HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-22 - Extending the Moratorium on the Use of Property Within the City for Fortune-Telling PurposesORDINANCE NO. 84 -22
• AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM ON THE USE OF
PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY FOR FORTUNE- TELLING
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, on August 27, 1984, the City Council adopted
an Urgency Ordinance imposing a moratorium on the use of property
within the City for fortune - telling purposes, and directing the
Planning Department and the Planning Commission to conduct a
study to deal with the planning and use of fortune - telling areas
within the City;
WHEREAS, the Moratorium Ordinance, by its own terms,
expires on October 11, 1984; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 65858, the
City Council may extend the Moratorium Ordinance if it determines
that there is a need.for such extension; and
•WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that there is
insufficient time for the Planning Department and the Planning
Commission to complete their study with respect to fortune-
telling activities by October 11, 1984; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the
Planning Department and the Planning Commission can, and will
complete the study with respect to fortune- telling activities
within 90 days, if granted the opportunity to do so; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is
desirable and in the City's best interest to have the Planning
Department and the Planning Commission complete their study and
to extend the moratorium on fortune - telling activities during the
pendency of the study; and
WHEREAS, if the Moratorium Ordinance is not extended on
• an urgency basis, the City will have no regulations nor
provisions prohibiting fortune - telling activities pending the
study of the Planning Department and the Planning Commission,
which would not be in the best interest of City, and which would
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interfere with and limit the ability of the City to protect and
preserve the public health, safety and welfare of its citizens.
• NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Moratorium Ordinance No. 84 -20, adopted on
August 27, 1984, is hereby and shall be extended in full force
and effect for 90 days beyond Octobe.r 9, 1984.
Section 2. This Ordinance is declared by the City
Council to be necessary as an emergency measure for preserving
the public peace, health, safety and welfare for the reasons
stated herein, and shall take effect immediately.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be published once in
the offical newspaper of the City of Newport Beach.
This Ordinance was introduced and adopted as an Urgency
Ordinance, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Newport Beach, held on the 9th day of October, 1984, and was
• adopted on the 9th day of-"October, 1984, by the following vote:
AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Hart, Maurer,
Heather. Plummer
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS Agee
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS Strauss
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ATT ST:
City Clerk
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