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City Council Meeting 5-9-89
Santa Monica, California
STAFF REPORT
TO:
Mayor and city council
FROM:
City Attorney
SUBJECT:
ordinance Creating a Moratorium on Residential
Development in the Area Bounded by Ocean Avenue,
Montana Avenue, the East Side of 14th street and
Wilshire Boulevard and Declaring the Presence
of an Emergency
At its meeting on April 25, 1989, the City Council directed
the City Attorney to prepare an emergency ordinance that would
prohibit all new residential development in the area bounded by
wilshire Boulevard on the south, Montana Avenue on the north,
Ocean Avenue on the west, and 14th Street on the east (including
property on the east side of the street).
In response to this
directlon, the accompanying ordinance has been prepared and is
presented to the City Council for its consideration.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
Section 1. This section sets forth the findings and
purpose of the ordinance.
section 2. This section places a moratorium on acceptance
of applications for approval of tentative maps, admlnistrative
approvals, development reV1ew permits, conditional use permits,
and any other City permits for development in the defined
moratorium area.
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Section 3.
This section exempts five categories of
development applications from the moratorium. Those include: (1)
applications for permits for slngle family dwellings, (2)
applications for permits for low and moderate income housing
developments, (3) applications for rehabilitation or enlargement
of existing dwelling units, (4)
applications for permits which
have been deemed complete on or before April 28, 1989, and (5)
applications for construction-related permits for projects which
have been granted Planning commission or Planning Department
approvals prior to April 28, 1989.
Section 4.
This section states that this ordinance shall
expire 45 days from the date of adoption, unless extended by the
City Council following a duly noticed public hearing. It
establishes June 13, 1989, as the date for the public hearing.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ordinance be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, city Attorney
Laurie Lieberman, Deputy City Attorney
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