Ordinance No. 811 - Garment ManufacturingORDINANCE NO. 811
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD IMPOSING A 45-DAY
MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF ANY PERMITS OR
OTHER ENTITLEMENTS FOR GARMENT MANUFACTURING,
PROCESSING OR ASSEMBLING IN THE M-1 ZONE AND
DIRECTING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO INITIATE
A STUDY WITH RESPECT TO DEVELOPING
• APPROPRIATE ZONING REGULATIONS GOVERNING SUCH
USES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. While this ordinance remains in effect, no
conditional use permits, building permits, design reviews or
other entitlements authorizing the establishment of any new
garment manufacturing, processing, or assembling, including
sewing and cutting operations, shall be issued and no application
for such permit(s) shall be accepted.
Section 2. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 65858 of
the Government Code of the State of California, this is an
urgency interim zoning ordinance. This ordinance shall take
effect immediately and shall expire forty-five (45) days
thereafter unless extended by the City Council after notice and
public hearing. The facts constituting the current and immediate
threat to the public welfare necessitating an urgency ordinance
2. That there are exceptional circumstances or
conditions applicable to the development that do not apply
generally to the other projects covered by this moratorium,
and
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3. That the granting of an exception would not be, ,_.O
materially detrimental to the public welfare as defined
above.
Section 4. If any provision of this ordinance is held to be
unconstitutional, it is the intent of the City Council that such
portion of this ordinance be severable from the remainder and
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that the remainder be given full force and effect.
Section 5. The Planning Department is hereby directed to
commence a study and to make recommendations it deems necessary
to strengthen the City's ability to scrutinize applications for
the establishment of garment manufacturing, processing, or
assembling, including sewing and cutting operations.
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Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this ordinance.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 8th day of August,
2000. .
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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are as follows:
The City Council finds and determines that the
moratorium imposed by this ordinance is enacted to
protect and preserve the public health, safety and
welfare of the local business community and residents
of the community pending completion of a Planning
Department review of this subject. The Council has
received reports regarding health, safety and welfare
issues at existing garment manufacturing businesses and
• wishes to review the regulations for these businesses
before permitting additional businesses to be
established. The City wishes to review the regulatory
framework in which to consider the proper location and
development standards for such facilities. The lack of
regulations is a current and immediate threat to the
public welfare, and the approval of permits for such
uses without proper review would result in a threat to
• the public welfare.
Section 3. The City Council may grant relief from the
provisions of this moratorium ordinance upon recommendation of
the Planning Commission, subject to a finding of the following:
1. The strict application of the provisions of
the moratorium to a particular project would result in
practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships
inconsistent with the general purpose and intent of the
moratorium; and
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF ROSEMEAD
. I, Nancy Valderrama, City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, do hereby certify that the
• foregoing Ordinance No. 811 being:
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD IMPOSING A 45-DAY MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF ANY
PERMITS OR OTHER ENTITLEMENTS FOR GARMENT MANUFACTURING,
PROCESSING OR ASSEMBLING IN THE M-1 ZONE AND DIRECTING THE
PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO INITIATE A STUDY WITH RESPECT TO
DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE ZONING REGULATIONS GOVERNING SUCH
USES
was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the Rosemead City Council on the 8TH day of August,
2000, by the following vote to wit:
• YES:
NO:
COUNCILMEMBERS, VASQUEZ, BRUESCH, CLARK, IMPERIAL,
NONE
ABSENT:
NONE
ABSTAIN:
NONE
CITY~CLE