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I City's general Plan which designates this area for industrial land uses subject to specific development standards. The proposed zoning for Subarea No. 4 is IP (Industrial Park). The zoning 2 classification within this subarea is currently not consistent with the City's General Plan designation 3 of General Commercial. Based on the location and topography of this subarea, the IP (Industrial 4 Park) zoning classification is more appropriate classification. As a condition of the proposed annexation, the City of Colton will process a general Plan amendment to bring the zoning and 5 general plan into compliance. 6 7 B. That there is a need in the community for more of the types of uses permitted by the zone. The proposed prezone will meet a community need for additional types of residential 8 and industrial land uses. In terms of residential land use opportunities, the City's Housing Element 9 of the General Plan has identified that there is a need for an additional 968 dwelling units to meet 10 the City=s fair share housing allocation. With implementation of the proposed zoning, there will be an excellent opportunity, due to vacant land in the subareas, to provide approximately 122 new 11 residential dwelling units which represents about 12.6% of the fair share needs. In terms of 12 industrial land uses, additional opportunities for industrial development will increase the City's 13 employment and tax revenue base. Implementation of industrial land uses that provide more jobs will also assist the City in meeting their jobs/housing balance goals and policies. 14 15 C. That the proposed change of zone would not adversely affect the surrounding 16 area or the community in general. The Prezone application will not adversely affect the surrounding area or the community in general. The proposed zoning is consistent with the zoning of the 17 surrounding area, and the land uses permitted by the proposed zoning is also consistent with 18 surrounding land uses. Further, any future development which will be restricted to the uses 19 permitted by the zoning classifications, will be compatible with existing uses and will compliment the surrounding neighborhoods. 20 21 SECTION 3. Based on the entire record before the City Council and all written and 22 oral evidence presented, the City Council finds that the Application for Prezone DAP 000-030 (South Annexation No. S-50) complies with the California Environmental Quality Act and the CEQA 23 Guidelines. The City Council hereby adopts the Negative Declaration based on the following 24 findings: 25 A. That there is no evidence before the City of Colton that the proposed 26 Application will have any potentially adverse environmental impacts, either individually or 27 cumulatively, on wildlife resources or the habitat upon which the wildlife depends. Therefore, the 28 proposed Application is found to have a deminimus impact in its effect on fish and wildlife. RIVPUB/MXM/655176 3