TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Title
Interim Ordinance Prohibiting the Establishment of New Health Care Uses (Community Development Director McIntosh).
ADOPT URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 17-0015-U
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Urgency Ordinance 17-0015-U, an urgency ordinance prohibiting the establishment of new health care uses.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There may be a short-term impact to permit and plan check fees while additional research is conducted to determine if the urgency ordinance should be extended or new zoning standards developed.
BACKGROUND:
The City Council is concerned that a recent proliferation of new health care facilities, including medical office, urgent care facilities, clinics, treatment centers and the like, is having a detrimental impact to economic development goals, potential sales tax, the diversity of land uses, and the activation of pedestrian activity along streets in the commercial districts of the City.
DISCUSSION:
The Urgency Ordinance will be effective for 45 days, with the possibility of extension for up to a total of two years, during which health care uses will be studied in greater detail and permanent policy changes can be implemented.
POLICY ALTERNATIVES:
The Urgency Ordinance as drafted will prevent all new health care facilities throughout the City until such time the issue is studied and permanent regulations are adopted. The City Council may wish to limit the types of health care uses covered under the urgency ordinance and/or restrict the moratorium to specific locations rather than the entire City.
ALTERNATIVE #: 1
Apply moratorium to new construction projects.
PROS:
Still allows smaller existing tenant spaces to be converted to health care and other uses.
CONS:
Does not meet all of ...
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