ITEM 8-C

City Council Meeting 5-12-92             Santa Monica, California

                          STAFF REPORT

TO:         Mayor and City Council

FROM:       City Attorney

SUBJECT:    Ordinance Amending Municipal
            Code 9040.27 Regarding Standards for Lighting

      At  its  meeting  on  April  28,  1992,  the  City  Council
introduced for first reading an ordinance amending Municipal Code
9040.27 regarding standards for lighting.  The ordinance  is  now
presented to the City Council for adoption.

                         RECOMMENDATION

      It  is  respectfully  recommended  that  the   accompanying
ordinance be adopted.

PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, City Attorney


                      ORDINANCE NUMBER ____

                      (City Council Series)

             AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
               CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA
              MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9040.27
                 REGARDING STANDARDS FOR LIGHTING

      WHEREAS, in connection with  a  Development  Review  Permit
application the Pier Restoration Corporation filed an application
requesting that Section 9040.27 of  the  Santa  Monica  Municipal
Code regarding property development standards be amended; and,

      WHEREAS, the Santa Monica Planning Commission held a public
hearing  concerning such amendment on February 5 and February 26,
1992;

      NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY  COUNCIL  OF  THE  CITY  OF  SANTA
MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

      SECTION 1.  Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9040.27  is
amended to read as follows:

      Section  9040.27.    Lighting.    All   outdoor
      lighting  associated with commerical uses shall
      be shielded and directed away from  surrounding
      residential  uses.   Such  lighting  shall  not
      exceed 0.5 footcandles of  illumination  beyond
      the  property containing the commerical use and
      shall not blink,  flash,  oscillate  or  be  of
      unusally high intensity of brightness, with the
      exception of amusement  rides  located  on  the
      Pier,  which  may have lights that blink, flash
      and oscillate.

      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further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary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  any  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 after 30 days from its adoption.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

__________________________________
ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney