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San Bruno City Council Meeting March 26, 2013
10a. Gun Violence Legislation
A
Item
number
10
to
conduct
of
business
10a,
adopt
a
resolution
supporting
federal
and
state
gun
violence
legislation
provide
direction
to
amend
the
Municipal
Code,
to
establish
police
permit
system
for
new
firearms
dealers
and
to
amend
the
zoning
code
to
permit
new
firearms
dealers.
Only
in
the
m1
industrial
zoning
district
Thank.
B
B
B
About
a
month
ago,
the
city
council
considered
a
comprehensive
report
on
reducing
the
incidence
of
gun,
violence
and
asked
the
question:
what
can
the
city
do?
So?
We
are
coming
back
to
you
tonight
for
the
first
phase
of
the
implementation
of
your
direction
and
that
included
in
essence,
three
things,
one
of
which
is
a
resolution
in
your
staff
report
this
evening,
which
supports
a
president
obama's
comprehensive
plan
to
reduce
gun
violence.
The
second
thing
you
asked
us
to
do
was
to
conduct
some
further
research
into
san
francisco's
proposed
ordinance.
B
That
would
restrict
certain
kinds
of
ammunition,
and
the
third
thing
we
did
is
took
a
look
and
analyzed
some
of
the
municipal
and
zoning
code.
Amendments
that
you
asked
us
about
so
the
first
topic
for
this
evening
is
the
resolution
and
support
a
president
obama's
plan.
As
you
know,
from
the
staff
report
and
from
what
we
presented
a
couple
of
meetings
ago.
The
plan
is
detailed,
comprehensive
and
extensive,
and
you
probably
heard
something
about
it
almost
every
day
in
the
newspaper
as
various
aspects
of
it
wind
its
way
through
the
through
Congress.
B
The
plan
is
supported
by
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors
and
I
know
that
mayor
wayne
was
active
in
that
effort.
The
resolution
that's
attached
to
the
packet
does
express
the
city
of
san
bruno
support
for
for
that
plan,
so
we
prepared
that,
for
you
and
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
about
that
at
the
end
of
the
presentation.
B
The
next
topic
that
you
asked
us
to
look
at
was
the
proposed
san
francisco
ordinance
that
restricted
ammunition,
and
you
might
remember
that
san
francisco
was
proposing
banning
hollow-point
ammunition
and
requiring
gun
dealers
to
report
purchases,
a
five
hundred
or
more
rounds,
and
at
the
last
time
this
was
up
in
front
of
you
you.
You
did
hear
some
public
comment
about
that
both
sides
we
we
took
a
pretty
close
look
at
it
and
chief
telford,
and
I
concluded
that
the
similar
san
francisco
ordinance
is
currently
already
in
litigation.
B
He's
been
told
that
more
litigation
will
follow.
If
and
when
san
francisco
adopts
the
ordinance,
I
think
they
already
have
adopted
it
I'm,
not
aware
of
any
other
cities
that
have
adopted
that
ordinance
at
the
moment
and
while
we're
not
afraid
of
litigation,
it
seemed
to
us
that
recommending
an
ordinance
that
is
already
going
to
end
up
in
litigation
is
probably
not
going
to
be
a
very
effective
ordinance,
both
in
terms
of
enforcement
and
implementation.
B
B
Those
kinds
of
systems
are
fairly
common,
they've
been
upheld
by
the
courts.
It's
also
clear
in
the
ordinance
that
you
have
in
your
packet
for
discussion
tonight
that
the
two
existing
firearms
dealers
in
san
bruno
would
be
exempt
primarily
because
they're
already
complying
with
a
number
of
conditions
that
are
quite
similar
to
in
that
ordinance
already.
B
So
we
didn't
see
any
reason
to
increase
the
bureaucratic
red
tape
for
them
and
have
them
comply
with
something
that,
in
essence,
they're
already
doing
the
main
goals
of
the
ordinance
that
I
won't
go
through
each
and
every
provision
of
it.
There's
a
copy
in
your
packet
is
really
safety
on
the
one
hand
and
security.
On
the
other
hand,
it
does
require
an
application
of
the
background
check
one
of
the
important
provisions,
our
proximity
limits,
both
from
residential
zoning
districts
and
also
from
each
other.
So
we
don't
have
a
proliferation
of
gun
shops.
B
There
are
provisions
in
the
ordinance
that
require
site
security
both
for
the
building
and
for
the
weapons
and
ammunition
stored
inside
the
permits
proposed
to
be
a
one-year
permit.
That's
renewable
and
then,
of
course,
there's
a
hearing
provided
if
it's
either
denied
or
revoked.
So
those
are
the
essential
provisions
of
the
Municipal
Code
ordinance
that
we're
we're
showing
you
this
evening.
B
You
also
asked
us
to
take
a
look
at
what,
if
anything,
we
could
do
about
the
zoning
code.
So,
as
you
know,
the
zoning
code
regulates
how
you
could
use
your
property
in
certain
zoning
districts
and
under
current
zoning
gun
shops
actually
are
only
permitted
in
what's
called
the
CBD
district.
