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ORDINANCE NO. NS-2513 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 41 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REGULATE CYBER CAFES AND PERMITTING CYBER CAFES IN THE C1, C2, C3, C3-A, C4, AND C5 ZONES SUBJECT TO A LAND USE CERTIFICATE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: Cyber cafes' activities are frequently associated with detrimental impacts to the surrounding area. Neighboring cities have experienced violent criminal activity associated with the cyber cafes. Neighboring jurisdictions have reported incidents including but not limited to, shootings, stabbings, assaults, drug and gambling offenses, truancy, curfew violations, loitering and gang related offensives. Garden Grove's City Council received a report dated June 18, 2002, from the Garden Grove Police Department documenting a number of crime and gang related activities occurring in and about cyber cafes within the City of Garden Grove. This report documented that a number of crime incidents, including but not limited to, felonious assaults, probation violations, and possession of illegal drugs have occurred at these cyber cafe business locations. On June 8, 2002 a 14 year old, was followed from a Garden Grove cyber cafe and shot to death. On December 30, 2001, a 20-year-old-male was murdered while standing outside a Garden Grove cyber cafe. Gang related incidents have been occurring in association with cyber cafes. According to Officer Kovacs, a gang unit officer in the City of Garden Grove Police Department, a cyber cafe customer was stabbed after being rushed by a group of suspected gang members who tracked him down from another cyber cafe. City of Costa Mesa Police Lt. Ron Smith has stated "The violence stems largely from the competitiveness of the computer games Ordinance No. NS-2513 Page 1 of 12