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OPDINANCE NO. 2911
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OJ.t"' THl: CITY OF PALO AL'l'O
PROHIBITING FOR A PERIOD 'OF S.tX. MONTHS ';11 P~ ES
TADLISHMENT OF CER'l1AIN BUSINrSSJ.:E AND THE ISSUANCE
OF CERTA!N. PERMITS &~D LICBNBES PENDING STUDY
OF ZONING// REGULATORY OR PROHIBITORY ORDINANCES
,.RELATING. 'THERETO, AND DEC' .1-\RI.NG URGENCY '
WHEREAS, there has been a recent increase in the number of
businesses, uses of land and occupations listed in Section 1.
hereof • and many such uses. of. land and occupations exist in
the City~ and,
· HHEREAS, the Council is s t1.;dyinq t :'<e nc()d for an o.:r:lHnance
01: ordinances req1..~l a U.r~(J' or proh L)i t.i. \l(l tho.se bus:i. ne~;:.ses, .. 1ses
of L1nd and occupations listed in Ser~\ i·.1n 1. hereof; <.Ul.Cl.
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peace, (1eal tl1, safely, and generul 'l'lelfa.rc; to a llo\v tho es tab J. :ish
, ment of any nevr business 1 uses of lan5:: or o(;c:m_,i'<t.ior-.s listed in
·Section L h~rGof until the Co unci 1 f1c.s fully s tlidied tJIJ.e LeGd
fbr em ordinance. as des cr i.l.>ed h ereinabo 1;e.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of th·~ City of Palo Alto does
OFDAIN as follows:.
, SECTION 1. 'I'l1(-) b\.sl.nesses, uses of \and ;:.tn/1 occ1Jpations
. governed by th:i.s ord:\.n.1nce a:r:t-~ as fellows~.
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'(a) ··Massage Establishments
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{b) NasE;a.ge T.echnicians, exc~~pt replac6ment ·of
termin~ted employees on"a one-to-one basis
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(c) Mass;,age ·fechnician 'l'rainee.:J •· except replace
' me{lt, of. tetmi.n4ted employess on a one-to-one
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Adult or Nude D~~.ce Studios
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r;· (h) ·· Pee!:.'~" Shows
(i) AdultJ ES>cor.t Service
d.t· Agul t 'Art or Photography Studios ' " f}
(j) .Nude
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(1) c.ard Rooms
(rn.). J\.i>,j( ~usiness; use of land or occupation
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throu~~n (1) , inc.l usive.
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SECTION 2. No business license or PE!rmit, use and occupancy
permit, buil,ding permit or an:.,; other t:~--~f/nse or permit shall be
'issu~d for-any business, us~ of. land dr. ~~ccupat.ion listed' in
Sectie>n l. h,ereof during the effec.:U~ve I ~:~riod of tr&iS ordinance.
SECTION 3. IJ,1his ordinance shall be effective from and after
its date of passa~e until August 10, 1976.
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·. 'sF;:CTION 4.. The Coun9;il hereby declar.es that this ordinance
is necessary as ·ar~ emerger~cy measure for t..he preservatioll of the
public. peace', health or sa:fet~l· The reason's for its urc;enc:'l' are
set forth in the reqi ta.ls hereof and i:lrs incorporated h~rein by
reference, and for the further. reason th~1t establidhment of one
or more of such businesses, uses of land or occupation is
· irn.mir!ent f.1nd such estnblishrneri t \'1 J 1 J be dct~rimen t.v.l to, and v.,ri 11
tend t:o J!mpede, th<o.: studies set fort:l1 above.
SEC'J'ION .5. · 'llho Council of the C.iLy of Palo JI.Jto hor<:'by
fl..rld'"'~n' :;;-+-· "-~'""' e·n."''"'+-m'-'n 4 -o~ t11 1 '' "rdi -"·lc"' is no+-a· "'->'·o·ie~t 11 .• ~. _...,.. '""" .-L-14~"....;; "' .. ;;r ..... ._ ~ ~.4 1... .•• .. J...,..,... ~.,; _.,i.J,( ... d .._.; _ . .. ._ ,-:' .J... .) ( __
w~thin the mGa:ning of tb.at term a.s de f inf~d in Sectior1 11, 0 4. 1 JO
t/i! the' ,Palo· Alto t-1un.icipn.l Code and, thcrcfc-rc! no cnvi.ronrnental
assessment is necessary.
