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Urgency Ordinance On July 17, 2018, the City Council adopted an urgency ordinance which prohibited the issuance of specified approvals and permits for new or expanding massage establishments in the Downtown Specific Plan Area ("Urgency Ordinance"). (Ordinance No. 2182.) The Urgency Ordinance was adopted to allow the Downtown Specific Plan Task Force, the Planning Commission, and the City Council determine: (1) to what extent massage uses are compatible with other uses in the Downtown Specific Plan area; (2) to the extent such uses are allowed, in which areas of the Downtown Specific Plan area should they be allowed to locate; and (3) whether such uses should be subject to a conditional use permit pursuant to the authority provided under the Massage Therapy Act. On August 21, 2018, the Urgency Ordinance was amended and extended for a period of 22 months and 15 days. (Ordinance No. 2183.) On August 20, 2019, the City Council adopted the Downtown Specific Plan Update. As part of that adoption, the City Council supported staff's and the Downtown Specific Plan Task Force' s recommendation to strengthen citywide permitting requirements for massage establishments and technicians, rather than including Downtown - specific land use policies in the Downtown Specific Plan. Based on that action, and the proposed amendments to Chapter 6.24 (Massage) of the Pleasanton Municipal Code, the Urgency Ordinance is no longer necessary. Therefore, as part of the Ordinance amending Chapter 6.24, staff is also recommending that the City Council rescind the Urgency Ordinance. Jointly Submitted by: App►.v_` by: jtatizt5hieft_t_. Day ill / Daniel G. Sodergren Ne son Fialho Police Chi City Attorney City Manager Attachment: 1. Proposed Ordinance Page 6 of 6