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City council Meeting: 5-14-91
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 15 B 3 (CCS)
(City council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA MODIFYING THE DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS IN THE OP-2 ZONING DISTRICT
ON AN INTERIM BASIS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings and purpose. The City council finds and
declares:
(a) In recent months since the adoption of the Ocean Park
zoning standards in September 1989, development projects have
been approved on sloping sites in the OP-2 Ocean Park Low
Multiple Residential District that, while consistent with the
ordinance specified height requirements, are not consistent with
the ordinance intent and are not compatible with the surrounding
neighborhood.
(b) The potential for development to the currently specified
height limit in the OP-2 District poses a current and immediate
threat to the pUblic health, safety and welfare of the residents,
and the approval of permits for such development would result in
a threat to public health, safety, and welfare.
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(c) The Zoning Ordinance requires review and revision as it
pertains to the appropriate development standards for the OP-2
Zoning District.
(d) Pending completion of this review and revision, it is
necessary to modify on an interim basis the existing zoning to
prevent development in the OP-2 District from height
incompatibility with existing structures in neighborhoods with
sloping sites, thereby preventing development inconsistent with
existing land uses in and the general character of the OP-2
District.
SECTION 2. Interim zoning.
(a) No development or permit shall be approved pursuant to
Chapter 1 of Article IX of the Santa Monica Municipal Code, and
no Subdivision or parcel map shall be approved pursuant to
chapter 3 of Article IX of the Santa Monica Municipal Code, for
land in the OP-2 District unless the following findings are made:
(1) The project complies with existing OP-2 property
development standards, except for building height and unexcavated
sideyards, as set forth in Chapter 1 of Article IX of the Santa
Monica Municipal Code.
(2) The building complies with all of the fOllowing
standards:
(a) On upsloping parcels where the change in elevation from
front to rear is 10 feet or greater, maximum allowable height for
structures shall conform to the following:
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(i) One story 14 feet (including parapets and rails) for
the first 15 feet on the parcel, measured back from the front
parcel line. Maximum permitted height shall be measured
vertically from the inside edge of the existing sidewalk (the
edge closest to the front parcel line) and then running parallel
to the existing grade of the parcel.
(ii) Two stories 18 feet for a flat roof and 23 feet for
a pitched roof (including parapets and railings) for that portion
of the structure located between 15.1 feet and 30 feet measured
back from the front parcel line. Maximum permitted height shall
be measured vertically from the existing natural grade and then
running parallel to the existing grade of the parcel to a
distance of 30 feet from the front parcel line.
(iii) The maximum permitted height for structures beyond
30 feet from the front parcel line shall be two stories 23 feet
for a flat roof or 30 feet for structures with a pitched roof.
Maximum building height for this portion of the structure shall
be measured vertically from the existing natural grade and then
parallel to the existing natural grade of the parcel to the rear
property line.
(iv) The natural grade existing on the parcel, prior to
any new construction, shall be returned to its original state if
excavation occurs. An opening to a garage may remain excavated.
(v) Any portion of a building more than 3 feet above the
existing natural grade shall be counted as a story. The first
story of a structure shall be determined as the portion of the
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structure closest to the front property line that extends more
than 3' above the existing natural grade.
(vi) No portion of any structure exceeds the maximum
allowable height or permitted number of stories.
(4) The project complies with Section 9040.17 of the Santa
Monica Municipal Code except that parcels having a width of 50 or
greater shall provide at an unexcavated area equal to 4 feet in
width along the entire length of one of the side property lines
and an unexcavated area equal to 2 feet 6 inches in width along
the entire length of the other side property line. Parcels in
excess of 70 feet in width, shall provide an unexcavated area of
at least 4 feet in width along the entire length of both side
yards.
(5) The application for a project was deemed complete on or
before January 22, 1991.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be of no further force and
effect 10 months and 15 days from its adoption.
SECTION 4. 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
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 any competent
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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 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 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 14th day of May, 1991.
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Ik -Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1583(CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City
Council on the 23rd day of April 1991; that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the city council on
the 14th day of May 1991 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers:
Genser, Holbrook, Olsen, Vazquez,
Zane, and Mayor Abdo
Noes: Councilmembers:
None
Abstain: Councilmembers:
None
Absent: Councilmembers:
Katz
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