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<br />ORDINANCE <br /> <br />AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY <br />PROHIBITION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OR <br />ESTABLISHMENT OF ANY NEW HOOKAH PARLOR <br /> <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City Council of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and <br />declares as follows: <br /> <br />A. Provisions of the General Plan of the City and Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code do not specifically identify hookah parlors as a land use or <br />designate zoning districts throughout the City where hookah parlors may be <br />permitted. <br /> <br />B. For this reason, on February 21, 2006, at a regularly scheduled public <br />meeting the City Council adopted Ordinance No. NS-2707, which established <br />a moratorium on the construction or establishment of a hookah parlor <br />(hereafter "the moratorium ordinance"). On April 3, 2006, the City Council <br />adopted Ordinance No. NS-2709, which extended this moratorium 10 months <br />and 15 day. <br /> <br />C. Because of its age, current provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code fail to <br />fully take into account the potential impacts associated with the establishment <br />of hookah parlors and fail to address the needs of the City and its residents <br />today and in the future. As such, provisions of the General Plan and the <br />Santa Ana Municipal Code ("the Code") need review, study and possible <br />revision in order to respond to recent concerns relating to the impacts of <br />hookah parlors and the potential establishment of new hookah parlors in the <br />City. <br /> <br />D. Given these concerns, the City Council has requested, in adopting this <br />moratorium, that further study be undertaken of the current provisions of the <br />General Plan and Chapter 41 of the Code to classify hookah parlors and <br />determine whether such businesses should be permitted in the City and if so, <br />where, and under what conditions. During this study period, the City has <br />adopted Ordinance No. NS-2729, which regulates the sale of retail tobacco; <br />established an interagency task force to focus on this issue; and evaluated <br />regulatory decisions adopted by other cities in Orange County, California, the <br />United States and Canada. <br /> <br />75C-3 <br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS - XXXX <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />