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ORDINANCE NO. 100b (CCS)
(Clty Counc~l Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING
SECTION 9115Bl OF THE SANTA MONICA
MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO BUILDING
HEIGHT IN THE C-2 DISTRICT.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 91l5B1 of the Santa Mon~ca
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 9115B.
Prope~ty Development Standards.
The followlng property development standards shall apply to all
land and structures in the "C-2" dlstrlct.
1. BUlldin9 Height. Any build~ng or
structure erected ~n this distrlct shall not exceed thirty-
f~ve (3S) feet ~n height; provlded that, an additional ten (10)
feet may be allowed for roof top mechanical equlprnent only.
SECTION 2.
Any provls~on of the Santa Mon~ca
Munlclpal Code, or appendlces thereto inconslstent herewlth,
to the extent of such lnconsistenCles and no further, are hereby
repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect the
provislons of th~s ordinance.
SECTION 3.
If any section subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase of thlS ordinance ~s for any reason held to be
invalld or unconstltutlonal by a decision of any court of
competent jur~sd~ction, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the rema~ning portlons of the ordlnance. The Clty
Council hereby declares that lt would have passed this ordinance
and each and every sect~on, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase not declared inval~d or unconstltutional wlthout regard to
whether any port~on of the ordinance would be subsequently
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declared lnvalid or unconst~tutional.
SECTION 4.
The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk
shall attest to the passage of thlS ordlnance. The Clty Clerk
shall cause the same to be publ~shed once in the offlclal
newspaper wlthln fifteen (lS) days after lts adoption. The
ordinance shall become effect~ve after thirty (30) days from
its adoptlon.
ADOPTED and APPROVED this l2thday of
August
, 1975.
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ATTEST:
STATE ~~~
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss.
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
I do hereby certlfy that the foregolng ordlna~ce was duly
and regularly introduced at a meeting of the C~ty Council on the
22nd day of
July
, 1975: that thereafter the sald
ordlnance was duly adopted at a ~eet~ng of the City Councll on the
12th day of
August
, 1975, by the followlng vote:
AYES:
Councilpersons: Cohen, Judson, McCloskey, Reed,
van den Steenhoven, Trives
NOES:
Councilpersons: Swink
ABSENT:
Councllpersons: None
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! 'l(fj Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORP1:
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June 12, 1975
TO:
Mayor and Clty Counell
FROM:
ci ty l~ttorney
SUBJ:LCT:
C-2 BUlldlng Height
INTRODUCTION:
ThlS report transnlts the attached ordlnanc2 WhlCh
estab11shes new bUlldlng helght standards for the C-2 dlstrlct.
B-:1\CKGROUND:
The Plannlng COffinlSS10n held a publlC hearlng on this
matter on May 19, 1975. At the conclusion of the publlC hearlng,
the Plannlng CorfllUlss1on voted to reco!TL"'Uend to the City COllnCll
the amendment lncorporated in the attached ordinance.
The additlonal ten feet has been suggested to allow
for the placement of roof top elevator shafts, air condltlonlng
equipment, and related mechanlcal egu1pnent on top of an overall
bUllding height of thlrty-flve feet.
ALTEro~ATIVE SOLUTIONS:
l~ot applicable.
REC01<L'>1ENDATION:
The attached ordlnance has been recoMmended to the Clty
Caunell by the Clty Planning CommlSS1on for adoptlon as the new
height limits ln the C-2 Distrlct.
Prepared by:
Rlchard L. Knickerbocker, City Attorney
Samuel I. Strelchman, Asslstant City Attorney
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Santa Monlca, California, . 23, 1975
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TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
The liayor and City Council
City Staff
Cbange in Helght Limit, C2 District
Introduction
Tbis is a staff report conveying a recommendation by the
City Planning Commisslon that the permltted bUllding helght llIDlt
in the C2 Nelghborbood Commercial Distrlct be revised from the
present 45' or higber to a maX1IDum limlt of 35'.
Background
The present bUllding belght Ilmit permitted in the C2
Nelgbborbood Commerclal Dlstrict is 45t which generally represents
a 4 story structure. As a result of Section 9126D however, this
llmit is walved provided that the result~ng buildlP~ does not
exceed the bulk nor floor area whicb could be constructed within
the 45' l~mit. For instance, on a building site of 100' x lOa'
a 9 story building 90' blgh could be built because it would be
no greater in floor area or bulk than a 45' high bUllding coverlng
the wbole lOa' x lOa'.
The C2 Neighborhood Commerclal District provldes retall and
commerclal serVlce faclllties for resldential nelghborhoods. The
princlpal C2 areas In the City are sltuated on Montana Avenue,
Ocean Park Boulevard, portions of Pico Boulevard and 26th Street
between San Vicente and Georglna. A large proportlon of these
areas abut or back up to elther Rl or R2 areas.
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The City Planning Commission has concluded that there is
no necesslty for commercial structures in excess of 2 to 3 stories
In these areas and bas recommended that the beight limlt be re-
duced to 35' and the provlsions for gOlng higher on tbe basis of
less lot coverage elimlnated. The effect of the proposed amend-
IDent would be to limit building heights to a maximum of 351 regard-
less of number of stories or lofts or shape of roof wlth the added
provision that elevator penthouses, smoke towers or other structures
for the housing of mechanical equlpment may be located on the roof
but not over 45'. A survey of existing bUlldlngs in the C2 Dis-
trict indicates that only one, at 26th and Georgina, approaches
the 45' limit reaching 431 at one point.
The enactment of the proposed amendment should have little
1f any economic impact in light of the failure of existing devel-
opm~nt to avall 1tself of the 45' opportunity and the fact that
351 will allow up to 3 stories if requlred.
Alternat1ves
Not applicable.
Recommendat1on
In view of the Planning Comm1ssion's analysis and conslderatlon
includ1v~ a Fubllc HearlP~ of whlch all 02 property owners were
notified and the absence of any slgnlflcant number of structures
exceedlng the Commlssion's proposal, It is respectfully recommended
that the matter be favorably acted upon-and the City Attorney re-
quested to draft the necessary ord1nance for Clty Counc1l enactment.
Prepared by: James W. Lunsford
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