For City Council Meeting [April 9, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Sean Grayson, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Fred Galante, City Attorney
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Request City Council Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 1616, entitled, "AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIALTO, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING A MORATORIUM ON ANY CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATIONS, OR IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE REDUCED SETBACK AREAS AS ESTABLISHED BY RIALTO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 18.56.030 FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY (120) DAYS OR UNTIL AN ORDINANCE ADDRESSING THE ISSUES RAISED BY ALLOWING CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATIONS, OR IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE REDUCED SETBACK AREAS IS ADOPTED".
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BACKGROUND:
On or about December 8, 2009, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1458, amending Rialto Municipal Code (RMC) section 18.56.030 to reduce the required front, side and rear yard setbacks in residential zones ("reduced setback areas") and permit construction of fences, hedges, walls and pilasters within said setbacks subject to the conditions specified in RMC section 18.56.030. The reduced setback areas effected a change from the fifteen (15) foot setback previously set as the standard throughout all residential neighborhoods to twelve (12) feet.
On or about February 26, 2019, the City Council adopted Urgency Ordinance No. 1615, establishing a 45-day moratorium on any construction, alterations, or improvements within the reduced setback areas as established by RMC section 18.56.030 ("Moratorium") (See Attachment A, Staff Report, Minutes, and Urgency Ordinance No. 1615). The Moratorium will expire on April 12, 2019, unless extended by the City Council.
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 compliance with procedural requirements.
The proposed Urgency Ordinance will ...
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