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•
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(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
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ATTEST : APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
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REVIEW AND APPROVED : INITIATED AND APPROVED :
City mi*fff'8t`rwat0V rector of Development
Services
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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
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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..
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In t Chartc of said City.
City.Clerk
De"City Clerk