For City Council Meeting [February 11, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Rod Foster, City Manager
FROM: Matt Schneider, Community Development Director
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Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 1634, entitled, "AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIALTO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY 45-DAY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXPANSION, OR MODIFICATION OF WAREHOUSES, DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, AND RELATED USES THAT ARE LOCATED ADJACENT TO OR ACROSS A STREET OR INTERSECTION FROM EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AND EDUCATIONAL USES WITHIN THE CITY OF RIALTO, EXCLUDING THE RENAISSANCE SPECIFIC PLAN," reading the ordinance by title only and waving further reading thereof.
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BACKGROUND:
Several Rialto Municipal Code Sections authorize the establishment of warehouses, including within the Industrial Park Zone (I-P), Commercial Manufacturing Zone (C-M), Light Manufacturing Zone (M-1), Planned Industrial Development Zone (PID), General Manufacturing Zone (M-2), various overlay zones, 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 warehouses, 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 environmental health. In particular, the placement of these warehouses, distribution centers, and logistics facilities, including related uses ("Warehouses") adjacent to residential and educational uses is a current and immediate threat to public health, safety, and welfare.
As a result, the City requires time to study the adverse impacts of Warehouses and develop comprehensive policy guidance to address the adverse impacts. Staff recommends that the City Council consider adopting a Morato...
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