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city Council Meeting 10-13-92
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER l653 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING ZONING
ORDINANCE SECTIONS 9.04.20.26.010 AND 9.04.20.26.030,
FORMERLY SECTIONS 9133.1 AND 9133.3, TO PERMIT
THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR TO APPROVE A
REDUCED PARKING PERMIT FOR A DESIGNATED
LANDMARK OR CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT
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 September 1990 the City council conducted a Study
Session to review revisions to the Landmarks and Historic
Districts Ordinance and the Demolition Ordinance. Following the
study Session council directed staff to revise these ordinances
as recommended by the Landmarks Commission.
(b) In July 1991 the city Council adopted Ordinance Number
1590 (CCS) amending Chapter 6 of Article IX of the Santa Monica
Municipal Code relating to landmarks and historic districts.
Section 9621 of this ordinance includes the establishment of a
series of preservation incentives. Among the incentives is the
provision that parking incentives should be available to
designated historic properties. Allowing for the approval of a
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reduced parking permit when small addition are proposed to
designated historic structures is one such parking incentive.
(c) On September 25, 1991 the Planning Commission adopted a
Resolution of Intention to recommend that the City Council amend
sections 9133.1 and 9133.3 of the Zoning Ordinance to permit the
Zoning Administrator to approve a reduced parking permit for a
designated landmark or contributing structure in a historic
district.
(d) On November 6, 1991 the Planning Commission unanimously
recommended that the City Council approve the revisions to
Sections 9133.1 and 9133.3 of Subchapter 10M regarding Reduced
Parking Permits as submitted in the Resolution of Intention
finding that:
1. The proposed amendment is consistent in principle with the
goals, objectives, policies, land uses, and programs
specified in the adopted General Plan, specifically Land Use
Element Policy 3.1.3 which encourages the retention of
historic and architecturally significant resources, in that
it provides owners of designated historic properties with
an incentive to preserve and maintain their historic
buildings, it encourages the continued active use of
historic structures by relaxing parking standards to enable
small scale additions to the buildings, and could serve as a
mechanism to encourage the historic designation of other
eligible properties.
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2. The public health, safety, and general welfare require the
adoption of the proposed amendment in that the reduced
parking permit will assist in the preservation of historic
buildings by providing an incentive to maintain the building
in active use, while the limitation on the size of the
addition constructed without the provision of additional
parking will minimize the project's impact on the
surrounding neighborhood.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 2. Section 9.01.20.26.010, formerly Section 9133.1,
of Subchapter 10M of the Santa Monica Municipal Code are amended
to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER 10M REDUCED PARKING PERMITS.
SECTION 9.04.20.26.010. Purpose. A reduced parking permit
is intended to permit the reduction of required automobile
parking spaces for senior housing, when shared parking, tandem
parking, or in-lieu parking fees are proposed as part of any
development, and under certain circumstances for landmarks and
historic districts.
SECTION 3. section 9.04.20.26.030, formerly Section 9133.3,
of the Santa Monica Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
SECTION
Administrator
following:
9.04.20.26.0304. Applicability. The
may grant a reduced parking permit
Zoning
for the
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(a) Shared Parking. Facilities may be shared if multiple
uses cooperatively establish and operate parking facilities and
if these uses generate parking demands primarily during hours
when the remaining uses are not in operation. (For example, if
one use operated during evenings or weekdays only.) The
applicant shall have the burden of proof for a reduction in the
total number of required parking spaces, and documentation shall
be submitted substantiating the reasons for this requested
parking reduction. Shared parking shall be approved only if:
(1) A sufficient number of spaces are provided to meet the
greater parking demand of the participating uses.
(2) Satisfactory evidence has been submitted by the parties
operating the shared parking facility, describing the nature of
the uses and times when the uses operate so as to demonstrate the
lack of conflict between them.
(3) Additional documents, covenants, deed restrictions, or
other agreements as may be deemed necessary by the zoning
Administrator are executed to assure that the required parking
spaces provided are maintained and uses with similar hours and
parking requirements as those uses sharing the parking remain for
the life of the building.
(b) Senior Housing. The Zoning Administrator may approve a
reduced parking permit for the reduction in the number of parking
spaces required for senior citizens and senior group housing
based upon findings that the proposed development is located in
direct proximity to commercial activities and services, and is
adequately served by public transportation systems.
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(c) Tandem Parking. The Zoning Administrator may approve a
reduced parking permit for tandem parking for commercial and
industrial uses provided the development requires 250 or more
parking spaces and, no more than a maximum of 20% of the total
number of spaces are in tandem and, an attendant is on duty
during the hours the building is open for business.
(d) Low Income Housing. The Zoning Administrator may
approve a reduced parking permit for the reduction in the number
of parking spaces required for low to moderate income housing
developments provided additional documents, covenants, deed
restrictions, or other agreements as may be deemed necessary by
the Zoning Administrator are executed.
(e) Landmarks and Historic Districts. The Zoning
Administrator may approve a reduced parking permit for the
reduction in the number of parking spaces required for a
designated landmark or a contributing structure within a
designated historic district under the following circumstances:
(1) When an addition is proposed to a single family home
that is non-conforming due to the required number of parking
spaces, no additional parking spaces shall be required for the
addition of a bedroom, provided that the total addition to the
structure does not exceed more than 25 percent of the square
footage of the existing structure or 250 square feet, whichever
is greater, and that at least one covered parking space is
provided on site. Only one such reduced parking permit may be
permitted per designated structure.
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(2) When an addition is proposed to a multi family
structure that is non-conforming due to the required number of
parking spaces, no new parking spaces shall be required, provided
that the addition does not add more than one bedroom to each
dwelling unit, the addition does not result in the addition of a
new dwelling unit on the parcel, and that at least one parking
space is already provided on site per dwelling unit. Only one
such reduced parking permit may be permi tted per uni t in a
designated structure.
( 3 ) When an add i tion is proposed to a commercial or an
industrial structure that is non-conforming due to the required
number of parking spaces, no addi tiona 1 parking space shall be
required, provided that the addition does not exceed 10 percent
of the building's existing floor area.
Only one such reduced
parking permit may be permitted per designated commercial or
industrial structure.
(4) Commercial or industrial structures that change to a
use which has more intensive parking standards than the current
use may be permitted to reduce the required parking according to
the following formula:
Total Required Parking Spaces After
Change of Use
Percentage Reduction
From Total Required
Spaces
1 to 10
11 to 20
21 and over
Up to 50%
Up to 25%
Up to 10%
SECTION 3. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code
or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this
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ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and not further,
are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to
effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconsti tutional 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 to be invalid or unconstitutional without regard to
whether any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently
declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5.
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 be come
effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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JOSEPH LAWRENCE
ACTING CITY ATTORNEY
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Adopted and approved this 13th day of October, 1992.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1653(CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city
council on the 29th day of September 1992; that the said
Ordinance was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the city
Council on the 13th day of October 1992 by the following council
vote:
Ayes:
Councilmembers:
Abdo, Genser, Holbrook, Katz,
Olsen, Vazquez, Zane
Noes: Councllmembers:
None
Abstain: Councilmembers:
None
Absent: Councilmembers:
None
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