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SECTION 1. Recitals. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 2. This Urgency Ordinance shall explicitly prohibit the issuance of any zoning, land use, discretionary permit, building permit, environmental approval, business license or any other entitlement involving businesses described as carwashes, whether intended as primary uses or accessory uses in the City of Escondido for forty-five (45) days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any existing carwash facility shall be allowed to obtain their annual Cityof Escondido business license. Any carwash facilities under construction with a valid building permit on the effective date of this Urgency Ordinance shall be exempt from this Urgency Ordinance. SECTION 3. CEQA. The City Council finds this Urgency Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code § 21000, et seq.) ("CEQA") because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that it will have a significant effect on the environment (CEQA Guidelines 14 CCR §§ 15061(b)(3)) and because it consists of regulations and restrictions on activities to assure the maintenance, restoration, or enhancement of natural resources and the environment by prohibiting environmentally destructive components of currently permitted carwash facilities (CEQA Guidelines 14 CCR §§ 15307, 15308). This Ordinance is also exempt from CEQA because it is an urgency measure necessary to protect the City from a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare. (Public Resources Code § 21080(b)(4); CEQA Guidelines 14 CCR § 15269.). The City Council, therefore, directs that a Notice of Exemption, (attached as Exhibit "A" and incorporated by this reference), be filed with the County Clerk of the County of San Diego in accordance with CEQA Guidelines. 75A-158