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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />FEBRUARY 21, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br />EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ADOPTING A <br />45 DAY MORATORIUM FOR THE <br />ESTABLISHMENT OF HOOKAH LOUNGES <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />D Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />h{ <br /> <br />o~~ <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Approve an emergency ordinance of the City of Santa Ana adopting a 45 day <br />temporary prohibition on the construction or establishment of any new <br />hookah lounge. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The City recently received an application to establish a hookah parlor <br />within an existing commercial retail center. A "hookah parlor," for the <br />purposes of this ordinance, shall mean any facility or location whose <br />business operation is denoted by the smoking of tobacco or other <br />substances through one or more pipes (commonly known as a hookah, <br />waterpipe, shisha or narghile) designed with a tube passing through an <br />urn of water that cools the smoke as it is drawn through it, including <br />but not limited to establishments known variously as hookah bars, hookah <br />lounges or hookah cafes. <br /> <br />Hookah parlors have been associated with a number of detrimental impacts <br />such as public loitering, public drinking and intoxication, and noise. <br />provisions of the General Plan of the City and Chapter 41 of the Santa <br />Ana Municipal Code do not specifically identify hookah parlors as a land <br />use or designate zoning districts throughout the City where hookah <br />parlors may be permitted. As such, provisions of the General Plan and <br />the Santa Ana Municipal Code need review, study and possible revision in <br />order to respond to recent concerns relating to the impacts of hookah <br />parlors and the potential establishment of new hookah parlors in the <br />City. <br /> <br />Given these concerns, it is recommended that a study be undertaken of the <br />current provisions of the General Plan and Chapter 41 of the Code to <br />classify hookah parlors and determine whether such businesses should be <br />permitted in the City and if so, where, and under what conditions. The <br />proposed interim ordinance will prohibit the establishment of any hookah <br />parlor use for a 45-day time period. <br /> <br />50A-1 <br />