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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2539 ORDINANCE NO. 2539 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY AMENDING SECTIONS 9332 AND 9700.7 RELATING TO GAME ARCADES The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby amended by amending sections 9332 and 9700. 7 to read as follows : 9332• UNCLASSIFIED USES SUBJECT TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. A conditional use permit may be granted in all districts except residential, Al, SP-1 and Sl for the following unclassified uses : ( a) Public and quasi public uses such as private clubs or lodges , rest homes , sanatoriums , convalescent hospitals and hospi- tals. (b) Airports (general aviation stage one) . ( c) Heliports. (d) Amusement enterprises. ( e) Transportation terminals. (f) Commercial recreation uses and/or centers excluding golf courses. (g) Golf-driving ranges. (h) Kennels, animal hospitals or clinics . ( i) Miniature golf courses. ( j) Museums. (k) Open air and/or drive-in theaters . ( 1) Commercial horse stables pursuant to all provisions of Articles 938 and 939• ahb 8/3/81 1. 10/29/81 12/3/81 1/6/82 (m) Radio or television transmitters. (n) Recreational vehicle parks , subject to locational criteria as adopted by resolution of the City Council . (o) Post offices. (p) Health centers and health clubs (over 2500 square feet) subject to the following: (1) If the facility includes the installation of hand- ball, racquet , or tennis courts , the parking requirement shall be four (4 ) spaces for each court plus any additional parking spaces deemed necessary by the Planning Commission for floor area not calculated as court area. ( 2) If the facility does not include the installation of handball, racquet or tennis courts, the parking requirement shall be one (1) space for each two hundred (200) feet of gross floor area. (q) Game arcades subject to the following: ( 1) The facility shall be separated from all residential property by a buffer including, but not limited to buildings, utility easements, permanent open space or arterial streets. Block walls shall not be considered buffers. For the purpose of this subsection, permanent open space shall include golf courses , park sites, and public utility and flood control rights-of-way at least one hundred (100) feet in clear width. (2) The facility shall not be located closer than one-half mile to any elementary, junior or senior high school.. (3) The facility shall be situated in a commercial area at an intersection with a traffic signal. ( 4) Hours of operation shall be established by the Planning Commission. ( 5) To eliminate obstruction of the public sidewalk and entryway to the facility, a special area shall be set aside and designated for bicycle parking or bicycle racks shall be provided. ( 6) There shall be at least one supervisory employee in attendance eighteen (18 ) years or older during operating hours. 2. 9700.7. Words beginning with the letter "G" shall have the following definitions : (a) Game arcade shall mean any place of business where more than four T-4-) commercially-operated amusement devices are avail- able for public use. (b) Garage, Private An accessory to, or a portion of a main building, used or designed for use only for the shelter and/or storage of passenger vehicles , or trucks of not more than one-ton rated capacity, owned or operated by occupants of the main building and including usable space and convenient ingress and egress thereto. ( c) Gross Acreage. The area computed by including all property within property lines of a proposed development , except when such property lines abut a street in which case such area shall be computed from the center line of such street . (d) Gross area shall mean the total of an area, computed within the boundary lines of an area of land before deduction of public streets, easements , or other areas to be dedicated or reserved for public use. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of February 1982. Mayor -4--- ATTEST : APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Clerk City Attorney 4� REVIEW AND APPROVED : INITIATED AND APPROVED : City mi*fff'8t`rwat0V rector of Development Services 3. Ord. No. 2539 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the lst day of February 19 82 and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of February , 19 82 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council. AYES: Councilmen: MacAllister, Thomas, Pattinson, Finley, Bailey, Mandic NOES: Councilmen: Kelly ABSENT: Councilmen: None ate%/ City Clerk and ex-officio ,Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California I, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of Huntington 8e,c'T and ex-of io, Clerk of the City Council, do he:eby cer#fy that a synopsis of this ordinance lias been published in the Huntington Beach in e,ad-a ,. o.. _...2—�e— In t Chartc of said City. City.Clerk De"City Clerk