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city Council Meeting 5-23-89
MAY 231989
Santa Monica, California
STAFF REPORT
TO:
Mayor and city council
FROM:
City Attorney
SUBJECT:
Ordinance creating a Citywlde Moratorium on
Non-Residential and Hotel Development and
Declaring the Presence of an Emergency
At its meeting of May 91 1989, the City Council directed
the City Attorney to prepare an emergency ordinance that would
prohibit all new non-residential and hotel development citywide
for a period of ten months and flfteen days, subject to certaln
specified exemptions.
In response to this direction, the
accompanying ordinance has been prepared and is presented to the
city Council for its consideration.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
section 1. ThlS section sets forth the findings and
purpose of the ordinance.
Section 2. This section places a moratorium on acceptance
of applications for approval of tentative maps, administrative
approvals, development reVlew permits, conditional use permits,
and any other city permits for non-residential or hotel
development citywide.
section 3. This
section
exempts
five
categories
of
development apPlcations from the moratorium. Those include: (1)
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applications for permits involving developments on land owned,
operated or controlled by the city of Santa Monica, Santa Monica
College,
Santa Monica School
District,
or the state of
California: (2)
applications for permits in the Third Street
Mall Specific Plan Area and in the Hospital Specific Plan Area:
(3) applications for permits for developments that fall below
75% of the "development review" thresholds identified ln the
Zoning Ordinance; (4) applications for permits where development
agreement applications were filed on or before May 2, 1989, and
applications for development review permits which have been filed
and deemed complete on or before May 2,
1989 : and ( 5 )
applications for construction-related permits for which planning
approvals have been received prior to May 2, 1989.
section 4.
This section states that this ordlnance shall
explre ten months and fifteen days from the date of adoption,
unless extended by the City Council following a duly noticed
pUblic hearing.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ordinance be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, City Attorney
Laurie Lieberman, Deputy City Attorney
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