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Indio extends gas-station moratorium 90 days; staff to draft zoning standards

City of Indio City Council · December 18, 2025
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Summary

After a public hearing, the City of Indio council unanimously adopted Urgency Ordinance 1829 to extend a temporary gas-station moratorium for 90 days and directed staff to study saturation, spacing, residential buffers, landscaping, maintenance, amenities and draft code language to bring back to planning commission and council.

The City of Indio on a unanimous vote extended a temporary moratorium on new gas stations for 90 days and asked staff to deliver a work plan and draft code language addressing saturation, spacing, buffers, landscaping, maintenance and fresh-food access.

During public comment, Jackie Lopez urged adoption of a 90-day extension and asked the council to direct staff to prepare a work plan with numeric saturation definitions, corridor maps, objective spacing thresholds and comparisons with neighboring jurisdictions. Lopez…

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