50A - EMERGENCY ORD MORATORIUM RECYCLING FACILITIES

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F. If the recycling facility is permitted in the City without further review and potential regulation, it will pose a serious threat to the public interest, health, safety and welfare for the following reasons: 1. Recycling and processing facilities create detrimental impacts such as noise, trash, traffic, vibration and air quality concerns. 2. Residents living near recycling and processing facilities have expressed concerns related to noise and vibration impacts resulting from crushing, baling, after -hours loading and sorting activities. Others have experienced increased levels of traffic congestion due to off -site loading, debris and undesirable odors from these uses due to lack of property maintenance and compliance with operational standards currently in place. G. In order to prevent frustration and detrimental impacts on residents, the public interest, health, safety and welfare require the immediate enactment of this ordinance. The absence of this ordinance would create a serious threat to the orderly and effective implementation of any code amendments, general plan amendments or specific plan amendments which may be adopted by the city as a result of the studies in that the establishment or construction of recycling and processing facilities may be in conflict with or frustrate the contemplated updates and revisions to the Code. Moreover, permitting such recycling and processing facilities to be established or constructed during said studies and implementation would create impacts on the public health, safety and welfare that the city council, in adopting this ordinance, has found to be unacceptable. H. The Request for Council Action for this ordinance dated August 5, 2014 and duly signed by the City Manager shall, by this reference, be incorporated herein, and together with this ordinance, any amendments or supplements, and oral testimony constitute the necessary findings for this ordinance. I. The city council finds, determines and declares that the current and immediate threat to the public health, safety and welfare of the city and its citizens necessitates the immediate enactment of the ordinance. The facts constituting such urgency are set forth in paragraphs A -1 of this ordinance. Section 2. Prohibition No recycling or processing facility as defined in Article XIV of Chapter 41 of the Code shall be established, constructed, permitted or expanded in the City of Santa Ana. Section 3. California Government Code Section 65858 authorizes the City Council to adopt an interim urgency ordinance, by a four - fifths vote, without following the procedures otherwise required for the adoption of an ordinance, to protect the public safety, health, Ordinance No. NS - _ Page 2 of 4 50A -4