For City Council Meeting January 28, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: G. Michael Milhiser, Interim City Manager
FROM: Colby Cataldi, Director of Community Development
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ADOPT URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 1697, ENTITLED, "AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIALTO, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT, MODIFICATION, EXPANSION, OR INTENSIFICATION OF "INDOOR STORAGE FACILITIES", WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF RIALTO".
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council consider and adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 1697.
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 recent and rapid expansion of industrial developments within the City and neighboring communities, and particularly the development and expansion of indoor storage facilities, residents and businesses have experienced various adverse impacts related to these industrial developments, including incompatibility with adjacent uses, increased truck traffic, damage to local streets, loss of potential economic revenue, and deteriorating air quality and impacts to environmental health. In particular, the placement of these indoor storage facilities presents a current and immediate threat to public health, safety, and welfare.
As a result, the City requires time to study the adverse impacts of indoor storage facilities and develop comprehensive policy guidance to address the adverse impacts. Staff recommends that the City Council consider adopting a Moratorium on the establishment, expansion, intensification, or modification of indoor storage facilities in the City.
Pursuant to California Govern...
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