Item 8-A

                                             City Council: 9/23/97                        Santa Monica, CA

TO:       Mayor and City Council

FROM:     City Attorney

          SUBJECT:  Ordinance Amending Zoning Ordinance Section
          9.04.08.15.040 to Allow General Office Uses on the
          Ground Floor in the Front 75' of a Parcel with the
          Approval of a Conditional Use Permit in the BSC-2, BSC-
          3 and BSC-4 Portions of the Bayside Commercial District

Introduction
At its meeting on September 9, 1997, the City Council introduced
for first reading an ordinance amending Zoning Ordinance Section
9.04.08.15.040 to allow general office uses on the ground floor
in the front seventy-five feet of a parcel with the approval of a
Conditional Use Permit in the BSC-2, BSC-3 and BSC-4 portions of
the Bayside Commercial District.  The ordinance is now presented
to the City Council for adoption.

Recommendation
It is respectfully recommended that the attached ordinance be
adopted.