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ORDINANCE NO. 19 ,3RD SERIES
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING AN INTERIM MORATORIUM PROHIBITING
THE GRANTING OF PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION APPROVAL, REZONING,
OR PUD APPROVAL WITHIN THE MORATORIUM AREA AS DEFINED IN
ORDINANCE NO. 7, THIRD SERIES AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 8,
THIRD SERIES.
THE CITY OF ORONO ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Authoritv. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 462.355, Subd. 4, the
City is authorized to establish interim ordinances to regulate, restrict, or prohibit any use
or development in all or a part of the City while the City is considering adoption or
amendments of the comprehensive plan or official zoning controls. The City declares
that this ordinance is established pursuant to the aforementioned statute and City
ordinance.
SECTION 2. Findin�s and Purpose. The City of Orono is conducting a study of the
impact of residential development at densities of more than two units per acre under
current ordinances, to determine whether the current ordinances fulfill the underlying
purposes of the City's land use and zoning provisions. 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.
As a result of the important land use and zoning issues cited above, the City adopted an
ordinance placing an interim moratorium on the granting of preliminary subdivision
approval, rezoning, or PUD approval for all real property within the City of Orono which
is currently guided in the Orono 2000-2020 Community Management Plan to allow
residential densities in excess of two dwelling units per acre, with the exception of the
property within the plat of StoneBay. This moratorium is scheduled to expire on October
12, 2004.
SECTION 3. Extension of Moratorium. Because the City has not completed its study
and consideration of possible amendments to the comprehensive plan or official zoning
controls to address the issues related to residential development at densities of more than
two units per acre, the moratorium relating to residential development at densities of
more than two units per acre as defined in Ordinance No. 7, Third Series (as amended by
Ordinance No. 8, Third Series) is hereby extended by six months to April 12, 2005.
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SECTION 4. 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 l lth day of October,
2004,by a vote of 4 ayes and 0 nays.
ATTEST:
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Li a S. Vee, City Clerk s M. White, Acting Mayor
Published in the Laker and Pioneer newspapers the week of October 16, 2004.
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