ITEM 6-C

City Council Meeting 7-28-92             Santa Monica, California

                          STAFF REPORT

TO:         Mayor and City Council

FROM:       City Attorney

SUBJECT:    Ordinance Exempting Certain Non-Profit
            Theatre Facilities from Ordinance
            Number 1634 (CCS)

      At  its  meeting  on  July  21,  1992,  the  City   Council
introduced  for  first  reading  an  ordinance  exempting certain
non-profit theatre facilities from Ordinance Number  1634  (CCS).
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
              Mary H. Strobel, Deputy City Attorney


                      ORDINANCE NUMBER ____

                      (City Council Series)

             AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
    CITY OF SANTA MONICA EXEMPTING CERTAIN NON-PROFIT THEATRE
           FACILITIES FROM ORDINANCE NUMBER 1634 (CCS)

      THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:

      SECTION 1.  Applications for approval of non-profit theatre
facilities designed specifically for stage production and related
educational and administrative  activities  and  located  in  the
Downtown Overlay C3C zoning district, which will occupy 25,000 or
less square feet, are exempt from  the  provisions  of  Ordinance
Number  1634  (CCS)  pursuant  to  Section  3  of such Ordinance,
provided such projects obtain a development review permit.

      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further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary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:

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ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney