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City Council Meeting 6-10-03 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2080
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 3.36.115 TO THE
SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT BEING PRESENT
ON THE SANTA MONICA PALISADES BLUFF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1. Section 3.36.115 is hereby added to the Santa Monica Municipal Code
to read as follows
Section 3.36.115. Prohibition Against Being Present on the Santa
Monica Palisades Bluff.
No person shall be present upon orwithin the Santa Monica Palisades
Bluff. The Santa Monica Palisades Bluff is defined as the area bordered by
the northern City border, Pacific Coast Highway, the Santa Monica Pier
Bridge and the fence along the ocean side of Palisades Park.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section do not
apply to: (1) persons using the California Incline or pedestrian walkways,
stairways or overpasses maintained by the City or the State of California
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and (2) government employees and agents present on the Santa Monica
Palisades Bluff pursuant to City or state authorization.
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inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to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.
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
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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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Adopted and approved this 10th day of June, 2003.
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Richard Bloom, Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 2080 (CCS) had it's introduction on May 20,2003, and was
adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on June 10, 2003, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Katz, Genser, Holbrook, O'Connor, Mayor Bloom
Noes: Council members: Feinstein, Mayor Pro Tem McKeown
Abstain Council members: None
Absent: Council members: None
ATTEST:
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Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk