For City Council Meeting February 25, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Tanya Williams, City Manager
FROM: Colby Cataldi, Director of Community Development
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Request the City Council to conduct the public hearing and adopt 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, FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN (10) MONTHS AND FIFTEEN (15) DAYS".
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RECOMMENDATION
City Council conduct a public hearing and adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 1698.
BACKGROUND
On January 28, 2025, the City Council adopted Urgency Ordinance No. 1697 (Exhibit A) 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. The moratorium does not apply to the following:
1. Indoor Storage Facilities previously approved by the City Council or Planning Commission not yet expired.
2. Indoor Storage Facilities more than 500 linear feet from existing residential uses, churches, schools, and recreational parks. (500 linear feet is measured from property line to property line)
3. Indoor Storage Facilities less than 100,000 square feet in floor area.
4. Indoor Storage Facilities on properties within the General Manufacturing (I-GM) land use district of the Rialto Airport Specific Plan.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 65858, the City Council may extend the initial 45-day moratorium for up to an additional ten (10) months and fifteen (15) days, and subsequently for an additional year, if needed, subject to procedural requirements.
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