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RESOLUTION NO, Is-or
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF FRATERNITY HOUSES,
SORORITY HOUSES, AND GROUP LIVING HOUSES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 692 of the City of Seal Beach, California,
adopted on September 6th, 1966, as an urgency measure, requires a con-
ditional use permit for fraternity houses, sorority houses, and group
houses in an R-3 zone with such uses subject to rules and regulations
as may be adopted by the City Council by resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Planning commission of the City of Seal Beach did by
resolution adopted at a regularly adjourned meeting held on Nov. 23,
1966, recommend to the City Council, the adoption of an ordinance
amending the zoning ordinance to provide that a conditional use
permit be required, together with a permit from the City Manager,
prior to the occupancy of any structure in an R-3 zone for use as a
fraternity house, sorority house, or group living house, and that
rules and regulations covering said uses be adopted by the City
Council by resolution; and
WHEREAS, the City Council under the conditions of Ordinance No. 692
and Ordinance 701 relating to fraternity, sorority, and group liv-
ing houses, desires to establish rules and regulations for the
conduct and operation of said fraternity, sorority, and group living
houses under a conditional use permit and any other permits required.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The rules and regulations as provided in this
resolution are to be applicable and as required by Ordinance No. 692
and Ordinance No. 701, and any other ordinances adopted by the City
Council, which require a conditional use permit by a fraternity house,
sorority house, or group house.
Section 2. The rules and regulations applicable to any
fraternity or sorority house granted permission to operate or have
facilities in an R-3 zone are as follows:
(a) Not more than twenty-five (25) persons shall be
permitted to reside in any such fraternity or sorority
house.
(b) Each fraternity or sorority house shall have a
full-time resident house mother by February 1, 1967.
Prior to February 1, 1967, either a full-time resident
house mother or, where living facilities for such are
not provided, a qualified responsible adult supervisor
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shall preside. Such resident house mother or supervisor
shall be selected by the Alumni Advisory Board or such
other sponsoring group of such fraternity or sorority
and approved by both the particular educational institu-
tion and the City Manager. The resident house mother or
supervisor shall be in full charge of the fraternity or
sorority house and shall be vested with complete authority
to enforce all rules and regulations. All rules and regu-
lations shall be posted in a conspicious place and
permanently maintained in each fraternity and sorority
house, For the purpose of this section, an adult super-
visor shall be a graduate student or other responsible
adult over the age of twenty-five (25),
(c) Each fraternity and sorority shall make available
to the Dean of Students of the educational institution
with which it is associated, the City Manager, the
Seal Beach Police Department, the Seal Beach Department
of Building and Safety, the names, addresses, and telephone
numbers of the resident house mother or supervisor, the
sponsoring group of such fraternity or sorority and two
alumni supervisors not less than thirty (~ years of age,
who may be contacted with reference to any complaint.
(d) All meetings on the premises shall be adjourned and
non-residents of the fraternity or sorority attending
such meetings shall leave the premises not later than
10:00 p.m.
(e) No alcoholic beverages shall be permitted on the
premises at any time.
(f) No outdoor singing shall be allowed.
(g) No parties shall be permitted at such fraternity
or sorority houses at which music is played by a live
band or orchestra and no outdoor speakers shall be
permitted.
(h) No parties shall be allowed in a fraternity or
sorority house except on Friday or Saturday night, and
no more than one party shall be allowed on anyone weekend.
All parties shall be chaperoned by responsible adults,
approved by the house mother or supervisor, and such parties
shall terminate not later than midnight. No student or
graduate student shall act as a chaperone.
(i) Not withstanding any other provisions of the zoning
ordinance, each fraternity or sorority house shall pro-
vide not less than one off-street parking space, within
three hundred (300) feet of such fraternity or sorority
house, for each occupancy thereof.
(j) Each fraternity or sorority house must be approved by
the educational institution with which it is associated.
(k) Each fraternity or sorority house shall be inspected
and approved annually by the City of Seal Beach Building
and Safety and Fire Departments and by the Orange County
Health Department.
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(1) Not more than three persons in a fraternity of
sorority house shall occupy any room designed or used
for sleeping purposes.
(m) A determination by the City Council that the
fraternity or sorority house constitutes a police problem
or the actions of the fraternity or sorority are detri-
mental to the particular neighborhood in which located
shall be additional grounds for denying or revoking a
conditional use permit granted under this section and/or
denying or revoking the permit required from the City
Manager's Office.
Section 3. The rules and regulations applicable to any group
house or gr.oup living house and/or individual living therein and/or
individual operating such facility, granted permission to operate or
have facilities in an R-3 zone under a conditional use permit as
follows:
(a) Not more than ten (10) persons shall be permitted
to reside in any such group house.
(b) No outdoor singing shall be allowed.
(c) No parties shall be permitted at which music
is played by a live band or orchestra and no outdoor
loud speakers shall be permitted.
(d) No parties shall be allowed except on Friday or
Saturday night, and no more than one party shall be
allowed on anyone weekend, and shall terminate not
later than midnight.
(e) Not withstanding any other provisions of the
zoning ordinance, each group house shall provide not
less than one off-street parking space, within three
hundred (300) feet of such group house, for each
occupancy thereof.
(f) Each group house shall be inspected and approved
annually by the City of Seal Beach Building and Safety
and Fire Departments and by the Orange County Health
Department.
(g) Not more than three persons shall occupy any room
designated or used for sleeping purposes.
(h) A determination by the City Council that the group
house constitutes a police problem or the actions of the
individuals living in a group house are detrimental to
the particular neighborhood in which located shall be
additional grounds for denying or revoking a conditional
use permit granted under this section and/or denying or
revoking the permit required from the City Manager's
office.
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Section 4. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of the resolution, or the
application thereof to any person, firm, corporation or circumstance,
is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the
decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution.
The Council of the City of Seal Beach hereby declares that it would
have adopted this resolution and each section, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase, or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any
one or more section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall verify to the passage and
adoption of this resolution and shall cause the same to be posted.
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
GOUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
I, F. W. Hickman, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach and ex-officio
Clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify to the passage and
adoption of the foregoing resolution of the City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the ,6th day of-February,l967, by the following
vote:
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