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City Council Meeting 11-26-85
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1348 (CCS)
(City council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 9620 TO THE
SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR
EXTENSIONS OF CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the city is concerned that there is an ongoing
effort to demolish the Rapp Saloon, located at 1438 Second
Street; and
WHEREAS,
the Rapp Saloon has tremendous historical
significance to the city in that it functioned as the original
City Hall; and
WHEREAS, a Certificate of Appropriateness to demolish the
Rapp Saloon has been issued; and
WHEREAS, the owners of the Rapp saloon have indicated a
willingness to
delay demolition
if
the Certificate of
Appropriateness is extended; and
WHEREAS, the pUblic welfare would be adversely affected if
this important historical building were demolished: and
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WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of public welfare to
establish
procedures
for
extension
of
Certificates
of
Appropriateness,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
section 9620 is added to the Santa Monica
Municipal Code to read as follows:
section
9620.
Extension
of
certificate of Appropriateness. The city
Council, following recommendation from the
Landmarks
Commission,
may
extend by
resolution the time period for exercising
a
Certificate
of
Appropriateness
as
provided for in Section
9612I for a
periOd of up to 180 days upon such terms
and conditions as the City Council deems
appropriate.
An extended Certificate of
Appropriateness
may
be
extended
in
accordance with the provisions of this
Section.
An extended certificate of
Appropriateness shall expire if the work
authorized thereby is not commenced by the
end of the extension period.
Except as
otherwise provided for in this Section,
all provisions of this Code applicable to
a Certificate of Appropriateness shall
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apply to an extended certificate of
Appropriateness.
SECTION 2.
Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appe.ndices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of
this ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no
furthe.r, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to affect the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 3.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of the ordinance.
The City council hereby
declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional wi thout regard to whether
any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. This ordinance is declared to be an emergency
measure adopted pursuant to the provisions of Section 615 of the
Santa Monica City Charter and is necessary for preserving the
public peace, health, and safety, and the urgency for its
adoption is set forth in the findings above.
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SECTION 5. The Mayor shall sign and the city Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this ordinance. The City Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
within fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
This ordinance
shall become effective on the date of its adoption, pursuant to
Section 619 of the Santa Monica City Charter.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS 0---
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved thls 26th day of November, 1985.
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I hereby certi fy that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1348 (CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City
Council on the 26th day of November 1985; that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the CIty Council on
the 26th day of November 1985 by the followIng Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers:
Conn, Jennings, Epstein, A. Katz,
H. Katz, Zane and Mayor Reed
Noes: Councilmembers:
None
Abstain: CouncIlmembers:
None
Absent: Councilmembers:
None
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ATTEST:
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