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City Council Meeting 03-17-1998
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NO 9252
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AMENDING THE LAND USE AND CIRCULATION ELEMENT
OF THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
WHEREAS, an application for a General Plan Amendment was filed by a property
owner pursuant to Santa MOnica MUnicipal Code Section 9 042018 080(c), and
WHEREAS, the application requested amendment of land Use and Circulation
Element PoliCies 1 6 2 and 1 13 1 as well as modificatIon of the document's
background text regarding adoption of the Hospital Area SpeCifiC Plan, and
WHEREAS, a Notice of Completion of a Draft EnvIronmental Impact Report
prepared for the Saint John's Health Center Development Agreement, which Included
analysIs of the Land Use and Circulation Element amendments was published on
September 3, 1997, and
WHEREAS, the Draft EnVironmental Impact Report was Circulated for a 45-day
public review penod, and
WHEREAS, In December, 1997, the Final EnVironmental Impact Report was
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published, and
WHEREAS, on December 8, 1997, December 10, 1997, December 13, 1997,
January 14, 1998, January 21, 1998, and January 28, 1998, the Planning CommissIon
reviewed and conSidered the Land Use and Circulation Element amendments and the
Final EIR In ItS decIsion-makIng process on the Saint John's Health Center
Development Agreement, and
WHEREAS, on January 28, 1998, the Planning CommIssion recommended to
City Council adoption of the Land Use and CirculatIon Element amendments and
certlflcatlon of the Final EIR, and
WHEREAS, In March, 1998, the City Council reviewed the Land Use and
Circulation Element amendments, and
WHEREAS, the Proposed Land Use and Circulation Element amendments are
appropriate to prOVide consIstency between the Land Use and Circulation Element of
the General Plan and the Development Agreement for the property, and
WHEREAS, the proposed Land Use and Circulation Element amendments are
consistent With the other Elements of the City's General Plan
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
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DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1 The Land Use and Circulation Element amendments set forth In
Exhibit "A" and Incorporated herein by this reference are hereby adopted and certified
as part of the Land Use and Circulation Element of the General Plan for the City of
Santa MOnica, adopted In 1984 pursuant to City Council Resolution Number 6938
SECTION 2 The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be In full force and effect
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Adopted and approved this 1 st of April, 1998
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Robert T Holbrook, Mayor
I, Marla M Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa MOnica, do hereby certIfy that
the foregoing Resolution 9252 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
MOnica City Council held on the 1 st of Aprrl, 1998 by the following vote
Ayes Councllmembers'
Feinstein, Genser, Ho/brook, O'Connor.
Rosenstein
Noes Councllmembers
None
Abstain Councllmembers
None
Absent Councllmembers
Ebner, Greenberg
ATTEST
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Marla M Stewart, City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
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Proposed Revisions to Land Use and Circulation Elements ('.LUCE")
COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS
POLICIES
1.6.2. Encourage new and expanded automobile dealership development on Santa
MOnica Boulevard so that they may continue to provide for the sales and servIce of
automobiles and related actiVities Allowable Intensity shall be a maximum of 3.0
FAR and 54' Development Intensity for other uses on Santa MonIca Boulevard
shall be 2 0 FAR and 3 stones (45') and by site review up to 25 FAR and 4 stories
(56'}-. exceot Within the area encomoassed bv the Hosoital Area Soecific Plan
where develooment Intensltv shall be' aoverned In accord~mce With the standards
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speCified therein These development standards should be reviewed periodically
to ensure that automobile dealerships are not being displaced due to insufficient
expansion potential or to other uses locating In the area All new dealership
construction shall, to the extent feaSIble, contam auto sales, selViee, employee and
VISItor parking, and auto Inventory on-site
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HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
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POLICIES
1 13 1 FollOWing City adoption of SpeCIfic Plans for the area compnslng and immediately
surrounding each "hospital campus", allow expansions of eXisting hospital
bUildings and construction of new medical bUildings In accordance With the
adopted SpeCific Plans The two City hospitals shall each prepare Hospital Master
Plans for their respective Institutions indicating future phYSIcal and orgamzational
growth and change over the 10-15 years follOWing adoption of the Land Use and
CirculatIon Elements (These Master Plans shall be conSidered by the City In
preparing the SpeCific Plans) In preparing said Master Plans, each hospital shall
proVide opportunities for neighbOring reSidents, property owners, and busmess
people to partiCipate In Master Plan development Any medical or medical-related
development proposed by either hospital prior to City approval of ItS respective
SpeCific Plan shall be subJect to site review and shall be approved only If the
development neither prejudices the development and Implementation of the
SpeCific Plans, nor adversely affects surrounding neighborhoods. Neither the
Specific Plans nor any site review shall be adopted WIthout public hearings Since
the 1994 Northndae Earthauake. Saint John's has oreoared a new Master Plan for
rts North CamDus~ whIch IS to be Imolemented In a Develooment Aareement that
Will also vest floor areas and uses for Saint John's South Campus Saint John's will
prepare and submit a South Campus Master Plan to the City for approval before
redeveloDlna rts South Campus
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6) HospItal Area Specific Plan
The specific plan should be prepared for each hospital and adjacent residential
neIghborhood to promote the goal of orderly hospItal and health-care facility development
that IS compatible with the surrounding reSidential neighborhood. The specific plan
should be based on a comprehensive, long-range master plan for each hospital that
proVides guidance on their future development needs The plans must be prepared in
ways that permit opportunities for public review and comment, particularfy from adjacent
reSidents, merchants, and property owners In 1988. the City's Hospital Area SpeCific
Plan ("HASP") was prepared covering both community hospitals and the reSidential
nelohborhoods adlacent to them The HASP was amended In 1998 to reflect chanoes to
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