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~° OROINAt~ICE cIO. 1370
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AN INTERIM ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD,
EXTENDING THE INITIAL MORATORIUM OF
45 DAYS ON AUTOMOTIVE RELATED LAND
USES (CITY WIDE) FOR AN ADDITIONAL
PERIOD OF (10) TEN MONTHS AND FIFTEEN
DAYS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. As the City Planning Commission and City staff have
been directed to develop an ordinance which will control and
direct the location and number of automotive land uses in the
City and has reported to the City Council with a written report
pr Op.CBi ng m^.a sl2re t0 be i.~a nen t0 alieVlat2 t'R@ CORdltlOns
herein referenced.
SECTION 2. The City Council therefore shall extend the urgency
ordinance, pending the completion of the contemplated zoning
ordinance directed to the City Planning Commission and staff by
Section 1 hereof but not to exceed (10) ten months and (15)
fifteen days from the effective date hereof any land use
involving automotive repair or used sales in the City of Lynwood
is hereby prohibited except those that are in active operation
or in the process of obtaining discretionary approval from the
City Planning Commission at the time of the effective date of
the initial urgency ordinance.
SECTION 3. The staff shall not issue any business license,
building permits, conditional use permits, variances, site plans
or zone changes relating to the use, maintenance operation of
land which would be in violation of the provisions of this
ordinance.
SECTION 4. That any interested person affected by the
provisions of this ordinance shall. have the right to petition
the City Council of the City of Lynwood for relief from the
provisions hereof, and the City Council is, upon the proper
showing of hardship to the property owner, empowered hereby to
provide such relief as is necessary in order to, in their sole
discretion, balance the interests of the individual with the
interests of the City.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance is an ordinance affecting public
safety, health and welfare of the City of Lynwood and of the
inhabitants thereof and that same shall therefore take effect
and be in full force and virtue immediately upon the final
passage and adoption thereof. The facts constituting the
emergency are that, as stated her<:in, there is an excessive
number of land uses relating to automotive repair and sales
which have a detrimental and negative effect on the City' image.
Further, such excessive development in abundance is not
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SECTION 6. A study has already
determine how the public safety
protected by the regulation of
must be written and reviewed by
submitted to the City Council
adoption.
f:ortlinan ce/j anord
been undertaken by City staff to
health and welfare may best be
such uses and now an ordinance
the C9.ty Planning Conun_:sion and
for review, consider~:~ion and
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SECTION 7. Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code
565858, this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
adoption and shall be effective for a period of (10) ten months
(15) fifteen days unless extended by the City Council, or until
-.:ch time as the Council determines that the public health or
gaiety is no longer jeopardized by ccr.tir.ced cen'ctruction of
automotive related land uses.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in
the manner prescribed by law.
~_ First .read at a regula_ meeting of the City Council of said City
held on the 4th day of February, 1992, and finally adopted and
~ ordered published at a ular meeting of said Council
held on the 4th day of a ruary , 1992 by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS BYRD, REA, RICHARDS, WELLS, HEINE
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ouis Heine, Mayor
ATTEST:
Andrea L. Hooper, Ci y Clerk
APPROVED-A TO CONTENT:
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<Kenri:ek R. Karefa-Johnson
Community Development Director
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
y S. Barbosa
ral Counsel
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