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Clty Councll Meetlng 2-28-84
FEB 2 8 1984
Santa Monlca, Californla
STAFF REPORT
TO.
Mayor and City Councll
FROM:
Clty Attorney
SUBJECT
Ordlnance Establishlng Supplemental Procedures
for In5tltutlng ReSldentlal Street Llghting
Improvements
At its meetlng on August 4, 1981
the Clty Cauncll
lntroduced for flrst readlng an ardlnance estab11shlng
supplemental procedures for lnstltutlng resldentlal street
llghtlng lmprovements.
At 1 ts meetlng on January 17, 1984 the
Clty Councll dlrected the Clty Attorney to return the ordlnance
to the Clty Cauncll for flrst readlng.
Background materlals on
the ordlnance are contalned ln Attachments 1 and 2.
RECOMMENDATION
It 15 respectfully recommended that the accompanYlng
ordlnance be lntroducted for flrst readlng.
PREPARED BY:
Robert M. Myers, Clty Attorney
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Councll Meetlng 2-28-84
Santa Monlca, Callfornla
ORDINANCE NUMBER
(Clty Councll Serles)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ESTABLISHING
SUPPLEMENTAL PROCEDURES FOR INSTITUTING
RESIDENTIAL STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, there eXlsts ln many multlfamily nelghborhoods In
the C1ty of Santa Monlca the need for street llghtlng; and
WHEREAS, tenants in these nelghborhoods deslre the Clty
Councll of the City of Santa Monlca to provlde street llghtlng in
these nelghborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the Clty of Santa Monlca 1S unable to provide
street llghtlng wlthout utlllzlng the procedures of the
Improvement Act of 1911 WhlCh flnances the costs of street
lightlng lmprovement through assessments agalnst real property
benefltted by the assessments; and
WHEREAS, the Callfornla Constltution provldes that If a
ma]Orlty of property owners In any assessment area protests the
lnstitutlon of proceedlngs under the Improvement Act of 1911 such
proceedings must termlnate, unless upon a four-flfths vote the
Clty Councll of the Clty of Santa Monlca determlnes that public
necesslty and convenlence reqUlre the contlnuatlon of such
proceedlngs; and
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WHEREAS, a maJor~ty of property owners ln multlfamlly
nelghborhoods are 11kely to protest the instltut~on of such
proceedlngs because they may not l~ve In the assessment area to
be benefltted or because they bell.eve that prov~sl.ons of the
Santa Monlca Rent Control Charter Amendment wlll preclude sharlng
the costs of such assessment with tenants; and
WHEREAS, the Cl.ty Counc~l of the Clty of Santa Monlca
deslres to establish supplemental procedures for lnstltut~ng
street 11ghting lmprovements under the Improvement Act of 1911
that wlll ev~dence the support of tenants for such proceedlngs
and the wllllngness of such tenants to share part of the costs of
street Ilghtlng wlth thelr landlords; and
WHEREAS, the Clty Counell of the City of Santa Monlca urges
the Santa l>-1onlca Rent Control Board to provlde a general rent
adJustment that wll1 perml.t landlords to pass on to tenants part
of the costs of such street llghtlng assessments 1n assessment
areas lnstituted under thlS ordlnance,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CI TY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Sectlon 7160 1 S ad ded to the Santa MonlC a
Munlcl.pal Code to read as follows
Sectlon 7160.
Instltutlon of
Resldentlal Street Llghtl.ng Improve- ment
Proceedlngs by Tenant Petltlon. Whenever
the tenants of a ma]Orlty of rental unlts
in any area petltlon the City CQunell to
lnstitute proceedl.ngs for reSldentlal
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street llghting lmprovement, the Clty
Counell shall lnstltute proceedlngs under
the Improvement Act of 1911 to provlde
resldentlal street llghtlng to such area.
The pet1tlon shall be on the form
approved by the D1rector of General
Services.
SECTION 2. Any provlslon of the Santa Monlca Munlcipal
Code or appendlces thereto lnconsistent with the provi Slons of
thlS ordlnance, to the extent of such 1nconslstencles and no
further, lS hereby repealed or modlfled to that extent necessary
to affect the provlslons of thls ordlnance.
SECTION 3. If any seetlon, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of thlS ordlnance is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstltutlonal by a dec1slon of any court of competent
]urlsdlctlon, such decision shall not affect the valldlty of the
remalnlng portlons of the ordlnance. The Clty Councll hereby
declares that it would have passed thlS ordlnanee and each and
every sectlon, subsectlon, sentence, clause, or phra se not
declared lnvalld or unconstltutlonal wlthout regard to whether
any portlon of the ordlnance would be subsequently declared
lnvalld or unconstltutlonal.
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SECTION 4.
The Mayor shall slgn and the C~ty Clerk shall
attest to the passage of thls ordlnance.
The C~ ty Clerk shall
cause the same to be publ~shed once 1n the off1cJ.al newspaper
w1th1n fJ.fteen (15) days after its adoption. The ordinance shall
become effectJ.ve thJ.rty (30) days from 1ts adopt1on.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
Clty Attorney
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ATTACHMENT 1
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