O25891
City Council Meeting: October 23, 2018 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2589 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA CREATING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION
10.08.565 TO ESTABLISH A VEHICLE WEIGHT RESTRICTION REQUIREMENT FOR
THE SANTA MONICA PIER BRIDGE
WHEREAS, the California Vehicle Code (“CVC”) Section 35751 permits a city or
county with a population of 1,100,000 or more to determine and post a vehicle weight limit
for a bridge within that city or county’s jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, based on engineering analysis and the fact that vehicle weight limit
on the adjoining Santa Monica Pier is only 15 tons, City of Santa Monica (“City”) staff
recommended to the County of Los Angeles (“County”) that the Pier Bridge vehicle weight
limit should be set at 15 tons; and
WHEREAS, on May 8, 2018, the City Council held a public hearing, at the request
of the County, regarding setting the Pier Bridge vehicle weight limit at 15 tons; and
WHEREAS, representatives from the County attended the hearing on May 8, 2018,
and did not object to the 15-ton limit; and
WHEREAS, representatives from the County later confirmed the County’s
agreement with the 15-ton limit;
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WHEREAS, the City now desires to establish a 15 -ton vehicle weight limit on the
Pier Bridge.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 10.08.565 is hereby added to
read as follows:
10.08.565 Pier Bridge – Vehicle weight restrictions.
(a) No person shall drive, operate, tow, or otherwise propel on or onto the Pier
Bridge any vehicle the gross weight of which exceeds 15 tons.
(b) The term “gross weight” shall include the combined weight of the vehicle and
any load thereon.
(c) A validly issued community events permit issued pursuant Chapter 4.68 of this
Code may provide an exemption from the requirements of this Section. Any vehicle that
has obtained an exemption pursuant to a Community Events Permit and this subsection
shall display the Community Events Permit in the windshield of the vehicle at all times
while the vehicle is on the Pier Bridge.
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inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to
effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
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Section 3. 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 4. 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 30
days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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LANE DILG
City Attorney
Approved and adopted this 23rd day of October, 2018.
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T e d W i n t e r e r , M a y o r
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2589 (CCS) had its introduction
on October 9, 2018, and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting
held on October 23, 2018, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Himmelrich, McKeown, O’Connor, O’Day, Vazquez
Mayor Pro Tem Davis, Mayor Winterer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk Date
A summary of Ordinance No. 2589 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to
California Government Code Section 40806.
Ted Winterer (Nov 13, 2018)
Ted Winterer
Nov 13, 2018