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City Council Meeting 3 -19 -96 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1845 CCS
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1606 (CCS)
TO CLARIFY AND EXPAND THE USES OF ASSESSMENTS
LEVIED WITHIN A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA
WHEREAS, on November 26, 1991, the City Council of the City
of Santa Monica adopted Ordinance Number 1606 (CCS) , authorizing
the City of Santa Monica to establish parking and business
improvement areas in accordance with the procedures set forth in
said ordinance; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance Number 1606 (CCS) authorizes the City of
Santa Monica to impose an assessment for specified purposes on
businesses within a parking and business improvement area
established thereunder; and
WHEREAS, the specified purposes for uses of assessment fees
enumerated in Ordinance Number 1606 (CCS) were selected in
conjunction with discussions among City staff and business leaders
in the City's commercial districts; and
WHEREAS, further discussions among City staff and business
leaders in the community has led to a recommendation to clarify and
expand the range of purposes for which assessments imposed pursuant
to Ordinance Number 1606 (CCS) may be utilized,
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The title of Ordinance Number 1606 (CCS) is
amended to read as follows:
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1606 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA TO IMPOSE AN ASSESSMENT ON BUSINESSES
WITHIN A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA
SECTION 2. Section 1 of Ordinance Number 1606 (CCS) is
amended to read as follows:
SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is to
authorize the City of Santa Monica to impose an assessment on
businesses within a business improvement area for the following
purposes:
(a) The acquisition, installation, construction or
maintenance of parking facilities, benches, information kiosks,
trash receptacles, street lighting, parks, fountains, landscaping
and related improvements, including, without limitation,
irrigation, lighting, signage, fencing, walkways and similar
improvements for the benefit of the area.
(b) Decoration of any public place in the area.
(c) Promotion of public events which are to take place
on or in public places in the area, including the provision of
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security for such public events.
(d) Furnishing of music in any public place in the area.
(e) The general promotion of commercial trade activities
in the area.
(f) Activities to manage traffic generated by employees
and customers of businesses within the area.
(g) Security operations.
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 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 become
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effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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MARSHA JONES POUTRIE
City Attorne
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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. 1845 (CCS) had its first reading on February 27. 1996, and had its
second reading on March 19. 1996 and was passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Council members
Noes: Council members:
Abstain: Council members:
Absent: Council members:
Abdo, Ebner, Genser, Greenberg, O'Connor, Rosenstein
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
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City Council Meeting 3 -19 -96
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Attorney
Santa Monica, California
SUBJECT: An Ordinance of the City Council of The City, of Santa
Monica Amending Ordinance Number 1606 (CCS) To Clarify
and Expand The Uses of Assessments Levied Within A
Business Improvement Area.
At its meeting on February 27, 1996, the City Council introduced for
first reading an ordinance amending Ordinance Number 1606 (CCS) to
clarify and expand the uses of assessments levied in a business
improvement area. The ordinance is now presented to the City
Council for adoption.
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying ordinance be
adopted.
PREPARED BY: Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney
Jeff Mathieu, Director of Resource Management
Linda Moxon, Deputy City Attorney
Howard Robinson, Real Estate /Economic Development
Manager
ATTACHMENTS: Ordinance Amending Ordinance Number 1606 (CCS)
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