INTRODtJCi!;O_ :~D PASSED: Max;-ch 15, 1976
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SECTION 2 •.. 'N.o business license or perm~:~, use iind occupancy
permi.t 1 building permit or any other license or permit shall be
i~~ued fo~ ~ny busines~, use of lahd or occupati6n listed in
Section 1. hereof during the effective pe:r:iod of·this ordinan6e. ' '• ,. ' .
SEc~·ION 3. This ordinance shall: be effective from and after
its dat'e"of passage ~ntil Atlgust 10, 1976.
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.S,ECTION 4. '.rhe CoWlcil herebv declares that this· ordinance
is nece'SS.ary rf.l.S an .emergency :measu~e .for the preservation of the
public peacE:' e health. or safety~-1 ~The. reasons for its urgency are
set forth in th~~ recit~ils hereof and are incorporated herein by
referenoe, · and for the further rea~~ on ti.1a l:: estahlis hmer. t of one
or m9re of such businesses, m:~es of li:.rid or occupo.tion is
J.nun~~{ent and sucJ-~ E:stablishment 1v:i..ll be detrimental to, and ;·:ill
tenc1 to impede .. the~ studies .set f:orU1 abcve.
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SECTION 5. 'l'he. CouncU. of the Ci.ty of. Palo l'd.l:.o i.1oreby
f:i.nds"-};ha·t--th:; ei.'"!actnien t of this ord:i.rJ.ance' is nol a np:coject !I
within the m<::<::.t:;"l;\,.ng of th<J. t term as do fine.;, a in Section. 11. 0 4 ,130
of t.hc:o Palo Alto Municipal Code-: and., thcrefo:t.·e, no cnvi.r.onmental
assess0ent is n~cossary .
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f\BSTE~~T!ONS ~ None
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MINUTES OF F,EBRUARY 2, /'19?6
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our.:cilman Sher requested that on :page 629, • f.'Jurth ~ara·~raph,
s th line, the wQtd 11 to" shown in the second insta:r;tce .on
th· line })e ~hang~.d to Hread ·''.frpm" and'iha.t the J:.ii'st sentence
o~· . at' same paragraph should be chartgtid appr~pdately so
· 1t!1at t wlil reag "He concluded t.bat .. the E.l. Q~'\minc./Universlty
·Avenue intetscct:f.on proJect was a,·high:.l·prit\f;t;r~~:; :need." . . ,,. . . ·. ,· .. •., ..
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Coun.cilm stt~'lr r~qu$sted 'th;at on ·pag3 637 ~ firet ?£ra\graph.
twenty-fi 'h 1it').e 1 the a~~revia~ion "MTPn be ('.orrected to
read "MTC,'
HOTION:. Cou~'il~a~ Bea11~:s mcve~s. s'i:znnded by Norton, that
·the.· ndm<tes be approved a(<'-:ortect~:X. ·
The motiun passe on unanimous vote.
Council\Y'oman, ;'i.thersp on requested that on page 6'73, second
·. paragr.aph under Report of Youth Advisory Council, the last
J. word in. the fir·st sente ce be c .tanged from ''repre.se.ntation 11
to 0 repref;lent;r:ttiv€L"
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c\:mncilwoqlan Wither'~poon r. f!Uesteq th8.t: on page ~79? third
par.;agr&.ph under the. Santa C ra .Valley I;Vat~t· Coroffii.i3aion Request,
q,r$t se-ntence, the .fotl:C:th w d 11 th~y 11 be .. del,eted and. ~~he
wr)rds "these ne'vJ user ..::harges' be. iil~·~rt~d. ·
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HOTHJN: •!>1ayor Nor.ton moved, sef,: nded ~)'· Beahr[) J the~ the
miri~te, 'be ~ppr?v~d~as. qoriecte~ .
