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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2( 21 231 25 26 27 28 -ecommendations from EDSPAC (Economic Development Strategic Planning Advisory -ommittee) and the City Council's expressed vision for these areas. Such land uses could also be incompatible with the contemplated General Plan and zoning revisions, including -hanges in land use designations and General Plan and zoning revisions, including changes in land us designations and General Plan goals and policies that attempt to mitigate the impact of intense land uses on surrounding properties. D. In January 2007, the City Council directed staff to prepare the West Valley area for development of the Colton Superblock. In June 2007, acting as its Redevelopment Agency, the City awarded a contract to Hall and Foreman, Inc. to complete an Amendment to the West Valley Specific Plan to allow for land uses consistent with the City's vision of the Colton Superblock. E. California Government Code, Section 65858 authorizes the City to adopt an interim Urgency Ordinance prohibiting any uses which may be in conflict with a contemplated general plan or zoning proposal which the City is considering, studying or intends to study within a reasonable time. F. The City Council is concerned that continued acceptance of entitlement applications for the land uses north of I-10, south of San Bernardino Avenue, and west of Hermosa Avenue to the westerly city limit (as shown on Exhibit A) will adversely impact the short-term planning efforts of the City's Planning Staff and Consultants to study existing and proposed land uses in the City. As a result, the City Council wishes to adopt a temporary moratorium on the approval of land use applications and the issuance of building permits for certain land uses, while exempting the issuance of permits for existing land uses that do not result in an expansion in floor area, until the City and its Consultants can analyze appropriate areas of the City where such uses may locate and propose policies to standards to assure that such uses are not incompatible with other contemplated land uses. G. On June 20, 2006, and June 19, 2007 the City Council approved the 2006/07 and 2007/08 Economic Development/Redevelopment Agency Budgets, which included the West Valley specific Plan Amendment. The approval of a moratorium for the West Valley area is a tool that will allow the City to effectively establish a land use and economic development plan for the West Valley area. The moratorium would restrict approval of land uses that would result in a current and immediate threat to the public safety, health, welfare because consideration and approval of such uses may be inconsistent with proposed land use designations and contemplated general and specific plan policies now being studied. The moratorium would also protect and promote the planning process by, among other things, prohibiting the introduction of potentially nonconforming land uses that could defeat the City's later -adopted General Plan, specific plan and/or zoning ordinance for the West Valley area. A moratorium would further promote the public's interest in the development of an accurate General Plan document and protect the economic revitalization efforts in the City of Colton. H. Consequently, the City Council finds that this Urgency Ordinance is necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare by providing the City with a 2624990\MMARTINEZ\39192.1