Ordinance No. 543 - Amusement ArcadesORDINANCE NO. 543()
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AN INTERIM ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD PURSUANT TO
THE PROVISIONS OF GOVERNMENT
CODE SECTION 65858 RESTRICTING
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AMUSEMENT
ARCADES AND DIRECTING THE
PLANNING COMMISSION TO INITIATE
A STUDY WITH RESPECT TO APPROPRI-
ATE 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
building permits, business licenses, certificates of
occupancy, conditional use permits or other permits
authorizing the, establishment of an amusement arcade on
premises within the City of Rosemead, shall be issued.
. Section 2. While this ordinance is in effect, no
person, firm, partnership, corporation, company or
organization of any kind shall commence or construct, or
attempt to commence or construct, any amusement arcade
business, or to commence the operation of any new amusement
arcade business. This ordinance shall not apply to any
location presently lawfully engaged in an amusement arcade
business.
Section 3. For purposes of this ordinance, "amusement
arcadee-'1 mean any place wherein four or more coin- or
slug-operated amusement machines are maintained, or where one
or more motion picture, peepshow or similar contrivance
designed to show film is maintained, and for which any
charge, consideration or payment is required. "Amusement
machine" includes any machine operated for the purpose of
• amusement, and which does not vend merchandise or goods.
Section 4. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 65858
of the Government Code of the State of California, this is an
urgency interim zoning ordinance and shall take effect
immediately. The facts constituting the urgency are as
follows:
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The City Council; contemporaneously with the
adoption of this ordinance, is directing the Planning
Commission to initiate a study with respect to the
proper zoning regulations for amusement arcade
establishments. Specifically, the Commission is
directed to review possible regulations regarding
appropriate zones and locations for such uses as
well as strengthening the conditional use permit
requirement for each such new business. It is necessary
that this ordinance go into effect immediately in order
to maintain the existing situation until the
recommendations of the Planning Commission can be
received by the City Council and the City Council can
consider the enactment of an ordinance amending the
zoning regulations.
It is necessary that this ordinance be effective
immediately 'in order to protect the public safety,
health and welfare from a proliferation of such uses
without adequate provisions for determining the need and
suitability of each such proposed use.
Section 5. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor
and is punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a
period of not more than six (6) months or by both such fine
and imprisonment. Each day during any portion of which any
• violation of any provision of this ordinance is committed,
continued or permitted, constitutes a separate offense.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 27th day of
April 1982.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROSE-MEAD
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