Item 21 - Approve Urgency Ordinance Regarding Short Term Rentals

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Urgency Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 4 of 6 of this Urgency Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Urgency Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Urgency Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions might subsequently be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 5. CEQA Determination. The City Council finds that this Urgency Ordinance is not subject to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to (Guidelines) Section 15060(c)(2) because the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and 15060(c)(3) because the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly and so is not a project. SECTION 6. Effective Date. Pursuant to Charter Section 417(d), this Urgency Ordinance is introduced, passed and adopted at one and the same meeting and is thereafter immediately effective. The City Council finds that this Urgency Ordinance is necessary as an emergency measure for preserving the public peace, health, safety, and welfare. The reasons for the emergency are set forth in Section 3, A-D, inclusive of this Urgency Ordinance. SECTION 7. Publication. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Urgency Ordinance and shall cause the same to be posted as required by law. ADOPTED this ___ day of ___________________, 2024. _______________________ Valerie Amezcua Mayor