For City Council Meeting August 26, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
AUTHOR: Christina Taylor, Director of Community Development
Title
Provide An Update to the City Council on the Status of Urgency Ordinance No. 1698 Entitled, "AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIALTO, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS OF URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 1697, ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXPANSION, OR INTENSIFICATION OF "INDOOR STORAGE FACILITIES", WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF RIALTO.
(RECEIVE AND FILE)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file this update.
BACKGROUND
Chapter 18.112 (Indoor Storage Uses) of the Rialto Municipal Code authorizes the establishment, modification, expansion, or intensification of indoor storage facilities, which includes fulfillment centers and storage warehouses, within the Light Manufacturing (M-1) zone, General Manufacturing (M-2) zone, and Specific Plan areas. However, due to the rapid expansion of industrial developments within the City and neighboring communities, residents and businesses have experienced various adverse impacts related to these industrial developments, including incompatibility with adjacent uses.
On January 28, 2025, the City Council adopted Urgency Ordinance No. 1697 establishing a 45-day moratorium on the establishment, modification, expansion, or intensification of indoor storage facilities, which includes fulfillment centers and storage warehouses, and prohibits the City from issuing any permits or approvals to any indoor storage facility subject to the moratorium. On February 25, 2025, the City Council adopted Urgency Ordinance No. 1698, extending Urgency Ordinance No. 1697 for a period of six months.
The moratorium expires on August 26, 2025, after which it will no longer carry any legal force.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
During the time the moratorium was in effect, Pl...
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