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ORDINANCE NO. 2770
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH EXTENDING ZONING MORATORIUM OF FORTUNE-
TELLING BUSINESSES
WHEREAS, on June 4, 1984 the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach adopted Ordinance No. 2705 to place a
forty-five (45) day moratorium on fortunetelling businesses so
that appropriate zoning regulations and standards for locating
such businesses could be formulated; and
On July 16, 1984, after public hearing, the Council adopted
Ordinance No. 2714, extending such moratorium for 10 months
and 15 days ; and
The City Council finds it necessary to extend the mora-
torium further in order to allow the city time to study and
enact an ordinance regulating the zoning and operation of such
fortunetelling businesses,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The moratorium heretofore placed on zoning reg-
ulations for fortunetelling businesses is hereby extended for
one year, pursuant to Government Code section 65858, to provide
sufficient time for the formulation of an ordinance to regulate
the location of and standards applicable to fortunetelling
businesses in Huntington Beach.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds that there is a current
and immediate threat to the public health, safety, or welfare,
and that the approval of additional subdivisions, zonings, land
. use permits, variances, building permits, or any other appli-
cable entitlement for fortunetelling businesses would result in
a threat to public health, safety, or welfare, in that there is
1.
no existing zoning regulation for the location and standards
applicable to the operation of fortunetelling businesses ; the
unregulated establishment of fortunetelling businesses within
the city would result in a threat to public health, safety, or
welfare; and a reasonable time is needed for the city to study
and enact appropriate zoning classifications and regulations
for fortunetelling businesses.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately
and in accordance with Government Code section 65858, shall be
of no further force and effect one year from the date of its
adoption, or upon the earlier effective date of an ordinance
permitting fortunetelling businesses in a zoning district
within the city. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fitteen
days of its adoption in a newspaper of general circulation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd
day of June 1985.
Mayor
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City Clerk City torne
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Emergency Ord. No. 2770
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected,. qualified and acting
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 foregoing
ordinance was read to the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of June
19 85 , and was passed and adopted by at least four-fifths (4/5)
affirmative votes of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Kelly, MacAllister, Bailey, Finley, Green, Thomas
NOES Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Mandic (out of room)
COX J/1
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California