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CA:RMM:jld155/hpc
City Council Meeting 5-9-89
Santa Monica, California
STAFF REPORT
TO:
Mayor and city Council
FROM:
City Attorney
SUBJECT:
Ordinance Adding section 3347c to the Santa
Monica Municipal Code and Amending Municipal Code
Section 3612 to Permit Vehicular Traffic on the
Third Street Promenade Traveling at a Rate of
15 Miles Per Hour or Less
The city is required by Vehicle Code Section 22358.3 to s~t
by ordinance a lower speed limit in the event that a street is
designed for a safe speed limit of less than twenty-five miles
per hour. The Third street Promenade will be 20 feet in width
and will have curb radii designed for a 15 mile per hour speed
limit.
Accordingly, the accompanying ordinance establishes a
fifteen mile per hour speed limit on the Third street Promenade.
In addition, in order to permit vehicular traffic on the
Third street Promenade, Municipal Code Section 3612 must be
amended. Currently, this section prohibits all vehicular traffic
on the Third street Promenade. As amended, the proposed Section
permits vehicular traffic on the Mall,
subj ect to such
restrictions as the Parking and Traffic Engineer may establish,
but retains the prohibition against vehicles with a gross loaded
weight in excess of 10,000 pounds.
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RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ordinance be introduced for first reading.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, city Attorney
Joseph Lawrence, Assistant city Attorney
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city Council Meeting 5-9-89
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER
(City council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 3347C TO THE
SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE AND AMENDING
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3612 TO PERMIT VEHICULAR
TRAFFIC ON THE THIRD STREET PROMENADE TRAVELING
AT A RATE OF 15 MILES PER HOUR OR LESS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION l.
Section 3347C is added to the Santa Monica
Municipal Code to read as follows:
SECTION 3347C. Speed Restricted on
Third street Promenade. No person shall
drive or operate any vehicle over or upon
the Third Street Promenade at a greater
rate of speed than fifteen (15) miles per
hour.
SECTION 2.
Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3612 is
amended to read as follows:
SECTION 3612. Vehicles Permitted on
Third street Promenade. subj ect to such
restrictions as may be established by the
parking and Traffic Engineer, vehicles
wi th a gross loaded weight of less than
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10,000 pounds may be permitted on the
Third street Promenade.
SECTION 3. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appendices thereto 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 Ordinance.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity 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 unconstitutional.
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SECTION 5. The Mayor shall sign and the city Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance.
The city Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS 0
city Attorney
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SUPPLEMENT TO ITEM 8-B
CITY COUNCIL MEETING: MAY 9, 1989
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SUBJECT: Car5 on the 3rd Street Mall
MESSAGE frc~ Paul Rosenstein 07-MAY-39 23:35
Please send ccples of th!5 MessagetIn tIMe for th!s wee~'s councIL
~eetIno) to the MeMbers of the CIty CouncIL the TraffIc EngIneer and
the Plann1ng Dept.(none are 11sted on the PEN):
If we wanted to know why there 15 50 ~u~h cynICIsM and dIstrust of
governMent, we lust need to look at IteM 8A on this week's aqenda.
There 15 a lot of apPosItIon to haVIng cars drIve th~oUQh the
3rd Street Mall. When It was decIded to allow cars, the publIC was
told the road would not run the length of the Mall and that the street
was ONLY FOR NIGHT USE. The excuse was the claIM that nlQht use
would 1MprOVe the safety and security of pedrestrlans
Now we have a sneak-attack. The Merchants want to have cars on the
Mall durino the daytiMe(for no ]ustlfyeble reason). qather than trYing
to !ustIfv the1r deSIres In publIC. tr.rough an Innocuous sound1ng
IteM SA they will be able to cut a deal WIth the TraffiC EngIneer
out of publIC scrutIny.
I urce the CounCIL to PROHIBIT cars on the ~all before Bpn. At the
least. a publiC hearIng With enough advance notIce and outreach
should be held. SenIors especIally May have SOMethIng to say.
r further urge the CounCIL to change the naMe of ~The Pro~enade ~
One, Many WIll confuse It With Pal1sades Park. Two. MY d1ct1onarv
defines "proMenade" as: "a leisurely walk. generally in a publIC
place; a place adapted for such a walk; to walk for pleasure."
CC: CIty Manager
Peter Berke, NOWR
NSC Staff
LOUIse Yarnall
Tracy WIlkInson
We now WIll have a throuqhway WhiCh wasn't supposed to be a throughway.
Have we seen the beqInnInQ cf the end cf our PEDESTRIAN Mall? Is the
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25c/hour parking structure fee the next to 9o(ln the naMe of
stendardlZlnq the Meters)? Maybe we w1II see hotels In PallsBdes Perk.
If breakIng prOMIses to the publIC beCOMes easy. ~hat WIll be next?????
Message 77...REPLY. PASS, DELETE, or ? for optIons: (P6S5)
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