Ordinance - 1552•
ORDINANCE NO. 1552
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO ATHLETIC
CLUBS AND GYMNASIUMS ON PROPERTY IN ALL ZONES
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 this City Council has been advised that certain businesses,
such as but not limited to, gymnasium and athletic club businesses
have been proposed to be located within areas of the City which are
zoned for non-residential uses, and are adjacent to residential areas;
which businesses have provided for and will provide services and
facilities for activities such as reducing, exercising, weightlifting,
swimming, spas, hot tubs, racketball or handball on the premises
either -as a primary use, integral part of, or incidental use to said
businesses; and
b. That experience in this City has demonstrated that such uses could
have objectionable operational characteristics and provide inadequate
parking facilities thereby, having a deleterious effect upon surround-
ing development and nieghborhood.
C. That the present zoning regulations of the City do not provide ade-
quate control over the establishment of such uses within the City;
and
d. That it appears that special zoning requlations applicable to these
and other similar uses is necessary to preserve the integrity of the
existing residential and non-residential areas of the City which are
located in proximity to such uses; and
e. That to allow such uses to be located in such areas without any
interim regulations and control could have the effect of frustrating
the contemplated zoning proposal, as above described; and
f. That this Ordinance is required to preserve such residential and non-
residential areas from the possible deleterious effects of such uses
and the effects of downgrading during such period of time as may be
reasonably necessary to permit the complete study and review as to
precisely the nature of permanent zoning regulations to be imposed in
order to protect such residential and non-residential areas within the
City, from the deleterious and downgrading effect; and
SECTION 2. 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 permit to be established upon any real property
located within the City, any business, such as but not limited to, a gymnasium
or athletic club upon the premises of which services and facilities are provided
for activities such as reducing, exercising, weightlifting, swimming, spas, hot
tubs, racketball or handball, whether the services or facilities are provided
for profit or not for profit, with or without charge.
SECTION 3. That this Ordinance shall
1982. The legal authority for enactment of this
the Planning Act of the State of California, and
be in effect until October 12,
Ordinance is Section 65858 of
other applicable statutes.
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SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this
Ordinance and cause the same to be Dublished in the manner prescribed by
law.
PASSED and APPROVED this 28th day of June,-'1982.
ATTEST:
C ty Clerk Helene M. Mo ney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
Mayor Herb Tice
I, Helene M. Mooney, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do
hereby certify that the -�oregoing Ordinance No.15.5a was introduced, the 14th
isday of June, 1982. That,,thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and
passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 28th day of June, 1982,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: C'ouncilmernbers: Bacon, Shearer, Tice
NOES: Councilmen bers: None .
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Tennant, Chappell
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney Colin Lennard
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City Clerk Helene R. Moo ey
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State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of West Covina. )
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I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the.City of.
West Covina., State of California., do hereby certify
that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No.a
was published, pursuant to law, in the West Covina.
Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated in the City of West Covina.
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46y", i aLnet Ber , D ty City lerk
City of W46Cavina, Cali ornia
Dated
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