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1. Hookah parlors established in other cities have been associated <br />with increases in noise, loitering, public drinking, possession of <br />illegal weapons, underage drinking, and arson. <br />2. Hookah parlors could exacerbate the inherently dangerous <br />behavior of tobacco use around non-tobacco users; diminish the <br />protection of children from exposure to smoking and tobacco while <br />they increase the potential for minors to associate smoking and <br />tobacco with a healthy lifestyle; and weaken the protection of the <br />public from smoking and tobacco-related pollution. Hookah parlors <br />would additionally create unique problems of second hand smoke, <br />because of the hot charcoal coals used to enhance the burning <br />tobacco. <br />3. Hookah parlors if allowed in the City would have adverse <br />secondary effects on surrounding properties, including but not <br />limited to lowering property values and introducing incompatible <br />land uses to existing neighborhoods. <br />F. In response to the threat of unregulated hookah parlors several cities, <br />including but not limited to the Cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove, and <br />Dublin California, have adopted moratoriums or development restrictions. <br />Other cities, such as New York and Calgary, Alberta, and the State of <br />Washington, have simply banned them. Other countries, including the <br />United Kingdom, France, Germany and Turkey, have banned hookah <br />parlors. <br />G. The Request for Council Action for this ordinance dated February 4, 2008 <br />and duly signed by the City Manager shall, by this reference, be <br />incorporated herein, and together with this ordinance, any amendments or <br />supplements, and oral testimony constitute the necessary findings for this <br />ordinance. <br />H. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act a categorical <br />exemption has been approved for this project. <br />Ordinance No. NS-2763 <br />Page 4 of 7 <br />