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ORDINANCE NO. 912
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA EXTENDING TO JUNE 30, 1973
THE MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
ON ALL PROPER TY FRONTING ON AND BOUNDED BY
WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, FOURTH STREET, COLORADO
AVENUE AND SECOND STREET, AND MORE COMPLETELY
DESCRIBED IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAP
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF SAID ORDINANCE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A moratorium is hereby placed on the erection,
construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, lmprovement or
converslon, of any building or structure in the area descnbed as follows:
"All that property bounded on the northeast by
the southwesterly line of Fourth Court and lts southeast-
erly prolongation; bounded on the southeast by a hne which
lS 150 feet southeasterly of and parallel with Colorado
Avenue and by the northwesterly line of Santa Momca
Freeway; bounded on the southwest by the northeasterly
line of First Court and ltS northwesterly prolongation; and
bounded on the northwest by a line which is 150 feet north-
westerly of and parallel with Wllshire Boulevard. "
A map of said area is attached hereto, marked Exhibit A and
expres sly made a part of this ordinance.
SECTION 2. Thls Councll finds and determines that said mora-
toriurn must be imposed ln order to preserve the character of said area
pending the completion of proceedings for the acquisition of said property by
the Clty and pending a Plamllng, Zoning and Urban Redevelopment study of
said area.
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SECTION 3. The Department of Building is hereby ordered and
directed not to issue any permits for the erection, construction, enlargement,
alteration, repal.r, moving, improvement or converSl.on of any buildl.ng or
structure l.n the aforesaid area during the effective penod of tills ordinance.
SECTION 4. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code
or appendl.ces thereto l.nconsistent herewith, to the extent of such inconsis-
tencies and no further, is hereby suspended for the area described herein
during the moratorium period.
SECTION 5. If any provision of this Ordinance l.S held to be
rmconstitutional, it is the intent of the City Cormcil that that portion of said
ordl.nance be severable from the remainder and that the remal.nder be gJ.ven
full force and effect.
SECTION 6.
The City Cormcil may grant a variance from the pro-
visl.Ons of thl.s moratorium ordmance subject to a finding of the following:
1. That the stnct application of the proVl.sions of the mora-
tonu:rn would result l.n practical diffl.cultl.es or unnecessary hard-
shl.ps inconsistent with the general purpose and intent of the
moratorium, and
2. That there are exceptional Clrcumstances or conditions
applicable to the property involved or to the mtended use or develop-
ment of the property that do not apply generally to other property
l.n the area covered by the moratoriUIn.; and
3. That the granting of a variance would not be materially
detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the property or
improvements m the moratorium area.
SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
after thirty days from l.ts adoption and shall remain in effect rmtil Jrme 30, 1973
at which time it shall be of no further effect and shall be deemed repealed.
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SECTION 8. 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 m the official newspaper within fifteen days after lts adoptl.On.
This ordinance shall become effechve after thirty days from its adoption.
ADOPTED this 10th day of April, 1973.
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A'Si't~ City Clerk
SUE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
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I do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly and
regularly introduced at a meeting of the Clty Council on the 27th day of
March, 1973; that thereafter the said ordinance was duly adopted at a meehng
of the City Council on the 10th day of April 1973, by the following vote:
NOES:
Councilmen:
Gabriel, Hoover, McCloskey, Reidy,
Rinck, Trives, Dituri
None
AYES:
Councihnen:
ABSENT:
Councilmen:
None
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City lfttorney
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