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Home My Public Portal AboutOrd. 1266~: _ , ~ A ORDINANCE N0. 1266 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CIiY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING THE LYNWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE BY PROVIDING CITY- WIDE REGULATIONS OF ESTABLISHMENTS SELLING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR OFF-SITE CONSUMPTION, WITH MINOR CHANGES TO EXISTING REGULATIONS OF SALES FOR ON-SITE CONSUMPTION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES HEREBY FIND, RESOLVE, AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council hereby finds and determines that Ordinance No. 1246 shall be repealed in its entirety. SECTION 2. Section 25-16.20 pertaining to on-sale liquor estab- lishments shall be deleted in its entirety. SECTION 3. Anew subdivision pertaining to on-sale and off-sale establishments shall be added as follows: "25-16.20 Liquor Establishments The purpose of the regulations of this part, pertaining to liquor establishments is to restrict the location of such activity and to pro}~.ibit their location in proximity to one other, or to facilities primarily devoted to use by children and families and the general public, thereby limiting the number of such uses in the city and, in addition, effectively preventing undue concen- tration of such uses. A. Conditional Use Permit Required Upon the effective date of this ordinance, no restaurant, bar, cocktail lounge, dance hall, public ballroom, dance bar, piano bar, night club, or private clubs; veterans clubs, or any other place wherein alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or given away for on-site alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or given away for on-site or off-site consumption, shall be established without first obtaining a Conditional Use Permit from the City of Lynwood. 1. On-Sale Liquor Establishments No such establishment or use for-on-site consumption shall be maintained within three-hundred feet (300') of another such use or any property zoned or developed for residential purposes, except that veterans clubs & bona fide restaurants may be closer. than three hundred feet .(300') to property zonedor developed for residential purposes, if the following standards are met: 1) A masonry wall of six feet (6') in height shall be cons- tructed around the parking area of such establishments when said area is adjacent to properties zoned or used for residential purposes; 2) The noise levels generated by the operation of such establishment shall not exceed 60 dBA on adjoining properties zoned or used for residential purposes; 3) Exterior lighting of the parking area shall be kept at an intensity of between one (1) and two (2) foot candles, so as to provide adegcate lighting for patrons while not disturbing surrounding residential or commercial areas. 4) A minimum of fifty-one percent (51%) of restaurants gross receipts shall be from food sales. The owner/operator shall submit evidence of total food sales to the accounting Department of City of Lynwood, one year after approval of the Conditional Use Permit by the Planning Commission. ORDINANCE N0. 1266 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CIiY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING THE LYNWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE BY PROVIDING CITY- WIDE REGULATIONS OF ESTABLISHMENTS SELLING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR OFF-SITE CONSUMPTION, WITH MINOR CHANGES TO EXISTING REGULATIONS OF SALES FOR ON-SITE CONSUMPTION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES HEREBY FIND, RESOLVE, AND DETERPtINE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council hereby finds and determines that Ordinance No. 1246 shall be repealed in its entirety. SECTION 2. Section 25-16.20 pertaining to on-sale liquor estab- lishments shall be deleted in its entirety. SECTION 3. Anew subdivision pertaining to on-sale and off-sale establishments shall be added as follows: "25-16.20 Liquor Establishrents The purpose of the regulations of this part, pertaining to liquor establishments is to restrict the location of such activity and to prohibit their location in proximity to one other, or to facilities primarily devoted to use by children and families and the general public, thereby limiting the number of such uses in the city and, in addition, effectively preventing undue concen- tration of such uses. A. Conditional Use Permit Required Upon the effective date of this ordinance, no restaurant, bar, cocktail lounge, dance hall, public ballroom, dance bar, piano bar, night club, or private clubs; veterans clubs, or any other place wherein alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or given away for on-site alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or given away for on-site or off-site consumption, shall be established without first obtaining a Conditional Use Permit from the City of Lynwood. 1. On-Sale Liquor Establishments No such establishment or usefor on-site consumption shall be maintained within three-hundred. feet (300') of another such use or any property zoned or developed for residential purposes, except that veterans clubs & bona fide restaurants may be al.osa1- than three hundred feet .(300') to property zone&~or developed for residential purposes, if the following standards are met: 1) A masonry wall of six feet (6') in height shall be cons- tructed around the parking area of such establishments when said area is adjacent to properties zoned or used for residential purposes; 2) The noise levels generated by the operation of such establishment shall not exceed 60 dBA on adjoining properties zoned or used for residential purposes; 3) F,rteror lighting of the parking area shall be kept at an intensity of between one (1) and two (2) foot candles, so as to provide adequate lighting for patrons while not disturbing surrounding residential or commercial areas. 4) A minimum of fifty-one percent (51%) of restaurants- gross receipts shall be from food sales. The owner/operator shall submit evidence of total food sales to the accounting Department of City of Lynwood, one year after approval of the Conditional Use Permit by the Planning Commission. -• . ~. . First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 3rd day of DeCembeT 1985, and finally ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council held on the __ 17th day of December > 1985. AYES: COUNCILPERSON BYORK, MORRIS, THOMPSON, WELLS, HENNING NOES: NONE ABSENT: iVONE ROBERT HENNING _ City of Lynwood ATTEST: Andrea L. Hooper, City Clerk City of Lynwood APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: l ,// !1~ ~i/~ Vicente L. Mas, Acting Director Community Development Department .,,.,,,,,~,.,,, ... m,. ,,,.,.,,_ _ ~. _ , STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ss. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and ex-officio clerk of the Council of said City, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1266 adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood, and that the same was passed on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 20th day of December 14BF (SEAL) City Clerk, City of Lynwood