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purposes expressed by Sect~on 9501 of this Code and shall
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&~ ORDINk~CE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING
SECTIONS 9503, 9509, 9510, 9512,
9513, AND 9514 O~, AND ADDING SECTIONS
9503A, 9503B, AND 9515 TO THE S&~TA
NIONICA HUNICIPAJ" CODE, PERTAINING TO
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
THS CITY COUnCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTJI. nONICA DOES
HEREBY ORDAIH AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Sectlon 9503 of the Santa Mon~ca
Mun~clpal Code is hereby a~ended to read as follows:
Sectlon 9503.
Archltectural RevlewBoarc.
t-1eJT1bershlp.
An Architectural Review Board is hereby
established WhlCh shall conslst of seven (7) nembers. At least
two (2) of the members shall be professional archltects. Other
~eP1bers of the
Board
shall be persons who, as a result of
thelr tral~lng, experience, and attain~ents, are quallfled to
analyze and lnterpret archltectural and envlyonmental trends
and informatlon, to appraise resource uses ln llght of the
pollCles set forth In thlS ordlnance, to be responslve to the
soclal, aesthetlc, recreatlonal and cultural needs of the
cocrmunlty. Other expertlse such as conservatlon, recreatlon,
design, landscap~ng, the arts, urban plannlng, cultural-
historlcal preservation, and ecologlcal and envlronflental
sc~ences shall, insofar as practicable, be represented on the
Board.
SECTION 2.
Sectlon 9503A is hereby added to the
Santa Honlca Munlc~pal Code and shall read as follows:
Sectlon 9503A.
GUldelines anc Standards. The
Archltectural ReVlew
Board
may, by resolution, establish
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resldential, or other area, or a coMbination of areas w~thin the
corporate boundaries of the C~ty for inclusion ~n an architectural
review distr~ct. The City Councll, upon such recommendat~on, or
upon its own motlon, may establish one or more arch~tectural
reVlew distrlcts by ordlnance WhlCh may lnclude any or all
portlons of the Clty.
SECTION 5.
Sectlon 9510 of the Santa Honlca
Munlcipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sectlon 9510.
Jur~sdictlon.
unless plans,
elevat~ons, landscap~ng and proposed s~gns for buildlng or
structures or alteratlons thereto have been approved by the
Board
or on appeal by the Commisslon, no bUllding pernit
shall be ~ssued for any buildlng, structure or other development
of property or appurtenances thereto, on any property s~tuated
in an established arch~tectural reVlew distrlct, except that
the
Board
under authority of Section 9505 of this chapter,
may, by resolution, authorlze the building offlcer or other
off~clal to approve applicatlons for building perm~ts for mlnor
or ~nsignlficant development of property which would not defeat
the purposes and obJectlves of th~s chapter. No completed
project WhlCh rece~ves the
Board's
approval prior to the
issuance of a bUl1dlng permlt for the construction thereof,
shall rece~ve a certif~cate of occupancy or flnal bUllding
lnspection approval untll the Director of Planning or the
Dlrector's delegate certlfles to the Building Department that
such construction has complied with the cond~tlons and restr~ct~ons,
If any, lrnposed by the
Board
or the Commlssion, and that the
final construction is in conformity with the plans approved by
the Board and/or the C00illlSSlon.
With regard to plans or proposals which
regulre the approval of the
~ ~ncludlng, but not
commission, Per memo of
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INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMO
DATE:
NOVEMBER 19, 1975
K. O. GRUBB , City Clerk
TO:
FROM:
SAMUEL I. STREICHMAN , Ass1stant City Attorney
SUBJECT: TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW DISTRICT ORDINANCE
The ordinance which amended the Santa Monica Municipal Code
relative to Architectural Review contains a typographical
error which I noticed this morn1ng. This error is located
on page 3 of the typewritten ordinance, the last paragraph
thereof Wh1Ch now reads:
"With regard to plans or proposals
which require approval of the board,
including, but not. . ."
This paragraph should read:
"With regard to plans or proposals
which require the approval of the
commission, 1ncluding, but not.
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Pursuant to Section 615 of the City Charter, this typograph1cal
error should be corrected on the orig1nal of the above indicated
ordinance.
