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ORDINANCE NO. 908
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA AMENDING SECTION 9102 OF CHAPTER I,
ARTICLE IX OF THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 9102 of Chapter I, Article IX, of the
Santa Monica Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 9102. Definitions and Standards. For
the purpose of this Chapter, certain words and phrases are
defined and certain provisions shall be construed as here-
in set forth unless it is apparent from the context that
a different meaning is intended.
Accessory Building is a detached subordinate
building located on the same lot, the use of which is
incidental to that of the main building or to the use
of the land.
~~cessory Living Quarters are living quarters
within an accessory building for the sole use of persons
employed on the premises or for use by guests of the
occupants of the premises; such quarters having no kitchen
facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate
dwelling.
Administrator is the Zoning Administrator of
the City.
Apartment Hotel is a building designed for or
containing both individual guest rooms or suites of
rooms and dwelling units.
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Apartment House is the same as "Dwelling, Mul-
tiple. II
Basement is 1 or more stories wholly or partly
underground. A basement shall be counted as a story for
purposes of height measurement if over 6 feet of its
height is above the average of the adjoining ground, or
in any event if said basement is used for off-street
parking of vehicles and the floor thereof is less than
2 feet below the level of the curb most adjacent thereto,
then said garage shall be counted as a story.
Boardi~ House is a building with only I
kitchen in which there are not more than 5 guest rooms
where lodging with or without meals is provided for Com-
pensation. there being not more than 1 such building per
lot.
Building is a structure having a roof sup-
ported by columns or walls for the housing or enclosure
of persons. animals, or chattels. Building does not in-
clude basement.
Building Height is the vertical distance mea-
sured from the average level of the highest and lowest
point of that portion of the lot covered by the building
to a point mid-way between the highest and lowest point
of the roof.
Building Site is a combination of lots held in
cornman ownership as provided in Section 9134.
Commission is the Planning Commission of the
City.
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Dwellin~ is a building, or portion thereof, de-
signed and used exclusively for residential occupancy,
including one-family and multiple dwellings, but not in-
cluding hotels and boarding houses.
Dwelling Unit is two or more rooms in a dwelling
or apartment hotel designed and used for occupancy by one
family for living or sleeping purposes and having only
I kitchen.
~elling. One-Family is a building designed and
used exclusively for occupancy by I family and which build-
ing contains only 1 kitchen.
Dwelling, Multiple is a building or portion
thereof designed and used for occupancy by 2 or more
families living independently of each other, which build-
ing or portion thereof shall contain one kitchen for each
family unit therein.
Family is an individual, or 2 or more persons
related by blood or marriage, or a group of not more than
5 persons (excluding servants) not related by blood or
marriage, living together as a single housekeeping unit
in a dwelling unit.
Garage, Private is an accessory building or por-
tion of a main building for the parking or temporary stor-
age of automobiles of the occupants of the premises.
Garage Space is a permanently maintained space
in a private garage in accordance with the standards set
forth in Section 9129F of this code.
Garage, Subterranean is a structure wholly or
partly underground, the ceiling of which is not more than
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two (2) feet above the average level of the adjoining
ground, except for openings for ingress and egress.
Hotel is a building in which there are six
or more guest rooms where lodging with or without meals
is provided for compensation and where no provision is
made for cooking in any individual room or suite, and,
when located in a commercial district intended for tran-
sient clientele with a residency of less than 30 days
duration.
Landscaped Area is an open area other than
a driveway, vehicular accessway. or parking area.
Loading Space is an off-street space or berth
on the same lot with a building for the temporary park-
ing of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading
merchandise or materials.
~ot is a parcel of property having a separate
number or letter on a subdivision tract map recorded with
the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, or a parcel
of property abutting at least one public street or alley
and held under separate ownership prior to August 17. 1929,
the effective date of Ordinance No. 439 (Commissioners'
Series) of the City of Santa Monica.
Lot Coverage is that area of a lot or building
site occupied by a building or structure. excluding a
basement.
Lot Line~ Front is the line separating the lot
from the street; and in the case of a corner lot, a line
separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from
the street.
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L~t Line, Rear is the lot line which is opposite
and most distant from the front lot line and, in the case
of an irregular, triangular or gore-shaped lot, a line 10'
in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum
distance from the front lot line.
Lot Line, Side is any lot line not a front line
or a rear lot line.
Lot Width is the horizontal distance between
the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot
depth at a point midway between the front and rear lot
lines.
Lot Depth is the horizontal distance between the
front and rear lot lines, measured in the mean direction
of the side lot lines.
Lot Area is the total horizontal area within the
lot lines of a lot.
Lot~ Corner is a lot abutting upon two or more
streets at their intersection or junction.
Lot~ Reversed Corner is a corner lot the side
street line of which is substantially a continuation of
the front lot line of the lot to the rear of said corner
lot.
Lot~ Interior is a lot other than a corner lot
or a reversed corner lot.
Lot~ Key is the first lot to the rear of a re-
versed corner lot and not separated therefrom by an alley.
Lot Throu~h is a lot having frontage on 2 par-
allel or approximately parallel streets.
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Non-Conformins Building or Structure is a build-
ing or structure lawfully existing, any portion of which
does not comply with current provisions of this Code for
the district in which it is located.
Non-Conforming Use is a use which lawfully occupies
a building or land and does not conform with current use
regulat~ons of the district in which it is located.
Open Area is that area of a lot or building
site not occupied by a building. Open area includes, but
is not limited to, required yard spaces, walkways, planted
areas, recreational areas, pools, paving, driveways, or
any other area which is neither above or below any por-
tion of a building other than eaves, balconies, or other
permitted projections.
Open Space is the same as Open Area.
Parking Space~ Automobile is a space w~thin a
building or open parking area for the teRporary parking
of one automobile in accordance with the stanciards set
forth in Section 9129F of this code.
School~ Elementary or High ~s an institution
of learning which offers instructions in the several
branches of learning and study required to be taught
in the public schools by the Education ~ode of the State
of California.
Story is that portion of a building included
between the surface of any floor and tne surface of the
floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it,
then the space between such floor and the ceiling next
above it.
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rear yard; the width of the required side yard shall be
measured horizontally from the nearest point of the side
lot line toward the nearest permitted part of the main
building, excluding exceptions permitted by this Chapter.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds and determines that the
public necessity, convenience, general welfare, and good zoning
practice require that the amendment in Section 1, above be made.
SECTION 3. 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 fifteen
days after its adoption. This ordinance shall ,become effective after
thirty days from its adoption.
ADOPTED this 2.7th day of February , 1973.
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State of California )
County of Los Angeles) ss.
City of Santa Monica)
I do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly
and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council on the
13th day of February , 1973 ; that thereafter the said
ordinance was duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the
27th day of February , 1973 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Gabriel, Hoover, McCloskey,
Reidy, Rinck, Dituri
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: Trives
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