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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />FEBRUARY 4, 2008 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - ZONING ORDINANCE <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2007-06 AND ORDINANCE <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2008-01 TO AMEND CHAPTERS <br />41 AND 18 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL <br />CODE TO PROHIBIT HOOKAH PARLORS IN THE <br />CITY <br />l <br />C,? - - <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on I" Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2007- <br />06. <br />2. Adopt an ordinance approving Ordinance Amendment No. 2008-01. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br />On January 14, 2008, the Planning Commission recommended that the City <br />Council adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. <br />2007-06 and adopt an ordinance approving Ordinance Amendment No. 2008-01 <br />by a vote of 3:1 (Mill opposed; Betancourt, Gartner, Leo absent) to <br />amend Chapters 41 and 18 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to prohibit <br />Hookah Parlors in the City. The Planning Commission made no changes to <br />the modifications outlined in the attached staff report (Exhibit A). <br />Additionally, an article by Kamlesh Asotra, Ph.D., published by Tobacco- <br />Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) in its August 2005 issue is <br />attached (Exhibit B), and highlights the concerns of public health <br />professionals with the detrimental health effects of hookah smoking and <br />the myths perpetuating hookah smoking among teens and college students. <br />Another universal concern is the close proximity of combustible <br />materials to flammable textiles as noted in the experience of Fire Chief <br />Doug Angrove in Victoria, British Columbia, where two university <br />students died in an early morning fire caused by a smoldering charcoal <br />ember that fell from a tipped over hookah pipe (Exhibit C). <br />75A-1