City of Long Beach - File #: 10-0446

• File #: 10-0446
• Version: 3
• Name: CA - ORD moratorium on wireless com facilities
• Type: Emergency Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/12/2010
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/1/2010
• Final action: 6/1/2010
• Title: Recommendation to declare interim ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on the approval of permits for the installation of wireless telecommunications facilities in the City adopting findings of urgency; and declaring that the ordinance shall take effect immediately, read and adopted as read. (Ordinance No. ORD-10-0015) (Citywide)
• Sponsors: City Attorney
• Indexes: Moratorium
• Related files: 10-0679, 10-1008, 10-1280, 11-0458

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/1/2010	3	City Council	declare ordinance read and adopted as read	Pass
5/18/2010	2	City Council	approve recommendation to declare an emergency to exist	Pass
5/18/2010	2	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
5/18/2010	2	City Council	second substitute motion	Fail
4/20/2010	1	City Council	approve recommendation	Pass

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Recommendation to declare interim ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on the approval of permits for the installation of wireless telecommunications facilities in the City adopting findings of urgency; and declaring that the ordinance shall take effect immediately, read and adopted as read. (Ordinance No. ORD-10-0015) (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
On April 20, 2010, the City Council adopted a minute order pursuant to an agenda request which initiated a moratorium on the approval of applications to construct, modify or place wireless communication facilities in the City of Long Beach; and requested the City Attorney, in cooperation with the Development Services Department, to prepare an interim zoning ordinance for notice and placement on the City Council agenda. The moratorium was initiated pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 21.50 of the Municipal Code, "Interim Prohibition of Uses".

The Ordinance establishes a one hundred twenty (120) day moratorium period. During this time, the Development Services Department and the Planning Commission will undertake a study regarding the propriety of amending the City's building or zoning regulations related to wireless communication facilities in the City of Long Beach. The one hundred twenty (120) day moratorium will apply to any application currently being processed as of April 20, 2010, and all applications received thereafter.


SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.

Respectfully Submitted,
Michael Mais
Assistant City Attorney

Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT E. SHANNON, City Attorney



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AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ADOPTED AS AN URGENCY MEASURE ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE APPROVAL OF PERMITS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN THE CITY AND ADOPTING FINDINGS OF URGENCY; AND DECLARING THAT THIS O...