Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
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CONSIDER ADOPTING INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 17-1615U IMPLEMENTING A 45-DAY TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXPANSION, OR MODIFICATION OF TRUCK YARDS, LOGISTICS FACILITIES, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR WASTE FACILITIES, CONTAINER STORAGE, AND CONTAINER PARKING IN THE CITY OF CARSON, AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On February 7, 2017, the City Council directed staff to provide solutions to the City's on-going concerns regarding industrial developments and the impacts these developments have on the community. More specifically, City Council discussed the speculative nature of these types of developments, permitted and conditional uses, hours of operation, increased truck traffic, damage to local streets, the fair share cost of the impacts on road maintenance, changing the image of the City from an industrial town, directing the Planning Commission to stop approving warehouse buildings, and lack of proper City regulations to address these issues. The City Council directed staff to provide some options to the City Council within 30-60 days.
The issues raised by the City Council require further land use, environmental, and fiscal analyses. Staff has determined that additional time is needed to conduct these studies. Since the City is about to initiate a comprehensive update of the City's General Plan and Zoning Code, staff recommends that the City Council consider adopting a moratorium to conduct the necessary studies and analyses so that the General Plan and Zoning Code update can address the impacts of truck yards, logistics facilities, hazardous materials or waste facilities, container storage, and container parking going forward (Exhibit No. 1). During this process, through community and stakeholder participation, the City staff can craft recommendations to address these very important policy issues facing the City.
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