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MAY 23 1989
C/ED:PVB:DKW:LM Santa Monica, California
Council Mtg: May 23, 1989
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City staff
SUBJECT: Certification of statement of Official Action for
Appeal of Development Review 367A, Zone Change 28 and
Initial study (EIA 836) for Proposed Four Story/40', 66
Room Addition to the Existing Three Story, 82 Room
Comfort Inn at 2801 Santa Monica Boulevard.
Applicant/Appellant: Doug Lowe for Charles Ting.
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends that the City Council certify the
Statement of Official Action for the above referenced appeal.
BACKGROUND
After a PUblic hearing, and careful review of the record and
staff recommendations, the City Council denied the appeal and
upheld the Planning Commission's denial of the proposal, subject
to the findings contained in the Planning Commission statement of
Official Action dated December 14, 1988.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the Council approve the
attached statement of Official.
Prepared by: Larry Miner, Assistant Planner
D. Kenyon Webster, Principal Planner
Paul Berlant, Director of Planning
Planning Division
Community and Economic Development Department
Attachment: Statement of Official Action
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STATEMENT OF OFFICIAL ACTION
PROJECT
NL~BER: DR 367A, Zone Change 28, EIA 836
LOCATION: 2801 Santa Monica Boulevard
APPLICANT: Charles Ting
REQUEST: To Permit the Removal of the 21 Unit Dawn Dee
Motel and the Construction of a 4 story/401, 66
Room Addition to an Existing 3 Story, 82 Room
Motel
CITY COUNCIL ACTION
5/2/89 Date.
Approved based on the following findings and sub-
ject to the conditions below.
Denied.
X other. Appeal denied. Planning Commission denial
upheld.
FINDINGS
1. That the development is inconsistent with the findings and
purpose of Ordinance 1321 as set forth below.
2. The physical location and placement of the proposed struc-
tures on the site are incompatible with and do not relate
harmoniously to surrounding sites and neighborhoods in that
the project does not step down or relate to the height limit
of the adjacent residential district, which is inconsistent
with Policy 3.2.1 of the Land Use Element. In addition, the
project does not include a 51 landscape strip adjacent to the
residential district.
3. The existing and/or proposed rights of way and facilities for
both pedestrian and automobile traffic will not be adequate
to accommodate the anticipated results of the proposed
development in that the parking layout of the proposed
development does not conform to the requirements of former
SMMC Section 9129F4, which requirement was in effect on April
8, 1988, the date on which the application for the project
was deemed complete.
4. The proposed development is inconsistent with the General
Plan of the City of Santa Monica in that policies 3.1.1 and
3.2.1 require that the perceived mass of the structures be
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minimized through the use of stepbacks to the height limit of
the adjacent residential zones, and as proposed this project
does not provide any stepbacks on the north elevation.
5. The proposed development is inconsistent with the Zoning Or-
dinance of the City of Santa Monica in effect on April 8,
1988, the date on which the application for the project was
deemed complete, in that its parking layout does not conform
to the requirements of section 9129F4 of said Zoning
Ordinance.
ZONE CHANGE FINDINGS
1. The proposed rezoning is inconsistent with the goals, objec-
tives, policies, land uses, and programs specified in the
General Plan.
2. The public necessity, public convenience and general welfare
do not require the proposed zone change from R2 to R2A in
that the existing land use is a legal non-conforming use
which should be reverted back to a residential or open space
use as part of the redevelopment of the adjacent site for the
proposed motel expansion.
3. Good zoning practice does not require the proposed zone
change from R2 to R2A in that Policy 1.2.2 of the Land Use
and Circulation Element states that surface parking lots
zoned residential, adjacent to highway commercial corridors,
when redeveloped should be reserved for residential uses or
public open space. The parking for the proposed motel expan-
sion should, therefore, be incorporated on-site, within the
proposed development, thereby making the two R2 zoned parcels
available for redevelopment.
VOTE
Ayes: Abdo, Finkel, Genser, Jennings, Ka t z , Reed, Zane
Nays:
Abstain
Absent:
Vacancy:
I hereby certify that this statement of Official Action aceurate-
ly reflects the final determination of the city Council of the
city of Santa Monica.
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