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1 2 3' 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 21 24 25 26 27 28 reference the recitals contained in this ordinance, as if fully set forth herein, and makes and adopts the following findings demonstrating the need for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety: 1. The siting of certain residential or group care facilities and congregate living facilities may result in severe impacts to the neighborhoods in which they are to be located, including impacts related to traffic, parking, noise and the impairment of integrity of residential neighborhoods. 2. The Colton Municipal Code does not currently contain regulations the siting and permitting of licensed or unlicensed residential or group care facilities congregate living facilities. 3. The City has recently received several zoning inquiries regarding placement of licensed and unlicensed residential or group care facilities, including one related to the placement of a proposed transitional learning center for young adults. 4. This proposed Urgency Ordinance is necessary for the immediate of the public peace, health and safety to insure that the placement of residential or care facilities in the City of Colton do not adversely affect the integrity of residential and do not create impacts that would constitute a direct threat to the health or of individuals or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to property. SECTION 2. Chapter 18.04 of the Colton Municipal Code is hereby amended by the following definitions: "18.04.139. Congregate residence. Congregate residence means any building portion thereof which contains facilities for living, sleeping and sanitation, as required suant to the Uniform Building Code, and may include facilities for eating and cooking, for 1 -transient occupancy primarily by persons eighteen years old and older, in which the ponsibilities for rent, housekeeping, cooking and other household maintenance chores are .red among the occupants. 3