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1 ORDINANCE NO. 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS 3 FOR AUTOMOBILE GARAGE, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL AUTOMOBILE PAINTING, AND BODY AND FENDER WORK FOR THOSE 4 PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE C-3 (GENERAL COMMERCIAL) ZONE AND LOCATED ALONG THE SCENIC BOULEVARDS AS DESIGNATED IN THE 5 GENERAL PLAN WITHIN THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE FOR A PERIOD OF 45 DAYS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858; AND DECLARING THIS 6 ORDINANCE TO BE AN URGENCY MEASURE. 7 WHEREAS, automobile repair garages, including incidental automobile painting and 8 body and fender work are currently permitted in the C-3 (General Commercial) Zone pursuant 'to 9 Riverside Municipal Code Section 19.36.020 B.3., without review by the Planning Commission or 10 the City Council, and such uses will result in the creation of significant negative land use 11 compatibility problems on properties with sensitive street frontages; and 12 WHEREAS, the Planning Department of the City of Riverside is currently engaged in the 13 completion of the Magnolia/Market Corridor Study and the Arlington Community Study~ in which 14 the study areas include Scenic Boulevards which are designated on the Transportation Element of 15 the General Plan, to determine the appropriate zoning and regulation of compatible land uses within 16 those areas and along the Scenic Boulevards located in those study areas; and 17 WHEREAS, the current studies have not been completed; and 18 WHEREAS, the Planning Department will undertake an additional study of appropriate 19 land uses in the C-3 Zone located along all the General Plan designated Scenic Boulevards in the 20 City relative to automobile garages and will recommend appropriate amendments to the Zoning 2 1 Code, including proposed development standards, and potentially requiring the issuance of a 22 conditional use permit for any new automobile repair or service garage proposed to be located in the 23 C-3 Zone and located on any Scenic Boulevard designated on the General Plan; and 24 WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the expansion of or establishment of new 25 automobile repair garages, including incidental automobile painting and body and fender work, in 26 the C-3 Zone and on Scenic Boulevards designated on the Transportation Element of the General 27 Plan, without appropriate development standards or the requirement of a conditional use permit is a City Attorney's Office 3900 Main Street Riverside, CA 92522 (909) 782-5567 15-3