HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 98-03 RESOLUTION NO. R98-3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, EXTENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER R97-38,
ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF
APPLICATIONS FOR AND THE ISSUANCE OF DEVELOPMENT PERMITS,
BUILDING PERMITS OR CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY FOR
SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES, AS ORIGINALLY PASSED ON
SEPTEMBER 22, 1997, FOR AN ADDITIONAL NINETY DAYS.
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas (the "City"),
recognizing the right of sexually oriented businesses to have reasonable locations on which to
open their businesses, and also recognizing the need to protect the balance of land uses within the
City and the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission is continuing its study of the
availability of locations for sexually oriented businesses within various zoning districts of the
City, and within various distancing requirements from uses which should be protected from the
harmful effects of such businesses operating in close proximity to one another throughout the
corporate boundaries of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City is finalizing its study of secondary effects of various types of
sexually oriented businesses, and the likely impact of such secondary effects on the health, safety
and welfare of citizens of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that such extension is for the purposes of allowing a
more complete study and is not for the purposes of delay, that no interest has been expressed to
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the City during the period of the moratorium by any prospective operator of any adult
entertainment business,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the public interest to extend the
moratorium adopted by City Council in Resolution Number R97-38, on September 22, 1997, and
to continue to preserve the status quo by not accepting applications for development permits,
building permits and certificates of occupancy for sexually oriented businesses proposed to be
located within the corporate boundaries of the City, pending full and complete public
deliberation and the completion of the land use study and secondary effects study; now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Resolution Number R97-38, as passed, approved and resolved by the
City Council on September 22, 1997, and which is presently set to expire on March 23, 1998, is
hereby extended for an additional ninety (90) days, and shall expire on June 22, 1998.
Section 2. That the City staff and the Planning and Zoning Commission are hereby
directed to complete the appropriate analyses, evaluate alternatives, and prepare
recommendations as to the proper zoning districts for sexually oriented businesses based on the
City's future land use plan, adjacent land uses, the secondary effects of sexually oriented
businesses, and other relevant information and report back to the City Council with their
recommendations on or before April 20,1998.
Section 3. That, for purposes of this Resolution and Resolution Number R97-38, the
term "adult entertainment business" is interchangeable with the term "sexually oriented
business" as that term is defined in Texas Local Government Code, Section 243.002.
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ection 4. That all other provisions of Resolution Number R97-38 remain in full
force and effect.
ection 5. That this Resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City, and it is accordingly so
resolved.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND RESOLVED this 2nd day of February ,
1998.
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Harold L. Whitaker \
Mayor
ATTEST
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Deloris McKenzie, RMC
City Secretary
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