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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 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 5.80.070B OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING ISSUANCE OF ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT. The City Council of the City of Riverside does ordain as follows:
Section 1: Section 5.80.070B of the Riverside Municipal Code is amended as follows:
“Section 5.80.070 Issuance of Entertainment Permit.
B. Where the Chief of Police does not approve an entertainment permit, the Chief of Police shall inform the permittee of the reason(s) for the denial in writing.
1. If the Chief of Police’s decision to deny an entertainment permit is based solely on the Permittee’s history of committing, permitting or failing to prevent significant violations of the city code, or any license or permit, in connection with an entertainment establishment for which he or she was a responsible person, the Chief of Police may nevertheless issue an entertainment permit to the Permittee if:
a. The Permittee provides the Chief of Police sufficient evidence which, in the discretion of the Chief of Police, shows the history of violations of the city code have been abated and/or will no longer occur, and
b. The Permittee agrees to additional terms and conditions during the initial term of the entertainment permit, which have a rational relationship to the history of violations of the city code described above, and
c. The Permittee previously engaged in entertainment activity through a Minor Conditional Use Permit, Conditional Use Permit, or other nonconforming use prior to the adoption of this Chapter.”
Section 2: 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 Section 15061(b)(3) (General Rule), as it can be seen with certainty that approval of the project will not have an effect on the environment.
Section 3: 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
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3750 UNIVERSITY AVE., STE. 250
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
(951) 826-5567
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 _____________, 2026.
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PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON Mayor of the City of Riverside Attest: _____________________________ DONESIA GAUSE City Clerk of the City of Riverside 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 _______________, 2026, and that thereafter said ordinance was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the _________day of _____________, 2026, 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 ______________, 2026. _________________________________
DONESIA GAUSE City Clerk of the City of Riverside 314546 JSG 06/22/26