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<br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />FEBRUARY 5, 2007 <br /> <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - EMERGENCY <br />ORDINANCE EXTENDING MORATORIUM FOR <br />ONE YEAR ON THE PROHIBITION, <br />CONSTRUCTION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF <br /> <br /> <br />HOO~U7a- <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2M Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Adopt an emergency ordinance of the City of Santa Ana extending the <br />moratorium on the construction or establishment of any new hookah parlor <br />for a period of one year. <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 concerns relating to the impacts of hookah parlors <br />and the potential establishment of new hookah parlors in the City. <br /> <br />The City Council adopted a 45-day moratorium on February 21, 2006 and <br />extended the moratorium on April 3, 2006 for a 10 month and 15 day time <br />period which is due to expire on February 18, 2007. The City Charter and <br />State law authorizes interim ordinances and moratoria in instances where <br />it is necessary to create policies and standards for land uses. The City <br /> <br />75C-1 <br />