HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1983-1794 ADOPTING PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 658.58 AS AN URGENCY MEASURE ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR MOTEL DEVELOPMENTORDINANCE NO. 1794
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858
AS AN URGENCY MEASURE ESTABLISHING STANDARDS
FOR MOTEL DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, certain motel units equipped with kitchen
facilities are being used for other than transient use, in
violation of City ordinances; and
WHEREAS, certain existing motels generate a high
level of criminal activity and demands for police services;
and
WHEREAS, adequate land use controls do not
currently exist to protect residential neighborhoods from
adjacent motel development; and
WHEREAS, several applications to construct motels
are currently pending building permit approval; and
WHEREAS, in order to protect the health, safety,
and welfare of the citizens of the City of National City it
is essential to prohibit kitchen facilities in newly
constructed motels, to subject all proposed motels to
conditional use permit approval, and prohibit motels to be
constructed further than 1500 feet from a freeway; and
WHEREAS, the City Council intends to adopt, after
appropriate study, zoning regulations governing motels
throughout the City as soon as practicable and directs the
Planning Commission of the City of National City to commence
studies and procedures necessary for the adoption of such a
permanent zoning ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council
of the City of National City that:
SECTION 1: It shall be unlawful to install kitchen
or kitchenette facilities in any motel unit except for a
single unit in each complex specified for the use of a
resident manager.
SECTION 2: Any proposal for a motel shall be
subject to the approval of a conditional use permit by the
Planning Commission of the City of National City.
SECTION 3: No motel shall be permitted farther than
1500 feet from a freeway.
SECTION 4: This ordinance is an urgency ordinance
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health, safety, and welfare within the meaning of the
California Government Code and shall go into effect
immediately.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of June, 1983.
ATTEST:
i CITY CLERK
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City,
California, on June 28, 1983 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmen Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan
Nays: Councilmen None
Absent: Councilmen Camacho
Abstain: Councilmen None
AUTHENTICATED BY: KILE MORGAN
Mayor of the City of National City, California
City Cler
By:
of the City
National City, California
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted on
June 28, 1983 , under the provisions of Secs. 65856
and 65858 of the Government Code.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the reading of said ordinance in full was
dispensed with by a vote of not less than a majority of the mem-
bers elected to the Council.
IFURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true
and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1794 of the City of National
City, passed and adopted by the Council of said City on
June 28, 1983
-IONE CAMPBELL
City Clerk of the City of
National City, California