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··.·. Cutiri'r.'ilman :Sen·•Hd' ~ item l31 from thee agenda
be r:e.moved rro;~r the t~bie. . . '; . . '·-·,
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·. R;EQUEST Qt.,.dl)trncnAs~' BEkWAtD_RE ~f.g_~sriLE
INCLUSION:·OF. · CA.JU) ROOMS AND .CERlA.IN 'BW~Sl::S . tN !!,OlL.\'@~fillTAI)lffiT-:::-.·
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, C<:lunciltlla,n -B¢rwald st.ated th:i~··mat:ter wi,..a 'brought to hb attention
.. b~ a memb~t of the Staff,. and t:ti~ city Ma'i'iager ~ould perhaps
comment ,fqrther on, the subje.c.t., '!h~.r~ a-r:~,.some' 'incipiexr,t problems
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Mr. Moss hoped opposition or objections were not
consi.,de~ed . to be politically motivated, 'He ~~.~~ted.
he has been on bo~h s~des ot·governmerit contratts,
.ewarding a.n.d 'bidding on ·l:luch; b~>ltnew. the regulations.
\(' He sai~f·he was present at the Cotincil meeting, and
.\ what wasdoi\e WS9 t,lCt regular, according to federal
Mayor !lo~g:v:::::t t:::u::::::: :::e::::·:::~18tiorto .and procedu~!~ve nothing to d9y with ·the 'WilY the Cii:y o.f Palo
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· · · .:. Mr. o~1s said he vtas aware of that, but was also·
aware\ of the w~y .that progr:uns are funde(.]. and the
·· prob1e'a ·.that arise when. there . . · . .
arc qu~'-~1ons of this naturt:l. H:f:, repeated he was
qu~.te di~trubP.d about the drug ::ibuse problem and
the drug ~buse funding. He hoped Narconon comes
up 11 Srnelli\0 J.ike a ruse,:'
Mayor Norton di.d not: t ink that 'lolas Hr. Moss' hope but added
· that unless they did, t, ey would not set his vot~;;.
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Hr. Hoss thougl\t thP.t if an honest assessment is
mace and after \hr~~ .months have e.'J.apst~cl r-.~arcm.i.on
. do-::s· do. fii.l~~· tnt{n 1~efund them; if they fall ox~
' their faces, in ,~n;.t time, cui:: them off:
Mayor Norton said that was a fair way of leaving ,the matter
and he wou'ld accept, that.
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ADJOUlU~~lT OF ·. '.Cm:
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MOTION~ .. C6un<":i,lma:n Cov.u:ltock move' "
the meeting o~ r:Ia.rch 8 ,' 1915 .·~e ~d~ u9\e4~
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Co\.ltl.cil· recea·s~d. f.:r;'o?l .. f1':,1.6 .P·}Il,''u~~t:i). 10.08 p._m. fo' (in·E~ecut:ive
s~ssion, to ':liscuss proc~r..!:ures for making appointments •. ·
(Councilman Be~f:lld ~et1..1rded at .10~ 0.8 p\!m •. _ · · ·
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The €ity C;~~cil of··t.h~(lc_:tty~ b( P~~~ Alto. rilet oh d~l~: date .. ~~,,Icf;Qa p~'m •. in. a regul~r m~eting with Mayor No\toP: ·~t'~sid:tn~.
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with F.IO.me of the card rooma iri the City 0f Palo Alto, and there
is ,always the possibility tna't :there will be ano'ther run on
applieations for card roomso' Since such e~ttablishments have
b~en accompanied in .. the pa~t by a certain amount of illicit.
activity, it was thoflgbt that in looking ,at the entire pt.oblem
the Council might want t11 consider· 'i.ncludlng card rooms in
the moratorium on adult..;ori~nteli establishmen-;.·:s.
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Another type qf activ!ty has also bec.n mep.tioned, whi~h MJ;".Sipel ..
will addr~~~/~ involvin,g what ·Councilman Barwalc:f terrned "body
contact aporta':;:'of som~ queat':f.onable :mer:!.t. :~
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Fu'rther J there has been correspondence fr.om c.itizens; inc.luding.
a suggest :Lon by. Mr •:' J arnt!:s R. · Hrl'gan.~ that the City • con:fp,leteiy
ban any massage by persons of the opposite. s.ex. Councilman .
