Ord 1355 - INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS PROHIBITING ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND LICENSES FOR SPECIFIED BUSINESSES PENDING STUDY OF ZONING ORDINANCES RELATING THERETOORDINANCE NO. 1 355
INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF
LOS GATOS PROHIBITING ISSUANCE OF PERMITS
AND LICENSES FOR SPECIFIED BUSINESSES
PENDING STUDY OF ZONING ORDINANCES RELATING
THERETO
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ORDAINS AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1
No person shall commence or enlarge the operation of a restaurant
or establishment selling alcoholic beverages for consumption on the
premises in the C-2 or CC zones without first obtaining a conditional
use permit in the manner and according to the standards provided in
sections 5.20.200, 5.20.210, 5.20.220 and 5.20.230 of the Zoning
Ordinance.
SECTION 2
This ordinance is inapplicable in those instances where the
Zoning Ordinance requires a use permit, and this ordinance does not
authorize the commencement of any land use forbidden by the Zoning
Ordinance.
SECTION 3
This ordinance is adopted to protect the public safety, health
and welfare, as an urgency measure pursuant to the provisions of
Section 65858 of the Government Code and takes effect immediately.
The urgency derives from the fact that severe parking and traffic
congestion and problems involving public drinking exist in the portions
of the Town affected by this ordinance, and that each of these problems
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has a sufficient effect on the general public to warrant adoption
of an interim urgency ordinance to be effective until appropriate
zoning measures can be considered, adopted and become effective.
One of the main, if not the main, cause of these problems now is the
existence of numerous restaurants and drinking establishments in the
Town of Los Gatos. New ones are proposed. The Planning Commission is
investigating the matters described in this section to determine what,
if any, zoning ordinance amendments to recommend to the Town Council
for adoption. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide during the
remainder of the period of study by the Planning Commission that each
proposed activity described in Section 1 of this ordinance be examined
by the Architecture and Site Committee or other body in the manner
regularly provided by the Zoning Ordinance to determine if the activity
will be appropriate at the proposed location, and what conditions,
effective permanently at the discretion of the approving body, should
be imposed, including extra parking requirements, so that the use,
if allowed, will not be detrimental to the neighborhood, the Town or
its inhabitants.
SECTION 4
This ordinance is effective from May 2, 1977 to and including
September 1, 1977.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as an Ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos,
California, at a regular meeting of the Town Council, held on the
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second day of May, 1977,
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Ruth Cannon, Mark B. D i Duca, Mard i
Gualtieri. John B. Lochner and Albert B. Smith
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS
None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS Non
SIGNED: I'` v fY `�`"
R OF 7i 1E-_,TOWN OF LOS GATO'S
ATTEST:
CLERK OF Ot0; T OF LOS GATOS
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