City Council

2. CONSIDERATION OF AN URGENCY ORDINANCE ENACTED PURSUANT TO\nGOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858 EXTENDING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM\nON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS OR ENTITLEMENTS FOR ANY SELF-STORAGE\nPROJECT IN THE CITY – F2M23-7, N2M24-79, O2M24-4832, O2M23-4816, M2M24-111\nAt the July 24, 2023 City Council meeting, the City Council adopted an urgency ordinance\nplacing a temporary moratorium on the issuance of permits or entitlements for any self-\nstorage projects in the City, exempting two specific projects whose entitlements were\nalready being processed by the City (2121 Orange and 1146 South Meridian). On August\n28, 2023, the City Council voted to extend the Moratorium, to be effective until July 22,\n2024. The reasons for the moratorium and its first extension are set forth in Ordinance No.\nO2M23-4816. Staff has prepared regulations governing the establishment of self-storage\nbusinesses and the Planning Commission has made recommendations for some\nmodifications. The Council considered the new regulations on June 24, 2024, made further\nmodifications and introduced the ordinance for first reading. A second reading and\npossible adoption is scheduled for July 22, 2024. If adopted, the new regulations would\ntake effect 40 days later. The current moratorium will expire at the end of July 22, 2024,\nso a further extension is needed before any new regulations will take effect. The extension\nwill last for an additional year, unless the new regulations are adopted, in which case the\nmoratorium will expire on the date the new regulations go into effect. A report detailing the\nintended course of action by staff has been available in the City Clerk’s office since July\n11, 2024.\nRecommended Action: City Council take the following actions:\n1. Conduct a public hearing.\n2. Find that the recommended action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality\nAct ("CEQA") as set forth in the attached Urgency Ordinance (M2M24-111); and,