Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/03/2003

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community pride, with countless other communities inquiring ° about the ordinance. We have been able to protect our tdent, ty, of which h~ in turn bolstered our tourist indust~," Noble says, adding ~ar the ordin~ce is now widely viewed ~ a model. ~caca, C~ifornia, ~so h~ made recen~ attempts ar re=ulating of formula businesses, r~gedng onl7 resraur~rs in a unique quota' h= a long hisror7 of progressive communi~ poh~. There are ess nine form~a rescaur~ts in ~cata, and ~e ordin~ce does not permit any more to open says ~e~i~ pl~ningprogr=manager. Ado~redinJ~,2002,~eor~n~ce~lows new formula bur ' if a restaurant co come to town, only ~ r existing one leaves: - (9) establishmenu from ~e date of the adoption of ~is ordinance. A new formula restaurant shall only be ~lowed if ir replac~ an ~isting . formula re,taur~t in one of ~he following business distric=: Janes L~e [5]. The ~lowed umber of formula restaur~u per business district h~ been indicated in ~e b~ckeu, ~d replacement formula restaurants are all. owed within ~e b~iness district bounffari~ a~ identified in Attachment I. ~16~er business districts, ~ labeled in Acmchmenc 1, sh~ hOC allow formda resraur=ts. ~cat~s definition for formuia restaurant dimrs slighd7 from C~isr~ga . . A retail establishment primarily devoted to the on-site preparation · and offering of food ~d beverage for s~e co the public for consumption either on or off the premis~ and ~hich is required by contractu~ or other arrangement to offer ~y of ~e following: standardized men~, ingre~enrs, food preparation, decor, uniform, architect~e, signs or similar stand~dized featur~ and which ca~es reg~dlms of ownership or location. ~at m~es ~cat~s ordin~ce particul~ly int~esdng is its ~cata ~ended its municip~ code to Create a committee on ' · democra~ ~d corporauons. The committee is charged with presenting optioas co ~e ci~ coUncil on how ~cara c~ ,,control pattern restaurants from moving into downtown are~?, ~d to cooperate wt~ other communmes ~at are wor~ng on ...... Rules Project, another ILSR venture, ~ the phi[osophic~ ~chor of the new Formula Restaurant Limitation Ordinance. At a practic~ level, he says the point is co protect ~cata~ eating ~d drin~ng establishments, which are ~e driving force behind the ci~'s economy. He says &ac. during the five publiCyearshearings ieading up to &e adoption of the ordinate, spewers generMly were counted three-to-one ~n favor, In the 22 ~d four states that [ have worked in ~ a planneg developing and crying the F°rmula Restaurant Limitari°n Ordinance ~tO be One Of · e most iny~iguing projects to l~d on my desk,' says Mullen. So far, no l%al ch~lenges have come fo=ard in either mcara or C~istoga. - Wil~ ~he and-glo~aiization movement sw:ep the res~ of C~ifornia and the nation and.push communities =o adopt formula business ordinances? Maybe. Bur Mullen says no other communities in Humboldt Coun~ are expected to follow 3