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city council Meeting 5-12-92
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STAFF REPORT
TO:
Mayor and city Council
FROM:
City Attorney
Ordinance Amending the Property Development Standards
in the RVC District
SUBJECT:
At its meeting on April 28, 1992, the City Council
introduced for first reading an ordinance amending the property
development standards in the RVC District. 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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MAY 1 2 1992
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City Councll Meetlng 5-12-92 Santa Monlca, Callfornia
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1626(CCS)
(City councll series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9015.6
REGARDING PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
IN THE RVC DISTRICT
WHEREAS, in connection with a Development Review Permit
application the pier Restoratlon corporation filed an application
requesting that Sectlon 9015,6 of the Santa Monlca Municipal Code
regarding property development standards be amended; and,
WHEREAS, the Santa Monica Planning Commission held a public
hearing concernlng such amendments on February 5 and February 26,
1992;
WHEREAS, the Clty Council of the City of Santa Monica held
a public hearing concernlng such amendMent on March 31, 1992;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1,
Santa Monlca Municipal Code section 9015.6 is
amended to read as follows:
Section 9015.6.
Property Development
standards.
All property in the RVC District
shall be developed In accordance with the
following standards:
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(a) Maximum Building Height and FAR.
MaXlmum building he1ght, number of stories and
floor area ratio shall be determined as
follows:
PROPERTIES
BOUNDED BY
THE FOLLOW-
ING STREETS
MAXIMUM
HEIGHT
f.!AXIMUM NO.
OF STORIES
MAXIMUM
FAR
Pier Overlay:
a, Santa 30' 2 1.0
Monica Pier,
The Deavuille
site to the
north, Sea-
side Terrace
to the south,
The promenade
to the west,
and Ocean Avenue
to the east,
except parcels
fronting on
Ocean Avenue.
b. Parcels 30' 2 .5
fronting on
Ocean Avenue.
c. Replacement 40' 3 1.0
of Sinbad's
building only
on the Santa
Mon1ca P1er,
d, Amusement 85' for one Ferr1S Wheel;
rides on 55' for one Roller Coaster;
the Santa 45' for all other amusement
Monica Pier, r1des.
West side of 45' 3 2.0
Ocean Avenue
from Pico
Boulevard to
Seaside Terrace
(Ocean Avenue
Fronting Parcels
Only)
East side of 45' 3 2,0
Ocean Avenue
to Flrst Court
from Colorado
Avenue to
Californ1a Avenue.
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Pica Boulevard
to Vlcente
Terrace from
west slde of
Ocean Avenue
to The Promenade.
45'
3
2,0
There shall be no limltatlon on the
number of stories of any hotel or parking
structure so long as the helght does not exceed
the maxinum number of feet permitted in this
Section,
Maximum buildlng helght for the pier
platfor~ shall be ~easured from the pler
platform rather than average natural grade.
( b)
Maximum
Parcel
coverage.
70
percent,
(e)
Minimum Lot Size.
5,000 square
feet,
Each parcel shall contaln a minimum
depth of 100 feet and a TIllnimum \-lldth of 50
feet, except that parcels existing on the
effective date of thlS Chapter shall not be
subject to thls requlrement.
( d)
Front Yard Setback.
35 feet along
the west side of Ocean Avenue south of Colorado
Avenue, 20 feet on the east slde of Ocean and 5
feet on all other streets.
(e) Rear Yard Setback. 15 feet.
(f)
Side Yard Setback.
The side yard
setback shall be determined in accordance with
the followlng formula, except for lots of less
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than 50 feet In width for WhICh the side yard
shall be 10% of the parcel width but not less
than 4 feet:
5 + (storIes x lot wIdth)
50'
( g)
Development Review.
A Development
RevieH PerMit is required for any development
of more than 15,000 square feet of floor area
ln all other areas of the D1str1ct, and for any
development wIth rooftop parkIng,
SECTION 2.
Any provision of the Santa MonIca Municipal
Code or appendIces thereto 1nconsistent ,.lith the provisions of
this Ordinance, to the extent of such Incons1stencIes and no
further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to effect the provisions of thIS Ordinance.
SECTION 3.
If any sectIon, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of thIs Ordinance 1S for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by a dec1sIon 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 vnthout regard to whether
any portion of the Ordlnance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconst1tutional,
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 1n the off1c1al newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption.
This Ord1nance shall become
effective after 30 days from 1tS 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 May, 1992.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1626(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:
Councilmembers:
Abdo,
Zane
Genser,
Olsen, Vazquez,
Noes: Councilmembers:
Holbrook, Katz
Abstain: councilmembers:
None
Absent: councilmembers:
None
ATTEST:
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- City clerk'
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