f:\ muni\ barryatty\ laws Community Events- Marathon Ord1013092d Council Meeting 10- 0913- Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER zz96 (CCS)
City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SECTION 4. 16068.OF THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE TO
ESTABLISH A NEW MARATHON ROUTE SEGMENT AND THE PARAMETERS FOR AUTHORIZING AND CONDUCTING A MARATHON UTLIZING THIS MARATHON.
ROUTE SEGMENT
WHEREAS, on May 8, 2001, the City Council adopted Ordinance Number 2008 CCS), adding Chapter 4.68 to the Santa Monica Municipal Code, the Community Events Code; and
WHEREAS, the Community Events Code provides a coordinated process. for managing community events to ensure the health and safety of event patrons, residents, workers, and other visitors, to prohibit illegal activities from occurring at community events, and to protect the rights of community event permit holders; and WHEREAS, Santa Monica is a coastal city in a prime location, bordered by the City of Los Angeles to the north, east, and south;
WHEREAS, the City's land area is small, being just 8 square miles and the City's population is approximately 90,000; and
WHEREAS, in addition to its large residential population, the City is a very desirable
place to work or visit; and
1 with the City's ability to provide services to the entire community, and the impacts on neighbors and others are minimized; and
WHEREAS, there are currently four race routes authorized by the Community Events Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, two of the race routes are for five-kilometer races and two are for tenkilometer races; and WHEREAS, there are presently no routes for a marathon race; and WHEREAS, the City has received a proposal to hold a portion of the 2010 L A Marathon in the City; and
WHEREAS; participating in a race of this stature presents the. City with a unique opportunity to be part of ainternationally-known, first-class event and receive significant benefits therefrom including substantial economic benefits to local businesses and. a unique entertainment opportunity for City residents and visitors; and WHEREAS, a race of this nature raises a number of public safety issues related not only to race participants and spectators but potential impacts on the community at large; .- including issues concerning the availability of assistance from and coordination with other cities, the logistics and timing of closing and re-opening streets, traffic control and management strategies, parking cohtingencies, and resident,. visitor and emergency access; and
WHEREAS, due to the significant impacts that such a race can generate, it is essential that such races provide substantial benefit to the City and be significantly limited in number and time of occurrence and that the race only be undertaken by a marathon entity with the demonstrated capability to organize and operate a large, successful
4 marathon including sufficient funding to finance the costs incurred in organizing and holding the marathon and sufficient staffing to ensure its safe and efficient operation; and WHEREAS, race organizers would be required to pay full cost recovery for all City services and expenditures associated with or in any way connected to the race,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4. 16068.is hereby amended to read as follows:
4. 16068. Races- Walks. RunsThe procedures and criteria for conducting races/runs/ walks shall be as follows:
a) There shall be two ten-kilometer routes, two five-kilometer routes, and one marathon route segment;
1) •The first ten-kilometer route (10K Ocean Route) begins at Beach Park No. 1 Barnard Way at Ocean Park Boulevard) and continues south to Barnard Way; follows the bend to go east on Marine Street, north on Main Street, wesfon Colorado Avenue, north on Ocean Avenue, east on San Vicente Boulevard to 14th Street where participants will turn around and go west on-San Vicente Boulevard, south on Ocean Avenue to end at the 1500 block of Ocean Avenue (before the entrance to the Pier Ramp}. 2) The second ten-kilometer route (10K North City Route) begins at Seventh Street and Califorhia Avenue, west on California Avenue to Ocean Avenue, north on Ocean Avenue to San Vicente Boulevard, east on San Vicente Boulevard to Twenty-fifth 5 Street, south on Twenty-fifth Street to Marguerita Avenue, west on Marguerita Avenue to Fourteenth Street, south on Fourteenth Street to Alta Avenue, west on Alta Avenue to Fourth Street, south on Fourth Street to California Avenue, east on California Avenue to Seventh Street.
3) The first five-kilometer route (5K North City Route) begins at Seventh Street and California Avenue, west on California Avenue to Ocean Avenue, north on Ocean Avenue to San Vicente Boulevard, east on San Vicente Boulevard to Seventh Street, south on Seventh Street to Georgina Avenue, west on Georgina Avenue to Fourth Street, south on Fourth Street to California Avenue, east on California Avenue to Seventh Street. 4) The second five-kilometer route (5K Ocean Route) begins at Beach Park No. 1 ( Barnard Way at Ocean Park Boulevard) and continues south on Barnard Way, follows the bend.to go east on Marine Street, north on Main Street, wesf on Colorado Avenue, north on Ocean Avenue to the 1000 block where participants will turn around and continue south on Ocean Avenue to end at the 1500 block of Ocean Avenue (before the entrance to the Pier ramp).
5) The marathon route segment begins on San Vicente Boulevard at TwentySixth. Street (the City limits) and continues west on San Vicente to Ocean Avenue and south on Ocean Avenue to end at the 1500 block of Ocean Avenue (before the entrance to the Pier Ramp).
b) 5K North City Route and 10K North City Route races may only occur on Saturday mornings from seven thirty a.m. until eleven a.m. There shall be no more than one race per quarter each year. There shall also be a minimum of eight weeks between each race.
6 c) 5K Ocean Route and 10K Ocean Route races may only occur on Saturday and Sunday mornings from seven thirty a.m. until eleven a.m. There shall be no more than two races between January 1 st and the weekend prior to Memorial Day weekend and no more than two races between the weekend after Labor Day and the weekend before Thanksgiving each year: There shall also be a minimum of eight weeks between each race.
d) The marathon route segment shall be limited to the completion of marathon races that are regional in scope (involve a course that runs through multiple jurisdictions), attract elite and international runners; receive extensive national and international media exposure, and are undertaken by a marathon entity with the demonstrated capability to organize and operate a large, successful marathon including sufficient funding to finance the costs incurred in organizing and holding the marathon and sufficient staffing to ensure its safe and efficient operation. Preference shall also be given to applicants proposing recurring marathons traditionally or historically associated with a particular day or dates.
The marathon may only occur on Sunday from 6:00 a.m. -- 6:00 p. m. There shall only be one marathon per year that utilizes the marathon route segment.. e) No vehicular races shall be permitted..
f) Events which include multiple modes of travel (e.g., walking, running and bicycling) shall be permitted so long as the start times for different modes of travel are staggered.
g) Prior to the issuance of a community event permit, City staff shall determine the specific portions or lanes of the roadway that may be used by the participants. This 7 determination shall be based on safety considerations and the preservation of access to businesses and other scheduled activities along the route. h) In addition to the routes established by subsection (a) of this Section, races/unswalks/may be permitted on other streets in the City so long as the majority of the race/unwalk/occurs outside of the City and that portion of the race/walWrun within the City does not exceed one-half mile in length. Races permitted pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to the time/frequency requirements established in subsections (b)and c) of this Section.
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, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to affect 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 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 fo whether any portion of the ordinance 8