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ORDINANCE #, 2ND SERIES INTERIM ORDINANCE FTISUANT TO MIN^NESOTA STATUTES SECTION 462.355, SUBDIVISION 4, PROHIBITING THE GRANTING OF PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION APPROVAL, ZONING (CUP/VARIANCE) APPROVAL, REZONESG, PUD OR BUILDING PERMIT APPROVAL WITHIN THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR AS DEFINED HEREIN. THE CITY OF ORONO ORDAINS: The Municipal Code of the City of Orono is amended by adding Ordinance No. , 2nd Series. SECTION 1. Statement of Policy. The City Council finds that the City is presently faced with the potential of applicanons for subdivision, rezoning, zoning (CUP/Variance), PUD or building permits for propeny within the Highway 12 Corridor. 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 determine 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 funire City action. Since enactment of an amendment to the code would undoubtedly modify existing regulations concerning permitted land use and zoning pertormance standards, the granting of preliminary approval of subdivision applications, zoning (CUP/Variance) applications, rezoning applications, PUD or building permits for property within the Highway 12 Corridor would be contrary to the purpose of the zoning enabling act, Minnesota Statutes Section 462.351, et seq. The Council furdier finds that it would be unwise, improper and unjust to allow individual development to occur during this study SECTION 2. Highway 12 Corridor Defined. As used in the Ordinance, the Highway 12 Corridor shall be defined as four areas of property within the City of Orono defined as follows; Area 1. That area bounded by U.S. Highway 12 on the south. County Road 6 on the north. Willow Drive on the east, and Old Crystal Bay Road on the west. Area 2. That area bounded by U.S. Highway 12 on the north. Old Crystal Bay Road on the west, the Burlington Northern Railroad on the south, and the municipal boundary between Orono and Long Lake on the east. Pane 1 of 2