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establishments conflict with contemplated zoning and with the public health, safety, and welfare; and g)the State Legislature recently passed Assembly Bill 1147, which will become law on January 1, 2015, and permits cities to re-establish local land use control over massage establishments. 2. Absent the adoption of this urgency ordinance, the establishment and operation of massage establishments in the City would result in the harmful secondary effects identified above. 3. It is necessary to study the possible adoption of amendments to the City's Municipal Code and Zoning Code in order to adopt legislation pursuant to the return of local land use control over massage establishments authorized by Assembly Bill 1147. 4. Issuing business licenses, prior to the completion of the City's study of the potential impact of such facilities,poses a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare. 5. In light of the harmful secondary effects associated with massage establishments and the current and immediate threat such secondary effects pose to the public health, safety and welfare, it is necessary, in accordance with Government Code section 65858, to impose a moratorium on the issuance of entitlements for and the establishment or relocation of massage establishments in the City to provide time for the City Council to further evaluate and consider possible adoption of legislation, guidelines and/or polices as required to avert the potential impacts of massage establishments. Section 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid,the remainder of the ordinance, including the application of such part or provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end,provisions of this ordinance are severable. The City Council of the City of San Leandro hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause,or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions,paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be held unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforceable. Section 4. Effective Date and Duration. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage and adoption if passed and adopted by at least four-fifths vote of the City Council and shall be in effect for 45 days therefrom unless extended by the City in accordance with California Government Code Section 65858. ***** ORDINANCE NO.2014-019 5