SR-10-B (8)
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"SEP 9 1980
Santa Mon~ca, Cal~forn~a, August Il, 1980
TO: The Mayor and Cl. ty council
FROM: Clty Staff
SUBJECT: Plannlng Commlssionts Recommendation that the Height
Llffilt l.n the C2 Neighborhood Commerclal Distrlct Be
Reduced to 2 Stories and 30 feet.
Introduct~on
Th2s report transffilts the Planning Commiss~on's recommendatlon
that the C2 hel.ght llmit be reduced from 35' to two storles and
30 r .
B<3:ckgro~md
The C2 Nelghborhood Commercial Dlstrlct is lntendeo prlmarlly to
provlde the retall and service needs of the surroundlng reSl-
dentlal areas. The zone 15 not lntended to provlde faclllties
for regional or maJor employment centers or serVlces. The pre-
sent 35' height llm~t wlll allow a 3 story offlce structure and
thus encourages conslderatlon of large scale office development.
The locatlon of such uses in the C2 D~strlcts could supplant
those retall and other uses serving the needs of surroundlng
residentlal nelghborhoods. Reductlon of the helght Ilmit from
the flat 35' to a des1gnated 2 stories and 30' would tend to
dlscourage large proJects better than the current Ilffilt. The
Plannlng Commlsslon recoIT@ends amendlng the zonlng ordlnance to
include the reduced helght.
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