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ORDINANCE NUMBER , SECOND SERIES AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF ORONO BY DEFINING AND AND PROVIDING FOR INTERIM AND TEMPORARY USES OF LAND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORONO ORDAINS; Section 1. The municipal code of Orono is hereby amended by adding the following Definition to Zoning Code Section 10.02: "Use, Interim" - A temporary use of property until a particular date, or until the occurrence of a particular event, or until zoning regulations no longer permit it, as determined by the City Council. Section 2. The municipal code of Orono is hereby amended by adding Section 10.14 to read as follows: SEC. 10.14. INTERIM USES. Subd. 1. Interim Uses: Purpose. In order to achieve the goals and objectives of the Zoning Chapter, in certain districts, specified conditional uses are allowed subject to the granting of a conditional use permit. From time to time, circumstances may arise wherein a certain use under certain conditions may be appropriate within a specific district or on a specific property for a limited pieriod of time, but which is not generally appropriate on a permanent basis, which might not be consistent with land uses designated on the adopted Land Use Plan, and which is not identified as an allowable conditional use within the respective zoning district. Such use might also fail to meet all of the zoning standards established for the district within which it is located. The purpose of this ordinance is to allow a use for a brief and limited period of time until a permanent location is obtained or while the permanent location is under construction; or to allow a use that is currently judged acceptable by the City Council, but which will not be acceptable in the future due to anticipated development or redevelopment; or to allow a use which is consistent with the intended long range use of an area and which is in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. In order to achieve these purposes, the City Council is empowered to grant and to deny applications for interim use permits and to impose reasonable conditions upon the granting of these pemiits. Subd. 2. Interim Uses: Procedure. Applications for interim use permits shall be processed in the same manner as conditional use permits as established in Section 10.09 of the Zoning Chapter.