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ORDINANCE NO. l040(CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDIN~~CE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING
SECTIONS 9102 AND 9106A OF THE SANTA
MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO
THE R-l ZONE AND RESTRICTING USES SO
AS TO LIMIT DENSITY, ZONING INCOMPAT-
ABILITY AND BLIGHT.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Sect~on 9l06A is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 9l06A-l. It is the purpose and intent
of the City Council ~n adopt~ng th~s ordinance to do the
following:
1. To provide in our city's R-l areas a quiet
place where yards are wide, people few, and motor vehicles
restr~cted.
2. To lay out ~n our R-l zone a place where fam~ly
values, youth values, and the blessings of qUiE.t seclusion and
clean air make the area a sanctuary for people.
3. To el~minate ln the R-l zone, boarding houses,
fraternity houses, and the like.
4. To keep R-l areas free of disturb~ng nOlses,
excess~ve traff~c, the hazard of moving and parked automobiles,
and prevent our communlty's chlldren from the deprLvatlon of
the privilege of qUlet and open spaces for play.
5. To prevent burdens on our publlc facllities,
including sewers, water, electricity, and schools, by an influx
and increase of people to a degree larger than the city's
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geographlc llmits, tax base, or flnancial capabi11tles
permlt lt reasonably and responslbly to accommodate.
6. To maintain the chOlce within the communlty of
varying uses so that people who desire to purchase property in
a s~ngle family residentlal area wlll be afforded protection
from deleterlOus environmental affects WhlCh are often felt
in more densely populated areas.
7. To preclude and prevent no~se pollution, air
pollutlon, and other forms of environmental pollutlon,
economic deterloratlon of the cornmun~ty and blight.
8. To act 1n a tlme1y manner via the planning
process to prevent ser~ous environmental decay and destructlon
1n the quality of llfe of our cornmun~ty pr~or to the tlme that
the Clty'S R-l areas are destroyed, economlC deterioration is
allowed to occur, crlme allowed to increase, and env~ronmental
pollution and destructlon of the quallty of life of the
community allowed to come about.
SECTION 2. Sectlon 9102 of the Santa Monica
Munic~pal Code is amended to Substltute the following new
def~nltions:
Compensation. Compensatlon as used in this
chapter shall mean money, wages, salary, or other financial
remuneratlon.
Family. Famlly as used ~n this chapter shall
mean two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage or
legal adoption, living and cooking together as a single house-
keeping unit, exc1uslve of household servants.
Guest. Guest is an unrelated person other than
the prlnclpal occupant of a dwelling who resldes therein at
the discretion of the principal occupant without compensation;
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or the pr~ncipal occupant of a guest house or a motel or
boarding house.
Related Persons. Related persons ~nclude and
are llm~ted to the folla~lng by reason of blood, marrlage or
legal adoption: father, ~Qther, wlfe, husband, son, daughter,
sister, brother, aunt, uncle, grandmother, grandfather,
grandson, granddaughter, nlece, nephew, legal guard~an, legal
ward, step-father, step-mother, step-son, step-daughter,
half-sister and half-brother.
Residential Occupancy. A resident~al occupancy
includes resldency, domlclle and designatlon of a place of
residence or address for any purpose. This includes, but is
not limlted to, an address used for state or local income tax
purposes, selective service, soclal security, welfare, unem-
ployment, voter reglstratlon or motor vehlcle license or
registratlon.
Servants. Servants are related or unrelated
persons employed for compensation. The unrelated persons
include other than related persons.
Students. Students as used hereln are persons
taking more than twelve (12) unlts per semester 1n any bona
fide educational lnstitutlon.
SECTION 3. Sectlon 9l06A is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Sectlon 9106A-2. Uses Permitted. Notwithstand-
109 any other provlsion of law, it shall be unlawful for any
person to use, lease, sell, occupy, rent, advertise for, or offer
any property for any occupancy or use other than the follow1ng
1n the R-l one (1) famlly residentlal d~strlct:
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1. One-fam~ly dwellings. Not more than one,
one-family dwelling occupied by no more than one fam11y on any
loti and,
2. Not more than S1X (6) unrelated persons,
and,
3. Parks, playgrounds, beaches, or community
centers, owned and operated by a governmental agencYi and/or,
4. Schools, churches and libraries, all
subJect to the issuance of a use permit pursuant to sect~on
9146~ and/or,
5. Trans~t~onal resident~al uses permitt~ng
a duplex having not more than one (1) dwelling un~t for each
three thousand (3,000) square feet of lot area on a lot, a
slde of which abuts on, or is separated by an alley from, any
multiple resldential d~stricti and/or,
6. Accessory buildings and uses, including
a pr~vate garage, recreation room, and accessory Ilving
quarters, or any combination of such uses, provided that all
requlrements as to location are compIled w~th as set forth in
sectlon 9128; provlded further that accessory living quarters
shall not be located on any lot having an area of less than
ten thousand (10,000) square feet; and/or,
7. Notwlthstandlng any other provlslon of
this sectlon, no use shall be permitted wherein the user has
purposefully entered 1nto a scheme, course of conduct,
conspiracy, agreement, or legal maneuver to avoid the purposes
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set forth in this ordlnance or to avold the requlre~ents and
restrlctlons of the "R-l" slngle famlly resldent1al zone.
SECTION 4. Any prov1slons of the Santa Mon1ca
Municipal Code, or append1ces thereto ~nconsistent herewlth,
to the extent of such 1nconslstencles and no further, are
hereby repealed or madlf1ed to that extent necessary to
effect the provlsions of thlS ordlnance.
SECTION 5.
If any sectlon, subsectlon, sentence,
clause or phrase of thlS ord1nance is for any reason held
to be lnvalld or unconstltutianal by a declslon of any court
of competent ]urlsdlction, such declsion shall not affect
the valldity of the remalnlng portlans of the ordlnance. The
Clty Cauncll hereby declares that lt would have passed thlS
ordlnance and each and every sectlon, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase not declared lnvalld or unconstitutional
wlthout regard to whether any portion of the ordlnance would
be subsequently declared lnvalld or unconstltutlonal.
SECTION 6. The Mayor shall slgn and the Clty Clerk
shall attest to the passage of thlS ordlnance. The Clty Clerk
shall cause the same to be publlshed once 1n the offlclal news-
paper wlthln flfteen (15) days after ltS adoptlon. The
ordlnance shall become effective after thlrty (30) days from
1.ts adoptlon.
ADOPTED and APPROVED th1S 24th day of
August
1976.
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Mayor
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