SR-07-08-2014-7C - 416-005City Council Meeting: July 8, 2014
Agenda Item:
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney
Subject: Ordinance Amending Section 8.60.060 of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code to Eliminate Permit Fee Waivers for Seismic Retrofitting of
Unreinforced Masonry Bearing Wall Buildings
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance.
Executive Summary
At its meeting on June 24. 2014, the City Council introduced for first reading an
ordinance amending Section 8.60.060 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code to eliminate
permit fee waivers for seismic retrofitting of unreinforced masonry bearing wall
buildings. The ordinance is now presented to the City Council for adoption.
Prepared by: Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney
roved:
Forwarded to Council:
Rod Gould
City Manager
City Council Meeting: July 8, 2014
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2462 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
Santa Monica, California
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AMENDING SECTION 8.60.060 OF THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE TO
ELIMINATE PERMIT FEE WAIVERS FOR SEISMIC RETROFITTING OF
UNREINFORCED MASONRY BEARING WALL BUILDINGS
WHEREAS, the City consists of just eight square miles of coastal land which is
home to 90,000 residents, the job site of 300,000 workers, and a destination for as
many as 500,000 visitors on weekends and holidays; and
WHEREAS, there is general scientific consensus that California will continue to
experience moderate to severe earthquakes in the foreseeable future; and
WHEREAS, The Safety Element of the General Plan shows high risk of seismic
activity in the City due to the close proximity of the Santa Monica - Malibu Coast fault, the
Newport- Inglewood fault and the San Andreas Fault; and
WHEREAS, retrofitting of older buildings, especially Unreinforced Masonry
Bearing Wall Buildings, enhances their survivability in a seismic event and has the
potential to save thousands of lives; and
WHEREAS, seismic retrofitting of individual buildings provide specific economic
and other benefits to the building owners; and
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SECTION 2. 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inconsistencies and no further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary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.
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File for Permit and
Commence
Complete
Submit Plans to
Construction
Construction
Required Action
Building
Building Officer
Within
Within
by Owner
A. Install wall
Type
Type I, II, III,
Within
180 days
270 days
1 year
anchors
IV
B. If wall anchors
Type I
635 days (1 year 9
2 years
4 years
are installed, then
months)
make structural
alterations
Type II
635 days (1 year 9
2 years
4 years
months)
Type III
2,825 days (7 years
8 years
10 years
9 months)
Type IV
2,825 days (7 years
8 years
10 years
9 months)
C. If wall anchors
Type[
270 days
1 year
2 years
are not installed,
then make
structural
alterations
Type II
270 days
1 year
2 years
Type III
1,000 days (2 years
3 years
4 years
9 months)
Type IV
1,365 days (3 years
4 years
5 years
9 months)
SECTION 2. 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.
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Approved and adopted this 8t" day of July, 2014.
Pam ZCo—nf, Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 2462 (CCS) had its introduction on June 24, 2014,
and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on July 8, 2014,
by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Davis, Holbrook, McKeown, Vazquez, Winterer
Mayor O'Connor, Mayor Pro Tern O'Day
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
A summary of Ordinance No. 2460 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to
California Government Code Section 40806 .
ATTEST:
Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk