The City of Colusa hereby makes the following findings:

(a)

Chapter 4, Title 7, commencing with Section 65800, of the California Government Code provides for the adoption and administration of zoning laws, ordinances, rules and regulations by counties and cities as well as for the implementation of the general plan in effect in any such county or city. Said chapter requires county or city zoning ordinances to be consistent with the general plan. A zoning ordinance shall be consistent with a general plan only if a general plan has been adopted and the various land uses authorized by the ordinance are compatible with the objectives, policies, general land uses and programs specified in such a plan. In the event that a zoning ordinance becomes inconsistent with a general plan by reason of amendment to such a plan, or to any element of such a plan, the zoning ordinance shall be amended within a reasonable time so that it is consistent with the general plan as amended.

(b)

The city council adopted the 1989 City of Colusa General Plan by Resolution #94-22 including all mandatory elements on October 4, 1994.

(c)

City of Colusa Ordinance No. 191, the Zoning Ordinance, adopted in 1966, has been amended in certain of its details from time to time but it has never been substantially revised despite changes made by the 1994 General Plan, despite developments in the fields of planning, zoning and land use regulation, and, despite changes in the economy, population, and land use patterns in the City of Colusa.

(d)

Accordingly, the city's Zoning Ordinance should be revised substantially to bring it into conformity with the city's General Plan, to reflect beneficial developments in the field of land use planning and planning law, and to accommodate changes brought about by recent developments in the city.

(e)

Further, this city council deems it necessary, for the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of the city to revise the existing zoning ordinance, and in conjunction therewith to revise as necessary the number, shape and area of zoning districts into which the incorporated areas of the city are divided, and to revise the regulations pertaining to such zoning districts in accordance with the adopted City of Colusa General Plan and the objectives contained therein.

There is hereby adopted a Zoning Ordinance for the City of Colusa, as provided by Section 65000 et seq. of the Government Code of the State of California. This ordinance constitutes a precise plan for the use of land in conformity with the adopted City of Colusa General Plan.

This ordinance shall be known and cited as the "Zoning Ordinance of the City of Colusa." In any administrative action taken by any public official under the authority set forth in the ordinance the use of the term "zoning ordinance," unless further modified shall also refer to and mean this ordinance.

The plan is adopted to provide reasonable protective regulations designed to promote and protect the public health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, convenience and general welfare, and:

(a)

To protect the established character and the social and economic stability of agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial and other types of improved areas, and:

(b)

To assist in providing a definite comprehensive plan for sound and orderly development, and to guide and regulate such development in accordance with the General Plan and the objectives and standards set forth therein.

The Zoning Plan consists of the establishment of various districts within same, all of which shall it be lawful, and within same, all or none of which it shall be unlawful to erect, construct, alter, move, locate or maintain certain buildings or to carry on certain trades or occupations or to conduct certain uses of land or buildings; within which the heights and bulk of future buildings, shall be limited; within which certain open spaces shall be required about future buildings and consisting further of appropriate additional regulations to be enforced in such districts, all as set forth in this ordinance.

The Zoning Plan is intended to apply to all private, public, quasi-public, institutional, and public utility properties and all other lands, buildings and structures within the incorporated area of the City of Colusa.