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City Council Meeting 4-25-06 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2183 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA AMENDING THE OFFICIAL DISTRICTING MAP TO ESTABLISH
THE TRANSPORTATION PRESERVATION DISTRICT IN PORTIONS OF THE
FORMER M1 AND lMSD DISTRICTS
WHEREAS, concurrently with adoption of this amendment to the Official
Districting Map to establish the Transportation Preservation District (UTPD District") in
portions of the former M1 and lMSD Districts, the City Council is adopting an
amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to establish authorized uses and property
development standards for the TPD District; and
WHEREAS, the TPD District encompasses the Southern Pacific Railway, also
known as the Exposition rail right-of-way ("ROW') owned by the los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("METRO") which within the City is a 1.3 mile
corridor that generally parallels Olympic Boulevard between Centinela Avenue and 1 ih
Street and generally ranges between 50 to 100 feet wide; and
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WHEREAS, the proposed amendment is consistent with the goals, objectives,
policies, land uses and programs specified in the adopted General Plan, specifically:
land Use and Circulation Element Policy 1.11.3, which encourages the retention of the
Southern Pacific [Exposition Branch] ROW as open space and also permit its use for
transportation purposes, in that the amendment includes both open space and public
transportation as allowed permanent uses and protects the ROW from other types of
permanent development; Policy 4.1.8, which states that right-of-way for new alternative
transportation facilities shall be reserved and land uses that would preclude the timely
development of transportation facilities shall be prohibited, in that the amendment
includes provisions for timely removal of temporary uses and protects the ROW from
other types of permanent development; Policy 4.6.3, which encourages the
implementation of a Class I bicycle route and pedestrian trail along the Southern Pacific
Railroad (Metro) right-of-way corridor as long as it does not conflict with a rail line, in
that the amendment protects the use of the right-of-way for public transportation
projects including a bicycle and pedestrian path; Open Space Element Objective 2,
which encourages expansion of the open space system through the use of public
properties, in that the amendment includes open space as an allowed permanent use
and protects the ROW from other types of permanent development; Open Space
Element Objective 4, which encourages the establishment of a citywide system of
pathways and linear open spaces, in that the amendment includes open space and
public transportation (including non-motorized transportation) as allowed permanent
uses and protects the ROW from other types of permanent development; and Policy
4.3, which encourages enhancement of the MTA corridor as a bicycle lane and linear
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open space, in that the amendment includes open space and public transportation
(including non-motorized transportation) as allowed permanent uses and protects the
ROW from other types of permanent development; and
WHEREAS, the public health, safety, and general welfare require the adoption of
the proposed amendment, in that the amendment would provide a mechanism for the
ROW to be used on a temporary basis, while preserving it for public transportation uses
as the primary use; the amendment provides restrictive development standards to
ensure that uses can be removed within a 180-day period to allow the use of the ROW
for transportation purposes; and the amendment ensures compatibility with the
surrounding area by prohibiting visually intrusive uses such as vehicle impound yards or
building materials storage yards,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOllOWS:
SECTION 1. The Official Districting Map of the City is hereby amended as set
forth in Exhibit "A."
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 eftect 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
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court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not aftect 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 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
ofticial newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
eftective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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MARSHA JONEp MOUT~E
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Approved and adopted this 25th day of April, 2006.
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Robert T. Holbrook, 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. 2183 (CCS) had its introduction on April 11, 2006, and was
adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on April 25, 2006, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Bloom, Genser, McKeown, O'Connor
Mayor Pro T em Shriver, Mayor Holbrook
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: Katz
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