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City Council Meeting lO-27-87
Santa Monical California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1424(CCS)
(city Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA PROVIDING PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS FOR THE Rl DISTRICT PENDING ADOPTION
OF REVISED ZONING ORDINANCE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findinqs and Purpose. The city Council finds
and declares:
(a) This ordinance is intended to prov ide substantive
standards to be applied in administrative proceedings currently
required pursuant to Ordinance Number 1321(CCS).
(b) Pending completion of the city's new comprehensive
zoning ordinance, the standards contained in this ordinance are
important in ensuring that development be consistent wi th the
General Plan.
SECTION 2.
Property Development Standards in the Rl
District.
Notwithstanding Sections 2 or 4 of Ordinance No.
132l(CCS), no development shall be approved pursuant to Ordinance
Number 132l(CCS) for land in any Rl district unless the property
is developed in accordance with the following standards:
(a) Maximum Buildinq Heiqht. Two stories, not to exceed
28 feet, which includes mechanical equipment and screening. The
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maximum eave height at the side yard shall not exceed 21 feet and
no portion of the building shall intersect a plane commencing 21
feet in height at the minimum side yard setback and extending at
an angle of 45 degrees from the vertical toward the interior of
the site. On lots of more than 20,000 square feet with a minimum
of 200 feet of street frontage, the height shall not exceed 35
feet for a pitched roof or 28 feet for a flat roof.
Accessory
structures, including garages, shall be subject to a single
story, 16 foot height limit. In order for an accessory structure
to exceed this height limit, a use permit must be approved.
(b) Maximum Unit Density. One dwelling unit per parcel,
except on transitional parcels on which a duplex may be
permitted.
(c) Minimum Lot Size. Five thousand (5,000) square feet.
Each parcel shall contain a minimum depth of 100 feet and a
minimum width of 50 feet.
(d) Maximum Parcel Coveraqe. Fifty percent (50%) of the
parcel or the remaining percentage of the parcel after all
setback requirements are met, whichever is less.
(e)
Front Yard Setback.
As shown on the Official
Oistricting Map of the City or, if no setback is specified, 20
feet. For structures over one story in height, 25% of the front
elevation shall be setback an additional average of 5 feet. The
front elevation shall be the total facade of the structure
visible from the sidewalk regardless of the distance of the
setback of any portion of the front facade.
(f)
Rear Yard Setback.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of
parcel depth or 25 feet, whichever is greater.
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(g) Side Yard setback. Ten percent (lOt) of the lot width
or a minimum of five feet, whichever is greater.
However, on
lots less than 5,000 square feet, a minimum 4 foot sideyard shall
be required.
Up to 12 feet horizontal of a second floor structure
measured from the front of the structure may be built to the
minimum required side yard setback. All portions of a second
floor side facade in excess of l2 feet shall provide an average
additional setback of at least 3 feet, with no more than 25% of
the side facade (in excess of 12 feet) at the minimum required
sideyard setback.
With regard to a remodel of an R1 dwelling
with a non-conforming sideyard setback, no more than 12 feet
horizontal of a second floor addition may be built to the
existing non-conforming side yard setback.
In order to take
advantage of this provision, the non-conforming side yard must be
a minimum of 4 feet and the addition shall not consist of removal
or demolition of the existing first floor wall.
(h) Front Yard pavinq. No more than 50% of the required
front yard area including driveways shall be paved. No circular
driveways shall be permitted on parcels less than 100 feet in
width.
SECTION 3.
This Ordinance shall be effective as to any
building permit application filed after the date of introduction
of this Ordinance for second reading.
SECTION 4.
Any provision of the Municipal Code or
appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this
Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further,
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is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect
the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5.
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 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 inval id or unconstitutional without regard to whether
any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. 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 15 days after its adoption.
This Ordinance shall be
effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
city Attorney
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I hereby certify tha
Adopted and approv
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Ordinance No. 1424(CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city
Council on the 21st day of October 1987; that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City council on
the 27th day of October 1987 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Finkel, Jennings, A. Katz, H,
Katz, Reed, Zane, Mayor Conn
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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