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:
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Michael R. DaIla, ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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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