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0 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SECTION 1: General Plan Consistency Findings. The City Council of the City of Colton hereby finds and determines: A. Based on the entire record before the City Council and all written and oral evidence presented, the City Council finds that the proposed Text Amendments to the Colton Municipal Code are consistent with the General Plan of the City of Colton because they provide additional residential property rights relating to the keeping of animals and provide more parking flexibility and opportunities for expansion of existing and proposed eating and drinking establishments. These Text Amendments promote and achieve the City's General Plan goals and policies relating to stable estate residential development and commercial/industrial development opportunities. B. Based on the entire record before the City Council and all written and oral evidence presented, the City Council finds the Text Amendments are reasonably related to the public welfare of the citizens of the City of Colton and the surrounding region because they promote additional property rights and provide more parking flexibility to eating and drinking establishments. SECTION 2: Sections 18.20.120(A)(3), 18.22.120(A)(4), 18.24.120(A)(5), 18.26.120(A)(6), and 18.28.120(A)(6) of the Colton Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows: "For eating and drinking establishments, including fast food and drive-through establishments, one space shall be provided for every one hundred square feet of gross floor area, with a minimum of five spaces provided for each establishment." SECTION 3: Section 18.54.020(A)(1) of the Colton Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "In an R -E, M-1 or M-2 zone to keep a total combination thereof of three or less animals per acre, and providing all of them are kept at least sixty feet from any surrounding residence and forty feet from any residence of the property in which they are kept." SECTION 4: CEQA Determination. Based on the entire record before and all written and oral evidence presented, the City Council finds the proposed Text Amendments are exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3)) of the CEQA Guidelines. Staff is directed to file a Notice of Exemption with the San Bernardino County Clerk's Office within five (5) working days of the approval of these Text Amendments. SECTION 5. The documents and materials that constitute the record of proceedings on which these findings and proceedings are based are located at 659 North La Cadena Drive, Colton, California 92324. The custodian for these records is David Zamora, Community Development Director. RVPUB\MXM\669154.1 R V PUB\MXM\651446