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(4) SAPID has spent a significant amount of resources and time conducting surveillance operations around cyber cafes. It was also found that this type of business primarily attracts clientele involved in criminal activity. Enforcement checks on cyber cafes and of customers entering or leaving such locations often result in drug related arrests, evidence of drug trafficking, illegal gambling and gaming and an influx of individuals on probation, parole, or wanted subjects. There has also been prostitution related activity occurring in nearby parking lots and surrounding areas. B. On October 16, 2018, the City Council adopted Urgency Ordinance No. NS-2956 establishing a forty-five (45) day moratorium on the approval, commencement, establishment, operation, relocation or expansion of cyber cafes. On November 20, 2018, the City Council extended said moratorium for an additional ten (10) month and fifteen (15) day period. C. The Planning Division, Code Enforcement Division and Police Department staff have analyzed the City's current regulations and other cities' regulations pertaining to cyber cafes and have determined that in order to protect and preserve the public health, safety and welfare of the City and its residents, prohibiting cyber cafes citywide will mitigate one potential path for engaging in these illegal activities. The proposed ordinance amendment will prohibit the establishment of new cyber cafes in the City. D. On September 9, 2019, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing and voted to recommend that the City Council adopt Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2019-04 prohibiting cyber cafes. E. The City Council, on October 1, 2019, held a duly noticed public hearing on this ordinance and has considered all testimony presented thereto. F. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) which are repeated herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of Section 418 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such restatement of existing provisions of the Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action of decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter. Section 2. Section 41-45 (Cyber Cafe) of Chapter 41 of the SAMC is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-45. — Cyber Cafe. Cyber cafe shall mean an establishment whose primary purpose is to provide that provides more than sox (a) computers and/or other electronic devices for access to the Internet, e-mail, videe garnes or computer software programs which are networked (via LAN or WAN) or which function as a client/server 75B-1 Ordinance No. NS-XXXX Page 2 of 7