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Council Mtg: June 28, 1988
Santa Monica, California
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TO: Mayor and city council
FROM: city staff
SUBJECT: Transmittal of the Fifth Draft of the revised Zoning
Ordinance
INTRODUCTION
This report transmits the Fifth Draft of the Zoning ordinance to
the City Council for review at the June 28, 1988 meeting.
On May 3, 1988 the City council directed staff to revise the
Fourth Draft of the proposed Zoning Ordinance and return by July
5, 1988 with the revisions. As part of the city council's review
of the Fourth Draft, a number of issues were identified to be
studied.
In order to meet the the schedule set by the Ci ty
Council, some of the issues could not be addressed in the Fifth
Draft. The attached list outlines those issues staff intends to
address within six months after the Ordinance is adopted:
Within the Fifth Draft, changes requested by Council are
reflected in strike-out and bold face type. Proposed new text is
indicated in bold and text proposed to be deleted is indicated in
strike-out. In addition to the changes requested by the Council,
the Fifth Draft contains modifications requested by the City
Attorney for legal consistency.
With the exception of the areas listed above, staff has attempted
to incorporate all the revisions requested by the City Council.
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However, one provision that has not been changed is the
prohibition
of
second
dwellings
in
the
Rl
District.
Notwithstanding the City Attorney's opinion that the language
should be removed, the provision has been retained in the Fifth
Draft.
As part of the adoption process of the final zoning ordinance, it
will be necessary for the City Council to adopt a transition
ordinance to implement the
new Code,
and certify the
environmental documents. Both these items will be distributed to
the City council at a later date.
To facilitate review of the Fifth Draft, staff recommends the
Council focus on substantive policy issues in lieu of reviewing
the document page by page.
We would suggest this procedure
during Council Council deliberations in order to facilitate
completion of the public hearing and adoption of the Ordinance.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
The recommendation presented in this report does not have any
budget or fiscal impact.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the City Council open the
hearing for first reading on June 28, 1988 and adopt the Fifth
Draft of the revised Zoning Ordinance.
prepared by: Paul Berlant, Director of Planning
Suzanne Frick, Principal Planner
Planning Division
Community and Economic Development Department
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Attachment A
o Develop Performance standards for Ham Radio antennas.
o study to determine bonus FAR for residential in commercial
districts.
o Conduct field study of the RVC District to determine how many
existing residential buildings do not conform to the R3
standards.
o study limiting 2 restaurants per block in the C2 District.
o Develop threshold pertaining to auto dealership expansion and
renovation. This threshold will determine if the expansion
will be subject to a CUP or performance standard permit.
o Refer changes in the FAR on Main street to the organizations
representing Main street.
o study prohibition of curb cuts when traffic must turn left
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into project.
o Study to determine total amount of fees required for
commercial development.
o study elimination of the replacement housing requirement
associated with demolition permits.
o Prepare incentives to encourage preservation and new
construction of service stations.
o Prepare performance standards for existing auto repair uses.
o Revise Site Review process and criteria for approval.
o Survey number of existing auto storage and sales lots that
would be required to be removed within the proposed five year
amortization period.
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o study to determine if FAR bonus devoted to residential uses
would impact parking in the Downtown District.
o Explore alternatives and incentives to encourage affordable
housing to be developed in the C3C District.
o Develop list of automobile repair activities that have the
potential of creating environmental problems.
o study the problems associated with the conversion of existing
muti-family units to transient uses in the R4 District and
develop alternatives to preclude this type of conversion.
o Discuss as separate matter permitting parking structures in
the R4 District.
o Revise purpose statement in all commercial districts to
reflect Council action to downzone.
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