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City Council Meeting: 11 -8 -11 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2-3-7s, (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND SEVENTHANDARIZONA,
LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
WHEREAS, on July 7, 2011, SeventhandArizona, LLC, a California Limited
Liability Company, submitted an application for a development agreement for a five -
story residential /commercial mixed -use building located at 1317 Seventh Street
including fifty -seven (57) Rental Housing units and primarily neighborhood - serving
goods, services, or retail uses not exceeding 15 percent of the total floor area of the
project; and
WHEREAS, this project is an infill housing project exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Section 21159.24; and
WHEREAS, the development agreement is consistent with the General Plan,
as summarized below, and as detailed in the accompanying City Council staff report
prepared for this proposed project and the exhibits thereto, incorporated herein by
reference, including, but not limited to:
The proposed mixed -use project balances a broad mix of uses that
creates dynamic activity in both the daytime and evening hours
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including retail and high- density residential uses in the Downtown.
LUCE Policy D7.1.
The Project encourages local- serving uses that are an integral part
of a complete neighborhood and support an overall trip reduction
strategy. LUCE Policy D7.2.
The Project has an active ground floor uses that face a boulevard
with residential uses located on the upper floors. LUCE Policy
The Project implements a Transportation Demand Management
(TDM) Plan to reduce vehicle trips in the area. LUCE Circulation
Policy T19.2.
The Project incorporates community benefits, including but not
limited to a contribution to Exposition Light Rail station
improvements, parking spaces that are served by conduit and
stubouts for future installation of electric vehicle charging stations,
sustainable design features, shared parking, enhanced walkways
and courtyard areas, a local hiring policy, and a TDM plan that
promotes shared parking, bicycle facilities, and transit subsidies.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Development Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and
incorporated herein by reference between the City of Santa Monica, a municipal
corporation, and SeventhandArizona, LLC, a California limited liability company, is
hereby approved.
SECTION 2. Each and every term and condition of the Development
Agreement approved in Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be and is made a part of the
Santa Monica Municipal Code and any appendices thereto. The City Council of the
City of Santa Monica finds that public necessity, public convenience, and general
welfare require that any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices
thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Development Agreement, to the extent
of such inconsistencies and no further, be repealed or modified to that extent
necessary to make fully effective the provisions of this Development Agreement.
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 effect 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
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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.
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 be
effective 30 days from its adoption.
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Approved and adopted this 8th day of November, 2011.
Richard Bloom, Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 2378 (CCS) had its introduction on October 25,
2011, and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on
November 8, 2011, by the following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Holbrook, McKeown, O'Day, Shriver
Mayor Pro Tem Davis, Mayor Bloom
Noes: Council members; None
Absent: Council members: O'Connor
A summary of Ordinance No. 2378 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to
California Government Code Section 40806.
ATTEST:
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Mar is M. Stewart,, City Clerk