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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA PROPOSED
BY THE INITIATIVE PROCESS (ELECTIONS CODE
SECTIONS 4000-4021) AMENDING THE ZONING
ORDINANCE' BY PROHIBITING STADIUMS
WHEREAS, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA hereby find
as follows:
a. In 1967, the City of Saratoga allowed the West Valley
Joint Community College District ("District" herein) ito build
its .West Valley campus in the City on the condition, among
others, that the campus not include a spectator-oriented
sports stadium;
b. In reliance on the foregoing condition, many familities
purchased homes in Saratoga, seeking the unique, semi-rural
atmosphere the City afforded and believing that they were
safe from the types of disturbances a sports stadium would
c aus e;
c.. The District has now changed its plans and decided
to build a stadium, which will not only be quite costly to
the taxpayers of the District, but will also in general destroy
the residential character of the City, particu~arly: through
air pollution, noise pollution, and significantly increased
traffic conge.stion; ·
d. The area's schools already furnish sufficient facili-
ties for spectator-oriented sports and other crowd-drawing
activities; and
e. The people of the City desire to. prevent the building
of any new stadium within the City limits, yet-still allow
some flexibility for cultural events (except for rock concerts
and sports events, which have historically been particularly
disturbing); and
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f. The 'following facilities should be exempt because
they have historically been used in a less offensive manner:
facilities at elementary and secondary (junior and senior
high) schools; and facilities built by private, non-prOfit,
youth-oriented organizations such as little league or the
American Youth Soccer Organization,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Saratoga
does hereby ordain as follows:
'The Saratoga Zoning Ordinance, NS-3, is amended to add
the following . language:
1. Neither a stadium of any size nor any other facility
with a similar use but different name shall be a permitted
use in any zone. A "stadium" is a track and/or field which
has any one or more of the following: permanent or portable
seating (other than field-level seating for participating
athletes), permanent or portable lighting, permanent or
portable sound system,I press box, scoreboard, restrooms, or
concession stands, and on which any inter-school events or
other spectator-oriented event of any kind are held.
2. Temporary portable equipment for cultural events
.(other than sports events or rock concerts) may be utilized
on any track or field upon a two-thirds vote of the City
Council after a duly-noticed public hearing and a finding
that the particular. event will not be unduly disturbing to
the City.
3. This Ordinance shall not apply to~fae~l-ities at
elementary and secondary (junion and senior high) schools or
facilities built by private, non-profit., youth-oriented
organizations such as little league or the American Youth
Soccer Organizations.
4. No part of this Ordinance may be amended or repealed
except by the voters of the City of Saratoga at a regular
municipal election.
The above and foregoing Ordinance was submitted to the
City Council of the City of Saratoga in'a petition filed with
the Clerk of the legislative body, all {n accord with Elections
Code Sections 4000 through 4021 of the State of California;
said petition was filed with the City Clerk on the 12th day
of October, 1977, and thereafter said City Clerk did duly
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and regularly find that said petition contained 2,544 valid
signatures, in excess of the minimum number of signatures
required, all inaccord with Elections qode Section 4008
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of this State, n~l~id petition was thereafter accepted
for filing; thereafter the petition ~lsubmitted to the
City Council of this City at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 16th day of November, 1977, and was regularly intro-'
duced by a majority vote of said Council on said date; said
City Council chose not to submit said proposed Ordinance
to the.electorate of said City, but rather to pass and
adopt the same as presented, and therefore thereafter, after
the waiting time required by law after introduction, said
Ordinance was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of Saratoga held on the
7tb day of December ., 1977 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Matteoni-,/,Brfdges., 'B~igham, & Kraus
NOES: Councilwoman Corr ~
ABSENT: None
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The above and foregoing is a true and correst
copy of Ordinance ,,/5 s. 4o which has been
published according to law.
Deputy City Clerk ~. Dat~ '
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