ORD-06-81 PROHIBITS THE INSTALLATION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN COIN OPERATED PINBALL MACHINES OR SIMILAR AMUSEMENT DEVICES AS A BUSINESSORDINANCE NO. 6-
81 AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE ADOPTED AS AN
UR-GENCY MEASURE AMENDING SUBSECTION flE"
OF SECTION 17.46.020 OF THE ORANGE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT THE INSTALLATION
OR ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN
COIN-OPERATED PINBALL MACHINES OR
SIMILAR AMUSEMENT DEVICES AS
A BUSINESS.WHEREAS, the experiences of the Orange Police
Department and other police departments are that amusement
enterprises providing two or more coin-operated pinball machines
and similar amusement devices often create conditions which
are socially unhealthful and not in the best interests of
the community; and WHEREAS, said amusement enterprises which have
two or more devices contribute to criminal or anti-
social behavior such as loitering, malicious mischief,
disturbing the peace, unsafe operation of motor vehicles, truancy and
other even
more serious offenses; and WHEREAS, said conditions
and resulting behavior create an undesirable influence on young children
and an adverse impact on surrounding businesses and
nearby residential areas; and WHEREAS, numerous requests have been
made to operate such businesses on premises adjacent
to
occupied residential property;and WHEREAS, the Ci ty Council of the Ci ty
of Orange has de-ter-mined that zoning regulation and land
use control is needed to ensure that such use is
established only at appropriate locations in the
Ci ty of Orange; and WHEREAS, the City Council
has determined that such use should be established only after
approval of a conditional use
permit in the C-2 District.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY
OF ORANGE
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:SECTION I:Subsection IIEIl of Section 17.46.020 of the Orange Municipal Code is
hereby revised to read as follows:No business establishment
may establish the use or operation of any coin-
operated pinball machines or similar amusement devices.Any
business establishment which is operating coin-operated pin-ball machines
or similar amusement devices in accordance with law and has a permit from the Citytodoso, or has applied to City for a permit as
of the effective date of this interim ordinance,may continue to
operate such business, but may
SECTION
II:The
reasons for the urgency of this Ordinance are as follows:Business
premises which provide for customer use or operation
of two or more coin-operated pinball machines and
similar devices have revealed to the officials of this City and
nearby cities the problems which can result from the establishment
of such premises at inappropriate locations. The City Council of
the City of Orange desires to initiate the enactment of permanent
zoning regulations immediately to govern the establishment of
this type of business within the City at appropriate locations.
However, the enactment of permanent zoning regulations will consume
many weeks, at least, even though initiation of such permanent
regulations is ordered by the City Council as of this date.
Numerous requests have been made for such businesses to
operate within 100 feet of occupied residences. The danger
exists that other persons, firms or entities may seek to establish
similar businesses prior to the effective date of any permanent
zoning ordinance to regulate this type of business and during
the time the Planning Commission and City Council of the City of
Orange are conducting public hearings necessary to establish a
permanent zoning ordinance to regulate said type of business.
Therefore, the City Council of the City of Orange finds it neces-
sary to enact this interim ordinance as an urgency measure to
become effective immediately in order to require persons, firms
or entities desiring to establish the aforementioned business to
do so only in the C-2 District and only in the event a
conditional use permit is approved in said District for said business on
or after April 9,
1981.Therefore, pursuant to the procedures of Section 65858
of the Government Code, the City Council of the City of Orange
hereby enacts this interim Ordinance as an urgency measure in order
to protect the public health, safety and welfare during the
delibera-tion and public hearings on the question of the enactment of
a permanent zoning ordinance regulating the matters contained
herein.ADOPTED thi s 14th day of Apri l,
1981.
ATTEST:
O-~CITY CLER OF T~ CI'J22' OF
ORANGE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss
CITY OF ORANGE
I, MARILYN J. JENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance No. 6...:..81 was regularly
introduced, reading in full was waived, was read by Title, was passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council, City of Orange,
California, held on the 14th day of April, 1981, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
Barrera, Smith, Mayor Beam, Perez, Beyer
None
None
WITNESS my hand and seal this 17th day of April 1981.
Marilyn J. Jensen,
City Clerk of the City of Orange
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