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city Council Meeting 8-7-90
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER l535(CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 9630 TO THE SANTA
MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE TO DESIGNATE AS AN HISTORIC
DISTRICT THE AREA BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY THE
REAR PROPERTY LINE OF THE PARCELS ON THE EAST SIDE
OF THIRD STREET; BOUNDED ON THE SOUTH BY HILL STREET
INCLUDING THE PARCELS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET BUT
EXCLUDING THE PARCEL ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF HILL
STREET AND THIRD STREET; BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY THE REAR
PROPERTY LINE OF THE PARCELS ON THE WEST SIDE OF SECOND
STREET; AND BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD
WHEREAS, on December 14, 1989, the Landmarks Commission
filed a Historic District application for the area bounded on the
east by the rear property line of the parcels on the east side of
Third street; bounded on the south by Hill street including the
parcels on the south side of the street but excluding the parcel
on the southeast corner of Hill street and Third street; bounded
on the west by the rear property line of the parcels on the west
side of Second Street; and bounded on the north by Ocean Park
Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, on March 8, 1990, the Landmarks Commission
conducted a Preliminary Evaluation of the application; and
WHEREAS, on April 19, 1990, the Landmarks Commission
unanimously voted that the Historic District application merited
Formal Consideration; and
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WHEREAS, the Landmarks commission conducted a public
hearing on the Historic District application on May 24, 1990, and
recommended designation of the area as a Historic District to the
city council: and
WHEREAS, on July 24, 1990, the City council conducted a
public hearing on the Historic District application; and
WHEREAS, the city council received the recommendation of
the Landmarks Commission on July 18, 1990,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. section 9630 is added to the Santa Monica
Municipal Code to read as follows:
SECTION 9630. The Third street
Neighborhood Historic District.
(a) The City Council has reviewed
and considered the Historic District
application for the Third Street
Neighborhood, and has review and
considered the recommendation on the
application transmitted from the
Landmarks Commission.
(b) The City Council finds and
declares that:
(1) The Third Street
Neighborhood Historic District possesses
aesthetic significance to santa Monica in
that the area displays a high percentage
of original, turn of the century,
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structures, a consistency in building
type, primarily the California bungalow,
and a close association with the natural
environment, as demonstrated in the
particular by the siting of the homes on
the east side of Third Street which are
set into the slope of the hill. These
elements combine to create an area with
both a sense of place and a sense of
Santa Monica's past.
(2) The Third Street
Neighborhood Historic District possesses
historical economic significance to Santa
Monica in that the Vawter family, leading
developers of the Neighborhood, were also
influential in the economic success of
Ocean Park through the founding and
operation of Ocean Park's first bank and
through the ownership and operation of
one of Ocean Park's earliest businesses
and tourist attractions, the Ocean Park
Floral Company. In addition, the
development of piers, bathhouses and
hotels stimulated growth in the Ocean
Park area by providing jobs and
attracting both residents and visitors to
Ocean Park and to the Third street
Neighborhood.
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(3) The Third street
Neighborhood Historic District possesses
historic significance to Santa Monica in
that the neighborhood is associated with
many prominent early ci ty residents,
including the Vawter, Hostetter and
Archer families, and Abbot Kinney. The
Vawters subdivided the District into
residential lots, and also assisted in
the establishment of Ocean Park's first
water company and Santa Monica's first
regular transportation service to Ocean
Park. Moses Hostetter and his son
William were both Neighborhood residents
(2601 Second street and 237 Beach street,
respectively). Moses Hostetter was a
member of the Santa Monica Board of
Trustees between 1896 and 1900, serving
as chairman of the police, fire, and
light committees. Alvin Archer
constructed the American Colonial Revival
home at 245 Hill street and was also a
founder of Ocean Park's first volunteer
fire brigade. His wife, Louetta, was
Ocean Park's first postwoman. Abbot
Kinney, before developing "Venice of
America" owned property on the west side
of Second Street in the District, and
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also gave Ocean Park its name, naming the
area after the eucalyptus groves planted
by the Vawters near south Santa Monica
Beach.
(4)
The
Third
street
Neighborhood Historic District possesses
architectural significance to Santa
Monica in that the area displays a
variety of architectural styles, from
victorian to Gothic, to American Colonial
Revival, to California Craftsman, to
Spanish Colonial Revival, which provide a
visual representation of the
Neighborhood's development through the
1930s. In addition, the Neighborhood is
dominated by bungalows; 29 bungalows and
one bungalow court are extant in the
District. While typically designed in a
variety of archi tectural styles, the
common bungalow theme is the association
with the surrounding environment, the use
of front porches, sun porches, front
steps, overhanging eaves, and numerous
windows to provide views and to merge the
interior and exterior landscapes. The
Third Street Neighborhood is a
representative example of this
architectural movement in Santa Monica.
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(5) The Third street
Neighborhood Historic District possesses
cultural significance to Santa Monica in
that the area has ties to Santa Monica's
religious, artistic, and political life
through the inclusion of both the Church
in Ocean Park and the Iglesia EI Sermonte
Del Monte Assembleas De Dios (builtin
1916 as the First Baptist Church) in the
District, the Neighborhood's proximity to
the murals along the Ocean Park
Boulevard/Fourth street Overpass, and the
use of the Archer House by the Ocean Park
community Center.
(c) The Third Street Neighborhood
Historic District boundaries consist of
the area bounded on the east by the rear
property line of the parcels on the east
side of Third street; bounded on the
south by Hill Street including the
parcels on the south side of the street
but excluding the parcel on the southeast
corner of Hill Street and Third street;
bounded on the west by the rear property
line of the parcels on the west side of
Second Street; and bounded on the north
by Ocean Park Boulevard.
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(d) structures that contribute to
the character and integrity of the Third
street Neighborhood Historic District
shall be defined as all structures built
prior to 1935i non-contributing
structures and sites shall be defined as
post 1935 developments and vacant
parcels.
(e) Pursuant to Santa Monica
Municipal Code section 9610, until such
time as an ordinance is adopted that
specifies the nature of any alteration,
restoration, construction, removal,
relocation, or demolition of or to a
building or structure within the Historic
District that can occur without prior
approval of a Certificate of
Appropriateness, any such work must
obtain approval of a certificate of
Appropriateness or certificate of
Economic Hardship by the Landmarks
Commission.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of
this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no
further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to affect the provisions of this Ordinance.
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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 this 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 without regard to whether
any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. 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 become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 7th day of August, 1990.
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Mayo
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1535(CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city
Council on the 24th day of July 1990~ that the said Ordinance was
thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the city Council on the
7th day of August 1990 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers:
Abdo, Finkel, Genser, Reed, Mayor
Zane
Noes: Councilmembers:
None
Abstain: Councilmembers:
None
Absent: Councilmembers:
Jennings, Katz
ATTEST:
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