ITEM 6-D

City Council Meeting 9-29-92             Santa Monica, California

                          STAFF REPORT

TO:         Mayor and City Council

FROM:       City Attorney

SUBJECT:    Ordinance Renumbering and Amending All Sections
            of the Santa Monica Municipal Code and Adopting
            the Santa Monica Municipal Code by Reference

      At its meeting on September  22,  1992,  the  City  Council
introduced   for  first  reading  an  ordinance  renumbering  and
amending all sections of the  Santa  Monica  Municipal  Code  and
adopting  the  Municipal Code by reference.  The ordinance is now
presented to the City Council for adoption.

                         RECOMMENDATION

      It  is  respectfully  recommended  that  the   accompanying
ordinance be adopted.

PREPARED BY:  Joseph Lawrence, Acting City Attorney


                      ORDINANCE NUMBER ____

                      (City Council Series)

             AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
          CITY OF SANTA MONICA RENUMBERING AND AMENDING
       ALL SECTIONS OF THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE AND
      ADOPTING THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE BY REFERENCE

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

      SECTION 1.  Findings and Purpose.  The City Council of  the
City of Santa Monica finds and declares that:

      (a)  The City Council desires to renumber all provisions of
the Santa Monica Municipal Code, without substantive amendment to
any Code provision, as permitted by  Santa  Monica  City  Charter
Section 618 and Government Code Section 50022.10.

      (b)  The purpose of the renumbering is to  make  the  Santa
Monica  Municipal  Code  easier  to  use, update and amend.  This
change  will  permit  the  Santa  Monica  Municipal  Code  to  be
reproduced  in  an electronic format, thereby making the document
more accessible to the public.

      SECTION 2.  The Santa Monica Municipal Code in its entirety
is  amended,  recodified and renumbered as is provided for in the
attached copy of  the  Santa  Monica  Municipal  Code,  which  is
incorporated by reference into this Ordinance.

      SECTION 3.  (a)  This Ordinance shall not affect or  impair
any  act  or  right  or  any proceeding, suit or prosecution had,
commenced, or  pending  in  any  cause.  No  offense,  liability,
penalty,  or  forfeiture,  either  civilly or criminally incurred
prior to the time when  this  Ordinance  takes  effect  shall  be
affected in any manner by this Ordinance.

                  (b)  This Ordinance shall  not  in  any  manner
affect  any signs, forms, or other documents of the City of Santa
Monica which refer to, or otherwise incorporate, ordinances which
are or have been specifically designated by number, and which are
included within the scope of this Ordinance.  Any such references
in  any  signs,  forms  or  other documents shall be construed to
apply to  the  corresponding  provisions  contained  within  this
Ordinance  and  the  attached  copy of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code.

      SECTION 4.  The City Clerk shall make available for  public
inspection  and  use  at  least  three copies of the Santa Monica
Municipal Code as  amended  and  adopted  by  reference  by  this
Ordinance.   Such copies shall remain on file and open for public
inspection while the Code is in force.

      SECTION 5.  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 affect the provisions of this Ordinance.

      SECTION 6.  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 7.  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:

__________________________________
JOSEPH LAWRENCE
Acting City Attorney