Fee for Razing Low-Cost Lodging on Coast Rises
Property owners who want to demolish low-cost lodging in Santa Monica’s coastal zone, which includes nearly all properties between Ocean Avenue and the beach, will have to pay $8,000 per room to do so under a new ordinance recently passed by the City Council.
The fees will go into a fund for groups that want to develop low-cost lodging, defined as rooms costing less than $80 per night.
The state Coastal Commission has a $5,000-per-room fee in effect. City Manager John Jalili said the council would have to receive commission approval to implement the new fee.
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