Berwald 'noted he was not a st1.1dent of the law on that subject~
but ·he sunnised any· such measure 'vould have to bJC written·
very carefully.
NOTION~ Councilman Eenu.l.ld moved, sec.onded by.Co\Hstock~ th~t
the City of Palo Alta incl~de card room0 i~.the moratorium
on adult-or:i,enu~.d establis\·1rn~nts, ..-:··
In response to a question, Councilman Ber~ald indic92ed it
j 1 . f . would be up to the Cound, in~·) ar as w.h:ftrher. this b an emergency.
He said he could not jus~ify an emergency;. j)e di.d. not 'k,np~
if one ~xisted but thought perhaps after hc:~hng ·ft;·om Nr.S:lpel,
a determination/.-could be· n;.ac!e. .. ' . . .·. · ·
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. Nayor Norton thoug~~ ~t vrould be a~p:r:opfiat~ • to clar.ify .with
the City Attorney wh~t the ~tat~s 9f the esrlie~ Council ~cil0n
is an<l wlv~'f::h~t this. ;h~6j.1lcl. be a·rt a.m~ndment or an en,tirely nev.•
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Mr, Booth proposed to· add qi~uncilman Ben~ald' s motion to acid
card ro('Jme an(,otl:)ers,. which he would ment::ion. shortly, to
the existfnli ::otdiriapc~.· Thl.lst· it wo~;i.d. :tend to. t'erminate
on the same.··cJ,.~te~ wonlc,l include them ail, and be, perhaps,
more mana:geal)le, ,~from. the s~andpoint of those establisbments,
etc •. , _,·thatr~x:,~ d:fov~'f~d..:by the ordinance.' 'He retilinded Councilme1~i})e:t~.
·the mat:te~:.i.a ':i,n ~he Pql:tcy and. .. Pt'c)~~dures. Co~i.t~ee, fnd ·' ... ·:,.
it is expected. it will be taken ur. v~ry. e.hortl)~. . ..
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Mayor; :Norton a$ked it the CounciG had .adopted an ~m~rgency
'ordinanca to the. ,effec.t 'that' tWl;:lre io ·now-a. tnorat:o:d.i.Un n·n
th,~· pres<.~rit 2d ~-ptlvities. , , . . . . .
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. :)lr. Boo~h respbnded there 'is & moratorim ·which ·runs .for six
tuonthsi 'it was,ipe.sG~sd on l!'eb,urar~r 9~ 1976, as .ail emer~ency. "
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MayC>'r Norton noted tl\at t:h~ .proposal ia tb' ·~mend 'tha.t moratorium,
so to· :sp~~k·. ·· t,o · .a~d' i~u~ car~ .~oo~s' and: •?~~haps: 1 :~~th({r a~ti vi ti~s,
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Mr; Booth thought that w6uld be' Ciesif~ble.· .. · · · · · ·r.~· .,. .. , ., ~·
Mayo~· Norton' npted 111 that to:'~~t\ ,}~ve.~ytl;dog en, the t~Qle, he
understood that Mr~\ .:8()6th ha~r·:oue ot'hir.:·act1v1ty· to inciud~
and thou~h't "it w~u'\.d' l;e·'·~ppr~pria'~~· to ll'e.al(' :~bput that. .
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. Mr. Booth said t!J.!ar.e'were actually tt..To• · ·,rn their conUnuous
monitoring of Hi«: situation, the. proponents of t.he ac:tivity
try to stay one jump ahead,. and ;;;o f.t has coma to the attention
of t~e ~taff that.so-called n~de ~restling i~ ~xtint elsewhere
1.n .-~be Bay Area.
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Palo Alts,:~ .for.tunately,l does. not have. any
in town yet, and if that is .put into the .tilo:tatc•t~um~ that
\<rould prevent that, for, a ·while. ·
Mr. Booth w~ht on to say that the second act:J.,{:l.t.y .'is nude.
