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Council Mtg: June 22, 1993
Santa Monica, california
JUn "( 2 1993
TO:
Mayor and city Council
FRON: :
City staff
SUBJECT: Emergency Ordinance Establishing
Automobile Washing Facilities
Standards
for
INTRODUCTION
The City Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance
regulating the establishment of automobile washing facilities.
Such establishments are defined in the Zoning Ordinance, but are
not listed as permitted or conditionally permitted uses. An
ordinance establishing where such automobile washing facilities
would be permitted or conditionally permitted and setting
development and operational parameters is attached.
BACKGROUND
The City council directed the preparation of an ordinance which
would indicate where automobile washing facilities are permitted
or conditionally permitted and which would also establish
development standards for such uses.
The attached ord~nance
would allow such facilities with a Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
in the C4 Highway Commercial District, and as a permitted use in
the Ml Industrial Conservation District unless located within 100
feet of a residential district, in which case a CUP would be
required. Detailed development standards would also be created,
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regulating
setbacks,
parking,
hours
of
operation,
water
recycling, and other aspects of the facility.
If the Council adopts an interim ordinance regulating automobile
washing facilities, staff will initiate the process for adoption
of a permanent ordinance.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
No budget or financial impacts are anticipated as a result of the
adoption of the recommendations of this report.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Council adopt the attached emergency
ordinance.
prepared by: Paul Berlant, LUTH Director
D. Kenyon Webster, Planning Manager
Land Use and Transportation Management Department
Attachment: Interim Ordinance
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city Council Meet1ng 6-1-93
Santa Mon1ca, Ca11fornia
ORDINANCE NUMBER
(City council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR AUTOMOBILE
WASHING FACILITIES IN CERTAIN ZONES ON
AN INTERIM BASIS AND DECLARING THE PRESENCE
OF AN EMERGENCY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings.
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The City Council finds and
declares:
(a) The Zoning Ord1nance defines "automob1le washing
faCllity" but does not authorize that use in any zoning district.
The Clty lntends to study the Zoning Ordinance and determine
under what condit1ons automoblle washing facilities should be
authorlzed, and what standards should apply to those taci11ties.
(b) Pendlng such study and amendment of the Zoning
Ordlnance, it is necessary on an lnterlm basis to alloN
automobl1e washing facillties ln deslgnated zonlng districts,
sUbJect to specified standards. Without such an lnterim measure,
new automobl1e washlng facilltles would be effectlve1y banned
from all dlstricts 1n the city. Automobile washing facllities
are a necessary service and convenience to Santa Monlca citizens
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so long as the development of the facility appropriately takes
into account the potential effect on the integrity and character
of the district in which the use it to be located; the
compatibility of the use with the surround1ng neighborhood and
general area in which the use is to be located; and other
potential detrimental etfects.
(c) The eX1sting ban on automobile washing facilities poses
a current and i~mediate threat to the public health, safety, and
welfare of the citizens, for the reasons set forth above, and the
potential for con~inued denial of such use would result in a
threat to publ~c health, safety, or welfare.
SECTION 2. Purpose. The purpqse of this Ordinance is to
ensure that automobile washing facil1ties do not result in an
adverse lmpact on adjacent land uses, espec1ally resldentlal
uses, and to provlde for the mitlgat~on of potentlal nOlse,
fu~es, 11tter, runoff, brlght llghts and parking problems WhlCh
may be assoc~ated w~th automob~le washing facil~t~es. Wh~le
automob~le washlng facilltles are needed by resldents, visltors,
and employees in the city, the traffic, glare, and patterns of
use associated wlth automobile washing facllities, particularly
those open twenty-four (24) hours per day, may be incompatible
wlth nearby uses, particularly residential uses. Therefore, in
the lnterest of protecting the health, safety, and general
welfare of the Clty and its res~dents, special regulation shall
be lmposed on automobile washing facilities, consistent wlth the
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goals, object~ves, and polic~es of the General Plan.
SECTION 3. Ynterim zoning. Notwithstanding prov~sions of
the Zon~ng Ordinance to the contrary, applications for Automobile
Washing Facilities shall be accepted and reviewed in accordance
with the following standards:
(a) Permitted uses. Automobile washing facilities shall be
a permitted use in the Ml Industrial Conservation District if
located more than one hundred (lOO) feet from a residential
d2str~ct. ~
(b) conditionally Permitted Uses. Automobile wash~ng
facil2ties shall be permitted subJect to the approval of a
cond~tional use perm~t in the M1 In~ustr~al Conservation District
2f located w2th2n one hundred (100) feet of a residential
d2str2ct, and 2n the C4 H~ghway Commerc~al Distr2ct.
(c) Property Development Standards. Any Automob1le Washing
Faclllty author1zed by this Ordinance shall comply with the
property development standards for the distr2ct in which lt is to
be located (lncluding setback, height, etc.), and with the
followlng standards:
(1) Mlnlmum Parcel Slze. Seven thousand five hundred
(7,500) square feet.
(2) M~nimum Street Frontaqe. One hundred (100) feet.
