ORDINANCE 1270ORDINANCE NO. 1270
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 1269 AND PROHIBITING ON AN INTERIM
BASIS MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS EXCEPT IN THE URBAN
MIXED -USE ZONE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of El Segundo does find, determine and ordain as
follows:
(a) That the City is authorized by virtue of the State Constitution, and Section 51031
of the Government Code, to regulate massage establishments, as defined in
Section 20.08.590 of the El Segundo Municipal Code, by imposing reasonable
standards relative to the operation of massage establishments.
(b) The location of massage establishments has a potentially significant impact on
the public safety, community aesthetics, quality of life, and the general welfare of
the citizens of El Segundo.
(c) On March 4, 1997, the City Council adopted Urgency Ordinance No. 1269 which
prohibited massage establishments except in the urban Mixed -Use Zone for a
period of forty -five (45) days.
(d) California State Law, Government Code Section 65858, authorizes extension of
an interim ordinance by urgency measure to protect against a current and
immediate threat to the public safety or welfare. The interim ordinance may
prohibit certain land uses while the City studies a zoning proposal to prevent said
threat. This Ordinance is an Urgency Ordinance which shall extend Ordinance
1269, enacted pursuant to Government Code Section 65858. The term of this
Urgency Ordinance shall be for a period of ten (10) months and fifteen (15) days
from the date of adoption, unless and until legally extinguished or extended in
accordance with law by action of the City Council.
(e) There is a current and immediate threat to the public welfare due to the potential
location of massage establishments in El Segundo. The development of a
permanent ordinance relating to the location of massage establishments will
require further study and analysis. Therefore, the City Council finds and declares
that this Urgency Ordinance is required for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, safety, or welfare of the citizens of El Segundo.
SECTION 2. That the massage establishment, as defined in section 20.08.590, may only be
located within an Urban Mixed -Use (M -U) Zone, as defined in Chapter 20.36.
SECTION 3. The City Council determines that the public health, safety and welfare is
protected by the immediate imposition of clearly enumerated restrictions on the location of
massage establishments because such restrictions prevent hazards property associated with
inappropriately located establishments, assure the continued attractiveness of the City and
protect property values.
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SECTION 4. This Ordinance is an Urgency Ordinance, enacted pursuant to Government
Code Section 65858. The term of the Urgency Ordinance shall be for a period of ten (10)
months and fifteen (15) days from the date of adoption, unless and until legally extended in
accordance with law by action of the City Council.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall be adopted by a four -fifths (4/5) vote of the City Council
and shall be effective immediately upon such vote.
SECTION 6. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of
this Ordinance, is for any reasons 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. 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, subsections, subdivisions,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 7. The City clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance; shall cause the
same to be entered in the book of original ordinances of said city; shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the meeting at which the same is passed and
adopted; and shall within fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same
to be posted or published once in a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and
circulated within said City of El Segundo and which I hereby designated for that purpose.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 15th day of April, 1997.
ATTESTED:
indy Mo s n, ity Jerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mark ensley, City Attorney
Sandra Jaco04, M99or
City of El S06un , California
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO 1
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is five;
that the foregoing ordinance, being ORDINANCE NO. 1268 is a full, true correct original
of ORDINANCE NO. 1268 of the said City of El Segundo, California, entitled:
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 1269 AND PROHIBITING ON AN INTERIM
BASIS MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS EXCEPT IN THE
URBAN MIXED -USE ZONE.
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by
the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting
of the said Council held on the 15th DAY OF APRIL. 1997, and the same was so
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Jacobs, Mayor ProTem Wernick, Councilwoman
Friedkin, Councilman Weston, and Councilman Gordon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
NOT PARTICIPATING: None
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933 of the
Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing ORDINANCE NO. 1270
was posted and /or published in the manner prescribed by law.
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X �Y M y Cler � of the
City of El Segundo, California
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