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ORDINANCE NO., SECOND SERIES AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN INTERIM MORATORIUM ON THE GRANTING OF BUILDING PERMITS, LAND SUBDIVISIONS, REZONING APPLICATIONS, CONDITIONAL OR SPECIAL USE PERMITS, VARIANCES, OR OTHER AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE SITING OF WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FAdLITIES AND STRUCTURES IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF ORONO The City Council of Orono does ordain: SECTION 1. Statement of Policy. The purpose of Orono Municipal Code Chapter 10 is to provide for the orderly development of commercial and iiidustrial activity so as not to unreasonably conflict with the primary residential and agricultural character of the City. SECTION 2. Interim Moratorium. To facilitate the purpose stated in Section 1 the City Council finds i* necessary to impose a 120 day moratorium, pursuant to Minnesota Statute Section 469.355, Subdivision 4, granting of building permits, land subdivisions, rezoning applications, conditional or special use permits, variances, or other authority relating to the siting of wireless telecommunication facilities and structures in all zoning districts in the City of Orono. SECTION 3. Study of Telecommunication Facilities. For the purposes of this Section the works used herein shall have the following meaning: 1.Telecommunication - the wireless transmission, emission or reception of energy or communication impulses by cable, microwave, satellite or radio signals affecting radio, telephone, telegraph or television communication or medical or industrial energy transmissions. 2.Facility - any antenna, tower, or structure associated with the transmission, emission or reception of telecommunication signals. SECTION 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be effective as of August 26, 1996. Adopted by the City Council of Orono on this 26th day of August, 1996, by a vote of ayes and____nays. ATTEST:Edward J. Callahan, Jr., Mayor Dorothy M. Hallin, City Clerk Publish in the Laker and Pioneer newspapers the week of August 31, 1996