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5-5.01 <br />SECTION 5. INTERIM DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM ON COMMERCIAL ZONING <br />DISTRICTS <br />5-5.01 AUTHORITY, FINDINGS & PURPOSE <br />A. Authority. Pursuant to M.S. §462.355, Subd. 4, the city <br />has the authority to establish interim ordinances to <br />maintain the status quo while the city is conducting <br />studies, has authorized a study to be conducted or has <br />scheduled a public hearing to consider adoption or amendment <br />of the comprehensive plan or official zoning controls. <br />B. Findings and Purpose. In 1991 the city council <br />adopted a comprehensive plan for the city. The Metropolitan <br />Council approved that plan in April, 1992. A recommendation <br />in the city's comprehensive plan included studying and <br />revising the city's commercial districts to conform to the <br />plan and address future needs. In October, 1992, the city <br />council contracted with the Hoisington Group, Inc. to carry <br />out a planning study on all the city's commercial zones, to <br />• evaluate and recommend changes in the commercial zoning <br />designations, to work with the property owners to determine <br />future needs and to make recommendations to the planning <br />commission and city council for revising the commercial <br />zoning code provisions. The Hoisington Group, Inc. and the <br />city completed a study of the city's commercial zones. <br />After the completion of the planning study, the city adopted <br />related planning studies, zoning and licensing provisions as <br />necessary to address these uses with the exception of stores <br />selling firearms or ammunition. Staff is continuing to do a <br />planning study on stores that sell firearms or ammunition <br />and their relationship to the city's commercial and <br />residential districts. <br />The city council has concluded that the granting of any <br />permits or development approval, as specifically set forth <br />in Subd. 3, could destroy or impair the integrity of the <br />planning process and that a development moratorium is <br />necessary to preserve the status quo pending completion of <br />the planning study on stores that sell firearms or <br />ammunition. <br />It is the intention of the city council to protect the <br />described planning process and the health, safety and <br />welfare of its citizens by adopting an interim ordinance <br />. for a reasonable period of time during the time period of <br />the study, planning and implementation activities. <br />41 <br />