O-07-22 Urgency Ordinance- Extending a Moratorium on the Establishment, Expansion, or Modifidcation of Warehouses, Distriubution Centers, Truck Storage FAcilities and

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1 2 3 4 J 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1> 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2) 74 25 26 27 28 • Traffic congestion and reduced levels of service on streets and at intersections; • Increased impacts from improperly over -loaded trucks; and J. The City of Colton has determined that Warehouse and trucking storage facilities have a detrimental impact upon the City, which are not being addressed by the City's current ordinances and zoning regulations; and K. The City intends to update the Colton Municipal Code to further address the potential side effects of Warehouses to ensure that they are properly regulated within the City; and L. The City also intends to address truck yards, and associated buildings, queuing, stacking, loading, unloading and parking of trucks; and M. City staff and the Warehouse Moratorium Ad Hoc Committee have considered public input, researched the issues related to warehouses and truck storage facilities but required more time after May 3, 2022 to complete the measures necessary to alleviate the conditions which lead to the adoption of the Moratorium; and N. The City Council wishes to extend the Moratorium for a period of one year, or until the City Council adopts an ordinance addressing the issues raised, whichever occurs first; and O. At a duly noticed public hearing on May 3, 2022, testimony evidence was heard and presented from all persons interested in affecting said proposal to extend the Moratorium, from all persons protesting the same and from members of the City staff, and the City Council has reviewed, analyzed, considered, and studied all oral and written testimony and evidence presented at such public hearing, including staff reports and presentations by City staff. SECTION 2. Recitals Incorporated. The City Council finds the recitals contained in this Ordinance to be true and correct, relies upon them in passing this Ordinance, and incorporates them herein as Urgency Findings as though set forth in full herein. SECTION 3. Immediate Threat. The City finds that there is a current and immediate threat to public health, safety, and welfare posed by current Warehousing and Truck Storage Facilities in the City, dues to insufficiency of regulations under the Colton Municipal Code. As stated above, the rapid development of expansion of Warehousing and Truck Storage Facilities within and surrounding the City has increased truck -3-