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City Council Meeting 5-12-92 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER l626{CCS)
(city council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9015.6
REGARDING PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
IN THE RVC DISTRICT
WHEREAS, in connection with a Development Review Permi t
application the Pier Restoration Corporation filed an application
requesting that Section 9015.6 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code
regarding property development standards be amended; and,
WHEREAS, the Santa Monica Planning Commission held a public
hearing concerning such amendments on February 5 and February 26,
1992;
WHEREAS, the city Council of the city of Santa Monica held
a public hearing concerning such amendment on March 31, 1992;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9015.6 is
amended to read as follows:
Section 9015.6.
Property Development
standards.
All property in the RVC District
shall be developed in accordance with the
fOllowing standards:
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(a) Maximum Building Height and FAR.
Maximum building height, number of stories and
floor area ratio shall be determined as
follows:
PROPERTIES
BOUNDED BY
THE FOLLOW-
ING STREETS
MAXIMUM MAXIMUM NO.
HEIGHT OF STORIES
MAXIMUM
FAR
Pier Overlay:
a. Santa 30' 2 1.0
Monica Pier.
The Deavuille
site to the
north, Sea-
side Terrace
to the south,
The promenade
to the west,
and Ocean Avenue
to the east,
except parcels
fronting on
Ocean Avenue.
b. Parcels 30' 2 .5
fronting on
Ocean Avenue.
c. Replacement 40' 3 1.0
of sinbad's
building only
on the Santa
Monica Pier.
d. Amusement 85' for one Ferris Wheel;
rides on 55' for one Roller Coaster;
the Santa 45' for all other amusement
Monica Pier. rides.
West side of 45' 3 2.0
Ocean Avenue
from Pico
Boulevard to
Seaside Terrace
(Ocean Avenue
Fronting Parcels
Only)
East side of 45' 3 2.0
Ocean Avenue
to First Court
from Colorado
Avenue to
California Avenue.
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pico Boulevard
to vicente
Terrace from
west side of
Ocean Avenue
to The Promenade.
45'
3
2.0
There shall be no limitation on the
number of stories of any hotel or parking
structure so long as the height does not exceed
the maximum number of feet permitted in this
Section. Maximum building height for the pier
platform shall be measured from the pier
platform rather than average natural grade.
(b)
Maximum
Parcel
coverage.
70
percent.
(e)
Minimum Lot Size.
5,000 square
feet.
Each parcel shall contain a minimum
depth of 100 feet and a minimum width of 50
feet, except that parcels existing on the
effective date of this Chapter shall not be
subject to this requirement.
(d)
Front Yard Setback.
35 feet along
the west side of Ocean Avenue south of Colorado
Avenue, 20 feet on the east side of Ocean and 5
feet on all other streets.
(e) Rear Yard Setback. 15 feet.
(f) Side Yard Setback. The side yard
setback shall be determined in accordance with
the following formula, except for lots of less
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than 50 feet in width for which the side yard
shall be 10% of the parcel width but not less
than 4 feet:
5 + (stories x lot width)
50'
(g)
Development Review.
A Development
Review Permit is required for any development
of more than 15,000 square feet of floor area
in all other areas of the District, and for any
development with rooftop parking.
SECTION 2.
Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appendices thereto lnconsistent 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 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 slgn and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance.
The City Clerk shall
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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 12th day of May, 1992.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1626 (CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city
Council on the 28th day of April 1992; that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on
the 12th day of May 1992 by the following council vote:
Ayes:
Councilmembers:
Abdo, Genser, Olsen, Vazquez,
Zane
Noes: Councilmembers:
Holbrook, Katz
Abstain: Councilmembers:
None
Absent: Councilmembers:
None
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ATTEST:
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