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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 0-01-26 <br />AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF COLTON AMENDING TITLE 18 (ZONING <br />CODE), SECTION 18.48.150 OF THE CITY OF COLTON <br />MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ACCESSORY <br />DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY <br />DWELLING UNITS TO COMPLY WITH THE RECENT <br />CHANGES IN STATE LAW, AND FINDING THE ACTION <br />TO BE STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM CEQA UNDER <br />PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE § 21080.17 <br />WHEREAS, the City of Colton, California ("City") is a municipal corporation, <br />duly organized under the constitution and laws of the State of California; and <br />WHEREAS, state law authorizes cities to act by ordinance to provide for the <br />creation and regulation of accessory dwelling units ("ADUs") and junior accessory <br />dwelling units ("JADUs"); and <br />WHEREAS, in recent years, the California Legislature has approved, and the <br />Governor has signed into law, numerous bills that, among other things, amend various <br />sections of the Government Code to impose new limits on local authority to regulate <br />ADUs and JADUs; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2025, the California Legislature approved, and the Governor <br />signed into law, further amendments to state ADU law; and <br />WHEREAS, new updates to state ADU law took effect January 1, 2026, and for <br />the City's ADU ordinance to remain valid, it must be amended to reflect the most recent <br />changes to state law; and <br />WHEREAS, the City desires to amend its local regulatory scheme for the <br />construction of ADUs and JADUs to reflect the most recent changes to state law; and <br />WHEREAS, there is a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, or <br />welfare based on the passage of bills updating state ADU law because if the City's <br />ordinance does not comply with this legislation by January 1, 2026 — and the City's <br />ADU ordinance becomes null and void in its entirety — the City would be required to <br />approve ADUs and JADUs in accordance with the few default standards that are imposed <br />by Chapter 13 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the California Government Code, which is the <br />state ADU law; and <br />WHEREAS, the approval of ADUs and JADUs based solely on the default <br />statutory standards, without local regulations governing height, setback, landscape, and <br />architectural review, among other things, would threaten the character of existing <br />