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SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 21, 1992 A Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Colton was held on the above given date in the Council Chambers of City Hall, located at 650 North. La Cadena Drive, Colton, California, at 7:40 p. m., Mayor Gonzales presiding. Notice of Special Meeting was given on December l?, 1992, in compliance with Government Code Section 54956. ROLL CALL. Cou.ncilmembers present were Bennett, Sandoval, Rios, Cisneros, Cock, Beltran and. Mayor Gonzales. Also present were Deputy City Attorney Biggs, City Manager Lewis and Deputy City Clerk. Delgado. Interim Uraencv ..ordinance City Manager Lewis announced that tonight's presentation would he in two parts - a factual report by Community Development Director Zamora and a legal. report by Deputy City Attorney Biggs. Community Development Director Zamora informed that the business known as Inland. Empire Composting, a composting operation had, recently received a conditional use permit which allowed for the proposed use of 40.6 acres for composting operation to include the use of temporary trailers on the site for laboratory and office facilities. After further study staff determined, that existing and proposed composting facilities were permitted as light manufacturing processing facilities under Light Industrial (M-1) under the Zoning Ordinance or as agricultural processing facilities in the open space/agricultural zone under the Aqua Mansa Specific Plan areas. It was found that such determinations dere too general and could be more clearly defined as recycling operations, under Zoning Ordinance No. 1.8.50. 01.0. Thus, a light recycling process facility, less than 45,000 square feet would he permitted in all industrial zones with a conditional use permit and a heavy recycling processing facility, greater than 45,000 square feet, would only be permitted in heavy industrial zones with a conditional use permit. Finding the need for clarification, staff recommended a moratorium for staff to further review the composting and related uses, their environmental impacts and their classification within the City codes. In the alternative, if there is no moratorium, staff recommended that the City Council approve the classification of those facilities as recycling operations. This classification would serve as the City's measure to ensure quality composting operations within the City and it would provide the two current