Existing
dealers
for
historical
reasons,
are
located
in
two
different
districts.
Although
similar
the
see
commercial
&
co,
which
is
community
office,
that
would
be
the
big
5.
B
The
dealers
in
those
locations,
in
fact,
throughout
the
commercial
districts,
raise
some
some
questions
about
whether
those
are
consistent
with
your
recently
adopted
general
newly
adopted
general
plan
amendments,
certainly
the
transit
corridor
plan
and
the
new
zoning.
That's
going
to
soon
follow
on
that.
If
you
look
at
what
those
plans
say,
especially
in
the
transit
corridor
plan
area,
they
call
for
higher
density,
residential
office
resident
and
visitor
serving
businesses
like
restaurants,
cafes
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
and
it
didn't
seem
to
staff
that
those
are
uses
are
necessarily
consistent
with
gun
shops.
B
So
we
looked
at
the
various
zoning
districts
where
a
new
gun
shop
might
be
allowable
in
san
bruno
and
concluded.
One
possible
location
would
be
in
a
portion
of
the
m1
zone
and
as
I'm
reading,
this
I
I
realize,
with
a
certain
degree
of
horror
that
I
forgot
to
put
up
the
last
exhibit
on
my
powerpoint
slide,
which
is
in
your
staff
report.
It's
the
exhibit.
That
shows
where
those
uses
are
are
located.
So
I
apologize
for
that,
but
in
essence,
I'll
explain
it
to
you.
It
was
in
the
staff
report.
B
That's
nearby,
and
so
we
thought
that
that
would
be
at
least
the
more
appropriate
use
or
place
for
gun
shops
located
in
the
city
of
San
Bruno
and,
if
you're
in
general
agreement
with
that
the
staff
is
indicated,
they
would
bring
back
those
types
of
amendments
both
to
the
zoning
map
to
the
zoning
text
and
possibly
to
the
general
plan
back
to
the
Planning
Commission
for
review,
and
then
you
would
see
those
as
part
of
your
normal
review
process.
One
question
we
had
for
you
this
evening
is
whether
you
wanted
us
to
do
that.
B
If
that's
the
direction
to
do
that
as
part
of
the
entire
general
zoning
code
update
or
whether
you'd
like
to
bring
that
to
the
Planning
Commission
on
a
more
rapid
time
schedule.
So
that's
a
question.
We
will
want
to
get
a
little
bit
of
direction
on
and
we'll
come
back
to
that
in
just
a
second
last
time
we
did
talk
about
a
voluntary
or
excuse
me
a
gun,
buyback
program.
B
C
Thanks
mark
I'm,
so
we
are
working
with
congresswoman
jackie
spears
office
to
do
a
gun,
buyback
program,
it'll
involve
several
agencies
in
san
mateo
county
and
we
will
be
holding
that
event
in
the
North
County.
So
we
will
be
meeting
on
that
event
this
week
and
details
will
come
out
soon
we're
looking
at
an
early
April
date
in
terms
of
voluntary
gun
program.
The
police
department
has
and
will
continue
to
accept
firearms
from
citizens
that
want
to
turn
those
firearms
in.
B
Thank
You
chief
last
but
not
least,
we
can
look
at
a
couple
of
next
steps.
Of
course,
there's
the
resolution
in
your
packet
that
you
may
wish
to
adopt
this
evening.
If
it's
the
pleasure
of
the
council,
we
would
return
to
the
City
Council
of
a
subsequent
meeting
with
the
municipal
code.
Amendments
for
adoption.
B
Excuse
me
for
introduction
at
a
public
hearing
and
then
adoption
and
then
finally,
staff
would
propose
the
various
zoning
code
and
map
amendments
to
the
Planning
Commission
for
recommendation
to
the
City
Council,
and
there
we
be
looking
for
some
direction
for
you
about
the
timing
of
that
process.
That
concludes
my
staff
report.
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Any.
D
B
E
F
B
E
B
B
E
Pretty
good,
they
had
the
bone.
I
thought
here:
Oh
mr.
Marin
council
members
on
the
timing.
As
far
as
the
zoning
code
update,
we
would
expect
to
be
complete
that
by
the
end
of
this
year,
if
you
wanted
to
separate
out
the
amendments
that
would
take
about
a
four
month
process
to
do
that.
So
those
are
the
options
in
terms
of
timing,
I,
think
it's
not
yeah.
F
F
B
Yes,
actually,
the
the
gun
store,
that
was,
there
was
a
non-conforming
use,
and
so
the
gun
stores
are
only
allowed
and
have
been
allowed.
Only
in
the
CBD
area
that
store
was
in
a
different
zoning
district.
That
means
their
new
gun
store
is
not
allowed
to
operate
there.
They
did
not
have
a
conditional
use
permit,
so
they
didn't
have
a
vested
right
to
the
zoning
being
continued
in
their
favor,
having
discontinued
their
business
and
as
I
say,
among
other
reasons,
the
the
staff
would
not
be
recommending
approval
of
a
gun
store
at
that
location.