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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 2020-2481 Amend Section 18.03.320 Pawn ShopsORDINANCE NO. 2020 — 2481 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AMENDING SECTION 18.30.320 (PAWN SHOPS AND BUSINESSES ENGAGED IN SECONDHAND DEALING AND/OR THE PURCHASE AND SELLING OF GOLD AND OTHER PRECIOUS METALS) OF TITLE 18 (ZONING) OF THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and provisions of the California Government Code, proceedings were duly initiated for the amendment of the National City Municipal Code ("NCMC"); and WHEREAS, on May 4, 2020, a noticed Public Hearing was held by the Planning Commission, and all persons interested were given the opportunity to be heard by the National City Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission regularly and duly certified its report to the City Council of National City and has recommended approval of amending NCMC Title 18; and WHEREAS, pursuant to a published 10-day notice of the adoption of said Ordinance, a Public Hearing was held by the City Council on May 19, 2020, and at said Public Hearing, all persons interested were given the opportunity to be heard by the City Council. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of National City does ordain as follows: Section 1. All protests, if any, against said amendment to the Municipal Code and each of them be and hereby are denied and overruled. Section 2. Chapter 18.30.320 is hereby amended to read as follows: 18.30.320 - Pawn shops and businesses engaged in secondhand dealing and/or the purchase and selling of gold and other precious metals. A. Restrictions. 1. No pawn shops and businesses engaged in secondhand dealing and/or the purchase and selling of gold and other precious metals shall be located within two thousand feet of another such business. This shall not apply to shopping centers of fifty thousand square feet or more. 2. Pawn shops and businesses engaged in secondhand dealing and/or the purchase and selling of gold and other precious metals shall be no closer than two hundred fifty feet from residential zones. 3. No pawn shop or businesses engaged in secondhand dealing and/or the purchase and selling of gold and other precious metals shall be located east of Interstate 805. This shall not apply to shopping centers of fifty thousand square feet or more. Zoning Ordinance Ordinance No. 2020 - 2481 NCMC Chapter 18.30.320 1 of 2 May 19, 2020 4. A police permit is required, the processing of which shall comply with Business and Professions Code Section 21641. The Chief of Police shall charge a nonrefundable fee(s) or the required renewal fee(s) to cover the costs of processing the police permit and actual costs incurred to process the application and to collect and transmit the fee charged by the Department of Justice. 5. A pawn shop or businesses engaged in secondhand dealing and/or the purchase and selling of gold and other precious metals that provides payday lending is not exempt from the regulations of payday lenders. 6. No more than six (6) pawn shops shall be allowed within National City. 7. All pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers shall require, at minimum, a secondhand dealer license and shall abide by state -mandated reporting requirements for secondhand tangible personal property as required in the Business and Professions Code. a. These requirements shall also be required of retail businesses that offer trade- ins or credit for secondhand tangible personal property. Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from the date of its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, it or a summary of it, shall be published once, with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same in the Star News, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of San Diego, California. PASSED and ADOPTED this 19th day of May, 2020. liar; ATTEST: it Michael R. DaIla, ity Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: orris- ones Attorney Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, Mayor Zoning Ordinance 2 of 2 Ordinance No. 2020 - 2481 NCMC Chapter 18.30.320 May 19, 2020 Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on May 19, 2020 by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Quintero, Rios, Sotelo-Solis. Nays: None. Absent: None. Abstain: None. AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS Mayor of the City of National City, California City Clerk of the City of National City, California By: I HEREBY CERTIFY that a Notice of Public Hearing was given pursuant to Government Code Section 65090 and Section 65094 in accordance with Government Code Section 6061 by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the jurisdiction of National City on May 8, 2020. I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said Ordinance was read in full prior to its final passage or that the reading of said Ordinance in full was dispensed with by a vote of not less than a majority of the members elected to the Council and that there was available for the consideration of each member of the Council and the public prior to the day of its passage a written or printed copy of said Ordinance. I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of ORDINANCE NO. 2020-2481 of the City Council of the City of National City, passed and adopted by the Council of said City on May 19, 2020. By: City Clerk of the City of National City, California Deputy