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Santa Monica, California
STAFF REPORT
TO:
Mayor and city Council
City Attorney
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Ordinance Amending Municipal Code sections
9000.3, 9040.3, 9040.10, 9040.17, 9040.18,
9041.2, 9041.6, 9044.10, 9044.21, and 9113.3 and
Adding Sections 9002.10, 9035.1 through 9035.7,
9036.1 through 9036.7, 9037.1 through 9037.7,
9038.1 through 9038.7, 9039.1 through 9039.7,
9040.41, 9047.1 through 9047.3, and 9151.1
through 9151.7 to the Santa Monica Municipal Code
Relating to Zoning Regulations for the Ocean Park
Area
At its meeting on September 12, 1989, the City council
introduced for first reading an ordinance amending various
sections of the Municipal Code and adding several sections to the
Municipal Code relating to zoning regulations for the Ocean Park
area. The ordinance is now presented to the City Council for
adoption.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended:
1. That in connection wi th the adoption of the
accompanying ordinance, the City Council finds that it is
consistent in principle with the goals, objectives, policies,
land uses, and programs specified in the General Plan and that
the public health, safety, and general welfare require the
adoption of the ordinance for the following reasons:
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(a) The Ocean Park area is a unique neighborhood with
special characteristics attributable to its coastal locat1on and
historic architectural diversity.
(b) There is continuing and increasing community concern
about the loss of the unique and special character of the Ocean
Park neighborhood due to new development and the existence of
planning and zoning regulations which may no longer adequately
promote the city's goals for the Ocean Park area.
(c) Significant parking deficiencies in the Ocean Park
area already exist as evidenced by the city Council's recent
creation of several preferential parking zones in the area.
(d) A number of properties in the Ocean Park area are
under-developed in relation to the City's existing allowable
height and density lim1ts.
(e) The June, 1989, Final Environmental Impact Report on
the Ocean Park Rezoning Alternatives demonstrates that full
development buildout under existing zoning standards would have
significant impacts upon intersections in the area.
(f) Decreased densities and new development standards
proposed for the Ocean Park neighborhood will help to preserve
the unique character of the area, provide additional
opportunities for affordable housing, and minimize impacts upon
the street system.
2. That the accompanying ordinance be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, City Attorney
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