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SR-021396-6B - 68 CA:f:\atty\muni\strpts\mjm\revolve2.sr califor~~B 1 3 1996 - City Council Meeting 2-13-96 Santa Monica, TO: Mayor and city Council FROM: City Attorney SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 2.08.040 Regarding Restrictions on Activities of Former City Officials At its meeting on January 23, 1996, the city Council introduced for first reading an ordinance amending Municipal Code Section 2. 08.040 regarding restrictions on the activities of former city officials. The ordinance is now presented to the City Council for adoption. RECOMMENDATION It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying ordinance be adopted. PREPARED BY: Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney Claudia Thompson, Legal Admin. Staff Asst. 68 - FEB , 3 1996 . .- f:\atty\muni\laws\mjm\revolve city council Meeting 2-13-96 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER 1838 (ecs) (city Council Series) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.08.040 REGARDING RESTRICTIONS ON ACTIVITIES OF FORMER CITY OFFICIALS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 2.08.040 is amended to read as follows: 2.08.040 Restrictions on activities of former City officials. (a) No former City official, within two (2) years after his or her office holding has ceased, shall, for compensation, act as agent, representative, or attorney for, or otherwise represent any other person (except the city of Santa Monica or the Rent Control Board) before any City administrative agency, officers, employees or, where applicable, the Rent Control Board, departments, officers, or employees, by making any formal or informal 1 . , appearance, or by making any oral or written communication, with the intent to influence, in connection with any judicial, quasi-judicial, or other proceeding if: (1) The City of Santa Monica or, where applicable, the Rent Control Board is a party or has a direct and substantial interest; and (2) The proceeding is one in which the former City official participated. (b) No former city official, within two (2) years after his or her term of office has ceased, shall, for compensation, aid, advise, counsel, consult, or assist in representing any other person (except the City of Santa Monica or the Rent Control Board) in any proceeding in which the official would be prohibited from appearing under subsection (a) of this section. (c) No former City official, within two (2) years after his or her office holding has ceased, shall, for compensation, act as an agent, representative, or attorney for, or otherwise represent, any other person (except the City of Santa Monica or the Rent Control Board) before the body on which such official 2 . . served by making any formal or informal appearance or by making any oral or wri tten comm1lnication, with the intent to influence such body. (d) No former City official, within two (2) years after his or her office holding has ceased, shall accept any position of employment or management for compensation, or act as a director or officer for compensation of any organization or entity which: (1) Receives more than fifty percent (50%) of its funding from the Ci ty of Santa Monica, as determined by the City; or (2) Has fifty percent (50%) or more of its board m~"!l'hers, officers or directors appointed by the city Council. 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, is 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 is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent 3 . 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 siqn 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 30 days from its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM: .~~ MARSHA .10 MOUTRIE city Attorney 4 4 .. ;tJ ~ '-~ Mayor State of CalIforma ) County of Los Angeles) ss CIty of Santa MOllica ) I, Mana M Stewart, CIty Clerk of the CIty of Santa Moruca, do hereby certIfy that the foregomg Ordmance No 1838 (CCS) had Its first readmg on January 23. 1996 and had Its second readmg on Fel]ruary 13, 1996 and was passed by the followmg vote Ayes CouncIl members Abdo, Ebner, Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, O'Connor, Rosenstem Noes CouncIl members None Abstam CouncIl members None Absent CounCIl members None ATTEST '-..... ~ '--w ~._.,~ CIty Clerk CA:f:\atty\muni\strptS\mhs\r2bzone.sr city Council Meeting 2-13-96 Santa Monica, California TO: Mayor and city Council FROM: city Attorney SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending Santa Monica Municipal Code section 9.04.08.62.060 to Modify the Density Standard in the R2B Zoning District At its meeting on January 23, 1996, the City Council introduced for first reading an ordinance amending Municipal Code section 9.04.08.62.060 to modify the density standard in the R2B Zoning 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: Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney Mary H. Strobel, Deputy City Attorney CA:f:\atty\muni\laws\mhs\r2bzone City Council Meeting 2-13-96 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER 1839 (ees) (City Council