July 27, 2023 11:29 AM

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Earlier this week, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously authorised the primary studying of the Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO) to advertise financial restoration within the City’s Downtown, together with the Third Street Promenade Area and Santa Monica Place. The proposed IZO is concentrated on encouraging a extra lively nightlife and leisure presence and supplies a streamlined assessment path for arts and leisure makes use of, together with:

1. Allowing better flexibility for eating places that present leisure throughout the Third Street Promenade space and Santa Monica Place, comparable to stress-free restrictions on dancing, arcade video games, and amplified music necessities.
2. Expanding the eligibility of Alcohol Exemption (AE) permits within the Promenade Area and Santa Monica Place to different makes use of that may acquire a allow, comparable to outside rooftop, cultural amenities, tutorial providers, business leisure/recreation, and comfort markets.
3. Allowing outside rooftop business makes use of comparable to rooftop cinemas, neighborhood assemblies, neighborhood gardens, and small/giant scale leisure/recreation amenities, on public parking buildings owned by the City.
4. Allowing the Community Development Director to contemplate business makes use of that aren’t clearly outlined within the Zoning Code, offering flexibility for distinctive enterprise proposals.
5. Allowing a long term for sure Temporary Use Permits from 45 days to 6 months.

For extra data, see the staff report or view the meeting video here.

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