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or adult photography or art studio.s. Staff is· infcfrmec,l .th!lt ·:
one such establishment iD, ·or is about to open. It .would .
be desirable to Rdd ihese •
. He added that the ordinance ~ctua'lly cl~vers'; in· a so:('t of
catchall, many of th~se types of establtshn!enf;'§.; but 'since
staff •'rt.id Council are in the process of lookihg at th~ matter
tonlgh~~ Htaff thought it .would be appropriat~ to add those J
they know about, then they are specifically list~d ~nd the
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City v.rould have J.ess u:cublc.: ~ he believed, with the court
in v.iolat.ions, indicating t:here· are a number of cases pend-
ing at t h<:} mpmrw. t •
M<lyor Norton: s first question was is S;taff sure the.y huv~
co~ered everything.
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}'.ayot Norton c'omme~ted thE0 it seem~d to h:lm ;.tatf had. totally
overlooked nude boxing, and he. felt qcnstrained to ask whether
the ordinanc.e would be drawn broadly enough to include•':lude
am .wrest~.Jng. ·. H-:;;. 'CouJd a .. 't.so see~ in .ab':>Ut ,i;;i .month or t'io.ro .
from now, .some guy in. CreJcent Park ~s going. t'o say "I 1 !!1 not
sure' dear, .. but I thipk we' t'e C()tning, very close tO' v:iolat:ing .
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Councilman, :S'erwaJd ·stat:(i .. he. w9uld i:ng,lude
in his motipn, that is, th~ nude wrestling
or whatev-er the tatter .i!.sl:calied.
the'' other activH:las .
and tl:le <\'ldul't /l>hotography ·' \.
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ap.d e:.:rt st:t!dios •. ·· ~ {( ..
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. , Mayor N~.ton '"Q.gd~i"ed .ff. the.fr: woti1d b~ .aJile;tdiP.~ this·. brdinauce
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Councilman Berwald·said r.oe had1,no··intent 'to·:·~dd 'oihia:r.·activities.
lie real;ty did 'aot know 'of. any· others, 1.m1e$~ ·he···t:~:1k2' c·o. ~·ii~ :, ·.
Chief :~f Police ~;ts;ain.. He .. ~ho'ught ·~· Sipel'might. 'liave.·.some:: ,, :
(;'otomen~l;! about···.~ard 'rooms~ la.t le.ast~ Cov,ncUm~.n Berw~ld' e~]id ·"
he ·would 'vote for tl1e additional'' items;. 'he.· h~d in~luded .t~{~.'
But:. qt!: hqp,e.d tb.e .ordinanc~ is wr:ttt;eri in ~ way t'tlat 'Woulc .. l'
not .. 'fuitigate. agai~~.t: iegid;ma:~e ~~:~rt typ:e, of ll!Ctivities·· Ue A'.> . . . . II .. , ...• '• .•.
said ha .:t;'L·ankly had a. hard t:i~e justifi(ing a 1 'l:ot· ·of ·tlles·e ·
without kno·wing for what T.'eJ.s'ot:, .the c~.ily is ~mptsfhg a han •.
However,· he did know that in the card .x()om ·'sftuat:i:on, · there ., ..
have·' been act~.l.. problems, and. the :Chief o~· Pr$li~e ~ug~~s.ted
this mi$~t be anothel;"·. o.rea to l~o~ .. :i..t; .,. ... ·
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(}ouncilma'n Eci{~wald r~sponded, he knew that, it was very well
taken, and the Hayor 1 s sens~ of hu,~o~ is great.
Mayor Norton'noted that the Cit:y M,anager, of all people, had·
a comment on this.
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Mr. S ipel observec:V"he d td. not have much to add and did not
think he could come up with aiiythi'ng any .funnier than tvhat
had alre~dy been said. He thought it' a good idea to puC· a
moratoriu:o on the .card t'ooms. Whil,e there·are not.any specific
problems of which staff it> now aware, they ·anqcip~te tha.t
there might be a prolifer.atton of those kinds of operatione;
and to give the c;ouncil. ax•·"'opportt.mity to stJdy the matter·' ·
and to talk to the staff about it, he .. though~ it w.ise to go
ahead ~,;ith the moratorium and send this q<.u-"stion also to the'
Policy and P-r:oc~dures Conunittee.
t-Llyor Norton, .:::1, · r;:lartfication of the motion, !Wid it .,;a;:;
not simply nude card playitlg, but all c.;,rr.d p:layi.ng, notJ.ng.
it gets confusing.
