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1 WHEREAS, the City of Colton desires to adopt the California Building <br />2 <br />Standards Code as adopted by the State of California Building Standards Commission <br />3 <br />4 in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations ("collectively the Codes"), with <br />5 necessary amendments to assure the Codes are tailored to the particular safety needs <br />6 of the City of Colton as required by its unique climatic, topographic and geologic <br />7 conditions; and <br />8 WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Ordinance <br />9 <br />have occurred; <br />10 <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON DOES ORDAIN AS <br />11 <br />12 FOLLOWS: <br />13 SECTION 1: The City Council hereby incorporates the recitals contained <br />14 herein, detailing the necessity of adopting this urgency ordinance for the immediate <br />15 preservation of the health and safety of the residents and businesses of the City of <br />16 Colton, as if fully set forth herein. <br />17 <br />SECTION 2: FINDINGS. <br />18 <br />19 A. The City Council hereby finds that the proposed amendments to the <br />20 California Building Standards Code adopting the CBC, CMC, CPC and CEC, as well as <br />21 the proposed amendments to other codes, are reasonably necessary because of local <br />22 climatic, geologic or topographic conditions. This finding is supported and based upon <br />23 the following express findings and determinations, followed by the applicable <br />24 <br />amendments: <br />25 <br />26 1. The City experiences relatively low amounts of precipitation, <br />27 very low humidity levels and extremely high temperatures. These climatic conditions are <br />28 conducive to the spread of drought conditions and fires. For example, during the <br />2 <br />