For City Council Meeting [May 28, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Sean Grayson, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Robb Steel, Assist. CA/Development Services Director
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Request City Council to Conduct a Public Hearing to Extend Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 1608 from June 8, 2019 to June 7, 2020 by adopting Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 1618 entitled "AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIALTO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM TO PROHIBIT TRUCK TRAFFIC ON AYALA DRIVE BETWEEN THE I-210 FREEWAY AND BASELINE ROAD WITHIN THE RENAISSANCE SPECIFIC PLAN OF THE CITY OF RIALTO" Reading by Title only and Declaring the Urgency Thereof.
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BACKGROUND:
On June 12, 2018, the City Council adopted urgency Ordinance No. 1602 (City Council Report No.18-476) to establish a moratorium on inter-city truck traffic on Ayala Drive between the I-210 freeway and Baseline Road in the Renaissance Specific Plan. Section 65858(a) of the California Government Code allows the City Council to adopt an urgency interim ordinance prohibiting any use that may conflict with a contemplated general plan, specific plan, or zoning proposal, which is under study or intended for study to protect the public safety, health and welfare. Adoption of an urgency interim ordinance requires a four-fifths vote of the City Council. The City Council extended the moratorium by adoption of urgency Ordinance No. 1608 on July 24, 2018. This urgency Ordinance will expire on June 8, 2019.
On April 25, 2018, the Economic Development Committee (EDC) discussed the truck routes in the City and in the Renaissance Specific Plan (EDC Report #18-392). Because of the increase in truck activity on streets not designated as truck routes, the City requires a comprehensive study of truck traffic patterns to support goods movement and ensure that access along retail corridors remains unfettered. To accommodate the large volumes of truck traffi...
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