Comlci.lman Sher comment(~d that i;me w<?nders how to react tc;
this; the City ~ianag<~r h.<1B sat<: Lhet•~ is no pr.oblem rtow.
He asked if he r,.ras co:crt.=:~t in th:Ln!d.ng th~re nt-.ecis to. be a
use perm.l t for a card 'room.
Hr. Sipel 1·esponded that just. a c.ard room licensc. .. was required.
He added that: then~ are some problems~ but he. would prefer.
not to talk about them· itt thls ti.me:, at .th:i.o place.
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Co'uncilman Sher thought that when the .Council adopted the
moratorium on new massage parlors, it was o0cause of ttie pcolifer
aticn of ma,ssage parlo~s. i.n Paf() ~to, as contr"l-~ted ·~ith · ..
. other 'qommuriit:~e6o, ': It seetn~d to .. hJtt:r' that an act~Qn as ~:rastic '.
· aa a morato.dum qught tO.b~. in respqnae .Jo a ,problem such
as'·the prolifera'tion of th)!.S kipd o.f activit}>, where there,
is an ordinance and the /.;fty is trying t<? See l~'tl~ther it responds
to th3 need. He. further .thought thP.y nad to pe car~ful ab'~·ut ·,.
additions, Ir.:· ta1king abcn~t>'a:.:t .. studios~ 'ne felt th~r~ al:~ , : ·/
art cl&sses loca'l'ly wherl )there/j,are nud~modeis~ .li~ ~uggested'.,~.
thst perhaps the »)9l;'~t'orium larlguag;e c~ld,,be 4ra¥r,l i.if a mariner.
to 'exclude. ~h~se. fu •M~y caBg, lac t;O;i":'t].~U:t..d:'iii~<.i}nsf. ,''ct~'fil~cfl';.-··
taking aa:t:top abou.t kinds. of activ:f.ty someone. might ·wallt to'. ·
see stopped forever and would the;-efor~ .. be<, g'lad ~0 r~~ve it .•
stopped ~yen for six .months. ,, · · .,.
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Councilman Sher had se;c';L~us dOI~b:ts ~bout; ~tll~lu,¢ins .ihe ·C.lrcl
rooms, unless t.bey, ~o,.incll 'iij ·reSp(Jft;d:idig'· to. :J. problein that .·
has be~n documented .•. ,. H~ di¢ not think ''that' ltind ,Of C.(lSe h.9.d '
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Councilmati Eye1·ly 1 s recofl~~tlbit··~1a~ th~t Counc.:!l ·wqrd~d tlle
mon'torium to· :hiclude · ma~sage.. par lot's, ·;a fe~ dt.her it:dli!iltries,
and allied industdes which he woufd think' wo;,;:ld .cov~t' mo'st,
'o£ the problems. He said them~~ato~ium .mi'gpt.not cover C[li'd
:rooms, and S,i) perha,ps a VOte. (10 '.that W,as, (l~Cessary ~ ,
Mr • .Booth said the last section of fhe ··titdinaric~ ibta a ·number
of bu.!:iinesses and is an.~·h~siraeos use of lan~ or b<;cupation
similaz.:ly r~lated to the.\ earlie.r oneci listeg/ However, staff.
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,fel~ that since the ctlrd rooms item was coming up, :tt would
be good to add th~se two they are aware of specifj,cally, just
so they would have an easier ti\d~ in 5hvwing the judge where
the violation. ,is occurring e.nd what :l.s prohibi.t,'ed.
Councilman Eyerly referred to the .letter from Jam~s R. Hagan
concerning massaging of opposite sexes) and he assuitted State'-'
law pr,e-empts anything· on that subject. On the_ o~her letter
from Kehneth R. Allen conce,rning the ~~lHornia Supreme Court
decision on display 9£ obsdime mate~4..LI'I and pubhc nuiSances,
it seemed to him that that n1ight be ~ometl;.ing to pet-use io
Policy and Procedut'es Commit tee, He aske4 Mr •. Booth if he,
would bring these t'o the Committee with staff is recc)mnlendafi~;>xts.
