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ordinance no .SECOND SERIES <br />AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN INTERIM MORATORIUM ON THE GRANTING <br />OF BUILDING PERMITS, LAND SUBDIVISIONS, REZONING APPLICATIONS, <br />CONDITIONAL OR SPECIAL USE PERMITS, VARIANCES <br />OR OTHER AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE SITING OF <br />WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES AND STRUCTURE <br />IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF ORONO <br />The City Council of Orono does ordain: <br />SECTION 1. Statement of Policy. The purpose of Orono Municipal Code Chapter 10 is to provide <br />for the orderly development of commercial and mdustrial activity so as not to unreasonably conllict <br />with the primary residential and agricultural character of the City. <br />SECTION 2. Interim Moratorium. To facilitate the purpose stated in Section 1, the City Council <br />finds it necessary to impose a 120 day moratorium, pursuant to Minnesota Statute Section 469.355, <br />Subdivision 4, granting of building permits, land subdivisions, rezoning applications, conditional <br />or special use permits, variances or other authority relating to the siting of wireless <br />telecommunication facilities and structures in all zoning districts in the City of Orono. <br />SECTION 3. Study of Telecommunication Facilities. For the purposes of this Section, the words <br />used herein shall have the following meaning: <br />1 . Telecommunication - the wireless transmission, emission or reception of energy or <br />communication impulses by cable, microwave, satellite or radio signals afTecting <br />radio, telephone, telegraph or television communication or medical or industrial <br />energy transmissions. <br />2. Facility - any antenna, tow^r, or structure associated with the transmission, emission <br />or reception of telecommunication signals. <br />SECTION 4. Eflective Date. This ordinance shall be published in THE PIONEER and THE <br />LAKER newspapers and shall be effective upon approval and publication. <br />Adopted by the City Council of Orono on this 1 3th day of November, 2001, by a <br />vote of____ayes and_____nays. <br />ATTEST: <br />Barbara A. Peterson, Mayor <br />Lindas. Vee.City Clerk <br />Page 1 ofl