(3) Setbacks. No bUl1ding or structure shall be
located w~th1n th~rty (30) feet of any public right-ot-way or
wlthln twenty (20) feet of any interior parcel line.
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(4) Canocies. Any canopy shall be at least five (5)
feet from any property line.
(5) Walls. Automobile wash~ng facillties shall be
separated from adjacent property other than street frontage by a
masonry wall of not less than six (6) feet in height. If
adjacent property is commercially developed and a solid wall
already exists on the property line, the Zoning Administrator may
modify or waive this requirement as necessary to achieve the
purposes of this Ordinance. Materials, textures, colors, and
deslgn of all wal~ shall be compatible with the design of the
princ1pal structure on the parcel and adjacent properties. No
wall required to be erected and maintalned by the provisions of
thlS Sectlon shall be constructed ~~thln five (5) feet of a
drlveway entrance or vehlcle accessway opening onto a street or
alley WhlCh would obstruct a cross Vlew of pedestrlans on the
sldewalk, alley, or elsewhere, by motorlsts entering or exiting
the parcel.
(6) Pavinq. The site shall be entirely paved, except
for bUlldings and landscaping.
(7) Landscaoina. The site shall be landscaped
pursuant to the following standards:
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(i) A mlnimum of ten percent (10%) of the site
shall be landscaped, and shall include, at a mlnimum, a planting
strlp at least three (3) feet wlde along all interior parcel
lines, non-driveway street frontages, and adJacent to buildings.
Planters shall be surrounded by masonry or concrete curbs _and so
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arranged as to preclude motor vehicles from dr~ving across the
5~dewalk at locations other than access driveways. Permanent
opaque landscaping or berming shall be provided and maintained in
the planters at a he~ght of not less than three (3) feet above
the average adjacent grade.
(ii) A minimum of one hundred fifty (ISO) square
foot landscaped area shall be provided at the intersection of two
(2) property lines at a street corner.
(iii) All landscaped areas shall be properly
ma~ntained in a neat, orderly, and safe manner, pursuant to
Subchapter 9.04.10.02 of the Zoning Ordinance. Such landscap~ng
and ma~ntenance shall include, but not be limited to, the
lnstallation and use of an automat~c irrigation system,
permanently and completely installed, which delivers water
dlrectly to all landscaped areas.
(lV) All street trees shall be preserved or
replaced where rn~sslng, as requlred by the City, and drlveways
and vehlcle approaches shall be deslgned so as not to necessltate
the removal of any eXlsting street trees.
(V) Final landscaplng deslgn treatment shall be
subJect to review and approval by the Architectural Reyiew Board.
(8) Access and C~rculation. Unless otherwise approved
by the Parking and Traffic Eng~neerf no more than two (2)
driveways w~th a max~mum width of thirty-five (35) feet shall be
perm~tted on anyone (1) street frontage and shall be located as
follows:
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(i) Driveways shall not be located closer than
fifty (50) feet from a street intersection, fifteen (15) feet
from a res~dential property line or alley, nor as to otherwise
interfere with the movement and safety of vehicular and
pedestrian traffic.
(ii) All washing facilities shall be located
within a building which is enclosed except those openings
necessary for vehicular and pedestrian access. Such openings
shall not face any adjacent residentially zoned property. Access
to the wash1ng area shall not be located within 50 feet of a
res1dentially zoned property.
(9) Parkinq. Parking shall be provided 1n the
follow1ng manner: ~
(i) There shall be a minimum of two (2) parking
spaces for each washing stall, not including the stall, plus one
(1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of retail
area. For fac111ties without def1ned stalls, the calculated
mlnlmum stall number shall be equal to one (1) stall for each
twenty (20) llnear feet of wash1ng area lane.
(11) The park1ng area shall be landscaped and
str1ped In conformance with Subchapter 9.04.10.02 of the Zoning
Ord1nance.
(i11) Customer and employee parking shall not be
ut111zed for automobile repair or storage of vehicles. Customer
parklng areas may be used for hand drying of vehicles.
(iv) No vehicle that will be or has been serviced
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may be parked on publ~c streets, s~dewalks, parkways, dr~veways,
or alleys.
(v) No vehicle may be parked on the premises for
the purpose of offering it for sale unless the estab1~shment has
also been approved for automobile sales.
(10) Restrooms. Except for self-service automobile
wash~ng fac~lities, each automobile washing facility shall
provide a men's and women's restroom which are accessible to
customers, including the physically disabled, during all hours
the establishment~s open to the public. Restrooms shall be
attached to a structure on site w~th entrances or signage v~sible
from the wait~ng area or cashier station, shall be ma~nta~ned on
a regular bas~s, and concealed fro~ v~ew of adjacent properties
by planters or decorat~ve screening.
(11) Teleohones. At least one (1) public telephone
shall be prov~ded at each Automobile Washing Facility.
(12) Vendinq Machlnes. Coin-operated vending machines
may be perm~tted wlthIn or abutt~ng a structure for the purpose
of dlspens~ng Items commonly found 1n Automobile Washing
FaCIlItIes, such as refreshments and maps.