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Mt'. Booth agreed they would certainly bring th~se up • ' He ·
said neither he nor his staff has had opporttmity to P..Xamir1e
the Supreme Court'~ d~cisi~n: he thought it was perhap~ limited
i:o some spce:if.ic p1:oblems b•.1t: assured Counr::ilm:m Eycr1:y that ..
staff would have information on the matter fot· i:h~ Committee.
As to opposi tc sex massage; at the p17esent ti1nc, it appe;.;rs
th.<it the California, Court of Appec..] 8 has .ruled otherwi~H? to
the case cited J.n the r~f.irint fut'iiished to Councilmembers i
i.n othen1onis~ they _(vwe (11l-2rl tHat eities cannot prohibf.'l:
ei.the1 sex massage. That, appar'c:.~ntly, Js contrary to the
~ules in other states.
Mayor Norton noted that~ for th0 reco.rd, he had a l~t u~r dated.
March 8 1 1976~ fronr Hs, Denny ~\;:trosiar-cf 433 Vetiturr, Ave:;t"'.ue, ·
who asked th~t her lett~r be r~~d into the mirttices. Mayor
Norto:1 SJ.,lmrnarized h8r lc~tti;!r by saying tl}at Ms. Petrosian
rJ.qes want· carJ parlors included in 'the moratorium, and. that
,_~5:hd.d .~o for any adult estabHshmen~ that offends ft,ubl:tc se·n~}:•·
bilities~ esp~cially h~rs. · ,:' · :F ,,·~ · '(
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·'Mayor N~rton ~sk~d if Councilmembe.rs wanted td/.1 vo.t;e individuallYr·
or St:!par.ately on the three. p';'Oposed adtli'Z.ic;r.;.;s; h~ .. fngicated ,);!
that the motion, a~ it, stood, was a sd:ngl,,e (me. n,ai; irtcorp'orated
all thrt?e, narnely; ca.rd estab}fsijm_ent~;; ~ ·!lu4e ~restllng, ·
and "ditty" photQgrapWJ • as near a$ he cou~.4.~rr\~scr1be it, ·
fer:·. pr~fit. · .A< ·
Councilmaq Sher r:equested·that the ~tion b~·sepa~ated but
Hanted 'to clar:ify that photogro.~iiy ~ not p{:l,int'ing. was the
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Mr ~ Booth responderl) tha,t t:hia (.lategory ~a~ photo,~~~f)fY an~1 <.
art studios of a certain type •. ':-<. :, ·· \· · ,) · .. ,
Councilman Sher felt tha't was f3o vag'\te· a:nd an<f i~p:o,ss:ibl;a,. . . .
addir.g they may as well clct~e down the Palo Alto Art Club •. ' .. ,
He' asked Cpuncil to really donsider tl~e mat tar.: 01'1 wl'lic!l they.
we;1r:e voting, stressing that therE; ';.tre legif:lmate1'art' classee;
being carried on, with modelS which he thought. ·they woul& .· , . :
find would probably be. in v:l.ol~~idn. .He ~taJit.ed. cla'r.iftcatitl~n
on whether those required permits or l:l.censes ~' i: ,. ·
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Mr. Booth answered thAt ~hey did not~
Councilman Sher wanted to know how they·would know if a particular
~\lotography studio is to b~ included, asking (~f est;ablishments
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Mr. Booth answered this was not necessarily so, d~pending
on the :~:oning; and neither do many other activities in the
ordinance, ... ,
Councilman Sher wondered hew there could be a m.oratori.1.un if
such eatablispments can open up without a lic:ertse. .. ·' · \
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a substantial amc:unt of r2modeling, and this ordlnance, prohibit·s
that activity, too. · 1' · • •
Councilman Sher assumed that this~ then, prohibits <a building ''
per.nit for an activity that. falls within one of these catE!goriee.
Hr. Booth pointed out that existing activities would not. be
affected, but those -.:urrently lmd.:r construction ot· which
change hands, to the extent: thA~. the~r need a ne\v use <i,nd occupancy
perr,1:lt with an inspection from the Building Department, would
be caught up. Staff do(;:!L hot b.c<;lieve that would affect any
of the existing legitimate activiti.es at all and added it
was certainly not their intent that it do so.
