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Council Meeting 11/11/80 Santa Monica, California
S^1AFF REPORT
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Attorney
SUBJECT: Emergency and Regular Ordinances Amending the Ordinance
declaring a moratorium on demolition and construction in
a portion of the Central Business District.
INTRODUCTION
This report transmits for introduction and adoption an
emergency ordinance and for introduction a regular ordinance
amending the ordinance declaring a moratorium on demolition and
construction in a portion of the Central Business District. 'the
Council directed the City Attorney to prepare the proposed ordinances
at its October 28, 1980 meeting (Item 5-L, Continued Items).
BACKGROUDTD
The ordinance declaring a moratorium was introduced by Council
at Item 8-B at its September 23, 1980 meeting and adopted at the
Council meeting of October 28, 1980, Item 5-L, continued from the
meeting of October 14, 1980.
The moratorium ordinance does not provide specifically an
exception for those projects which would not satisfy the exemption
requirements. The proposed amendment will allow a person who
wishes to develop property in the moratorium zone, but whose project
does not fall within one of the exemptions provided, to seek
permission from the Planning Commission, and the City Council on
appeal, to do so. Approval may be granted if the proposed develop-
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ment is found to be in harmony with the purposes of the moratorium
and is otherwise in the best interests of the Citv. A similar
procedure was used in connection with the Main Street Moratorium.
In order to implement the moratorium without delay and so as
to prevent unwarranted hardship, the ordinance has been prepared in
emergency and regular form.
ALTERNATIVES
The Council may introduce and adopt the proposed emergency
ordinance, or introduce the regular ordinance, amend it, or reject it.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended the Council introduce and
adopt this emergency ordinance and introduce in regular form
this ordinance amending the moratorium on demolition and construction
in a portion of the Central Business District to allow an exception
for projects found to be in harmony with the moratorium's purpose
and otherwise in the best interests of the City.
Prepared by: Stephen Shane Stark, Acting City Attorney
Bettylou Borovay, Deputy City Attorney
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