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COUNCIL MEETING: March 2, 1993
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Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and city council
FROM: city Staff
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Adopt for First Reading An Extension
Of The Proposed Interim Ordinance Modifying the
Development Standards for Parcels Zoned RVC Located
Along Pacific Coast Highway Between the Santa Monica
pier and the Northern City Limits
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends the City council extend for ten months and
fifteen days the present interim ordinance establishing new
development standards for parcels zoned RVC located along Pacific
Coast Highway between the Santa Monica pier and the Northern City
limits. In January 1993 the city Council adopted interim
standards for RVC zoned parcels along Pacific Coast Highway. As
provided for in the Zoning Ordinance, the present interim
ordinance is only effective for a 45 day period unless the city
council conducts a public hearing to extend the ordinance. This
report recommends implementation of interim development standards
until the permanent standards can be incorporated into the Zoning
Ordinance.
BACKGROUND
As part of the city Council approval of the LCP, the Council
adopted development standards that would apply all parcels zoned
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R2B and RVC. The development standards for the R2B parcels were
adopted in December of 1992, however, the standards for the RVC
parcels have not yet been incorporated into the Zoning Ordinance.
In order to implement the new development standards it is
necessary to amend the RVC standards in the Zoning Ordinance.
Given the Planning commission workload, staff estimates it could
take up to six months before the Zoning Ordinance amendments
would become effective. Therefore, since this presents a
hardship to property owners wishing to do small scale
improvements, staff is recommending the adoption of an interim
ordinance that will implement development standards until such
time as the permanent changes can be made to the Zoning
Ordinance.
The proposed interim ordinance wl1l apply only to RVC zoned
parcels north of the Santa Monica Pier. The proposed ordinance
will be effective for ten months and fifteen days or until the
permanent standards are in place whichever occurs first.
The development standards are identical to the standards adopted
by the City Council in January 1993.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
The recommendation presented in this report does not have a
budget or fiscal impact.
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the city council introduce for first
reading the proposed interim ordinance.
Prepared By: Paul Berlant, Director of LUTM
Suzanne Frick, Planning Manager
Land Use and Transportation Management Department
Program and Policy Development Division
Exhibit A: Proposed Interim Ordinance
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City Council Meeting 3-2-93
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER
(City council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ESTABLISHING INTERIM DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS FOR PARCELS ZONED RVC LOCATED ON
PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY BETWEEN THE SANTA MONICA PIER
ON THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH CITY LIMITS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings and Purpose. The City Council finds
and declares:
(a) On December 8, 1992 the City council adopted a new
districting map which zoned all the parcels currently occupied by
beach clubs to RVC (Residential visitor Commercial) zoning.
(b) In order to implement the new development standards
for parcels zoned Rve it is necessary to amend the Zoning
Ordinance.
(c) Amending the Zoning Ordinance is anticipated to take
approximately S1X to nine months and therefore in order to
facilitate development, an interim ordinance is necessary to
implement the new development standards until such time as the
Zoning Ordinance can be amended.
(d) The proposed standards are consistent with the
development standards for all other parcels in the vicinity and
are consistent. with what the city Council adopted as part of
Local Coastal Plan approval process.
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(e) A significant level of development has occurred along
Pacific Coast Highway between the Santa Monica Pier and the north
City limits since January 1, 1989.
(f) since January 1, 1989 at least twelve projects have
been proposed that are 45 feet in height. These projects limit
coastal views and affect light and shadows in the area.
(g) If current development standards are permitted to
continue, projects could be developed that will severely impact
the coastal views from the palisades bluff.
(h) Pending the modifications to the Zoning Ordinance to
establish new development standards for RVC parcels along Pacific
Coast Highway, as described above, there is a current and
immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare.
Approval of additional subdivisions, use permits, variances,
building permits, or any other applicable entitlement for use
inconsistent with the following proposed interim standards would
result in a threat to public health, safety, or welfare.
Therefore it is necessary to establish on an interim basis
development standards for RVC parcels in the area.