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limlted to subdlvis~on maps, cond~t~onal use permlts, and var~ances,
such matters shall be first consldered by the Comrn~ssion, and
thereafter, when appropriate, shall be considered by the Board
which shall be authorized to approve, conditionally approve or
disapprove exterior elevations, landscaplng, s~gns and general
appearance and ~mpose such conditlons as lt bel~eves reasonable
and necessary and as would not be in conflict w~th any of the
cond~tlons or requ~rements of the Commiss~on.
SECTION 6. Sectlon 9512 of the Santa Monlca
Munic~pal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sectlon 9512. Criter1a. The Board may
approve, approve with condit~ons, or d~sapprove the issuance of
a bUllding permit 1n any matter subject to ~ts jurlsdlctlon after
considerat~on of whether the follow~ng cr~terla are complled with:
a. The plan for the proposed buildlng or
structure 1S expresslve of good taste, good deslgn, and in
general contrlbutes to the l~age of Santa Monlca as a place of
beauty, creatlvlty and indlVlduallty.
b. The proposed buildlng or structure 15
not of infer~or qual~ty such as to cause the nature of the local
nelghborhood or environment to materially depreclate in appear-
ance and value.
c. The proposed design of the buildlng or
structure 15 compatlble wlth developments on land ln the general
area.
d. The proposed development is ln conformlty
wlth the effectlve gUldellnes and standards adopted pursuant to
th1S chapter and all other applicable ordinances insofar as the
location and appearance of the build~ngs and structures are
involved.
If the Board flnds that the above
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cr~teria are compl~ed with, the appllcat~on shall be approved.
Cond~tions may be ~nposed when the proposed bu~ld~ng or structure
does not comply w~th the above crlterla and shall be such to
br~ng such bu~ld~ng or structure into conformity therewlth. If
an applicat~on is disapproved, the Board shall deta~l ln Its
find~ngs the crlteria which are not complied w~th or the gu~de-
lines wh~ch are vlolated, or both. Any action taken by the
Board in regard to a proposed development shall lnclude
flnd~ngs, and be reduced to writing, s~gned by the Chairman, and
a copy thereof shall be g~ven to the applicant, in person, or
by United States mail, upon request.
A decislon or order of the Board shall
not become effective until the expiration of ten (10) days after
the date upon which a ruling has been made.
The crlterla established hereln may be
changed, from tlme to t~me, by ordlnance, upon request of the
Board, or upon motlon of the C~ty Councll.
SECTION 7. Section 9513 of the Santa Monlca
Municipal Code lS hereby amended to read as follows:
Sect~on 9513. Slte Plans. A slte plan shall
be drawn to scale and shall lndicate the follow~ng sufficlently
for consideration of vlsual, safety and economic factors:
a. Dimensions and orientatlon of the parcel.
b. Location of buildings and structures
both ex~st~ng and proposed.
c. Location of off-street parking and
loadlng facllltles.
d. Locatlon of points of entry and exit
for motor veh~cles and internal c~rculatlon factors.
e. Locat~on of walls and fences and the
indicatlon of thelr helght and the mater~als of the~r construct~on.
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f. Indicat~on of exterior lighting standards
and devices adequate to review poss~ble hazards and d~sturbances
to the public and adJacent propert~es.
g. Location and S1ze of exterior s1gns and
outdoor advertislng.
h. A preliminary landscaping plan.
~. Such other architectural and engineering
data as may be requ~red to permit necessary findings that the
prov~s~ons of this chapter are being compl~ed wlth.
SECTION 8. Section 9514 of the Santa Monica
Municipal Code lS hereby amended to read as follows:
Sect~on 9514. Appeals. The appllcant or any
lnterested person may appeal to the Comrn~ssion from any rullng
of the Board made pursuant to th~s chapter. Further, any
member of the Commission may request a review by the Commiss~on
of any rul~ng of the Board. Notlce of any appeal from the
ruling of the Board must be filed within ten (10) days of
the date that such rullng is made, and must be accompanied,
except ln the case of a reV1ew by request of a member of the
Cornmiss1on, by the fee established by Sect~on 91S1 of Chapter I,
Article IX of the Santa Mon1ca Hunicipal Code. When such an
appeal is made from a rul~ng of the Board, the Comm~ss~on
shall set a hearing date with~n thirLY (30) days of the receipt
of said not1ce of appeal. The Commisslon shall hear the appeal
at the earll€st practlcal date. The Comrn1ssion shall decide
the appeal w~thin th~rty (30) days after sa~d hearing and shall
base ~ts declsion on the evidence submltted to it at sald hearlng,
and upon the record from the Board and such other records
as may exist in the case. The declslon of the Commission upon
such appeal, relative to any matter w~thin the ]urisdlction of
the Board, shall be flnal.
