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12/07/88
ORDINANCE NO. 227
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY
AMENDING DIVISION B OF ARTICLE III OF THE
ZONING ORDINANCE CONCERNING DEFINITIONS,
SECTION 3 OF DIVISION B OF ARTICLE IV
CONCERNING PLANNED COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, AND
DIVISION T OF ARTICLE IV CONCERNING
MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEM USES.
SECTION 1. Division B of Article III of the Cathedral City Zoning
Ordinance concerning Definitions hereby is amended by the addition of the
following:
Section 46A. Game Arcade
Any place of business to which the public is admitted wherein six
(6) or more game machines are maintained.
Section 46B. Game Machine
Any machine, device or apparatus which is used as a game or
contest of any description or for amusement, or which may be used
for any such game or contest or for amusement and the operation
or use of which is permitted, controlled, or made possible by the
deposit or placing of any coin, plate, disc, slug, or key into
any slot, crevice or other opening, or by the payment of any fee
or fees in lieu thereof, except a machine, device or apparatus
used or offered for use, by children for rides, or as a hobby
horse or for the viewing of miniature cartoons or "kiddie
theater" films in establishments or areas reserved for the use of
children under the age of fourteen years and their parents or
guardians or by any person for playing or rendering music or as a
test of strength or endurance.
Section 112A Shopping Center
A group of at least three businesses which function as an
integral unit on a single or separate parcel .
SECTION 2. Section 3 of Division B of Article IV of the Cathedral
City Zoning Ordinance concerning PCC (Planned Community Commercial ) hereby
is amended by the addition of the following to subsection c, Conditional
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Uses:
o Game Arcades
SECTION 3. Division T of Article IV of the Cathedral City Zoning
Ordinance concerning special provisions applying to miscellaneous problem
uses hereby is amended by the addition of the following:
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Section 13 Game Arcades
Game arcades are permitted only where specifically listed within
a zone district. Game arcades are subject to a conditional use
permit. The Commission shall establish reasonable conditions to
regulate security concerns, noise, health, safety and public
L welfare concerns of all types, including but not limited to:
- School age truancy and evening curfew violations
- Overcrowding conditions in - and outside the building
- Objectionable noise
- Traffic/parking and bicycle congestion
- Littering
- Unsanitary conditions (insufficient restroom
facilities, food vending, etc.)
- Signage and attention getting devices
- Adverse impacts on adjacent businesses and residential
areas
- Proximity to schools, parks, churches, public gathering
places, residential areas.
In addition, the conditions imposed shall include:
a. All game arcades shall be entirely within an enclosed
building.
b. The minimum distance between game arcades shall be 1000
feet.
c. The minimum distance between a game arcade and a school ,
religious institution or public park shall be 1000 feet.
d. For any game arcade within a shopping center, walls within
the arcade shall be surfaced with sound-deadening material
to alleviate noise transmission to neighboring businesses.
e. Rest rooms shall be provided.
f. The requirement for a conditional use permit shall not apply
to any temporary business operating at a specific location
for five consecutive days or less which applies to and
receives a special use permit which the Mayor and City
Council may authorize subject to such conditions as the
Mayor and City Council may establish.
g. Time limits shall be established consistent with, but not
necessarily limited to, times other businesses in the
shopping center or immediate neighborhood are open for
business.
h. Adult attendants shall be employed and present on the
premises at all times.
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SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect thirty (30) days after passage.
SECTION 5. POSTING. The City Clerk shall within 15 days after the
passage of this ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least the 3 public
places designated by resolution of the City Council ; shall certify to the
y adoption and posting of this ordinance; and shall cause this ordinance and
its certification, together with proof of posting, to be entered in the
book of ordinances of this City.
The foregoing ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting of the
City Council held on December 7, , 1988 by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers Di Grandi, Hillery, Krings, Murphy and
Mayor Hardie
Noes: None
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Absent: None %/
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APPROVED AS TO FOR • APPROVED A/ 0 I TENT:
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CITY ATTORNE / 0-1' A 'A R
HEREBY CERTIFY, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT THE
_WAS DULY ADOPTED
FOREGOING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY CITY,
BY THE CITY COUNCIL _THE
CALIFORNI .IN A M ETING THEREOF HELD ON AME WAS ; ED OST
DAY OF ,19E. _, AND THAT
IN AT LEAST THE THREE PUBLIC PLACES LI PECIFIED FOR UCH
POSTINGS, BY THE SAID CITY CO
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CITY CLERK
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