEST l7fr,H FEET; THENCE NORTH ocr 04''.Jf'' EAST99,86 FEET; THENGE SOUTH 39' 55'52~· EASJ 85.00 F'tt'.T ro THE WESTERLY RIGMl-OF-WAY Or' ·SAID l),K:£ AVENlJE; THENCE AUJNG SAID RfGHT=Of- WA.Y, SOUTH ocr 0{}'38" WEST 120.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF HEG@NN[NG, SAU) LAND IS SHOWN JN THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE RECORDED OE:CEME:ER 8, '1997 .A.S INSTRUMENT NO. 97-1929013.
A. NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT F'()R INGRESS,. EG:RE:$$, ACCESS AN[) PARKING FOR VEHIWLti..R OR PEDESTRIAN TRAfFIC UPON Oft ACROSS THE COMMON . AREAS, .A.LL AS CREATED :f3Y THP.J CERTAIN RECIPROCAL EASEMENJ )~ND OPERATK)N J\,GREEMENT, RECORDED DECEMBER 31, 1997 AS INSTRUMENT NO, 97= 2041465. WITH!N THE FOlLOW:ING DESCRIBED PARCELS 2.A AND 28:
PARCEL 2A:
ALL OF t:ors 24, 2:5., 26 · .AND ·27 OF SAMUEt STRA1T0Nts $U80.~VISION· OF LOTS 11 AND 12, BLOCK "'K" OF THE LAKE VINEYARD LANO .AND WATEJ:;~ ASSOCIATION LANDS,. IN THE CITY OF PASADENA, COUNTY OF LOS ,ANGl~LE:S, STATE or CALJFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 28 PAGE 8 OF Ml:SCEll.ANEOL}S RECORDS, lN THE OFFICE or COUNTY RECOfWE:R Or $Am COUNTY.
EXCEPT THEREFROM THOSE PORHONS OF SA,JD LOTS. 24· AND DESCRIBED .AS FOLLOWS:
8EG!NN!NG AT A POINT OF INUJR:SECTION Of THE $(AffHERLY LINE or $,A,l'D LOT 24, 'WITH A.
UNE PARAt.tEt WffH THE £A.ST ERL Y UN£ or $Af0 LOTS. 24 AND 8f.]NG 15 FEET WESTERLY .AS MEASURED AT RiGHTANGLES . FROM THE EASTERLY m~E OF S1\}D LOT~ St-.lD PARALLEL UN:E BEING l HE WESTERLY LINE or LAKE AVENUE, A PUBLIC STREET. AS NOW ESTABLISHED, 100 FUT IN wmTH; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE Of SAID LOT 24, ~JO:RTH 89' 58'52" 'i/tEST _ l 76.1 7 . PEET: T'HENCE. NORTH (HY. 04
1 31" EAST .9.9 .86 FEET: THENCE SOUTH sg• s:e.•52"
EA.ST 85.00 FEET 1'0 THE 'WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY' Of S.A.ID LJ,\J•{E A\/£:NUE: THENCE AUJNG $Al'O RtGHt-Of'-W,A:Y, SOUTH oo·· 00'38'' WEST 120.00 tEH T() THE P()!NT OF SEGiNN!NG.
PARCEL 28;
LOTS 9, 10, t 1, 12, 13, 14 ANt) THE SOUTH 30 FEET OF LOTS 8 ft.ND 15 or LAKE AVENUE SYNDICATE TP-ACT, IN _ THE CITY Of PASA0€NA, COUNTY OF' LOS AJNGE:lES, STATE Of CALIFORNIA, AS PER M,~P RECORDED IN 80<)~( 25 PAGE 27 or MiSCEtlANEOUS. RECORDS, IN THE OFfrCE Of THE GOUN1Y RECORDER OF SAJD COUNTY.
E:XCt:PT THOSE PORTlONS OF LOTS 8, 9, 10 AND 1 l -LYING W1TrHN THE ··.UNES Of' LA.Kt AV(NU(, AS' WIDENE:0 ro 100 FE.!ET.