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ORDINANCE NO.
987 (CCS)
(City Council Serles)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA r10NICA DECLARING
A MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION ON AND
THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR
ALL PROPERTY LYING WITHIN THE AREA
WESTERLY OF OCEAN AVENUE OR NEILSON
WAY, EXCEPT FOR THAT PROPERTY INCLUDED
WITHIN THE OCEAN PARK REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT AND PALISADES PARK.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
A rnorator~um lS hereby placed on the
erection, constructlon, enlargement, alteration, movlng,
lrnprovement or converSlon, of any building or structure ~n
the area described as follows:
"All that property bounded on the east by
Ocean Avenue or Neilson Way and on the
west by the Pacific Ocean, and on the
north and on the south by the Clty llm~ts
respectively~ except~ng that property
consist1ng of the Ocean Park Redevelopment
ProJect and that property conslstlng of
Pallsades Park."
SECTION 2.
Th~s Councl1 finds and determines that
said moratorium must be imposed in order to preserve the
character of sald area pending the development of plans relating
to future beach front development whlch do not antlcipate
development In accordance with the exist~ng zoning patterns
presently applicable to the area descr~bed ln Sectlon 1 hereof,
and the best ~nterests of the community require that further
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construction and development ~n said area be curtailed until such
tlrne as the use regulations for said area have been brought into
conformance with completed plans for community development ~n
said area.
SECTION 3. The Department of BUlld~ng 1S hereby
ordered and directed not to issue any permits for the erect1on,
construction, enlargement, alteratlon, movlng, lmprovement or
conversion of any building or structure in the aforesald area
during the effectlve per~od of this ordinance, to w~t: until
August 12, 1975; excepting that such permits may be issued
for projects which do not exceed $5,000.00 in estlmated value
and exceptlng that such permits may be issued for purposes of
requlred repair and maintenance.
SECTION 4. No person shall commence construction
of any proJect in excess of $5,000.00 1n actual or estlmated
value ~n the aforesaid area during the effective period of th~s
ord1nance, to wit: until August 12, 1975, whether or not such
person possesses an ex~stlng building permit as of the effective
date of thlS ordinance.
SECTION 5. The City Councll may grant a varlance
from the provlsions of th~s moratorium ordinance subject to a
finding of the following:
1. That the strict applicat~on of the prov~slons
of th~s moratorlurn would result in practical difficulties or
unnecessary hardshlps inconsistent w~th the general purpose and
intent of the moratorium; and
2. That there are exceptional circumstances or
condltlons applicable to the property involved or to the intended
use or development of the property that do not apply generally
to other property 1n the area covered by the moratorium; and
3. That the granting of a variance would not
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be materially detrimental to the public welfare or purposes of
this moratorium are injurious to the property or improvements
in the moratorlUID area.
SECTION 6.
Any prov~sion of the Santa Monica
Municipal Code or appendices thereto inconsistent herewlth, to
the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, is hereby
suspended for the area described hereln during the morator1Uffi
period.
SECTION 7.
If any sectlon, subsectlon, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid or uneonstitutlonal by a decision of any court of
competent ]urisdietlon, such deciSlon shall not affect the
valid~ty of the remaining portions of the ord~nance. The City
Counell hereby declares that lt would have passed this ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof
lrrespective of the fact that anyone or more sectlons, sub-
sections. sentences, clauses or phrases be declared lnvalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 8.
The Mayor shall slgn and the City Clerk
shall attest to the passage of thls ordinance. The City Clerk
shall cause the same to be publlshed once in the offlcial
newspaper withln fifteen (15) days after its adoption. This
ordlnance shall become effective after thirty (30) days from
its adoptlon.
ADOPTED and APPROVED this
25th
day of February
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Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss.
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
I do hereby certlfy that the forego~ng ordinance was
duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council
on the 18th
day of
the said ordinance was duly adopted at a meeting of the City
, 1975, by
February
, 1975; that thereafter
25th day of
Councll on the
the following vote:
AYES:
NOE S :
ABSENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Atto'rney
February
Councilmen: Judson, Lawson, McCloskey,
Swink, Trives, Hoover
Councllmen: None
Councilmen: van den Steenhoven
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