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Santa Monica, Callforn~a
October 19, 1977 g .D
TO:
Mayor and Clty Councll
OCT 2 5 191r
FROM: C1ty Attorney
SUBJECT: Ordlnance Establishing He1ght Llm1ts in the
C3 and C4 Commerclal Zones
Introductl.on
At the C1ty CounCll meetlng of September 13, 1977,
your honorable body ordered the Clty Attorney to prepare an
ord1nance essent1ally adoptlng the recommendatlons of the
Plann1ng Comrn1SS1on w1th regard to the C3 and C4 comrnerclal
zones.
Background
Attached hereto you wl1l flnd a copy of the staff
report subm1tted on September 13, 1977, w1th regard to
proposed he1ght lim1tations In the C3 and C4 commerclal zones.
The Plannlng Commlss1on recommendatlons are set forth In that
staff report and are attached here for the Council's lnformatlon.
At the Councll Meetlng of September 13, 1977, Councllman Scott
moved that the matter be sent to the C1ty Attorney for preparat10n
of an ordinance for Counell considerat1on that provldes for
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helght Ilmlts as recommended by the Planning CommlSS1on and
that In returnlng the ordlnance lt lS to be accompanled by an
oplnlon of the Clty Attorney that the ordlnance lS drafted 1n
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such form that if an appllcant meets the condltions of the
Plannlng CommlSSlon and the Clty Councll and If the appllcant's
documentatlon and lmpact report lndlcates that there are no
adverse flscal or environmental lmpacts and hlS poslt1on lS
reasonably supported, that nelther the Planning COITm1SS~On or
the Clty Council can unreasonably wlthhold permlss10n to construct
a structure 1n excess of SlX (6) storles or III excess of
twelve (12) stor1es as requested; and that the standards
prepared by the C1ty Attorney to prevent unreasonable w1th-
hold1ng of approval be clearly supportable.
The manner of draftlng the accompanY1ng ordinance,
1n my oplnion, 18 sufflClent to set forth preclse guidellnes
and to compel the granting of a perm1t if the requested
standards are met.
Alternatlves
The alternatlves are elther to pass the ord1nance
or to amend it or refuse to pass It.
Recommendatlon
It 1S hereby recommended that the City Council
lntroduce for f1rst reading and subsequent adoptlon the
accornpanYlng ordlnance by tltle only and that further reading
be walved.
Prepared by:
Rlchard L. Knlckerbocker, Clty Attorney