Recommendation to declare ordinance imposing a moratorium relating to the City's current Zoning Code provisions that exempt certain alcohol related sales uses from the requirement to obtain a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) before commencing operations; declaring the urgency thereof and declaring that this ordinance shall take effect immediately, read and adopted as read. (Ordinance No. ORD-15-0011) (Citywide)
Item number one report from city attorney recommendation I received supporting documentation into the record. Conclude the hearing. Declare ordinance imposing a moratorium prohibiting the exemption of certain alcohol related uses from the requirement of obtaining a copy before commencing operations. Adopted as read and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading, declaring the urgency thereof and declaring that this ordinance shall take effect immediately citywide. Thank you. We are moving on to the hearing. There's no oath. So I'm going to turn this verse over to the city attorney, I believe. Mayor Garcia, members of the City Council. On March 17th, there was an agenda item placed by councilmembers Richardson, Gonzales and Urania that resulted in the city council voting 8 to 0 to adopt a minute order to initiate a moratorium process to temporarily prohibit the granting of cup exemptions for certain alcohol related uses in the city. On tonight's agenda is the actual moratorium ordinance that will formalize the moratorium for a 120 day period, while planning staff and the Planning Commission undertake to study a study to determine if the city's current CFP regulations are appropriate or if other zoning regulations need to be put in place. That will better serve the interests of the city and its residents. If the ordinance is adopted to tonight, it will go into effect immediately as an urgency ordinance will apply to any application that may be filed after the date of March 17th and will prohibit the city from issuing any further CFP exemptions until planning staff and the Planning Commission are able to complete their study and formulate recommendations for the City Council in accordance with the Council's direction on March 17. Both grocery stores and restaurants serving alcohol with meals only without a standalone bar will be exempt from the moratorium and will still be able to apply for a CPA exemption during the moratorium period. Under the city's charter, this action tonight calls for two separate votes. The first motion should be to declare the urgency of this matter so that the ordinance will become effective immediately. And the second motion and vote should be to adopt the ordinances read. That concludes our report. If you have any questions, I'd be glad to answer them. Is there any public comment on the hearing? Seeing none. I'm going to. Oh, there is. Oh, sure. Please go ahead. Good evening. I am Francis Emily Dyson Harris and I reside in District one. And I want to say that I wholeheartedly support that you declare the urgency of this and to move forward on the second matter of concern. And you do an absolutely phenomenal and I think this can be an absolute blessing to the community as well as to the city. Thank you very much. See no other public comment for there's two votes, right? Right. Mr. City Attorney. So we have. Can I get it? We have a motion for the first. For the first vote. Or the urgency. Correct. And that's Councilmember Austin and Councilmember Ranga. So please go ahead and cast your votes. Councilwoman Mongo. Thank you. Motion carries seven zero. Thank you. And if we can get a couple of motions for the second part of the hearing. Councilman Gonzales and Councilmember Austin. Okay. We've done public hearing, I think. I mean, public comment for both of those together saying that no other public comment. We will go and take a vote. It's Maryland, the. Motion carries seven zero. Great. Thank you. Now we will go to the concert calendar and then we have public comment as well. So can I get a motion for consent? Okay. There's a. Can I get a motion in a second for consent?