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i ORDINANCE NO., 3RD SERIES AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING AN INTERIM MORATORIUM PROHIBITING THE GRANTING OF PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION APPROVAL, REZONING, OR PUD APPROVAL WITHIN THE MORATORIUM AREA AS DEFINED IN ORDINANCE NO. 7, THIRD SERIES AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 8, THIRD SERIES. THE CITY OF ORONO ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Authority. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 462.355, Subd. 4, the City is authorized to establish interim ordinances to regulate, restrict, or prohibit any use or development in all or a part of the City while the City is considering adoption or amendments of the comprehensive plan or official zoning controls. The City declares that this ordinance is established pursuant to the aforementioned statute and City ordinance. SECTION 2. Findings and Purpose. The City of Orono is conducting a study of the impact of residential development at densities of more than two units per acre under current ordinances, to determine whether the current ordinances fulfill the underlying purposes of the City ’s land use and zoning provisions. 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. As a result of the important land use and zoning issues cited above, the City adopted an ordinance placing an interim moratorium on the granting of preliminary subdivision approval, rezoning, or PUD approval for all real property within the City of Orono which is currently guided in the Orono 2000-2020 Community Management Plan to allow residential densities in excess of two dwelling units per acre, with the exception of the property within the plat of StoneBay. This moratorium is scheduled to expire on October 12, 2004. SECTION 3. Extension of Moratorium. Because the City has not completed its study and consideration of possible amendments to the comprehensive plan or official zoning controls to address the issues related to residential development at densities of more than two units per acre, the moratorium relating to residential development at densities of more than two units per acre as defined in Ordinance No. 7, Third Series (as amended by Ordinance No. 8, Third Series) is hereby extended by six months to April 12, 2005. 121C92l42v1 7S6T48