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/' N W 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 e�N27 28 18.50.120 or whether such signs are approved through a conditional use permit or variance procedure, is significant and potentially injurious to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Colton. (b) In order to address this problem, the City must conduct a review of its policies and procedures with regard to approval of freeway oriented signs to assure that adequate safeguards are in place to reasonably assure that visual blight will not result from the approval of any future freeway oriented signs in the City of Colton. (c) It is anticipated that the necessary review will take no longer than 45 days. (d) Pending the outcome of the review and modification of any building standards or procedures that may result from that review, including without limitation amendment of City Code provisions relating to freeway oriented signs, it is necessary to impose a moratorium on the approval of any new freeway oriented signs. (e) The moratorium on approval of any new freeway oriented signs within the City of Colton shall have no effect on any currently approved conditional use permits, variances or building permits within the City or on any projects approved for processing through the conditional use permit, variance or building permit process by the Redevelopment Agency. SECTION 2: Pursuant to the authority granted to the City Council by California Government Code Section 65858 to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the City of Colton, the City Council hereby enacts as an interim urgency moratorium on the approval of any conditional use permit, variance or building permit except as provided in Section 1 above to take effect immediately upon the adoption of this ordinance and to continue for a period of 45 days or until the Community Development Director has