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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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MARSHA .10 MOUTRIE
city Attorney
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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
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CIty Clerk
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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MARSHA JO~S MOUTRIE
city Attorney
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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
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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
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