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City Council Meeting 6-13-95
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1804 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING MUNICIPAL
CODE SECTION 9.04.14.050 REGARDING
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR FACILITIES
WHEREAS, an application was filed to amend Municipal Code
section 9.04.14.050 to allow Sunday operation of certain automobile
maintenance services under specified conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Planning commission held a public hearing on the
proposed amendment on February 8, 1995 and made recommendations to
the city Council following the hearing; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on the
proposed amendment; and
WHEREAS, the city Council finds and declares that the
proposed amendment is consistent in principle with the goals,
objectives, policies, land uses, and programs specified in the
adopted General Plan, in that the amendment allows certain
automobile maintenance services to be performed on Sundays in a
manner consistent with Land Use and Circulation Element objective
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1.6 for Co~mercial corridors, which states that the City shall
"accommodate commercial uses which serve regional, community, and
local needs while respecting the adjacent residential uses"; and
WHEREAS, the public health, safety, and general welfare
require the adoption of the proposed amendment, in that the
amendment serves to conditionally allow a use which is consistent
with the General Plan for Commercial Corridors,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. section 9.04.14.050 of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code is amended to read as follows:
9.04.14.050 Automobile repair facilities.
The purpose of this section is to provide for the
mitigation of potential noise, fumes, litter, and parking
problems associated with automobile repair facilities.
The special conditions contained in this section are
intended to ensure that automobile repair facilities
operate harmoniously and are compatible with adjacent and
surrounding uses. In the interest of protecting the
health, safety, and general welfare of the city and its
residents, special conditions shall be imposed on
automobile repair facilities, consistent with the goals,
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objectives, and policies of the General Plan. The
following special conditions shall apply to automobile
repair facilities:
(a) Applicability. Automobile repair facilities
may be permitted with the approval of a Conditional Use
Permit in those districts as provided in Subchapter
9.04.08. Each automobile repair facility, including one
which is part of and incorporated within an automobile
dealership, shall conform to the property development
standards of the district in which it is to be located,
with Section 9.04.12.040 or 9.04.14.060, and with this
section. Existing automobile repair facilities shall be
subject to those provisions of this section as are
hereafter specifically described.
(b) Minimum Lot size. The minimum lot size for
automobile repair facilities not associated with an
automobile dealership shall be 7,500 square feet for new
lots created by subdi vision or combination after the
adoption of this Chapter.
(c) Setbacks. An automobile repair facility shall
comply with the setback requirements for the district in
which it is located.
(d) pavinq. The site shall be entirely paved,
except for buildings and landscaping. Existing automobile
repair facilities that are currently not paved shall
conform with this requirement within one year from the
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adoption of this Chapter.
(e) Landscapinq. A landscape area at least 2 feet
wide shall be provided along the perimeter of the parcel
and along building frontages, excluding authorized
driveways, so that no less than 10% of the repair
facility site not occupied by structures is landscaped.
In all other respects, landscaping shall conform to the
requirements of Part 9.04.10.04. Existing automobile
repair facilities shall comply with this subsection
within one year from the adoption of this Chapter.
(f) screeninq. If body repair work is performed by
the facility, screening approved by the Architectural
Review Board shall be provided so that vehicles awaiting
repair shall not be visible from surrounding properties
or public rights-of-way. Existing automobile repair
facilities shall comply with this subsection within one
year from the adoption date of this Chapter.
(g) structures. Entrances to individual service bays
shall not face abutting residential parcels. All
structures shall be constructed to achieve a minimum
standard Transmission Coefficient (STC) sound rating of
45-50.
(h) a.ruse. Refuse storage areas shall comply with
section 9.04.10.02.150.
( i) Liqbtinq. All lighting shall comply with section
9.04.10.02.270.
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(j) Repair Activities. All repair activities and
operations shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed
building. Outdoor hoists are prohibited. Existing
automobile repair facilities shall comply with this
subsection within one year from the adoption date of this
Chapter.
(k) Enclosure. Automobile repair facilities
performing body and fender work or similar
noise-generating activities shall be conducted in
fUlly-enclosed structures with walls of concrete block or
similar materials and doors in maximum half open
posi tion during operating hours. All painting shall occur
within a fully enclosed booth.
(1) Hours of Operation. In all districts, except on
parcels which are more than 100 feet from a residential
district, no work shall be performed on automobiles
between the hours of 8:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M., Monday
through saturday, and no work shall be performed on
Sundays, except as follows. In the C4 District, in
approving a Conditional Use Permit, the Planning
COn'l'!ll 1.ssion or city Council on appeal may authorize Sunday
operations if all of the following are met:
(I) The facility's daily business is limited to
automobile lubrication and fluid maintenance services,
air filter replacement, and/or windshield wiper
replacement services;
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(2) The facility has no vehicular access to or
from a residential street;
(3) Sunday operations are prohibited before
10:00 a.m. and after 5:00 p.m.;
(4) The application of paint to motor
vehicles, the performance of body or fender repair work,
or the use of pneumatic tools or similar loud power tools
shall not be permitted to occur on Sundays;
(5) If the facility is located adjacent to a
residential district:
(i) The facility is separated from the
residential district by a pUblic alley or other public
right of way, an appropriate physical barrier such as a
brick or block wall which buffers adjacent residences
from noise, and an appropriate landscape buffer; and
( ii) The garage doors to the service bays
do not face the residential district.
(m) Litter. The premises shall be kept in a neat and
orderly condition at all times and all improvements shall
be maintained in a condition of reasonable repair and
appearance. No used or discarded automotive parts or
equipment or permanently disabled, junked or wrecked
vehicles may be stored outside the main building.
(n) Sound. Sound generated from the repair facility
shall comply with Section 9.04.10.02.310.
(0) Abandonment. Any legal nonconforming automobile
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repair facility that is closed continuously for a period
of at least six months shall be declared abandoned,
except when caused by an act of nature provided
reconstruction of the building is commenced within one
year of the date the damage occurs and is diligently
completed.
(p) storaqe. An exterior parking area shall be used
for employee and customer parking only and not for the
repair or finishing work or long term (over one week)
storage of vehicles. No vehicles to be repaired shall be
parked or stored on any street or in any alley.
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.
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 ci ty 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
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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 15 days after its adoption.
This ordinance shall be
effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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MARSHA JONES ~~~RIE
City Attorney
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Mayor
State of CalIfornia )
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City of Santa MOnIca )
I, ClarIce E Dykhouse, CIty Clerk of the CIty of Santa MOnIca, do hereby certIfy that the
foregomg Ordmance No 1804 (CCS) had its first readmg on May 23. 1995 and had Its second
readmg on June 13. 1995 and was passed by the followmg vote
Ayes
CouncIl members
Abdo, Ebner, Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, O'Connor,
Rosenstem
Noes
Council members
None
AbstaIn
CouncIl members
None
Absent
CouncIl members
None
ATTEST
J~f_f/J,~
-city Clerk - (