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City Council Meeting 6-13-06 Santa Monica, California'
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2190 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA ADDING CHAPTER 9.68 TO THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO PERMIT PROCESSING
WHEREAS, Santa Monica is committed to providing a rich array of public
cultural, recreational and educational opportunities to all City residents, as well as City
workers and visitors; and
WHEREAS, public funds are limited and must be expended for a wide variety of
purposes and community needs; and
WHEREAS, the need for public facilities offering recreational, cultural and
educational opportunities exceeds the public resources available to fund such facilities;
and
WHEREAS, recently a generous grant from the Annenberg Foundation has
demonstrated that philanthropic organizations are becoming interested in funding or
building public facilities; and
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WHEREAS, the City's experience with the Annenberg Foundation has shown
that private, charitable foundations must evaluate and attempt to minimize uncertainties
attendant upon prospective grants, including grants for public facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to maximize future opportunities to obtain funding of
public projects from private charitable foundations; and
WHEREAS, expediting permit processing and review, and thereby shortening the
time between funding and project construction, is one way to reduce uncertainties and
risks; and
WHEREAS, providing an expedited process for public projects funded by private
foundation grants will assist the City in seeking future grants,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 9.68 is hereby added to the Santa Monica Municipal Code
to read as follows: l
CHAPTER 9.68
CHARITABLY FUNDED PUBLIC PROJECTS
Section 9.68.010. Processing of charitably funded
public projects.
Any project intended for recreational, cultural,
educational or other public use which is, or will be upon
completion, owned by the City and which is funded or
partially funded by a grant from a charitable foundation or
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private, charitable donor, shall be given priority in: (a) permit
processing; (b) plan check review; and (c) administrative
appeals. Additionally, any such project shall be exempt from
permit and appeal fees.
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.
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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Approved and adopted this 13h day of June, 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. 2190 (CCS) had its introduction on May 25, 2006, and was
adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on June 13, 2006, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Bloom, Genser, Katz, McKeown, O'Connor,
Mayor Pro Tem Shriver, Mayor Holbrook
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: None
ATTEST: