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city Council Meeting 3-2-93 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER l677(CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ESTABLISHING INTERIM DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS FOR PARCELS ZONED RVC LOCATED ON
PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY BETWEEN THE SANTA MONICA PIER
ON THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH CITY LIMITS
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) On December 8, 1992 the City Council adopted a new
districting map which zoned all the parcels currently occupied by
beach clubs to RVC (Residential Visitor Commercial) zoning.
(b) In order to implement the new development standards
for parcels zoned RVC it is necessary to amend the zoning
Ordinance.
(c) Amending the Zoning Ordinance is anticipated to take
approximately six to nine months and therefore in order to
facilitate development, an interim ordinance is necessary to
implement the new development standards until such time as the
Zoning Ordinance can be amended.
(d) The proposed standards are consistent with the
development standards for all other parcels in the vicinity and
are consistent with what the city Council adopted as part of
Local Coastal Plan approval process.
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more than one dwelling unit shall be permitted on a parcel 40
feet or less in width.
(3) Maximum Parcel Coverage. 50 percent.
(4)
Front Yard Setback.
20 feet or as shown on the
Official Districting Map, whichever is greater. At least 30% of
the building elevation above 14 feet in height shall provide an
additional 5 foot average setback from the minimum required front
yard setback.
(5) Beach Rearyard Setback. 15 feet for parcels 100 feet
or less in depth. 55 feet for parcels over 100 feet in depth.
(6)
Side Yard Setback.
The sideyard setback shall be
determined in accordance with the following formula, except for
lots of less than 50 feet in width, for which the sideyard shall
be 10% of the parcel width but not less than 4 feet:
5' + (stories x lot width)
50'
At least 25% of the side elevation above 14 feet in height shall
provide an additional 4 foot average setback from the minimum
side yard setback.
(7)
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 Ordinance shall not be subject to this requirement.
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(8) Floor Area Ratio. The maximum floor area ratio shall
be 0.5.
(9) Development Review. A Development Review Permit is
required for any development of more than 15,000 square feet of
floor area.
(10) View Corridor. A structure with 70 feet or more of
frontage parallel to Pacific Coast Highway, shall provide an
unobstructed view corridor between Pacific Coast Highway and the
Ocean. The view corridor shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width
and 40 feet in height measured from the property line parallel to
Pacific Coast Highway.
(11)
front half
setback.
Parking. Uncovered parking may be located in the
of the parcel and wi thin the required front yard
(12) Architectural Review. All new construction, new
addi tions to existing buildings, and any other exterior
improvements that require issuance of a building permit shall be
subject to architectural review pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 9.32 of Article IX of the Santa Monica Municipal Code.
SECTION 3. Exemptions. The following projects are exempt
from the provisions of section 2 of this Ordinance:
(a) Any building or structure for which a building permit
was issued on or before the effective date of this Ordinance.
(b) Any project for which a vesting tentative map
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application was filed and deemed complete on or before the
effective date of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be of no further force and
effect after ten months and fifteen days, unless prior to that
date, after a public hearing, noticed pursuant to Part
9.04.020.16.060 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code, the City
council, by majority vote, extends the interim ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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
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within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Adopted and approved this 23rd day of March, 1993.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. l677(CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City
Council on the 2nd day of March 1993; that the said Ordinance was
thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the city Council on the
23rd day of March 1993 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Genser, Greenberg,
Holbrook, Rosenstein, Vazquez
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Olsen
ATTEST:
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