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■D ORDINANCE NO. 8,3RD SERIES AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 7, 3RD SERIES, INTERIM ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 462.355, SUBDIVISION 4, TO ESTABLISH A MORATORIUM PROHIBITING THE GRANTING OF PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION APPROVAL, ZONING (CUP/VARIANCE) APPROVAL, REZONING, OR PUD APPROVAL WITHIN THE MORATORIU.VI AREA AS DEFINED HEREIN. THE CITY OF ORONO ORDAINS: The Municipal Code of the City of Orono is amended by amending Ordinance No. 7, 3rd Series, as follows: SECTION I. The title of Ordinance No. 7,3'** Series, is amended as follows: “ORDINANCE NO. 7, 3RD SERIES, INTERLM ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 462.355, SUBDIVISION 4, TO ESTABLISH A MORATORIUM PROHIBITING THE GRANTING OF PRELIMINARY SU'BDfVISION APPROVAL. ZONING (CUPAfARIANCE) APPROVAL, REZONING. OR PUD APPROVAL WITHIN THE MORATORIUM AREA AS DEFINED HEREIN.” SECTION 2. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 7, 3''* Scries, is amended as follows: “Section 1. Statement of Policy. The City Council finds that the City is presently faced with the potential of applications for subdivision, rezoning, zoning (CUP/Variance), or PUD approvals for property within the Moratorium Area as defined in Section 2. It appears to the Council that the consequences of allowing such applications to be approved may be undesirable because the current ordinances may not be consistent with the City ’s zoning and development goals. The Council, therefore, finds that it is necessary to study the impact of development under current ordinances to detemiinc whether they fulfill the underlying purposes of the City ’s land use and zoning provisions. The Council further finds that if. as a result of this study, the land use controls and zoning provisions contained in the City code need to be revised, such revision is a process that cannot be accomplished until a study has been completed and a hearing held. During this period, it is desirable that the Council establish guidelines for the benefit of those who wish to develop property in order to bring about savings of public and private expenditures and to provide the public guides to future City action. Since enactment of an amendment to the code would undoubtedly modify existing regulations concerning permitted land use and 121O02142V1 78674S