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COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
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_E; Ordinance ~,Jr% - Amending Section 9.24.010 of the Municipal Code
Relating to the Regulation of Fortunetelling
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gY; City Attorney
• A the meeting of September 1, 1981, a request was made by a Mrs.
J an Moreland, astrologer, to remove the business of astrology
f om that section of the Municipal Code dealing with fortune-
t lling and occult practices and to permit the licensing of this
b siness in the City of Chula Vista.
R COMMENDATION: That the Council approve the amendments to
§9.24.010 removing reference to astrology and
clarifying the permitted practice of astrological
readings as a legitimate business in the City.
B ARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: N/A
A
D SCUSSION:
e City Clerk has informed me that astrology, by dictionary
• d finition, is an interpretation of the influence of heavenly
b dies on human affairs. Astrology, as a pseudoscience or an
a usement, has become, in fact, big business in America. Not only
d all of the newspapers carry astrological readings and daily
p edictions of activities, but on virtually every television and
r dio station, there are talk shows with astrologers engaging in
p ophecy and predictions for individuals who provide their date
a d hour of birth, and from such base raw information, develop an
a alysis that would be the envy of Freud and Nostradamus combined.
I is a practice which may not have great currency on an
a ceptable base in the marketplace, but it is nevertheless so
s fficiently widespread and firmly established as to preclude any
r tional basis for its prohibition. S ince the purpose of our
o dinance is to a priori prevent or prohibit activities which
d fraud the citizens of our community, it is apparent that any
c ntinuing prohibition for such a widely accepted activity is
p intless.
refore, it is recommended that the City allay the operation of
rological businesses.
~ FIISCAL IMPACT:
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Form A-113 (Rev. l~/79)
None, except the revenues from the sale of the
business licenses.
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