Series) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9.04.08.62.060 TO MODIFY THE DENSITY STANDARD IN THE R2B ZONING DISTRICT WHEREAS, the Planning commission adopted a Resolution of Intention to amend the zoning ordinance to modify the density standards for the R2B Zoning District; and WHEREAS, the Planning commission held a public hearing on the proposed amendment on November 1, 1995, and made recommendations to the city Council following the hearing; and WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed amendment; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and declares that the proposed amendment is consistent in principle with the goals, objectives, pOlicies, land uses, and proqrams specified in the adopted General Plan, in that policy 1.10.1 of the Land Use Element calls for the development of housing in all residential districts while protecting the character and scale of neighborhoods, and this 1 ~- ~ ~-- -- : additional five-foot average setback from the minimum required front yard setback. (e) Beach Rear Yard Set]:)ack. Fifteen feet for parcels one hundred feet or less in depth and fifty-five feet for parcels over one hundred feet in depth. (f) Si4e Yard Setback. The minimum required side yard setback shall be determined in accordance with the following formula, except that for lots of less than fifty feet in width, the minimum required side yard shall be ten percent of the parcel width, but in any event not less than four feet: 5' + (stories x lot width) 50' At least twenty-five percent of the side elevation above fourteen feet in height shall provide an additional four-foot average setback from the minimum required side yard setback. (g) Minimum Parcel size. Five thousand square feet. Each parcel shall contain a minimum depth of one hundred feet and a minimum width of fifty feet, except that parcels existing on September 8, 1988 shall not be subject to this requirement. (h) Development Review. A Development Review Permit shall be required for any development of fifteen thousand square feet or more in floor area. (i) view Corridor. A structure with seventy square 4 . . 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 twenty feet in width and forty feet in height measured from the property line parallel to the Pacific Coast Highway. (j) Parking'. Notwithstanding section 9. 04 .10. 08 .190, uncovered parking may be located in the front half of the parcel and within the minimum required front yard setback. (k) Private Open Space. Any project containing four or more residential dwelling units shall provide the following minimum open space: one hundred square feet per unit for projects with four or five units, and fifty square feet per unit for projects of six units or more. For purposes of this requirement, "residential dwelling unit" shall mean any unit three hundred seventy-six square feet in area or larger. Affordable Housing Projects may substitute one square foot of common open space for each square foot of required private open space. 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 5 . .. the provisions of this 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 Ci ty Clerk shall cause this ordinance, or a summary thereof to be published once in the official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall be effective 30 days from its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~k~ MARSHA JO~S MOUTRIE city Attorney 6 . . M~~-~ - Mayor State of Cahforrua ) County of Los Angeles) ss CIty of Santa MOnIca ) I, Mana M Stewart, CIty Clerk of the CIty of Santa Monica, do hereby certIfy that the foregoIng Ordmance No 1839 (CCS) had Its ftrst readmg on January 23. 1996 and had Its second readIng on F ebruarv 13 _ 1996 and was passed by the followmg vote Ayes Counctl members Abdo, Ebner, Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, O'Connor, Rosenstem Noes Counctl members None Abstam Counctl members None Absent Council members None ATTEST ~?:\., ~d City Clerk - \- r . f:atty\muni\laws\jl\quake.res City council Meeting 2-13-96 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER 8996 (CCS) (City council series) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A CONTINUING LOCAL EMERGENCY WHEREAS, on January 17, 1994, an earthquake struck Southern California causing severe damage within the City of Santa Monica; and WHEREAS, on January 17, 1994, as a result of the earthquake the city's Director of Emergency Services issued a declaration of local emergency; and WHEREAS, on January 17, 1994, as a result of the earthquake a state of emergency was declared in the County of Los Angeles by the federal, state and county governments; and WHEREAS, as a result of the earthquake a state of local emergency continues to exist within the City of Santa Monica, NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica does resolve and proclaim as follows: SECTION 1. The City Council declares that a state of local emergency continues to exist within the City of Santa Monica. SECTION 2. The city Council directs the Director of Emergency Services or his or her designee to take such actions as are appropriate to the fullest extent provided by federal, state and ---