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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Study Area, there have been several inquiries by developers expressing interest in developing property within the Regional Park Study Area.. C. At the same time, the City of Colton continues to proceed in amending its current General Plan and Zoning Ordinance. Indeed, the City's Planning Consultants were recently authorized to proceed with Phase 11 of the General Plan development program. D. Of course, development of the new General Plan will necessarily study existing and proposed land uses in the entire City and the Regional Park Study Area in particular. Recently, concerns have been expressed about delays in the identification and implementation of the Regional Park. In fact, the City has communicated, on multiple occasions, with County elected officials and staff members to identify options on how to proceed. E. Given the uncertainties of the scope of the Regional Park and the City's current General Plan and Zoning efforts, the City Council requested that City staff prepare a moratorium ordinance to assure that the City has a mechanism in place to prevent the development of land uses that could be incompatible with the Regional Park. F. Government Code, Section 65858 authorizes the City to adopt an interim Urgency Ordinance to protect the public safety, health and welfare and to prohibit 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. The purpose of this moratorium is to protect the public safety, health and welfare of the citizens of the City of Colton by prohibiting the approval of land use entitlement applications and other permits for land uses in the Regional Park Study Area that may adversely impact the planning efforts of the City's Planning Staff and Consultants in studying -2-