SECTION 2. Interim Zoning. Subject to the provisions of
Sections 3 of this Ordinance, the Planning Commission and City
staff are directed, after January 26, 1993, to disapprove all
requests for the issuance of building permits and tentative maps,
tentative parcel maps, administrative approvals, development
review permits, conditional use permits, or any other city
permits for any project on parcels zoned RVC located on Pacific
Coast Highway between the Santa Monica Municipal pier on the
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south and the north City limits unless the project complies with
the following development standards:
(a) Permitted Uses: All uses permitted in Part
9.04.08.12.020 of the Santa Monica Municipal code
(b) Uses subject to Performance standards Permit. All
uses permi tted by Performance Standards permi t in part
9.04.08.12.030 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code.
(c) Conditionally Permitted Uses. All uses conditionally
permitted in Part 9.04.08.12.040 of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code.
(4) Prohibited Uses. All uses prohibited in Part
9.04.08.12.050 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code.
(d) Property Development Standards. All Property shall be
developed in accordance with the following standards:
(1) Maximum Building Height. Two stories not to exceed
23 feet for a flat roof, or 30 feet for a pitched roof. A
pitched roof is defined as a roof with at least two sides having
no less than one foot of vertical rise for every three feet of
horizontal run. The walls of the building may not exceed the
maximum height required for a flat roof.
(2) Maximum Unit Density. For parcels greater than 4,000
square feet, one dwelling unit for each 1,500 square feet of
parcel area is permitted. For parcels less than 4,000 square
feet, no dwelling units shall be permitted except that one
dwelling unit may be permitted if a single family dwelling
existed on the parcel on the effective date of this Chapter. No
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more than one dwell ing unit shall be permitted on a parcel 40
feet or less in width.
(3) Maximum Parcel coverage. 50 percent.
(4)
Front Yard Setback.
20 feet or as shown on the
Official Districting Map, whichever is greater. At least 30% of
the building elevation above 14 feet in height shall provide an
additional 5 foot average setback from the minimum required front
yard setback.
(5) Beach Rearyard Setback. 15 feet for parcels 100 feet
or less in depth. 55 feet for parcels over 100 feet in depth.
(6)
Side Yard Setback.
The sideyard setback shall be
determined in accordance with the following formula, except for
lots of less than 50 feet in width, for which the sideyard shall
be 10% of the parcel width but not less than 4 feet:
5' + (stories x lot width)
50'
At least 25% of the side elevation above 14 feet in height shall
provide an additional 4 foot average setback from the minimum
side yard setback.
(7)
Minimum Lot Size.
5,000 square feet.
Each parcel
shall contain a minimum depth of 100 feet and a minimum width of
50 feet, except that parcels existing on the effective date of
this Ordinance shall not be subject to this requirement.
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(8) Floor Area Ratio. The maximum floor area ratio shall
be 0.5.
(9) Development Review. A Development Review Permit is
required for any development of more than 15,000 square feet of
floor area.
(10) View Corridor. A structure with 70 feet or more of
frontage parallel to Pacific Coast Highway, shall provide an
unobstructed view corridor between Pacific Coast Highway and the
Ocean. The view corridor shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width
and 40 feet in height measured from the property line parallel to
Pacific Coast Highway.
(11) Parking. Uncovered parking may be located in the
front half of the parcel and wi thin the required front yard
setback.
(12) Archi tectural Review. All new construction, new
additions to existing buildings, and any other exterior
improvements that require issuance of a building permit shall be
subject to architectural review pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 9.32 of Article IX of the Santa Monica Municipal Code.
SECTION 3. Exemptions. The following projects are exempt
from the provisions of Section 2 of this Ordinance:
(a) Any building or structure for which a building permit
was issued on or before the effective date of this Ordinance.
(b) Any project for which a vesting tentative map
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application was filed and deemed complete on or before the
effective date of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be of no further force and
effect after ten months and fifteen days, unless prior to that
date, after a public hearing, noticed pursuant to Part
9.04.020.16.060 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code, the city
Council, by majority vote, extends the interim ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to effect the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 6. 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 any 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 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 7. 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
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within l5 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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( JOSEPg LAWRENCE
~ing city Attorney
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