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SECTION 9. Sectlon 9Sl5 is hereby added to the
Santa Monica Mun~clpal Code and shall read as follows:
Section 9515. Architectural Review Dlstrlct.
Boundaries. Pursuant to Section 9S09 of the Santa Mon~ca
Municlpal Code an architectural reVlew dlstrict is hereby
established. Said archltectural review district shall be
composed of all commercial, industrlal and resldential areas
w~thln the corporate boundaries of the C~ty, wlth the sole
exceptlon of those areas designated as ~-l d~stricts by Art~cle
IX of the Santa ~onlca Mun~cipal Code.
SECTION 10. Any provlslon of the Santa Monica
Munlcipal Code, or appendices thereto lnconslstent herewith,
to the extent of such inconslstencles and no further, are
hereby repealed or modlfled to that extent necessary to effect
the provislons of this ordinance.
SECTION 11.
If any sectlon, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase of thlS ordlnance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstltutlonal by a declsion of any court of
competent Jurisd~ction, such decision shall not affect the
valldlty of the remaining portlons of the ordinance. The Clty
Council hereby declares that ~t would have passed this ordlnance
and each and every sectlon, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase not declared ~nvalid or unconstitutional without regard
to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently
declared lnvalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 12. The Mayor shall Slgn and the Clty Clerk
shall attest to the passage of this ordinance. T~e City Clerk
shall cause the same to be publlshed once in the offlc~al newspaper
wlthln fifteen (15) days after lts adoption. The ordlnance shall
become effective after thirty (30) days from ltS adopt~on.
ADOPTED and APPROVED this 8th day of July
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss.
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
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I do hereby cert~fy that the forego~ng ord~nance was
the 24th day of
June
duly and regularly lntroduced at a meetlng of the Clty Counc~l on
, 1975; that thereafter the sa~d
ordlnance was duly adopted at a meetjng of the City Councll on the
8th day of
July
, 1975, by the follow~ng vote:
AYES:
Councilpersons:
NOES:
Counc~lpersons:
ABSENT:
Councilpersons:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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June 13, 1975
TO:
Mayor and Clty Council
F ROl>l :
City Attorney
SUBJECT:
Architectural ReVlew Ordinance &~endments
INTRODUCTION:
ThlS report transmlts the attached ordlnance, WhlCh amends
the Archltectural Review District Ordlnance and creates an
Architectural Review Dlstrict.
BACKGROUND:
After consideration by the Planning Commlsslon and the
Architectural Review
Board
the Planning DepartMent and this
office, the attached ordinance was drafted. ThlS ordlnance seeks
to brlng lnto conformity the powers and dutles of the Archltectural
ReVlew
Boa-rd
wlth the powers and duties of the Planning
CommlSSlon, legal requirements for operating standards and the
concept of a Clty wlde architectural review district.
The ordinance provides for the establishment of an
Archltectural ReVlew Dlstrict, to consist of the entire City
except for the R-I dlstrlct. It provides for the establls~ent
of gUldelines and standards by the Archltectural Revlew Board
as well as stated criteria adopted by ordinance. It provldes
for reVlew by the Archltectural Revlew Board
of all appllcations
for bUlldlng permlts wlthln the Archltectural ReVlew Dlstrict,
and for appeal from a declsion of the
Board
to the Plannlng
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COmmlSSlon. The ordinance provides that the declsion of the
Planning Commlssion will be final.
The attempt has been nade, in the drafting of this
ordinance, to provlde for reVlew by the Planning Commisslon of
those items within its jurisdlction and subsequent reVlew of the
same matters by the Architectural ReVlew Board
wlth regard
to such matters as elevatlons, landscaplng, Slgns, general
appearance, and archltectural concept.
ALTE~~ATIVE SOLUTIONS:
Not appllcable.
RECOMHENDATION :'
It is respectfully recomnended that the attached
ordlnance be adopted so as to implement the activlties of the
Architectural ~eview
Board
and to provide for a working
relationship between the Planning CommlSSlon and the Board.
Prepared by:
Rlchard L. Knickerbocker, Clty Attorney
Samuel I. Strelchman, Asslstant City Attorney
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