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RESOLUTION NO.
8878
(City Council Serles)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA MAKING CEQA FINDINGS
NECESSARY TO APPROVE CHEVROLET/GEO DEALERSHIP AT 3223 SANTA
MONICA BOULEVARD AND ADOPTING A
STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATION
WHEREAS, the Clty Council has certifled an Environmental
Impact
Report
for the 22,901
square
foot
Santa Monica
Chevrolet/Geo Automobile Dealership proposed to be constructed at
3223 Santa Monica Boulevard;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Conslstent with Article VI, Section 12 of the
City of Santa Monica CEQA Guidelines and Sections 15091 and 15092
of the State of Ca11fornla CEQA GUldelines, the City Council
flnds that most impacts resulting from the project can be reduced
to an acceptable level.
Most signlflcant envlronmental effects
as identifled below can feaslbly be avolded However, all of the
identifled significant effects are located at lntersectlons
controlled by the Clty of Los Angeles, which will be responsible
for approving and implewentlng the
ldentified mltlgation
measures.
Because Santa Monlca does not have the authorlty to
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implement the ldentlfied m~tlgation measures and the remaining
unavoidable signiflcant effect cannot be fully mitigated, and the
pro] ect furthers a POllCY ldentifled in the General Plan, the
City of Santa Monica adopts the Statement of Overr~ding
Consideratlons dlscussed in Section 2.
(a) The flnal EIR determined that the proposed automobile
dealersh~p could signiflcantly lmpact traff~c flow at the
intersect~on of Centinela Avenue and Interstate 10 at the
westbound freeway ramp, the lntersectlon of Centlnela Avenue and
Santa Mon~ca Boulevard, and the intersection of Centinela Avenue
and W~lshire Boulevard. Consistent with Article VI, Section 12
of the City CEQA Guidellnes and Section 15091 of the State of
Californ~a CEQA GUldelines, the C~ty Council finds that the
following ffiltigation measures have been required ~n the proJect
(if approved by the City of Los Angeles) which will mlt~gate
these traffic lmpacts to below the level of slgnificance:
(1) For the westbound freeway ramp at the intersection of
Cent~nela Avenue and Interstate 10, Conditlonal Use Permit
94-009 requ~res that, If approved by the City of Los
Angeles, the applicant shall provide fundlng to restripe the
southbound approach and reconstruct or remove the northbound
med~an if needed to allow for one excluslve right turn lane
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southbound plus one through lane If and when this is
completed, the impact identlfied for this intersection will
be fully mltlgated.
(2) For the lntersection of Centinela Avenue and Santa
Monica Boulevard, Condltional Use Permit 94-009 requlres
that, lf approved by the City of Los Angeles, the appllcant
shall provide funding for the restriping of the northbound
and southbound approaches to provide an exclusive left turn
lane and through lane. If and when thlS lS completed, the
impact ldentified for this intersection wll1 be fully
mltigated.
(3) For the intersectlon of Centinela Avenue and Wl1shire
Boulevard, Condltlonal Use Permit 94-009 requires that, if
approved by the City of Los Angeles, the applicant shall
provide funding to modlfy the signal to provide for
protected/permitted left turn phasing In the westbound
direction If and when this lS completed, the impact
ldentlfied for this lntersection will be fully mitigated.
(b) The Flnal EIR found that the lmpact to the lntersection
of Santa Monlca Boulevard and Bundy Drive could not be mltigated
because of physical constraints whlch prevent the wldenlng of
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thlS intersection and because the sl.gnalization of this
intersection has already been included in the City of Los
Angeles' "ATSAC" signallzation improvement program.
(c) The CEQA-mandated environmentally superior alternative
was found to be the Lower Density Alternatlve, which is analyzed
in Section VI (b) of the Final EIR. In that the proposed
development is well below the maXlmum Floor Area Ratlo permltted
at the site, and the appllcant is not proposlng to decrease the
Slze of the development, it is infeasible to requlre the
envlronmentally superior alternative.
SECTION 2. The Final EIR found that the proj ect would
result in a signlficant unavoldable adverse trafflC lmpact at the
lntersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Bundy Drive.
Addltionally, the City of Santa Monica cannot ensure
implementation of the mitlgatlon measures located wlthin the City
of Los Angeles I Jurisdiction. consistent with Article VI I
Sectlon 13 of the Clty CEQA Guidelines and Section 15093 of the
State of California CEQA GUldelines, the Cl ty CauDcll hereby
makes a Statement of Overrlding Conslderations and finds that the
benefits of the proJect outwelgh ltS unavoldable envlronmental
lmpacts based on the following reasons
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(a) The proposed automoblle dealership lS conSlstent with
General Plan Policy 1 6.2 to 11 encourage new and expanded
automoblle dealership development on Santa Monlca Boulevard so
that they may cont1nue to provide for the sales and serVlce of
automoblles and related actlvities.t1
(b) The proposed automobile dealership will beneflt the
communl ty because lt wlll further General Plan Policy 1.6.2 to
encourage the development of automobile dealerships on Santa
Monlca Boulevard, a POllCY WhlCh was adopted by the City Councll
followlng extensive communlty participation and public hearings,
(c) Additionally, the proposed proJect was designed ln a
nelghborhood-friendly way with a Floor Area Ratio of 0.63, Wh1Ch
1S considerably lower than the maximum F.A.R. of 1.15 allowed for
automoblle dealerships on parcels over 22,500 square feet in the
C4 (Highway Commerclal) District;
(d) Although the proJect is beneficial to the community,
the associated Condltional Use Permlt approved by the Clty of
Santa Monlca requlres implementatlon of mitigation measures
which, if approved by the City of Los Angeles, will fully
ml tlgate the impacts at three of four impacted lntersections.
These mitigatlon measures are located at 1ntersections under the
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Jurlsdlctlon of the Clty of Los Angeles and cannot be implemented
without the approval and partlclpat:ion of that Clty. At the
intersectlon of Santa Monica Boulevard and Bundy Drlve, the one
lntersection identlfled to experience a slgn~f~cant impact for
WhlCh no mitigation measure has been identlfied, the significant
impact lS relatively small (an increase of 003 in the vlc ratio
during the AM Peak hour) and lS outweighed by the beneficial
aspects to the community of the proposed proJect.
SECTION 3. Consistent wlth Section 21081 6(d) of the
California Environmental Quality Act, the documents wh~ch
constitute the record of proceedlngs for approvlng thlS project
are located in the Plann~ng and Commun~ty Development Department,
1685 Ma~n Street, Room 212, Santa Monica, California. The
custodian of these documents lS Associate Planner Drummond
Buckley.
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SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolut~on, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be
ln full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM,
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MARSHA JONES MOUTRIE
Clty Attorney
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Adopted and approved thIS 21th of March, 1995
4J~
Mayor
I hereby certIfy that the foregoIng ResolutIon 8878 (CCS) was duly adopted at a
meetIng of the CIty CouncIl held on the 21th of March, 1995 by the follOWIng vote
Ayes
CouncIlmembers'
Abdo. O'Connor, Greenberg, Genser, RosensteIn, Ebner
Noes
Councllmembers
None
AbstaIn
CouncIlmembers:
None
Absent
CouncIlmembers
Holbrook
ATTEST
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