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SECTION 3. Study. The City Council requires its staff to initiate a study regarding the impact of development within the Moratorium Area under current ordinances to determine whether they fulfill the underlying purposes of the City's land use and zoning provisions, and regarding the implications of the potential need for amendments to the City code to implement the results of that study. SECTION 4. Restrictions on the Granting of Preliminary Subdivision Approval. Zoning fCUP/Variance ’i Approval. Rezonine. or PUD approvals No preliminary subdivision approval, Zoning (CUPA^ariance) approval, Rezomng, or PUD approval, shall be given by the Council for any property within the Moratorium Area. SECTION 5. Duration. This Ordinance shall expire within six months of the passage of this Ordinance by the City Council, without Council action, or it may be repealed earlier if the Council determines that the requisite studies have been completed and adopted and that appropriate evaluation and action, including any necessary revisions of the zoning code, have been finalized. The duration of this Ordinance may be extended by adoption of a subsequent Ordinance for a total of not to exceed the statutory limits in Minn. Stal. 462.355, subdivision 4. SECTION 6. Variances . The Council may grant a variance to this Ordinance if the Council finds after careful review of all the facts that a proposal is not contrary to the intent of the Comprehensive Community Management Plan, that it is compatible with the zoning and official control amendments being considered by the City, that it does not adversely impact the health, safety or welfare of the citizens and that it otherwise meets the requirements of the Orono City Code and state law. SECTION 7. Separability. Every section, provision, or part of this Ordinance is declared separable from every other section, provision or part; and if any section, provision, or part thereof or action taken hereunder shall be held invalid, it shall not affect any other section, provision, or part. SECTION 8. Publication. This Ordinance shall be published in THE PIONEER and THE LAKER and shall be effective immediately. Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orono on this 12'” day of April, 2004, by a vote of 4 ayes and 0 nays. ATTEST: Linda S. Vee, City Clerk Barbara Peterson, Mavor 1210U142«1716748