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Rialto adopts 45‑day moratorium on new or expanding indoor storage facilities
Summary
The City Council voted 4-1 to enact an interim urgency ordinance (No. 1697) imposing a 45‑day moratorium on establishment, expansion or intensification of indoor storage facilities citywide while staff studies zoning and mitigation options; the vote followed a large public turnout both for and against the measure.
The Rialto City Council voted 4-1 to adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 1697, imposing a temporary 45‑day moratorium on the establishment, modification, expansion or intensification of indoor storage facilities within the city while staff prepares recommended zoning and policy changes.
City staff introduced the item as an interim step to review rapidly changing industrial development patterns, community impacts and the effects of new state law. The proposed moratorium would pause the issuance of approvals or permits for covered projects while staff studies possible changes to the general plan, zoning code and other regulations. "It has come to staff, and I think the council's attention that due to recent rapid expansion of industrial developments... residents and businesses have experienced various adverse impacts," staff explained in presenting the urgency ordinance under Government Code Section 65858.
The draft ordinance included exceptions carved out after staff revision: projects already approved by…
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