Mayor Norton stat€·~1, the. t i~ appq;ared the.:re was a request to
divide the motion into three p.';:'rts.
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HOTION RESTATED; Coun(;ilr:o<:::P. llerwald moved, s~c:onded by Comstock"
that the City of Pate Alto inc:lud.a in tht: moratorium pal->sl~d
on a·.1 emergency basis on· February 9, 1976 on adult··orj.:;nted
activities: 1) kll card playing roomsl 2) nude wrestling;
3) riude or adult ph.:>tography art studios; and that the fall owing ·
ordiuanc~ be adopted) ~ffective from its' dat.e of passa,.fW until
August 10, 1976.
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, ORDINANCE. NO. 29'i l enti.tl~d "0RDINA!~CE ·
OF THE COUNCl:L OF' THE CITY. OF PAl . .O Al/::0
PIWHH ITING 'FOR A PERIOD OF;' sIX MONT.}Ui
. T!iE ESTABLISHH.ENT(.>CF· CERTAIN 'BUSINESSES·
. "I'" ·· "' . . i' ~:U Ul£ . ISSUANCE :C.lF CER.'I.AlN PEP.MITS AND
14ICENSES PEND!NG,STUDY OF. ZONING, .REGU
!.AT~RY OR PROHIBI'fuRi Q;RDINA!·~CES REI,.A'fi!W
THERETO, AND ·DECVRING .lrnGE...~~yir
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The fir~t .pa~t of the mQtion on car;4 'playing rooms w~;s .apptoveri
on the followittg vote:: i:
AYE5 ~ Seahts, Berwald. Comstdck, Eyf.lrly,.
,.Nortqn~ ~ith-rrspoon
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on unanimous vote. the motion on nude 'io.'Te:stling was approved
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The third part of the motion an nude Q! ~dult photography
art studios was approved on th.li: following vote:
AYES: Beahrs, Berwald, Comstock, Eyerly,
(~her, Wlthersp~on
NOES:· Norton
ABSENT: Carey, Clay
Mayor ~olton assumed the City Attorney 'ioiOuld somehow beti:er
define the terminology to keep the freshmen taking art at
Stanford, whc• pay tuition for that privilege, :-md whose nude
vosar'collects a consideration from b~ing arrested.
Hr, Sip,e.l statE:!d ha th0ught it would be :i,rise to refer this
matter to the Po U cy and ProcCJdures Corrnnitt~e to keep ::tt togetJ-t~a ~
HOTlON: CotH:v.::ilrc;.::m Berwald mov~d, $~cond~cl hy Comstock, that
this matter be referred to the Pol icy and Procedu:reB Corarnittee.~
/\.YES: BecJ i1ra, B~~rwe~ld, Com~toc·k ,_ Eyer.' ly, Nor tor:.,
Sher~ ~itherspoon
ABSENT: Carey, Clay
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~~or Norton a~ked il.-Council we.re ·ready to vote on the Cm:tsent.
~~dar -Action Items.
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flD Berwald requested.that lt~m (1) regarding'Merit
es and Regulations Amendments be removed hom the
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T~e followi~i\ .tem was left for approval on the
CURB RAMPS FOR ' HANDICAPPED: .
AWARD OF CONSTRUC .. ON C'ONTRACT (CMR:l94:6) .. /
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MOTION: Councilman tock movedt .~ec,;rided earhs~ ·~ ... ·
that the Council autho · ze. e':ecution of a co ract with .·. ·.· .
· John h~ · Th~~ts &. Son fo ·~vt·o, r~t~tping p. ro ct 75-. 9.9 ·:in .. the·
amou';lt of $:l:>, 505, an:d ind.~ate that th~ urb ramp:f.ng program
· conc1_udes with this year's b~get. . · . . ·
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Mayor Norton noted· that thi.s re\,; ~~dation wcuid tetminata
a three-year proj$raUi; the first r ~her~ were twenty·hwo
locations where handicapped cu· r s were provided and in,
the second year, 137. third''~fina~ y~"~ar, there
would ~~;~. 164 ramps install
The recommeqda<:ion "'~roved on .,,lani!JI s vote, .
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