HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd #250 - 3rd Ser/Ordinance adding sections 78-131 related to variance amendments ORDINANCE NO.a5O, THIRD SERIES
CITY OF ORONO
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTIONS 78-131
RELATED TO VARIANCE AMENDMENTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF ORONO ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Orono Municipal Code Section 78-131 is hereby added with the following
language:
Sec. 78-131 —Variance Amendments.
A proposed change to an existing variance shall be processed as either a minor amendment or
major amendment as defined in this section as determined by the Zoning Administrator.
a. All documents affected by the approved amendment shall be amended and replaced in
their entirety. However an approved minor amendment will not modify the original
issuance date of the existing variance for all purposes including Extensions under Sec.
78-129 and Expiration under Sec. 78-128 of this Chapter.
b. Minor amendments.
1. Proposed amendments to variances involving twenty (20)percent or less of the
total existing variance or the proposed amendment is reasonably believed by the
Zoning Administrator to not be materially different than the underlying variance
are minor amendments. Minor amendments may be heard by the city council
without a public hearing and without planning commission consideration.
2. The Zoning Administrator may determine that a proposed amendment is a major
amendment, even if it meets the criteria of a minor amendment, and shall follow
the procedure for major amendments.
c. Major amendments. A major amendment to the variance shall be processed and approved
in the same manner as if it were a new variance request except that submission
requirements shall be modified as appropriate by city staff to reflect the nature of the
proposed amendment.
d. Major amendments shall include:
1. Any amendment that is not a minor amendment.
2. Any amendment determined to be a major amendment by the Zoning
Administrator.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its
passage and publication.
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ADOPTED this eday of Oc h>°r , 2020 on a vote of ',ayes and 0 nays by the City
Council of Orono, Minnesota.
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ATTEST: Denis Walsh, Mayor
Anna Carlson, City Clerk
Ordinance published in The Laker and The Pioneer newspapers the week of , 2020.
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