Ordinance No. 424 - Adult BusinessesORDINANCE NO. 424
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD RELATING
TO THE. APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR
"ADULT BUSINESSES" AND DECLARING
A MORATORIUM ON SUCH USES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. An "adult business" is defined in this
ordinance as any business which is conducted exclusively for the
patronage of adults and from which minors are specifically excluded,
such as adult book stores, adult motion pictures, adult entertainment,
or other adult activities. This definition does not include retail
establishments licensed to sell alcoholic beverages.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Rosemead finds
and determines that the present controls relating to the appropriate
zoning of "adult businesses" are inadequte to meet the special land
• use problems such uses create. These problems include litter, traffic,
parking, hours of operation, noise, congestion, public nuisance, and
other matters relating to the public health, safety, and welfare, and
these matters should be studied by the Planning Commission and the
Human Resources Commission.
SECTION 3. The City Council further-finds and determines
that it is necessary to impose interim controls while the Planning
Commission and Human Resources Commission are completing studies
concerning the appropriate regulations for such uses.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby enacts the following
regulations which shall be added to the Rosemead Municipal Code as
Section 9103.10 thereof:
Section 9103.10. INTERIM PROHIBITION OF ADULT BUSINESS USES
• A. "Adult businesses" are prohibited uses and no
permit for such uses shall hereafter be issued,
nor shall such businesses be hereafter established
in the City.
B. An "adult business" is defined as any business
which is conducted exclusively for the patronage
of adults and from which minors are specifically
excluded, such as adult book stores, adult motion
pictures, adult entertainment, or other adult
activities.
C. In the event such prohibition is held by any
Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid
or inapplicable, then such uses shall be ipso
facto, immediately, and automatically classified
as special uses requiring a.Conditional Use Permit
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9181.1.,
in the C and M Zones, of the Rosemead Municipal
Code.
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SECTION S. This ordinance shall remain in effect for a
period of 360 days and during such period all ordinances inconsistent
with the provisions hereof shall be suspended and superseded by this
ordinance; and building inspectors and zoning enforcement officers
shall permit no uses inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS 26th day of October 1976.
AYES: Cichy, Hunter, Smperial, Taylor, Trujillo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
MAYOR
• ATTEST:
CIT A ORNE
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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AFFIDAVIT OF POING
STATE OF CALIFORMIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS_
CITY OF ROSEMEAD j
• Jenny Young " IJSin~ T i'rst dul y s4:orn,
depose and says
That she row, and at al 1, t ices herein r en t i oned was
A the
City Clerk of and for the City . Ros~~ri;
County of Los Angeles, State of, California, State of Cal i;Ornia;
that on the 28th day rf October i S -76
10 posted a true and correct copy of ORDINANCE 424
a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof; at
each of the three public places specified in Sec.-ion 23-,p rf the
Rosemead City Code, F,ursuant to Section 35933 oY the Cal iforn ia
Goverhment• Code,.. there being no adj u d i cared ne :spapar or general
circulatioiz published and ci,-culated in the City of Rosemead,
that said post i ng Baas completed on the 28th day a10ctbberr
9_76 and that a tdtal nuTber of copies by law of said
Ordinance No. 424 Yiere' S3 posed.
I DECLARE DNDLR PENALTY OF PERJURY. THAT TH-=.- FOREGO iiyG' IS TRt7c'-
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AND-CORRECT.
28th October 7-6..
Executed on the day of
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Rosent.,ad, County of Los Angeles, State of Cal ifornia_