HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2135 - Adding Section 41-199 to Santa Ana Municipal Code, to Regulate Laundromats
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REL: 6/18/91
ORDINANCE NO. NS-2135
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
ADDING SECTION 41-199 TO THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE, TO REGULATE LAUNDROMATS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-199, which said
section reads as follows:
Sec. 41-199.
Laundromats.
Laundromats are permitted uses in the C1, C2, C4 and C5
districts, without any requirement of a conditional use
permit. Laundromats are not permitted in any other use
district. Laundromats shall comply with the following
development and performance standards:
(a) Storefront windows must be of full length type. The
vertical plane of the glazing should extend from the top
of the floor or bulkhead to the top of the finished
ceiling height. Bulkheads, if provided, shall be a
maximum of 1 (one) foot in height above the finished
floor level. The horizontal plane should extend
completely across the storefront except where shear
panels are required by the Building Code.
(b) Glazing material must be approved by the planning
Division and the Police Department for color and tint.
Tint must not exceed 10%. Reflective glass will not be
permitted.
(c)
Interior lighting must be approved by the
Department. The minimum level shall be 1
footcandle as per Santa Ana Municipal Code.
police
(one)
(d) All service counters, seating areas, service sinks, and
coin operated dispenser machines must not create an
obstructed view of the entire interior assembly space.
No displays, posters, or other obstructive material shall
be installed on or near the storefront windows.
(e) No public telephones shall be located within the
laundromat.
(f) No electronic video games, billiard games, or other
gaming devices shall be allowed within the laundromat.
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No laundromat use may be initiated within 300 feet of any
individual tenant space having more than 5% of its floor
area used for electronic video games, or other gaming
devices.
(g) Public rest rooms shall be locked at all times and
available only through the request of the attendant on
duty.
(h) service corridors shall be locked during all normal
business hours. storage/access doors shall be 1 3/4 inch
thick and secured with an approved dead bolt and non-
removable hinge pins.
(i) Rear exits are prohibited unless required by either the
Building Code or the Fire Code. When required, rear exit
doors shall be kept in a locked closed position and shall
have panic hardware.
(j) Hours of operation shall be restricted to 7:00 a.m. to
lO:OO p.m.
(k)
A sign prohibiting loitering on
accordance with section 10-96 of this
posted on the premises at all times.
the premises in
code shall be kept
(l)
The exterior
minimum of
horizontal'ly
space.
parking area must be illuminated to a
one footcandle for sixty (60) feet
in all directions from the laundromat tenant
SECTION 2: It is the intention of the City Council in
enacting this ordinance that any laundromat in existence on the
effective date of this ordinance may continue in operation without
complying with section 41-199 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as
added to said code by this ordinance, as a nonconforming use and/or
building, subject to the restrictions on nonconforming uses and
buildings set forth in Article VI of Chapter 41 of said code.
SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City council of
the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted
this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that anyone or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4:
Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the
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repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the
prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were
committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as
affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the
collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision
applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of
any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted,
filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and
obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force
and effect.
ADOPTED this 1 st
July
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day of
ATTEST:
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Mayor
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Young
Pulido
Acosta
Griset
McGuigan
Norton
Richardson
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Aye
Aye
Absent
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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city Attorney
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CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION
state of California
County of orange
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I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the council, do hereby certify the
attached Ordinance IV s' ~ / .35
to be the original ordinance
adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on
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; and that said ordinance was published in
accordance with the Charter of the city of Santa Ana.
of Council, Date
Santa Ana