ORDINANCE 1313ORDINANCE NO. 1313
AN ORDINANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE EL SEGUNDO
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT FREIGHT FORWARDING
USES IN THE CITY'S MIXED USE NORTH ZONE
WHEREAS on April 17, 1999 the City Council, pursuant to Election Code Section 9214
was presented with an Initiative Petition circulated by Walter Baynes III which the City Clerk
has examined pursuant to Elections Code Section 9211;
WHEREAS the City Clerk certified the sufficiency of the Petition and found it was
signed by 15% of the registered voters of the City according to the last report of registration by
the County Elections Official to the Secretary of Sate pursuant to Elections Code Section 2187;
WHEREAS Elections Code Section 9214(a) provides:
"That the City Council may introduce the Initiative Ordinance, without alteration,
at the regular meeting at which it is presented, and adopt the Ordinance within 10
days after it is presented."
NOW THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Purpose.
The purpose of this initiative is to amend the El Segundo Municipal Code, Title 20 —
Zoning, Sections 20.36.040 and 20.36.050, so that freight forwarding and other similar uses, as
defined herein, will no longer be allowed, and instead shall be prohibited uses in the Mixed Use
North (MU -N) zone; provided however, that freight forwarding uses already in existence
pursuant to conditional use permits shall not be adversely affected.
Section 2. Section 20.36.040 shall be amended to read as follows:
2036.40 USES SUBJECT TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
The following uses shall be allowed subject to obtaining a conditional use permit, as
provided by Chapter 20.74, Variance and Conditional Use Permit:
A. Catering services and flight kitchens;
B. Drive -thru restaurants;
C. Helicopter landing facilities subject to the provisions of Section 20.12.160;
D. Hospitals;
E. Motion picture /television production facilities (outdoor facilities only);
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F. On -site sale and consumption of alcohol at bars;
G. Outdoor dining, exempting outdoor dining at restaurants and drive -thru
restaurants where outdoor dining comprises 20 % or less of the total dining area of
the restaurant or drive -thru restaurant, but not exceeding 200 square feet of floor
area;
H. Parking facilities, including park and ride lots;
I. Recreational facilities (public and commercial);
J. Service stations, if a 500 foot minimum distance from any residential zoned
property is provided. This distance criteria does not apply to properties east of
Sepulveda Boulevard;
K. Video arcades with four or more video or arcade machines; and,
L. Other similar uses approved by the Director of Planning and Building Safety, as
provided by Chapter 20.72, Administrative Determination. (Ord. 1272).
Section 3. Section 20.36.050 shall be amended as follow:
20.36.50 PROHIBITED USES
A. All uses that are involved with the transfer and storage of waste material;
B. Residential uses; and
C. Freight forwarding, freight sort, freight transfer, freight terminals, freight yards,
sort and distribution facilities, sort, distribution or express operations facilities,
warehouse and distribution facilities, and other similar uses; provided, however,
that any such uses for which a conditional use permit was initially issued prior to
July 1, 1999, shall not be affected.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 26TH day of AUGUST 1999.
W�
MAYOR MIKE GORDON
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
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 said City is five; that the foregoing Ordinance
No. 1313 was duly introduced by said City Council at a regular meeting held on the 17TH
day of AUGUST 1999, and was duly passed and adopted by said City Council,
approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 26TH day of AUGUST 1999, and the same was so passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: GORDON, JACOBS, GAINES, MCDOWELL
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: WE� NICK
ABSTAIN: NONE
ndy Mor `se# J
ty Clerk, City of El Segundo
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mark D. Hensley
City Att orney, City of El Segundo
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