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Santa Monlca, Callfornla
February 17, 1978
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TO:
Hayor and Cl ty Councll
FEB 2 B 1978
FROM: Clty Attorney
SUBJECT: Amendments to the Landmarks and HlstorlC Dlstrlct
Ordlnance of the Clty of Santa Monlca
Introductlon
ThlS report transmlts the attached ordlnance
for second read1ng and adoptlon.
Background
ThlS ordlnance lmplements modlflcatlons to the
Landmarks and HlstorlC Designatlon procedures. In
conformlty wlth the modlflcatlon made by the Clty Counell
at lts meetlng of February 14, 1978, the ordlnance has
been modlfled from the tlme of its lntroductlon to provlde
a flve year, rather than a ten year perlod durlng WhlCh
an appllcatlon for deslgnatlon as an hlstorlca1 landmark
cannot be reconsldered.
Cop1es of the prevlous staff
reports are attached hereto for lnformatlonal purposes.
A1ternatlve Solutlons
The alternatlves are to lntroduce the attached
ordlnance for second readlng and adopt the sa~e as submltted,
to modlfy the same, or not to adopt the same.
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Recornmendat1on
It 1S respectfully recommended that the C1ty
Councll lntroduce the attached ord1nance for second readlng
and adopt the same.
Prepared by: R1chard L. Kn1ckerbocker, Clty Attorney
Samuel I. Stre1chman, Assistant Clty Attorney
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ORDINANCE NO. 1083(CC5)
(Clty CauDell Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SArJTA NONICA AMENDING
SECTIONS 960BB, 9608C, 9608N, 9610C
AND 96100 OF THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL
CODE REGARDING LANDrffiRK AND HISTORIC
DISTRICT DESIGNATION PROCEDURES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
HEPBBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS;
SECTION 1. Sectlon 960BB af the Santa Monlca
Municlpal Code 15 hereby amended to read as follows:
Sectlon 960SB. The Dlrector of Plannlng
shall conduct a prell~lnary evaluatlon
of the proposed deslgnatlon and shall
make a prellwlnary reco~endatlon to
the Commlsslon, w1thl~ forty-five (45)
days after the proper flllng of the
app11catlon, as to the approprlateness
and qual1flcatlon of the appllcatlon
for conSlceratlon by the CO~~isslon.
SECTION 2. Sectlon 9608C of the Santa MODlca
MunlClpal Code 1S hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 960SC. The COITllilSS10n shall
determlne whether the application for
such deslgnat10n mer1ts formal consld-
eratlon w~thln forty-flve (45) days
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after the prellmlnary reco~mendatlon
is made to the Commlssion.
If the
CommlSSlon falls to take action on
the prellffilnary recommendation Wlthln
the forty-flve (45) day tlme perlod,
the appllcation for such deslgnation
shall be deemed dlsapproved, and 1t
shall be the duty of the Director of
Plannlng to certlfy such disapproval.
SECTION 3. Sect10n 9608N of the Santa Monica
Municlpal Code 15 hereby amended to read as follows:
Sectlon 9608N. Whenever an appll.catlon
for the deslgnatlon of a Landmark
has been dlsapproved or deemed dlS-
approved by the Commlsslon, or by
the Clty Council on appeal, no
appll.Catlon Whlch 15 the same or
substantlally the same as the one
whlch has been dlsapproved shall be
resub~ltted to or reconsldered by
the CO~isslon or Clty Counoll wlthlD
a period of five (5) years from the
effective date of the flnal actlon
upon such pr10r appllcatlon, provlded,
however, an appl~catlon of the owner
of the subJect lmprovement proposed
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for Landmark deslgnat~on may be
resubmltted or reconsldered notwlth-
standlng sald flve (5) y~ar tlme
period.
SECTION 4. Section 9610C of the Santa Monlca
Mun~c~pal Code ~s hereby amended to read as follows:
Sectlon 961QC. The COffiffilSSlon shall
determlne whether the appllcatlon
for such desLgnatlon merlts formal
consideration withln forty-five (45)
days after the preliminary recomMendation
15 made to the COWllilSSlon.
If the
CO~~lsSlon falls to take act~on on the
prellffilnary recommendation w~thln the
forty-flve (45) day tlffie perlod, the
application for such deslgnatlon shall
be deemed dlsapproved, and lt shall be
the duty of the Dlrector of Planning to
cert1fy such dlsapproval.
SECTION 5. Seetlon 96100 of the Santa MODlca
Munlclpal Code lS hereby amended to read as follows:
Sect10n 96100. Whenever an appllcatlon
for the deslgnation of a Historlc
Dlstrict has been d~sapproved or
deemed dlsapproved by the CommlSSlon
or the Clty Council, no applicat~on
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Wh1Ch lS the sa~e or substant1ally
the same as the one WhlCh has been
d1sapproved shall be resubm1tted to
or recons~dered by the CommlSSlon or
Clty CauDell withlD a perlod of flve
(5) years from the effect1ve date
af the flnal action upon such prlor
appl1cat1on, provlded, however, an
appllcation of all the owners of all
real property wlth1n the subJect area
proposed for Hlstor1C Dlstrlct des1g-
natlon, may be resubmitted or reconsldered
notwlthstandlng sald flve (5) year
tiQe perJod.
SECTION 6. Any provislons of the Santa Manlea
Munlc1pal Code, or appendlces thereto lDconsistent herewith,
to the extent of such 1nconslstencles and no further, are
hereby repealed or modi fled to that extent necessary to effect
the provislons of this ordlnance.
SECTION 7. If any sect1on, subsectlon, sentence,
clause or phrase of ~h1S ordlnance 15 for any reason held to
be lnvalid or unconstltutlonal by a dec1slon of any court of
competent jur1sdlctlon, such decislon shall not affect the
valldlty of the remainlng port1ons of the ordinance. The
Clty Councll hereby declares that it would have passed this
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ordlnance and each and every sect1on, subsectlon, sentence,
clause or phrase not declared lnvalld or unconstltutlonal
wlthout regard to whether any portlon of the ordlnance would
be subsequently declared lnvalld or unconstltutlonal.
SECTION 8. The Mayor shall slgn and the Clty Clerk
shall attest to the passage of th1s ordinance. The C~ty Clerk
shall cause the same to be publlshed once in the offlclal news-
paper wlthlD flfteen (IS) days after its adoptlon. The
ordlnance shall become effectlve after thirty (30) days from
lts adoptlon.
ADOPTED and APPROVED thlS 28th day of February ,
1978.
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HAYOR
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COUNTY OFl ;LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA MONICA )
I do hereby certlfy that the foregolng ordlnance was
duly and regularly introduced at a meetlng of the City CaUDell
on the 14th day of
February
, 1978; that thereafter the
said ordlnance was duly adopted at a meetlng of the Clty Councll on
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the 28th day of
February
the Councll:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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I 1978; by the following vote of
Councilmember: Bambrick~ Cohen, Reed,
Scott, Trives, van
den Steenhoven, Mayor
Swink
Councllmernber: None
CounC11member: None
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