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Council Mtg:
Santa Monica, California
october 23, 1990
ORDINANCE NUMBER
1553{CCS)
(City Council series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9041.6 TO ALLOW THE
CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS ON THE STREET PROPERTY LINE FOR THE
FIRST TWO FLOORS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9041.6 is
amended to read as follows:
Section 9041.6 Required Landscape Area for Buildinq
sites.
(a) In all residential districts, including in Rl and
R2R districts, but excluding the Op-1, OP-Duplex, OP-2,
OP-3, and OP-4 Districts, a minimum of 50% of the
required front yard setback shall be landscaped. In
OP-1, OP-2, OP-3 and OP-4 Districts, all areas not
covered by sidewalks, driveways, porches, garages, or
buildings, shall be treated as landscaped area, as
defined in this Chapter.
(b) In the C2, C3, C3C, C4, C6 and BCD Districts, a
landscape area equal in square footage to 1.5 times the
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street frontage of the parcel shall be provided adja-
cent to each public street right-of-way. The required
area may be provided in any configuration except that
no portion of the building shall be located between the
landscape area and the public right-af-way and only
areas within 10 feet of the parcel line shall count
toward this requirement. For purposes of this section,
landscape areas shall be considered to be in-ground
planters and shall not include hardscape. The land-
scape requirements for the C2, C3, C3C, C4, C6 and BCD
Districts may be modified subject to the review and
approval of the Architectural Review Board if the Board
determines that an alternative landscape configuration
would meet the objectives of this requirement. The
Architectural Review Board may require either more or
less landscaping than would otherwise be required by
this chapter if the following findings are made:
1. That the strict application of the prOVisions of
Section 9041. 6 (b) would result in practical difficul-
ties or unnecessary hardships inconsistent with the
general purpose and intent of the Santa Monica
Municipal Code and the Land Use Element or that there
are exceptional circumstances or conditions applicable
to the proposed project that do not apply generally to
other sites covered by the Section.
2. That the granting of a Landscape Setback Adjustment
would not adversely affect public welfare, and would
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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 23rd day of October, 1990.
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Mayor
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1553 was
duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city Council on
the 9th day of October 1990; that the said Ordinance was
thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the city Council on the
23rd day of October 1990 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo , Finkel, Genser, Katz, Mayor
Zane
Noes: Councilmembers: none
Abstain: Councilmembers: none
Absent: Counci1members: Jennings, Reed
ATTEST:
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