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ORDINANCE NO. 1222
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LYNWOOD TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUES AND
OTHER HOUSES OF WORSHIP, INCLUDING TEMPORARY
REVIVALS, AND ESTABLISHING AN INTERIM ZONING
ORDINANCE
The City Council of the City of Lynwood does hereby
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds and determines
that, in accordance with the official Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Lynwood, churches, synagogues and other houses of
worship are authorized uses in any commercial zone;
SECTION 2. The City Council further finds and
determines that no regulations exist presently pertaining to
the land use requirements of churches, synagogues and other
houses of worship, including temporary revival houses, in the
City;
SECTION 3. The City Council further finds and
determines that churches, synagogues and other houses of
worship, including temporary revival houses, have concomitant
noise, traffic, parking and economic impacts in commercial
zones, which are in immediate need of study by the City's
Community Development Department;
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby directs the
Community Development Department to commence immediately a
study to determine the proper zoning classification and/or
regulations that should be adopted for future siting and/or
development of churches, synagogues, and other houses of
worship, including temporary revivals;
SECTION 5. This ordinance is an interim urgency
zoning ordinance enacted pursuant to California Government Code
Section 65858, and in accordance therewith shall be of no
further force and effect forty-five (45) days from the date
hereof; provided, however, that the Council may extend this
ordinance for an additional ten (10) months and fifteen (15)
days, and may subsequently extend it for one (1) year, subject
to the terms and provisions of Section 65858.
SECTION 6. The City Council hereby finds, determines
and declares that the immediate preservation of the public
health, safety and welfare necessitates the enactment of this
ordinance as an urgency measure. A declaration of fact
constituting its urgency is as follows:
A. The City Council has heretofore adopted a General
Plan for the City and a comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance to regulate land use within the City.
The zoning requirements have been adopted with a
view towards balancing the various interests of
the community and ensuring that no use is
permitted which unreasonably interferes with the
use and enjoyment of adjacent properties; and
B. There are presently eleven (11) churches,
synagogues and other houses of worship in
commercial zones in the City of Lynwood, but
there are no standards pertaining to the
development of said uses; and
C. Such churches, synagogues and other houses of
worship have a high potential to prove
problematic to the City because of inadequate
parking, lack of sanitation facilities, and their
economic impact to retail establishments in
commercial zones; and
D. Pending a comprehensive study of the proper
zoning regulations pertaining to the
aforementioned religious facilities, it is
necessary that a moratorium be placed on the
further issuance of any building permits, use
permits, or other authorizations for any
churches, synagogues and other houses of worship,
including temporary revivals, in commercial
zones, in order to protect the public health,
safety, comfort and welfare; and
E. To enact this ordinance after the giving of
notice, the holding of public hearings and two
readings thereof, and wait thirty (30) days for
said ordinance to become effective, will be
detrimental to the public health, safety and
welfare. It is therefore necessary that this
ordinance go into effect immediately upon
adoption.
SECTION 7. Notwithstanding any other contrary
provision of the Lynwood Municipal Code, no additional church,
synagogue or other house of worship, including temporary
revivals, shall be allowed in commercial zones during the term
of this ordinance;
SECTION 8. If any section, subsection, subdivision,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance, or the
application thereof to any person or place, is for any reason
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its
application to other persons or places. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and
each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions, or the application thereof to any person or place, be
declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and
directed to certify to the passage of this ordinance and to
cause the same to be published once in the Lynwood Press, a
newspaper of general circulation, printed, published, and
circulated in the City of Lynwood.
ADPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of
1984, by the following vote:
PIARCH
AYES: COi7NCILMEN BYORK, ROWS, THOP4PSON, MORRIS'
NOES: COUIQCILMAN HENNIPIG
ABSENT: NONE
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ATTEST:
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ANDREA L. HOOPER, CITY LERK
APPRO D AS TO FORM:
DAVID R. McEWEN, CITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss.
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. 7222 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 9th day of
March 1984.
(SEAL)
City Clerk, City of Lynwood
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