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1 ORDINANCE NO. 6480 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING THE INTERIM ZONING MEASURE ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE NO. 64?4 3 ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS FOR AUTOMOBILE GARAGE, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL 4 AUTOMOBILE PAINTING, AND BODY AND FENDER WORK FOR THOSE PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE C-3 (GENERAL COMMERCIAL) ZONE AND 5 LOCATED ALONG THE SCENIC BOULEVARDS AS DESIGNATED IN THE GENERAL PLAN WITHIN THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE FOR A PERIOD OF 10 6 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858 TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; AND 7 DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN URGENCY MEASURE. 8 WHEREAS, the Planning Department of the City of Riverside is studying the zoning 9 regulations of the City relating to the siting and operation of automobile repair garage uses in the 10 General Commercial (C~3) Zone along designated Scenic Boulevards as well as throughout the City 11 and whether such uses should be permitted only with a conditional use permit rather than as a matter 12 of right in certain zones; and 13 WHEREAS, the study has not yet been completed; and 14 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Riverside found that the expansion of or 15 establishment of new automobile repair garages, including automobile painting and body and fender 16 work, in the C-3 Zone on Scenic Boulevards as designated on the Transportation Element of the 17 General Plan, without appropriate development standards or the requirement of a conditional use 18 permit is a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety and welfare based on significant 19 negative compatibility problems such as heavy automobile traffic and negative aesthetic impacts 20 often associated with garages on the sensitive street frontages which exist along the General Plan' s 21 designated Scenic Boulevards; and 22 WHEREAS, on June 1, 1999, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 6474 establishing 23 as an interim zoning measure, a temporary moratorium of the acceptance of applications for 24 automobile garages, public or private, including incidental automobile painting, and body and 25 fender work for those properties located in the C-3 Zone and located along the Scenic Boulevards as 26 designated in the General Plan within the City of Riverside for a period of 45 days pursuant to 27 Section 65858 of the Government Code of the State of California, which interim zoning measure City Attorney's Office 3900 Main Street Riverside, CA 92522 (909) 782-5567