Executive Order No. 11-2020 - Laserfiche WebLink

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NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kristine Ridge, the Director of Emergency Services for the City of Santa Ana, do hereby issue the following Order to become effective immediately, subject to further clarification by the City Council: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: SECTION 2. A. The Executive Director of Planning and Building is hereby authorized to: 1. Allow personal care service businesses such as hair salons and barbers, licensed under Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC), to temporarily suspend the requirement for a land use certificate and to allow the temporary expansion of service operations onto private outdoor patios, private outdoor alcoves, and private surface parking lots with written permission from the property owner, subject to written guidelines approved by the City Manager. 2. Allow personal care service businesses such as hair salons and barbers, licensed under Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC), to temporarily expand personal service operations by utilizing the public sidewalk directly adjacent to the licensed business storefront if the business does not have any private outdoor space or private onsite parking lot, subject to written guidelines approved by the City Manager. B. The Executive Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to temporarily suspend permitting requirements for use of public sidewalks for activities authorized under this Executive Order. SECTION 3. Such personal care service businesses shall perform all services in accordance with State Guidelines with regard to social distancing and cleaning of tools and equipment, as well as all applicable California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology Act and Regulations. SECTION 4. The authorization to allow the activities specified above shall be temporarily exempt from local permitting requirements. The updated written guidelines approved by the City Manager as referenced above are entitled "City of Santa Ana: A Guide for Outdoor Business Operations, Take it Outside" and are attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A. This document was previously entitled as "The City of Santa Ana Guide for Expanded Restaurant + Retail Spaces". SECTION 5. This Order shall be superseded by a duly enacted Ordinance of the City Council or a further Order by the Director of Emergency Services adopted during the local emergency that expressly supersedes this Order. SECTION 6. This Order shall become effective immediately and shall remain in effect until Governor Newsom announces that such personal service businesses can resume such services indoors.