Santa Monica
City Council
Agenda Item A
A. Introduction and Adoption of an Emergency Ordinance to Clean Up Errors and Restore Previously\nApproved Regulations for Masonry Wall Building Permit Thresholds and to Extend Building Permit\nExpiration Dates\nRecommended Action\nStaff recommends that the City Council:\n1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3)\n(Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)\nGuidelines.\n2. Introduce and adopt an emergency ordinance amending Article 8 of the Municipal Code\nto clean up errors and restore previously approved regulations that were inadvertently\nomitted by subsequent ordinance approvals.\nStaff Report Printout\na. Draft Proposed Ordinance dated October 24, 2023\nb. Ordinance 2635(CCS) -Fences and Wall Heights - adopted on May 12, 2020\nc. Ordinance 2689(CCS) - Extended Permit Timeframes - adopted on January 25, 2022