An ordinance that is passed with an emergency clause is put intoeffect immediately, foregoing the normal waiting period for mostordinances. That abbreviated enactment took away the citizens'rights to seek a citywide vote on the issue, Woods says.

On Tuesday night, the Glendale City Council approved threechanges in ordinances that will impact big box retailers. At leasttwo of them are expected to be challenged in court.

The city imposed time limits on when any retailer at theproposed site at 51st and Olive avenues can be open, prohibitingopen times between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. The city also limited thesize of any single retailer on the site to 92,000-sf.

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