Ordinance - 1547r, ORDINANCE NO. 1547
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA; CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING AN INTERIM ORDINANCE
RELATING TO MASSAGE PARLORS ON PROPERTY WITHIN ALL
ZONES FOR A PERIOD OF EIGHT (8) MONTHS. (Urgency Measure)
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1: That the City Council of the City of West Covina
• does hereby find, determine and declare as follows:
a. That Interim Ordinance No. 1533*, was adopted on February
22, 1982, to allow a sufficient period of time for the
City's Zoning Department and Planning Commission to make
.a complete study and review as to the precise nature of
permanent zoning regulations to be imposed in connection
with massage parlors in order to protect existing commercial
and residential areas in the City from adverse downgrading
and deleterious effects, said interim ordinance will expire
on June 22, 1982, prior to the conclusion of the study and
review and the adoption of such permanent zoning regulations;
and
b. That this City Council has been advised that certain busi-
nesses, such as massage parlors, are not provided for in the
Zoning Code of the City and therefore are not a permitted
use in the City, although activities related to operation
of such uses is regulated by other chapters of the Municipal
Code; and
c. That pursuant to Section 65856 of the Government Code,
notice was given and a public hearing was held on June 14,
1982, and testimony received with respect to the extension
• of Ordinance No. 1533.
d.. That the present structure of the Municipal Code as it
relates to such uses could create.unnecessary confusion of
efforts to reasonably control the location and operation of
such uses in the future;,and
e. That experience related to this type of uses in other
communities has demonstrated that such use could have objec-rt
tionable operations related to the business and unrelated
incidents which pose a safety problem, public nuisance and
adverse effects on the surrounding community; and
f. That because of the nature of such uses it appears that
adequate controls are.necessary to direct and reasonably
control the location and operation of such uses and to insure
compatibility of land uses; and
g. That the public interest, convenience and necessity required
that a more intensive study be conducted by the Police
.Department making it apparent that an amendment will not be
formulated prior to the expiration of the urgency measure and
that this Ordinance be, immediately adopted for the reasons
above set forth.
SECTION::.Z:.,; That notwithstanding any other provision of the West
•Covina Municipal Code,"during such time as.this Ordinance is in full force
and effect, no person shall establish or conduct, or permit to be established
or conducted, upon any real property located within the City, any businesses
upon the premises of which massage activities are permitted or conducted,
whether for profit or not for profit, whether the services are provided with
or without charge.
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SECTION 3: That this ordinance is hereby declared to be
an extension of an urgency measure interim ordinance and shall take
effect immediately upon its adoption and shall expire eight months
after the June 22, 1982, expiration date of Ordinance No. 1533, or
upon the effective date of an ordinance adopting the West Covina
Municipal Code Amendment No. 170, whichever occurs first. A state-
ment of facts constituting the basis of such urgency is as above set
forth. The legal authority for the enactment of this Ordinance is
Section 65858 of the Planning Act of the State of California, and
other applicable statutes.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of
this Ordinance and cause the same to be published in the manner
prescribed by law.
PASSED and APPROVED this 14th day of' June 1982.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
city __Lerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
I, Helene M. Mooney, City Clerk of the City. of West Covina,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1547 was intro-
duced, adopted and,passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on
the 14th day, of June , 1982, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Bacon, Tennant, Shearer, Chappell, Tice
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen:, None
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:.
City Attorney
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C E R T I F I C A T I O N
State of California. )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of West Covina. )
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of
West Covina, State of Ca.lifornia., do hereby certify
that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No.kS,�,Q_
was published, pursuant to law, in the West Covina
Tribune, a. newspaper of general circulation published
and. circula.ted in the City of West Covina.
Dated
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A& Janet
Berr
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City
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Covina,
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