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Santa Monica, California
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City Council Meeting 5-12-92
STAFF REPORT
TO:
Mayor and City Council
FROM:
City Attorney
SUBJECT:
Ordinance Amending Municipal
Code 9040.27 Regarding Standards for Lighting
At its meeting on April 28, 1992, the City council
introduced for first reading an ordinance amending Municipal Code
9040.27 regarding standards for lighting. The ordinance is now
presented to the City Council for adoption.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ordinance be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, city Attorney
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City Council Meeting 5-12-92
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER l625(CCS)
(City council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF S&~TA MONICA AMENDING SANTA
MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9040.27
REGARDING STANDARDS FOR LIGHTING
WHEREAS, in connection with a Development Review Permit
application the pier Restoration corporation filed an application
requesting that Section 9040.27 of the Santa Monica Mun1cipal
Code regarding property development standards be amended; and,
WHEREAS, the Santa Monica Planning commission held a public
hearing concerning such amendment on February 5 and February 26,
1992:
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9040.27 is
amended to read as follows:
Section
9040.27.
Lighting.
All
outdoor
lighting associated with commerlcal uses shall
be shielded and directed away from surrounding
residential uses.
Such lighting shall not
exceed 0.5 footcandles of illumination beyond
the property contaln1ng the commerical use and
shall not blink/ flash, oscillate or be of
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unusally high intensity of brightness, with the
exception of amusement rides located on the
pier, which may have lights that blink, flash
and oscillate.
SECTION 2. 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further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary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 th1S ordinance.
SECTION 3. 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 4. The Mayor shall sign and the city Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall
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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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ROBERT M. MYERS.
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 12th day of MaYI 1992.
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Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. l625(CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city
Council on the 28th day of April 1992: that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City council on
the 12th day of May 1992 by the following council vote:
Ayes:
Councilmernbers:
Abdo I Genser I
Vazquez, Zane
Holbrook,
Katz I
Noes: Councilmernbers:
Olsen
Abstain: Councilmembers:
None
Absent: Counci1mernbers:
None
ATTEST:
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ci ty Clerk,'