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D. The City of Redlands Planning Commission discussed concerns related to existing warehouse developments in the City of Redlands including land use impacts and environmental impacts at a regular meeting on February 22, 2022, and unanimously recommended that the City Council adopt a moratorium on new warehouse development projects until the land use and environmental concerns could be studied and addressed. The Planning Commission's public meetings are televised, video recordings and staff reports for all meetings are available on demand from the City's website, and the Commission's meeting minutes and other public information are available from the City's website. E. Public information has been available regarding the potential for a moratorium. City of Redlands staff has received multiple inquiries in the first half of 2022 from several property owners, developers, and potential applicants expressing interest in developing large new warehouses or distribution logistics facilities, City staff has communicated the Planning Commission's on -going concerns about large warehouse/ distribution facilities, and City staff has previously stated on several occasions in response to multiple inquiries that there was a possibility of a future moratorium that may affect future applications for new warehouses or distribution facilities. F. In light of the recent and rapid expansion of e-commerce and associated industrial development projects, including large warehouse and distribution facilities, the City Council finds that the following adverse public safety, health, and welfare impacts are of real concern: i. Increased safety risk for smaller vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists; ii. Damage to City streets and property/facilities from collisions (reported and unreported), such as street lights, traffic signal equipment, signs, trees, curbs, medians, etc.; iii. Traffic congestion and reduced levels of service on streets and at intersections; iv. Increased impacts from improperly over -loaded trucks; v. Deterioration in air quality, health, noise, vibration and increase in other disruptions to the peace and quiet necessary to the enjoyment of residential neighborhoods and efficacy of educational uses; and G. Because of the actual and potential detrimental impacts of warehouse and distribution uses upon the City, which impacts may not be presently adequately addressed by the City's current ordinances and zoning regulations, there is a need to impose and extend a temporary moratorium on warehouse and distribution uses in order to study and develop policy guidance and potentially implement changes to the City's zoning regulations. H. Adoption of this urgency ordinance extending the original interim prohibition/ moratorium on land use approvals and building permits for new construction of warehouses and 2 L:\ca\Ord\2938 Urgency Ordinance Warehouse Moratorium Extension.docx