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city Council Meeting: 6-02-92
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1629_(CCS)
(City Council series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA MODIFYING THE DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS IN THE R2R DISTRICT
ON AN INTERIM BASIS AND DECLARING
THE PRESENCE OF AN EMERGENCY
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) The R2R LOW Density Duplex District, known historically
as the Central Beach neighborhood, is characterized primarily by
low scale, turn of the century single family homes that represent
the most intact example of early Santa Monica beach cottages
constructed primarily between 1900 and 1905.
(b) While heights and densities have been reduced, and
setback, landscaping, and private open space requirements
increased in the adjacent Ocean Park residential area, the
development standards in the R2R district have not been reviewed
since their adoption in 1981.
(c) The height requirement in the R2R District at 2
stories/25 feet for a structure with a flat roof or 2 stories/35
feet for a structure with a pitched roof, is currently higher
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than any residential district in the Ocean Park area with the
exception of the OP-4 High Multiple Residential District.
(d) The R2R District, similar to the OP-Duplex District, is
composed of small parcels designated primarily for single family
or duplex uses.
(e) The character of the R2R District is enhanced by its
narrow streets, pedestrian scale structures, street facing
entrances, and numerous front porches.
(f) The potential for development to the currently specified
height limit in the R2R 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.
(g) The Zoning Ordinance requires review and revision as it
pertains to the appropriate development standards for the R2R
District.
(h) Pending completion of this review and revision, it is
necessary to modify on an interim basis the existing zoning to
prevent development in the R2R District from being constructed
without the design amenity of a front porch and up to a height of
35 feet, thereby preventing development inconsistent with
existing land uses in and the general character of the R2R and
OP-2 Districts.
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(i) On April 23, 1991, the City Council adopted an ordinance
establishing interim standards for the R2R District to prevent
the construction of incompatible buildings.
(j) Two pUblic workshops have been conducted to gather
public input on the proposed changes to the R2R development
standards. The public process is still underway, therefore it is
necessary to maintain interim standards until such time as the
permanent standards are in place.
(k) On May 12, 1992 the City Council adopted a 45 day
interim ordinance establishing standards for the R2R District to
prevent the construction of incompatible buildings. It is
necessary to extend those standards for up to one year to allow
for the development of the permanent standards.
SECTION 2. Interim Zoning.
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
R2R District unless the following findings are made:
(1) The project complies with existing R2R development
standards, except for building height, set forth in Chapter 1 of
Article IX of the Santa Monica Municipal Code.
(2) The project complies with the height standards for the
OP-Ouplex Ocean Park Duplex Residential District contained in
Chapter 1 of Article IX of the Santa Monica Municipal Code.
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(3) The project provides a building entrance oriented toward
the street, however the front door need not be parallel with the
front street. Pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code section
9040.17, unenclosed porches which may be covered by a roof or
canopy may encroach a maximum of six feet into the required ten
foot front yard setback. For parcels 32 feet or less in width, a
variance to modify the parking configuration may be considered
pursuant to Chapter 1 of Article IX of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall not apply to any project the
application for which was deemed complete on or before May 12,
1992.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be of no further force and
effect as of April 19, 1993.
SECTION 5. This ordinance is declared to be an urgency
measure adopted pursuant to the provisions of Section 9120.6 of
the Santa Monica Municipal Code and section 615 of the Santa
Monica City Charter. It is necessary for preserving the public
peace, health, and safety, and the urgency for its adoption is
set forth in the findings above.
SECTION 6. 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.
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SECTION 7. 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 8. 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 upon adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYE~S ~
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 2nd day of June, 1992.
MaYo~!1dre
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1629(CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city
council on the 2nd day of June 1992; that the said Ordinance was
thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the city Council on the
2nd day of June 1992 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Holbrook, Katz, Olsen,
Vazquez I Zane
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Genser
ATTEST:
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