City of Long Beach - File #: 14-0578

• File #: 14-0578
• Version: 2
• Name: CM - Downtown Dining and Entertainment D2
• Type: Emergency Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/23/2014
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/19/2014
• Final action: 8/19/2014
• Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance amending Ordinance No. ORD-13-0016 extending for six (6) months the temporary limitation (moratorium) on the issuance of entertainment permits and/or business licenses for businesses that operate with a Type 48 ABC License or related permit in the Downtown Dining and Entertainment District; declaring the urgency thereof; and declaring that this ordinance shall take effect immediately, read and adopted as read. (Ordinance No. ORD-14-0011) (District 2)
• Sponsors: City Manager
• Indexes: Permit for Entertainment
• Related files: 13-0703, 13-0823

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/19/2014	2	City Council	approve recommendation and adopt	Pass
8/12/2014	1	City Council	approve recommendation to declare Emergency Ordinance No. ORD- , read, and adopted as read and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading	Pass
8/12/2014	1	City Council	approve recommendation to declare an emergency to exist	Pass

TITLE
Recommendation to declare ordinance amending Ordinance No. ORD-13-0016 extending for six (6) months the temporary limitation (moratorium) on the issuance of entertainment permits and/or business licenses for businesses that operate with a Type 48 ABC License or related permit in the Downtown Dining and Entertainment District; declaring the urgency thereof; and declaring that this ordinance shall take effect immediately, read and adopted as read. (Ordinance No. ORD-14-0011) (District 2)

DISCUSSION
Background

The Downtown Dining and Entertainment District (District) consists of the area bounded by the north side of Ocean Boulevard, the south side of Third Street, the east side of Pacific and the west side of Long Beach Boulevard, and the areas known as the Pike at Rainbow Harbor and Shoreline Village (Exhibit A - District Boundaries). In 2005, the City Council operated a pilot program in the District in order to develop consistent hours and operating conditions for businesses requesting an entertainment permit. In December 2008, the District was established on a permanent basis.

On August 13, 2013, the City Council directed the City Attorney to draft an interim ordinance pursuant to LBMC Chapter 21.50 (“Interim Prohibition of Uses”) initiating a moratorium against the issuance of entertainment permits in the District for businesses under a Type 48 ABC license for a period of one year. The City Council directed the City Manager, along with the Department of Development Services and the Planning Commission, to conduct an evaluation of the policies governing the issuance of entertainment permits in the District during the one-year moratorium.

Currently, when establishments located within the District apply for and obtain entertainment permits, the permits include nineteen standard conditions. In addition, permittees agree to a system of tiered additional conditions. Under that system, a permittee who violates the terms of the permit is subjected ...