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City Council Meeting 9-9-03 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2094 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AMENDING THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE TO ADD SECTION 9.04.02.030.718
TO ESTABLISH A DEFINITION FOR SUPERVISED RESIDENTIAL AND
EDUCATIONAL FACILITY FOR YOUNG ADULTS EMANCIPATED FROM FOSTER
CARE AND TO AMEND SECTION 9.04.08.02.050 TO ALLOW THIS USE IN THE R-1
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT SUBJECT TO A CONDITIONAL USE
PERMIT
WHEREAS, the City's Zoning Ordinance does not currently allow a residential
facility of greater than six occupants in the R1 zone; and
WHEREAS, this proposed ordinance would amend the Zoning Code to add a
definition for a supervised residential and educational facility for young adults
emancipated from foster care and authorize this use in the R-1 Zone by a Conditional
Use Permit; and
WHEREAS, this facility would provide non-permanent housing accommodations
with supervision for young adults, at least 18 years of age, emancipated from foster
care and may also provide meals, counseling, and other services, as well as common
areas for residents of the facility; and
WHEREAS, this proposed facility is comparable to a domestic violence shelter
which is a permitted use in the R1 Zone; and
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WHEREAS, the YWCA Housing Education Program requested the proposed
amendment in order to allow the addition of beds at its existing facility; and
WHEREAS, on July 9,2003, the Planning Commission conducted a public
hearing and voted 7 to 0 to recommend that the City Council adopt this Zoning
Ordinance text amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed Zoning
Ordinance amendments on August 12, 2003; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments are consistent in principle with the goals,
objectives, policies, land uses, and programs specified in the adopted General Plan,
specifically, Land Use Element Objective 1.1 which states that the City should "Improve
the quality of life for all residents by providing a balance of land uses consistent with:
Recognizing that the City is part of a metropolitan area with regional social problems;
and Providing adequate housing for City residents of all incomes; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments are consistent in principle with the
goals, objectives, policies, land uses, and programs specified in the adopted General
Plan, specifically, Land Use Element Objective 1.10 which provides that the City should
"Expand the opportunity for residential land use while protecting the scale and character
of existing neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and declares that the public health, safety,
and general welfare require the adoption of the proposed amendments in that this land
use will provide a much needed service for young adults by providing an opportunity to
live in a comfortable, safe and supportive environment and to benefit from the
opportunities that such an environment offers, while requiring that the land use be
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approved only after site specific conditions of operation have been imposed to ensure
neighborhood compatibility,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 9.04.02.030.718 is hereby added to the Santa Monica
Municipal Code to read as follows:
9.04.02.030.718 Residential Housing and Educational
Facility For Young Adults Emancipated
From Foster Care
A residential housing and educational facility that provides
supervised non-permanent hou'sing accommodations for young adults, at
least 18 years of age, emancipated from foster care. Such a facility may
also provide meals, counseling, and other services, as well as common
areas for the residents of the facility.
SECTION 2. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.04.08.02.050 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
9.04.08.02.050 Conditional permitted uses,
The following uses may be permitted in the R1 District subject to
the approval of a conditional use permit:
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(a) Residential Housing and Educational Facility For Young Adults
Emancipated From Foster Care.
(b) Schools.
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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
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official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall be effective
thirty (30) days from adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Approved and adopted this 9th day of September, 2003.
-eJ,Maym
State of Califomia )
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. 2094 (CCS) had its introduction on August 26,2003, and was
adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on September 9, 2003, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Feinstein, Mayor Pro Tem McKeown, Genser, O'Connor
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: Katz, Holbrook, Mayor Bloom
ATTE~.
Maria M. Stewart,
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