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URGENCY ORDINANCE NO 2928 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858 ADOPTING A TEMPORARY 45-DAY MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL (EV/IC) DISTRICT OF THE EAST VALLEY CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE LIST OF POTENTIAL HOUSING SITES PREPARED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY'S 2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT (6TH CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE) THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS Section 1 Purpose and Urgency Findings. A. The City of Redlands has prepared and adopted an update to its Housing Element (a part of the City's General Plan) known as the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update. This is the statewide effort by many cities and counties as mandated by the California Department of Housing & Community Development (HCD) Through this statewide process, HCD, through regional agencies such as the Southern California Association of Governments, allocates a specified number of new housing units to each jurisdiction, and the jurisdiction must then plan accordingly and provide a sufficient amount of land zone properly to accommodate the jurisdiction's allotment. This process occurs during a Housing Element Update cycle every eight years. Furthermore, HCD specifies time limits within which a Housing Element Update cycle must be completed, and provides penalties for jurisdictions that do not complete their Housing Element Update within the State's deadlines. B The City of Redlands has prepared and adopted its Housing Element(6t11 Cycle Housing Element Update) and, in so doing, has prepared a housing inventory and map for future potential housing sites throughout the City with sufficient acreage to accommodate the City's required number and density of housing units (known as the Regional Housing Needs Assessment or "RHNA" number) Some of the identified potential housing sites are within an Industrial land use and/or zoning district(s) and will require rezoning to authorize residential development as a permitted land use and at a density sufficient to comply with State requirements. C A critical housing shortage is a statewide and regional concern. California is currently experiencing a housing supply crisis, with housing demand exceeding supply This lack of housing supply in California has resulted in dramatically increasing housing costs across the State and an increased risk that households will be unable to find available and affordable housing. As such, the City's ability to identify potential local housing sites within the Industrial land use and/or zoning district(s) in the City to be rezoned to residential development as a permitted land use and at a density sufficient to comply with State requirements and consistent with the City's adopted Housing Element is a matter of critical and immediate local concern. The 1 I:\Ordinances\Nos 2900-2999 in Word\2928 Urgency Ordinance Housing Element Rezone.doc