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(h) Transit Mall. The sidewalks on Santa Monica Boulevard from the
east side of Ocean Avenue to the west side of Fifth Street.
SECTION 2, Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6,112,050 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6.112.050 Special regulations forThird Street Promenade
and Transit Mall.
In addition to the requirements of Sections 6,112.030 and 6,112,040,
no performer shall perform in the Third Street Promenade or the Transit Mall
outside of an enclosed building in violation of the following requirements:
(a) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this Section, no performer
shall perform except during the following time periods:
(1) Nine a,m. to eleven p.m, daily,
(2) Eleven p,m, on Friday and Saturday to one-thirty a,m. of
the following day.
(b) No performer shall perform within sixty feet of any special event
authorized by the City unless the special event encompasses one or more
City blocks in which case the performance shall be conducted according to
any administrative guidelines which shall be adopted by the City,
(C) No performer shall perform with more instruments, props,
equipment, merchandise, or other items than the performer can reasonably
transport or remove at one time,
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No perform,er shall perform outside designated performance
zones, as established by resolution of the City Council.
No performer shall:
(1) Perform in any specific location or within one hundred
twenty feet of that location as measured in a north/south direction, for more
than two hours in any six hour period, The time required to set up and to
remove any instruments, props, equipment, or other items shall be
considered part of the performance for purposes of this subdivision and
subdivision (2) of this subsection (e).
(2) Perform on an even hour at the same location that he/she
was performing on the preceding even hour, or within one hundred twenty
feet of that location as measured in a north/south direction.
(3) Perform within ten feet of a vendor operating pursuant to
or under the authority of an approved license agreement or within forty feet
of any other vendor, performer, or person utilizing a portable table or cart for
displaying or distributing merchandise, goods, written materials, food, or
other items,
(f) The following formula establishes the special performance hours
that apply during specified holidays:
(1) If the holiday follows a weekend and the next day is a
workday, then the holiday shall be treated as if it were Sunday and the day
preceding the holiday shall be treated as if it were Saturday,
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(2) If the holiday precedes a weekend, then the holiday shall
be treated as if it were Saturday and the preceding day shall be treated as
if it were Friday,
(3) If the holiday occurs during midweek, and is surrounded
by workdays, then the holiday shall be treated as if it were Sunday and the
day preceding the holiday shall be treated as if it were Friday,
The following is a list of holidays which trigger the application of this
subsection: New Year's Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence
Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and
Christmas Day, The City Council may by resolution add to this list of
holidays,
SECTION 3, Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.116.030 is hereby amended
to read as follows
Section 6.116.030. Allowable noise levels on Promenade.
(a) The following maximum noise level (Lmax) shall apply on the
Third Street promenade during the times indicates:
Day
Time
Maximum Noise
Level (Lmax)
Mon-Fri
Mon- Thurs
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Sat/Sun
9 a,m,-7:00 p,m,
7 p,m,-1 0:30 p,m,
7 p.m,-midnight
9 a.m.-midnight
9 a,m,-10:30 p,m.
12:01 a.m.-1 :30 a,m,
75dBA*
85 dBA*/107 dBA**
85 dBA*/107 dBA**
85 dBA*/107 dBA**
85 dBA*/107 dBA**
65 dBA*
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*When measured at a minimum distance of 25 feet from the person causing
the noise violation.
**When measured at a minimum distance of one foot from the person
causing the noise violation,
At all other times, the City-wide noise standards as reflected in
Chapter 4 of this Code shall apply except the Lmax standard shall provide
the basis for measuring the dBA level.
(b) No person shall create any noise, or allow the creation of. any
noise on the Third Street Promenade which causes the noise level to exceed
the Lmax standard established in this Section.
(c) No business on the Third Street Promenade shall utilize any
speaker or sound reproduction system at a volume that can be heard inside
the premises of another building or structure while the doors and windows
to the premises are closed.
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, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to
effect the provisions of this Ordinance,
SECTION 5, 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 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
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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 30
days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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