Ordinance - 2284ORDINANCE NO. 2284
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA REPEALING ORDINANCE NOS. 2256, 2257, AND
2270 PROHIBITING APPROVALS FOR THE OPERATION OF ADULT
ORIENTED BUSINESSES
WHEREAS, on February 4, 2014, the City Council adopted urgency West Covina City
Council Ordinance No. 2256 prohibiting the issuance of approvals for the operation of Adult
Oriented Businesses in the City of West Covina; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2014, the City Council adopted West Covina City Council
Ordinance No. 2257 extending the effective date of urgency Ordinance No. 2256 by an
additional 10 months and 15 days; and
WHEREAS, on January 20, 2015, the City Council adopted West Covina City Council
Ordinance No. 2270 extending the effective date of urgency Ordinance Nos. 2256 and 2257 by
an additional period of 12 months; and
WHEREAS, after studying the development standards and completion of the report by
the Planning Commission pertaining to the conditions and regulations of adult oriented
businesses the City Council has amended Municipal Code requirements for adult oriented
businesses and has determined that there is no longer a need for the zoning moratorium enacted
by West Covina City Council Ordinances Nos. 2256, 2257 and 2270.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION NO. 1: West Covina City Council Ordinance Nos. 2256, 2257 and 2270
are hereby repealed.
SECTION NO. 2: The proposed action is considered to be exempt from the provisions
of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the
CEQA Guidelines, in that the proposed action consists of the repeal of a zoning moratorium
ordinance which does not have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION NO. 3: The City Council hereby declares it would have passed this
Ordinance sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, and section by section, and does
hereby declare that the provisions of this Ordinance are severable and, if for any reason any
sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be held invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining parts of this Ordinance.
SECTION NO. 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and it
shall be published as required by law.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 17`h day of November, 2015.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Kimberly Mall Barlow
City Attorney
mayui
ATTEST:
Nickolas S. Lewis
City Clerk
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I, NICKOLAS S. LEWIS, CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at
a regular meeting of the City Council on the 20'h day of October, 2015. That thereafter said
Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 17'" day
of November, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: Spence, Toma, Warshaw, Wong, Sykes
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Nickolas S. Lewis
City Clerk --