CC RESOLUTION 999RESOLUTION NO. 999
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING
THE FINDINGS AND REOOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY
PLANNING COMMISSION OF SAID CITY IN THE
MATTER OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PLANT
OF CALIFORNIA PACIFIC CHEMICAL COMPANY,
PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED ON LOT 180, BLOCK 123,
EL SEGUNDO, AND WHICH IS FURTHER DESCRIBED AS
NO. 266 CALIFORNIA STREET, WITHIN SAID CITY.
WHEREAS, there has been presented to this Council
a full, true and correct copy of Resolution No. 57 of the
Planning Commission of the City of E1 Segundo, which said
Resolution No. 57 was adopted by said Commission on March
28, 1949;
AND, WHEREAS, the following is a full, true and
correct copy of said Resolution No. 57, to wit:
" RESOLJTION 140. 57
"RESOLVED, that in the matter of the request for
an interpretation of Ordinance No. 306 as it applies
to a proper classification of the plant of the Cali-
fornia Pacific Chemical Company proposed to be located
on Lot 180, Block 123, El Segundo, and further de-
scribed as 266 California Street, the Commission finds
as follows:
1. Neither 'chemical plants? or the grinding and
-crocessing of zinc carbonate are specifically mention-
ed in Ordinance No. 306.
2. Section 12, Paragraph A. Use, provides under
the heading 'General' as follows -- 'If any "use" is
for any reason omitted from the list of those specified
as permissible in each of the various zones herein de-
signated, or if ambiguity arises concerning the approx-
imate classification of a particular use within the
meaning and intent of this ordinance, it shall be the
duty of the City Planning Commission to ascertain all
pertinent facts concerning said use and by Resolution
of Record set forth its findings and the reasons for
designating a specific classification for each use, and
such findings and resolutions shall be referred to the
City Council and, if approved by the City Council, there-
after such classification shall govern.' The circumstances
recited in Item 1 invoke this provision of Ordinance
No. 306.
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3. Subject property is classified as 'M -1'.
4. The enterprise will involve industrial type
of buildings and equipment occupying one -half of a
site having a width of seventy -two (72) feet and four
(4) inches, and a length of one hundred twenty -five
(125) feet. The balance of the property will be
occupied by a driveway and open space capable of
accommodating enlargements of the buildings if necess-
ary, but not beyond the limits of the site described.
A plot plan of the premises showing the coverage by
the buildings and the location of the several equip-
ments, together with a sideline elevation is shown
upon a chart attached to the letter from the California
Pacific Chemical Company under date of March 28th,
contained in the files of the Commission.
F. The enterprise contemplates the utilization of
zinc sulphate in an amount approximating twenty (20)
tons per month. This material will be subjected to the
following processes,
(a) The raw material will be delivered to
the plant by truck.
(b) The raw material is ground in a complete-
ly enclosed Raymond Mill, with the result that so far as
the grinding is concerned, there is no emission of dust.
(e) This pulverized zinc carbonate is then
mixed with water and sulphuric acid in an enclosed,
vented vessel. The gas which is released from the
chemical action is carbon diozide which is a completely
stable, odorless and colorless gas, and it is also
completely non - toxic.
(d) This solution is then filtered so as to
remove solid impurities from the liquid.
(e) The liquid -- which contains the valuable
commodity - is then evaporated by heating so as to pro-
duce crystalization. It is the crystals which is the
desired andresult and which represents the commodity
which the establishment produces and Bella. The crystal -
ine substance at the end of this stage in the processing
still has a certain amount ofoater content.
(f) This moist material is then subjected to
a centrifuging process to remove the oxcess water. This
water, still containing a substantial amount of the
material in solution, is not wasted but is again used in
a repetition of the process. The crystals, dried to the
maximum degree through this process, is then spread upon
the concrete drying floors to complete the dehydrating
process. There are no obnoxious characteristics from
any of these steps in the processing.
The project has already been analyzed by the
technical staff of the air Polution Control District and
on March 22nd, 1949, was approved for construction as
not contributing in any way to air polution, and
"BE IT FURTRER RESOLVED, that as a consequence of
the findings herein recited, it is the conclusion of the
Planning Commission that the project contains none of
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those characteristics which would constitute it as
an IM -27 use but, on the contrary, through the lack
of objectionable features, comes properly under the
category of IM -1' uses. The Commission therefore
concludes that the particular process and the parti-
oular enterprise qualify within the meaning and intent
of Ordinance No. 306 as a use which may properly
locate in the IM -1' Zone, and recommends to the City
Council that such interpretation and declaration be
made a matter of record as provided in the Section
of the Ordinance hereinabove quoted, and that the
administrative departments of the City conform there-
to in the issuance of any permits, licenses and other
required authorization for the location and operation
of the said use by the said California Pacific Chemical
Company.
'Said motion carried and said Resolution was adopted
by the following vote;
"Ayes: Allen, Binder, Hanson and Thompson;
Noes: None;
Absent: None. "
AND, WHEREAS, the City Council has duly and carefully
considered the findings, determinations, and recommendations of
the said Planning Commission, as set forth in its said above
quoted Resolution No. F7;
NOIS, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
El Segundo, California, does resolve, declare, determine and
order as follows:
SECTION 1. That said City Council does hereby approve
and confirm the findings, determinations and recommendations of
the City Planning Commission of the City of E1 Segundo, Cali-
fornia, all as set forth in said above quoted Resolution No. 57
of said Commission.
SECTION 2. That on and after the effective date of
this resolution the designated classification of the use re-
ferred to and described in said Resolution No. 57 of said
Commission above quoted, as an M -1 use, shall govern, and said
use may be located on the real property described in said
Resolution No. F7, to wit; Lot 180, Block 123, E1 Segundo,
which is further identified as being No. 266 California Street
within said City, which said premises are located in an M -1
zone. as provided for in Ordinance No. 306 of said City.
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SECTION 3. That this resolution is adopted pursuant
to the right and authority of the City Council so to do, as
contemplated under the provisions of Paragraph "A. USE. GENERAL"
set forth in Section 12 of said Ordinance No. 306 of said City.
SECTION 4. That this resolution shall take effect
immediately.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this resolution; shall cause the same
to be entered in the book of resolutions of said City, and shall
make a minute of the passage end adoption thereof in the record
of the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the
minutes of the meeting at which the same was passed and adopted;
and shall forward a certified copy thereof to California Pacific
Chemical Company, the owner of the business located upon said
above described property, and pursuant to whose request the
determination that the use hereinabove referred to is an M -1
use, was made.
Passed, approved and adopted this 6th day of April,
A L., 1949.
Mayor of e y o Se- gundo,
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I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City oY
E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the said City is
five; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No.
999, was passed and adopted by the said City Council,
approved and signed b;, the Mayor of said City, and attested
by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting
of the said City Council held on the 6th day of April, A. D.,
1949, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Swanson, Thomson and
Mayor Selby ;
NOES: Councilmen None ;
ABSENT: Councilmen Peterson
'Tlle r ogundo. ifornia
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