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Home My WebLink AboutNS-2245 - To Require a Conditional Use Permit for Laundromats in the Commercial Use Districts461 REL: 8/9f~4 ORDINANCE NO. NS-2245 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 41-199, 41-365.5, 41- 412.5, 41-424.5, AND 41-645.5 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, TO REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR LAUNDROMATS IN THE COMMERCIAL USE DISTRICTS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That section 41-199 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Bec. 41-199. Laundromats. Laundromats may be permitted in the C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5 districts subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit. Laundromats are not permitted in any other use district. Laundro- mats shall comply with the following development and performance standards: (a) (b) 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. 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 Police Department. The minimum level shall be 1 (one) footcandle as per Santa Ana Municipal Code. (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) (f) No public telephones shall be located within the laundromat. No electronic video games, billiard games, or other gaming devices shall be allowed within the laundromat. No laundromat use may be initiated within 300 feet of any individual tenant ORDINANCE NS-2245 Page 2 463 space having more than 5% of its floor area used for electron- ic 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) (k) (1) Code Sec. Hours of operation shall be restricted to 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. A sign prohibiting loitering on the premises in accordance with section 10-96 of this code shall be kept posted on the premises at all times. The exterior parking area must be illuminated to a minimum of one footcandle for sixty (60) feet horizontally in all directions from the laundromat tenant space. SECTION 2: That section 41-365.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal is hereby amended to read as follows: 41-365.5 Uses subject to a conditional use permit in the C1 district. The following uses may be permitted in the Cl district subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit: (a) Clubs. (b) Outdoor and indoor recreational or entertainment uses other than those set forth in section 41-365. (c) Hotels, motels, lodging houses, care homes, fraternity houses and sorority houses. (d) Thrift shops. (e) Eating establishments with drive-through window service. (f) Eating establishments open at any time between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m. and located within 150 feet of residentially zoned or used property, measured 2 ORDINANCE NS-2245 Page 3 465 (g) from property line to property line. Laundromats, subject to the development and performance standards set forth in section 41-199. Code Sec. SECTION 3: That section 41-412.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal is hereby amended to read as follows: 41-412.5. Uses subject to a conditional use permit in the C4 district. The following uses may be permitted in the C4 district subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit: (a) Hotels, motels, lodging houses, care homes, fraternity houses and sorority houses. (b) Indoor swap meets, bulk merchandise stores, and home improvement warehouse stores. (c) Eating establishments with drive-through window service. (d) Eating establishments open at any time between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m. and located within 150 feet of residentially zoned or used property, measured from property line to property line. (e) Laundromats, subject to the development and performance standards set forth in section 41-199. Code 8eo. SECTION 4: That section 41-424.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal is hereby amended to read as follows: 41-424.5. Uses subject to a conditional use permit in the C5 district. The following uses may be permitted in the C5 district subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit: (a) Hotels, motels, lodging houses, care homes, fraternity houses, and sorority houses. (b) Dwelling units when erected above the ground floor of a commercial structure when the ground floor is devoted exclusively to nonresidential uses. (c) Hospitals. (d) Public utility structures, including electric distribu- tion and transmission substations. ORDINANCE NS -2245 Page 4 (e) Eating establishments with drive-through or walk-up window service. (f) (g) (h) (i) (J) (k) Service stations and automobile servicing. Car wash establishments, provided they are wholly enclosed. Laundries. Indoor swap meets, bulk merchandise stores, and home improvement warehouse stores. Eating establishments open at any time between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m. and located within 150 feet of residentially zoned or used property, measured from property line to property line. Laundromats, subject to the development and performance standards set forth in section 41-199. SECTION 5: That section 41-645.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-645.5. Same--conditional use permits for the sale of alco- holic beverages and for laundromats. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, and subject to subsection (b) of this section, the decision of the planning commission on any application for a conditional use permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages pursuant to section 41-196 or for a laundromat shall be final and shall not be subject to appeal to the city council. (b) Within two (2) days following the date of a planning commission decision on a conditional use permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages or for a laundromat, the planning manager shall send a written report of such decision to the members of the city council. If, within twenty-one (21) days following the date of such a planning commission decision, the city council sets the matter for public hearing, then the decision of the planning commission shall be vacated and the conditional use permit application shall be heard and decided by the city council. (c) In the event that authority to grant or deny conditional use permits for the sale of alcoholic beverages or for laundromats is delegated to the zoning administrator pursuant to section 41-630(b), then, with regard to any such conditional use permit, the hearing referenced in section 61-643 shall be by the planning commission rather than the city council, and an appeal from the ORDINANCE NS-2245 Page 4 469 decision of the zoning administrator pursuant to section 41-645 shall be to the planning commission rather than the city council. SECTION 6: Pursuant to section 41-630(b)of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, the City Council hereby confirms the delegation by the Planning Commission to the Zoning Administrator of authority to act on conditional use permit applications for laundromats. SECTION 7: 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 any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 8: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the 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 6th day ATTEST: · cuy /- the Council / of March , 199~. guel A/. Puli~o or COUNCILMEMBERS: Pulido Ayes Lutz Ayes McGuigan Ayes Mills Ayes Moreno Ayes Richardson Ayes Espinoza Ayes APPROVED AS TO FORM: Edward ~.~ ~.~p)~r city Attorney- 5 470 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION State of California County of Orange I, IANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance ~,)~q ~,~,:g ¥/,,C"' to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City q~ ~'~, ~q'~ ; and that said ordinance was published in accordance of Santa Ana on with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Date: Clerk of the Cout(cil ff City of Santa Ana ' ~