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city council Meeting 11-9-93 Santa Monica, California
STAFF REPORT
TO: Mayor and city council
FROM: city Attorney
SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending Municipal Code
Section 9.04.14.030, Relating To Child Care
Centers in Residential Districts
At its meeting on October 26, 1993, the city council
introduced for first reading an ordinance amending Municipal Code
Section 9.04.14.030, relating to child care centers in
residential districts. The ordinance is now presented to the
City Council for adoption.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ordinance be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Joseph Lawrence, Acting City Attorney
NOY - 9 1993
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City Council Meeting 11-9-93 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1711
(City council Series)
All ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL 01' THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AMENDING MONXCXPAL CODE SECTXOH 9.04.14.030,
RELATXNG TO CHILD CARE CENTERS XN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
WHEREAS, the ci ty of Santa Monica has a long standing
commitment to support the provision of child care and has adopted
the Santa Monica Child Care Master Plan and Child Care Policy
through Resolution No. 8342(CCS); and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica has taken further
action to create supportive land use and housing policies and
permit procedures that encourage the development of quality child
care; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has revised and streamlined the
Zoning Ordinance relating to large family day care homes in the
City of Santa Monica; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica wishes to remove any
unnecessary obstacles to the development of child care centers and
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to ensure the safety of children attending these facilities while
preserving the character of the surrounding neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the following amendments to the Santa Monica
Municipal Code are necessary to implement the City's Child Care
Policy.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code section
9.04.14.030 is amended to read as follows:
9.04.14.030 Child day care centers in
residential districts. The provision of child
care in safe and convenient locations is an
important policy objective of the City. The
purpose of this section is to ensure the
safety of children attending these facilities
and to preserve the character of the
surrounding neighborhood. The following
special conditions shall apply to child day
care centers in residential districts:
(a) structures. A child day care center
shall conform to all property development
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standards of the zoning district in which it
is located unless otherwise provided in this
Section.
(b) Fences and Walls. Outdoor play
areas shall be enclosed by a fence of at least
four feet in height, except that in a required
front yard, fence height may not exceed four
(4) feet in height unless otherwise permitted
through approval of a variance pursuant to
Part 9.04.20.10 or an adjustment pursuant to
Part 9.04.20.34. Materials, textures, colors
and design of the fence or wall shall be
compatible with on-site development and
adjacent properties. All fences or walls
shall provide for controlled points of entry.
(c) On-site parking. On-site parking
for chi ld day care centers shall conform to
the provisions of Part 9.04.10.08.
(d) passenger Loading. Curbside loading
shall be presumed adequate for drop-off and
pick-up of children. However, where the
Parking and Traffic Engineer, in evaluating a
particular facility, determines that curbside
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Lease - Purchase Obligations
The CIty has seven lease-purchase obligations outstandmg. All currently outstanding lease-purchase
obligations will be paid within six years. These short term obhgabons were incurred for the lease-purchase of
the followmg items- an aerial ladder fire truck, two triple combInation fire trucks, computer equipment and two
Kodak Ectaprint machInes. The total prinCipal amount outstandmg for the lease-purchases is $847 p80
General Fund Financial Summary
The miormation contamed In the followmg tables of audited revenues, expenditures and changes m fund
balances, and assets, habdIbes and fund equity has been derived from the City'S audIted fInancial statements
for the fIve Fiscal Years ended June 30,1992
A copy of the City's audIted finanCial statements for the Fiscal Year ended June 3D, 1992 is attached as
Appendix B hereto. Audited fmancial statements for prior years are available upon request from the FInance
Deparbnent of the City
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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 4. 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
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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JOSEPH LAWRENCE
Acting City Attorney
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Adopted and approved thIS 9th day of November ,1993.
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I hereby certIfy that the foregomg Ordmance No. 1711 was duly and regularly
mtroduced at a meetmg of the City CouncIl on the 26th day of October .
1993; that the saId Ordmance was thereafter duly adopted at a meetmg of the City CouncIl
on the 9th day of November ,1993 by the followmg vote
AYES Counc11members Abdo, Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook,
Olsen, Rosensteln, Vazquez
NOES
ABSTAIN
ABSENT-
ArrEST:
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CIty Clerk