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CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 2024-XXX
State of California )
County of Riverside )
City of Hemet )
I, John Paul Maier, City Clerk of the City of Hemet, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by a majority of the voters of the City of Hemet at the General Election held on November 5, 2024.
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John Paul Maier
City Clerk
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CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XXX
CITY OF HEMET
Hemet, California
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HEMET, CALIFORNIA, SETTING DEADLINES AND
PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS AND
REBUTTALS REGARDING THE CITY INITIATED
TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX MEASURE AND
DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN
IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS
WHEREAS, the City Council has placed a measure to increase the transient occupancy tax before the voters at the general election to be held on November 5, 2024; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Elections Code Section 9287, the City Council is given first priority to submit an argument in favor of a proposed City Council initiated measure and to select its member(s) to draft the argument; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Elections Code Section 9280, the City Council may direct the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis of the measure.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HEMET DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Elections Code Sections 9282(b) and 9283, arguments for or against the Measure, not exceeding 300 words in length and signed by no more than five (5) persons, may be submitted to the City Clerk prior to August 19, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. after which no arguments for or against the Measure may be submitted. The City Council authorizes the Mayor, in conduction with up to four (4) other registered voters of the City, to file a written argument in favor of the Measure and submit it to the City Clerk by the deadline above.
SECTION 2. In accordance with Elections Code Section 9285, rebuttal arguments, not exceeding 250 words and signed by no more than five (5) persons, may be submitted to the City Clerk prior to August 29, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
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SECTION 3. In accordance with Elections Code Section 9280, the City Attorney is directed to file with the City Clerk an impartial analysis of the Measure, not to exceed 500 words, showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and the operation of the Measure, prior to August 19, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
SECTION 4. That during the period commencing August 30, 2024, and ending on September 8, 2024, the City Clerk shall make available for public inspection the arguments filed for and against the Measure as well as the impartial analysis.
SECTION 5. Effective Date.
This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2024. ____________________________
Joe Males, Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
John Paul Maier
City Clerk
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CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XXX
State of California )
County of Riverside )
City of Hemet )
I, John Paul Maier, City Clerk of the City of Hemet, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Hemet City Council on the 25th day of June, 2024, and was passed by the following vote:
AYES: Council Member:
NOES: Council Member:
ABSTAIN: Council Member:
ABSENT: Council Member:
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John Paul Maier
City Clerk
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City of Hemet
City Council Meeting
STAFF REPORT
Meeting: City Council Meeting - Jun 25 2024
Department: City Attorney
Submitted by: Mark Prestwich, City Manager
Steven Graham, City Attorney;
☐ Receive and File ☐ Consent Calendar ☐ Business Item ☐ Public Hearing TITLE:
An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Hemet, California, Amending the Hemet Municipal Code to Revise Regulations for Storefront Commercial Cannabis Businesses RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Council:
Waive the full reading and introduce the Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Hemet, California, Amending the Hemet Municipal Code to Revise Regulations for Storefront Commercial Cannabis Businesses and direct the City Clerk to set a second reading and adoption at the next regular meeting on the consent calendar.
BACKGROUND:
The City Council, at their May 28, 2024, Regular Meeting, approved amendments to the Hemet Municipal Code that authorize storefront cannabis businesses. Following the second reading and adoption at June 11, 2024, Regular Meeting, the Mayor requested an amendment be prepared to revise the new regulations.
ANALYSIS:
The revision to the regulations regarding Storefront Commercial Cannabis Businesses affects subsection (b) of Section 18-525, which is proposed to be amended as follows:
(b) Storefront retail businesses must be located in the C-2 (Commercial General) zone of the city and must meet all of the requirements for development in these zones. The retail business must also (1) be no closer than 1,000 600 feet from any other cannabis retail business and (2) be no closer than 500 feet to any of the uses described in subsection (a)(3) above. For the purposes of this subsection (b) distances shall be measured along the shortest path of travel between the entrance to the retail business and the structure containing the use described in subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) above.
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
In May 2024, the City Council approved ordinance changes to authorize storefront retail. City staff will be bringing forward application regulations at a forthcoming meeting.
STRATEGIC PLAN INTEGRATION:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
ATTACHMENT(S):
Attachment 1: Cannabis Ordinance rev
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ORDINANCE NO. 2024-XXX 1
CITY OF HEMET
HEMET, CALIFORNIA
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-[XXX]
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HEMET, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE HEMET
MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE REGULATIONS FOR
STOREFRONT COMMERCIAL CANNABIS BUSINESSES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HEMET DOES HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT.
(B) Section 18-525(b) of the Hemet Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows:
(b) Retail businesses must be located in the C-2 (Commercial General) zone of the city and must meet all of the requirements for development in these zones. The retail business must also (1) be no closer than 600 feet from any other cannabis retail business and (2) be no closer than 500 feet to any of the uses described in subsection (a)(3) above. For the purposes of this subsection (b) distances shall be measured along the shortest path of travel between the entrance to the retail business and the structure containing the use described in subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) above.
SECTION 2: SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or
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unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: CEQA. The City Council hereby determines that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this Ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment, and therefore, this Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of CEQA.
SECTION 4: EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from its passage by the City Council of the City of Hemet.
SECTION 5: PUBLICATION. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to cause this Ordinance to be published in the manner required by law.
INTRODUCED at the regular meeting of Hemet City Council on the ___th day of ______, 2024.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this ___th day of ________, 2024.
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Joe Males, Mayor
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ATTEST:
_____________________________
John Paul Maier, City Clerk
State of California )
County of Riverside )
City of Hemet )
I, John Paul Maier, City Clerk of the City of Hemet, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Hemet City Council on the ___th day of ______, 2024, and was passed by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members:
NOES: Council Members:
ABSTAIN: Council Members:
ABSENT: Council Members:
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John Paul Maier, City Clerk
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