The City Council could put an immediate halt next week to a sudden flood of market-rate “micro units” proposed for Downtown Santa Monica under a loophole in the City's zoning laws.

Council on Tuesday will take up a recommendation from planning staff to adopt an urgency interim zoning ordinance that would stop all market rate Single Room Occupancy (SRO) developments citywide..

So far the Planning Department has received applications for six SRO developments totaling 363 units that range from 219 to 373 square feet, staff said.

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