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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
3750 UNIVERSITY AVE., STE. 250
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
(951) 826-5567
ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 1.17.121(A) OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD CHAPTER 5.85 IN THE INCLUDED LIST, AND THE TITLE OF SECTION 9.40.120 OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING APPEAL.
The City Council of the City of Riverside does ordain as follows:
Section 1: Section 1.17.121(A) of the Riverside Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:
“Section 1.17.121 Appeal procedure for Riverside Police Department review of business permits.
A. Absent any contradictory procedure, the following appeal procedure applies to all appeals from the Riverside Police Department's review of business permits referred to in the following Chapters of this Code: (1) Chapter 5.28, (2) Chapter 5.40, (3) Chapter 5.52, (4) Chapter 5.80, (5) Chapter 5.85, (65) Chapter 5.90, (76) Chapter 5.95, (87) Chapter 6.24, (98) Chapter 9.40, and (109) Chapter 9.42.”
Section 2: The Table of Contents for Chapter 9.40 of the Riverside Municipal Code entitled “Adult-Oriented Businesses” is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Chapter 9.40 – Adult-Oriented Businesses
Sections:
9.40.010 Legislative Purpose.
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9.40.110 Suspension or revocation of adult-oriented business regulatory permits and adult- oriented business performer permits.
9.40.120 Appeal of denial.
9.40.130 Adult-oriented business development and performance standards. …
9.40.200 Severability.”
Section 3: The title of Section 9.40.120 of the Riverside Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:
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3750 UNIVERSITY AVE., STE. 250
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
(951) 826-5567
“Section 9.40.120 Appeal of denial.”
Section 4: The City Council has reviewed the matter and, based upon the facts and information contained in the staff reports, administrative record, and written and oral testimony, hereby finds that this ordinance is not subject to CEQA pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3) and/or 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, in that it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment nor have a significant impact on the environment.
Section 5: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with Section 414 of the Charter of the City of Riverside. This ordinance shall become effective on the 30th day after the date of its adoption.
ADOPTED by the City Council this _________ day of _____________, 2025.
___________________________ PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON Mayor of the City of Riverside Attest:
_____________________________ DONESIA GAUSE City Clerk of the City of Riverside / / / /
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3750 UNIVERSITY AVE., STE. 250
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
(951) 826-5567
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council on the _______ day of _______________, 2025, and that thereafter the said ordinance was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the _________day of _____________, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Noes: Absent: Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ________ day of ______________, 2025.
_________________________________ DONESIA GAUSE City Clerk of the City of Riverside
24-0232 JJC 07/03/25