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ORDINANCE NO. NS-2753 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA EXTENDING FOR 10 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS THE TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF ANY NEW MASSAGE PARLOR THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. Provisions of the General Plan of the City and Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code do not specifically identify massage parlors as a land use or specifically designate zoning districts throughout the City where massage parlors mayor may not be permitted. B. For this reason, on May 21, 2007, at a regularly scheduled public meeting, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. NS-2744, which established a moratorium to prohibit the establishment of any new or expansion of any existing massage parlor, or issuance of new (non-replacement) massage technician permit. C. Because of its age, current provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code fail to fully take into account the potential impacts associated with the establishment of massage parlors and fail to address the needs of the City and its residents today and in the future. As such, provisions of the General Plan and/or the Santa Ana Municipal Code ("the Code"), including Chapters 22 and 41, need review, study and possible revision in order to respond to recent concerns relating to the potential establishment of new massage parlors, expansion of existing massage parlors, or adding new massage technicians, within the City. D. Given these concerns, the City Council has requested that a study be undertaken of the current provisions of the General Plan and Chapters 22 and 41 of the Code to classify massage parlors and determine where, and under what conditions additional massage parlors should be permitted. In addition, the City Council has requested an analysis of the current permitting scheme for permitting of massage technicians to determine whether they fully meet the needs of the City's residents. Since adoption of Ordinance No. NS-2744, staff has held interagency meetings and has commenced a study of the current provisions of the General Plan and Chapter 41 of the Code to classify massage parlors and to determine where and under what conditions such businesses should be permitted in the City. In addition, staff has begun review of Chapter 22 of the Code should to determine how it should be amended to fully protect the City. E. Without adoption of this ordinance, properties in the City would quickly receive entitlements to establish massage parlors, expand existing massage parlors or persons would obtain permits to operate as massage technicians, despite the Ordinance No. NS-2753 Page 1014