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such establishments might have on commercial and residential uses and the general public health, safety, and welfare. The facts constituting the urgency are: a)the City currently has 30 establishments that provide massage and only had 11 establishments prior to the passage of Senate Bill 731,which deprived cities of local control over massage establishments; b) Cities throughout California, including San Leandro,have received complaints regarding illicit activity occurring at massage establishments; c)there are no existing regulations within the City of San Leandro that address the location of California Massage Therapy Council ("CAMTC") certified massage establishments, and massage operations, which are near potentially sensitive areas throughout the City; d) such locations can be particularly sensitive to potential harmful effects of massage establishments; e) as applications for business licenses are submitted to the City,there is no determination whether the locations of such uses are consistent with the purpose and intent of the City's zoning ordinance; f) unregulated massage 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. 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 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 or massage establishment operator permits,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 extend 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 the 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 extend the moratorium from and after the date that Ordinance No. 2014- ORDINANCE NO. 2014-022 5