(13) Game MachInes. Up to three (3) arcade or game
machInes or other co~n-operated electronlc machines shall be
permItted ~f located wlthIn an enclosed buildlng.
(14) Locat~on ofActlvltie~. All washing, vacuuming,
waXIng, mach~ne dry~ng and related actiVIties and operatlons
shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed service bUIlding,
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except as follows:
(i) Hand drying of vehicles.
(ii) The sale of items from vending machines
placed next to the main building in a designated area which shall
not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet and shall be screened from
public view.
(15) Refuse storaae and Disposal. A trash and
recycling area shall be provided and screened on at least three
(3) sides from publ~c view by a solid opaque impact-resistant
wall not less tha~ five (5) feet in height as required by
subchapter 9.04.10 of the Zoning Ordinance.
(i) All trash and recycled materials shall be
depos~ted ~n the trash area and th~_ gates leading thereto shall
be ma~nta1ned in working order and shall remain closed except
when ~n use.
(ii) Refuse b1ns shall be provided and placed in
a locat~on conven1ent for customers.
(11i) Trash areas shall not be used for storage.
The prernlses shall be kept in a neat and orderly condition at all
tlmes and all 1mprovements shall be maintained in a condition of
reasonable repalr and appearance.
No used or discarded
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automot1ve parts or equ1pment, or permanently disabled, junked,
or wrecked vehicles may be stored outside the maln building.
(16) Utl11ties. All ut~lities shall be placed
underground.
(17) Liahtinq. All llghting shall comply with the
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prOV1S1ons of Subchapter 9.04.10.02 of the Zoning Ordinance.
(18) Ooeration of Facilities. The facility shall at
all times be operated in a manner not detrimental to surrounding
properties or residents. Site activities shall not produce or be
reasonably ant1cipated to produce any of the following:
(i) Damage or nuisance from noise, smoke, odor,
dust, or vibrat1on.
(ii) Hazard from explosion, contamination, or
f1re.
(1~) Hazard occas1oned by the unusual volume or
character of traff1c, or the congregating of a large number of
people or vehicles.
(1V) Glare from hea~lights.
(19) Hours of Operation. If located within one
hundred (100) feet of a res1dent1al d1strict, operation of the
estab11shment shall be proh1b1ted between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00
a.m., except that on Saturdays, operations shall be prohibited
between 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., and on Sundays, operations
shall be proh1b1ted between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
(20) Outdoor Loudspeakers. There shall be no outdoor
loudspeakers or pub11c address systems.
(21) Security Plan. A security plan shall be
developed by the app11cant and approved by the Chief of Police
pr10r to 1ssuance of a build1ng permit.
(22) QueUlnQ of Vehlcles. An on-site queu1ng plan for
serV1ce customers shall be prov1ded for the approval of the
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Parking and Traff~c Eng~neer. On-site dr~veways may be used for
queuing, but may not interfere with access to required parking
spaces.
(23) Water Recvclina. Recycling of water used for
vehicle washing shall be maximized. The Department of General
Services shall approve recycling systems used at automob~le
washing facilities.
(24) Air Ouality.
(i) All mechanical ventilating equipment shall be
dlrected to top story exhaust vents which face away from any
adJacent resldential propertles.
(li) Exhaust systems shall be equlpped with
approprlate and reasonably availab~e control technology to
mlnlIDlze or ellminate nOXlOUS pollutants WhlCh would otherwise be
emltted.
(25) Noise. All operations at the site shall comply
wlth the Clty'S NOlse Ordlnance, as set forth in Chapter 4.12 of
the Santa Monica Munlclpal Code.
SECTION 4. This Ordlnance shall be of no further force and
effect 45 days from its adoptlon, unless, prior to that date,
after a publlC hearlng, notlced pursuant to Santa Monica
Munlclpal Code section 9.04.20.16.050, the City Council, by
ma]Orlty vote, extends the lnterlm ord1nance.
SECTION 5. ThlS Ordlnance 1S declared to be an urgency
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measure adopted pursuant to the prov~sions of Santa Monica
Mun~c~pal Code Section 9.04.20.16.060 and Santa Monica city
Charter Section 615. It is necessary for preserving the public
peace, health and safety, and the urgency for ~ts adopt~on is set
forth ~n the findings above.
SECTION 6. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code
or appendices thereto, or Ordinance 167B(CCS), 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 affect the provisions of this
Ord~nance.
SECTION 7. If any sectIon, subsection, sentence, clause, or
phrase of th~s OrdInance IS for any reason held to be invalId or
unconstItutIonal by a dec~sion of any court of any competent
JurIsdIctIon, such decIs~on shall not affect the va11dity 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 unconstltut~onal.
SECTION B. The Mayor shall SIgn and the CIty Clerk shall
attest to the passage of th~s OrdInance. The City Clerk shall
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cause the same to be published once ~n the offic~al newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective upon adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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JOSEPH LAWRENCE
cting City Attorney
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