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58 ORDINANCE NO. 1983-35 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A 60- DAY MORATORIUM ON THE PROCESSING OF APPLICA- TIONS FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMITS AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FOR ESTABLISHMENTS DESIRING TO DISPENSE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN THAT AREA KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL BUSINESS AREA OF SAID CITY BEYOND BEING ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHE REAS, the City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas, lS considering the prohibition or limitation of the location of establishments which intend to dispense alcoholic beverages within that area of San Marcos known as the Central Business Area; and, WHE REAS, on May 9, 1983, said City Council adopted an ordinance establishing a temporary 60-day moratorium on the processing of applications for specific use permits and conditional use permits for establishments desiring to dispense alcoholic beverages within said area so that the City would have an adequate period of time within which to determine and adopt desirable regulations for property in said area; and, WHE REAS, though diligent effort has been expended, the City needs an additional period of time to examine and investigate the matter before making a decision on the issue of prohibiting or limiting the location of establishments which intend to dis- pense alcoholic beverages within said area; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That no specific use permit or conditional use permit application for an establishment which desires to dispense alcoholic beverages within that area of the City of San Marcos, Texas, known as the Central Business Area shall be processed beyond being accepted for filing for a period of 60 days subsequent to the effective date of this Ordinance. SECTION 2. That for the purposes of this Ordinance the portion of the City of San Marcos, Texas, which is within the Central Business Area shall be as designated in that Ordinance of May 9, 1983 which established a temporary 60-day moratorium on said processing and which is shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. SECTION 3. That the importance of this Ordinance creates an emergency and an imperative purpose necessary that the provisions of the charter requiring that ordinances shall be read at three separate meetings and that no ordinance shall become effective until the expiration of ten (10) days following the date of its final passage be suspended, and these provisions are hereby sus- pended, and this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the City. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPT~a of July , 19 83 . At est: Emmie Craddock Mayor ~~~ B~rbara Jea Edw rds Clty Attorn y Published in the DAILY RECORD July 20, 1983.