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City Council Meeting 1-26-92
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1664(CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9.04.20.34.030 REGARDING
ADJUSTMENTS FOR GARAGE ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
WHEREAS, after adoption of a Resolution of Intention, the
Planning commission held a duly noticed public hearing on October
21, 1992 and recommended amendment of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code to allow garage accessory buildings to extend to the rear
property line if the findings for an adjustment could be made;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION
1.
Santa
Monica
Municipal
Code
section
9.04.20.34.030 is amended to read as follows:
Section 9.04.20.34.030 Applicability. The
Zoning
Administrator
may
grant
an
adjustment from the requirements of this
Chapter to:
(a) Allow modification of parcel
coverage regulations by up to five percent
of the total lot area for additions to
existing structures.
(b) Allow modification of the number.
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of required parking spaces by up to one
percent of the number of required parking
spaces.
(c) Allow the modification of fence
heights by up to one foot.
(d) Allow modification of side yard
setback requirements by up to six inches,
but in no case resulting in a setback of
less than four feet.
(e) Allow the modification of
building heights by up to six inches on
parcels which have a grade differential of
five feet or more, as measured from either
any point on the front parcel line to any
point on the rear parcel line, or from any
point on a side parcel line to any point on
the opposing side parcel line.
(f) Allow a garage accessory
building to extend up to the rear property
line of the parcel on which it is located
where otherwise prohibited.
SECTION 2. 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further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary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 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 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 l5 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective after 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 26th day of January, 1993.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1664(CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city
Council on the 19th day of January 1993; that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on
the 26th day of January 1993 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Greenberg, Holbrook, Olsen,
Rosenstein, Vazquez
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Genser
ATTEST:
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