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city council Meeting 1-18-94
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1720(CCS)
(City council Series)
AN ~GENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO WAIVE ALL CITY PERMIT
PROCESSING FEES RELATED TO REPAIR AND
RECONSTRUCTION OF EARTHQUAKE DAMAGED
BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND
DECLARING THE PRESENCE OF AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, numerous buildings and other structures in the City
of Santa Monica were substantially damaged due to earthquakes
occurring on and after January 17, 1994;
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the speedy and orderly repair
and reconstruction of these earthquake damaged structures in the
City the City Council of the City of Santa Monica finds that it is
necessary and appropriate to waive all permit processing fees as
are required to be paid to the city.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City council authorizes the City Manager or
his or her designee to waive or to forego the requirement of the
payment of any permit processing fees or such other applicable fees
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which may otherwise be necessary for the repair and reconstruction
of earthquake damaged buildings or structures, as the City Manager
in his or her sole discretion deems appropriate to facilitate the
speedy repair or reconstruction of any building or other structure
damaged by the January 17, 1994 earthquake or its aftershocks.
SECTION 2. The city council finds pursuant to city Charter
section 615 that a state of local emergency exists within the City
of Santa Monica as a result of severe earthquake damages and that
if significantly damaged buildings and other structures are not
promptly repaired the public health, safety and welfare of the
residents of the City of Santa Monica will be threatened.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance is declared to be an urgency
measure adopted pursuant to the provisions of 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 4. 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are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect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 5. 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
invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion
of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. 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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Adopted and approved this 18th day of January, 1994.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1720 (CCS) was duly and regularly
introduced at a meeting of the City Council on the 18th day of January, 1994; that the said
Ordinance was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the 18th day of
January, 1994 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers:
Abdo, Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, Olsen, Rosenstein,
V llzquez
Noes: Councilmembers:
None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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gity Clerk