HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1279ORD 127979wV ×P @ e URGENCY
ORDINANCE NO. 1279
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK, ADOPTING A CITYWIDE
MORATORIUM ON CHECK CASHING FACILITIES, MONEY
WIRING FACILITIES AND FREESTANDING ATM KIOSKS
AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
WHEREAS, check cashing establishments, moneywiring facilities, and freestanding
ATM kiosks Personal Financial Management Uses") have been proliferating throughout
the City; and
WHEREAS, the Baldwin Park Municipal Code does not have any performance
standards or specific criteria to regulate the placement and construction of these types of
uses, which, while providing service to the public, also potentially generate adverse
impacts as they serve as the focus for persons seeking to commit crimes and may also
create parking and other land use issues when they are placed on the site of existing
businesses; and
WHEREAS, the planning department is presently studying zoning proposals and
other regulations to address those adverse impacts and to develop appropriate standards
and criteria for the placement of such uses, and the adoption of this urgency measure
prohibiting the approval of any subdivision, use permit, variance, building permit, or any
other applicable entitlement for use for any of such uses while such study proceeds is
necessary to protect the public safety, health and welfare.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby adopts each recital set forth above as a
finding of the City Council.
SECTION 2. The City Council further finds that the development of additional
Personal Financial Management Uses without appropriate mechanisms, as permitted by
law, to regulate such Uses constitutes a current and immediate threat to the public health,
safety or welfare.
SECTION 3. Pursuant to Government Code 65858, the City Council hereby
declares a citywide moratorium on the issuance of any permits, approvals, or entitlements
for use for development of any such Personal Financial Management Use, including but
not limited to any subdivision, use permit, variance, building permit, or any other applicable
permit or entitlement for use which is required in order to comply with the City's zoning
ordinances in the establishment or operation of any such Personal Financial Management
Use.
ORD 127979wV ×P @ e Urgency Ordinance No. 1279
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SECTION 4. This ordinance is an interim ordinance adopted pursuant to
Government Code 65858 and shall take effect immediately. This ordinance shall expire
forty-five 45) days after the date hereof unless extended pursuant to the provisions of said
section.
SECTION 5. If any part or provision of this ordinance or its application to any person
or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance, including the application of
such part or provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected and shall
continue in full force and effect. To this end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
APPROVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th y Fe ary, 2006.
MA EL
M O
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss.
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
I, LAURA M. NIETO, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance 1279 was adopted as an urgency matter at a regular meeting
of the City Council held February 15, 2006, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Anthony J. Bejarano, Marlen Garcia, Ricardo
Pacheco, Mayor Pro Tern David J. Olivas
and Mayor Manuel Lozano
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
URA M. NIETO
DEPUTY CITY CLERK
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