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<br />• <br />~'• B <br />No. 0-93-1 <br />Date _ 3/24/93. <br />CITY -0F FALCON HEIGHTS <br />ORDINANCE NO. 0-93-1 <br />Amendment to Chapter 5 - Part 15 (existing code) <br />Chapter 5 - Section 5 (proposed code) <br />AN INTERIM ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM ON THE <br />CITY'S COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS <br />Subd. 1 Authority. Pursuant to M.S. §462.355 Subd. 4, the <br />city 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 />Subd. 2 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 the appropriate uses in the 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, Inca and the <br />planning commission are currently working on this task. <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. <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 for <br />a reasonable period of time during the time period of the <br />study, planning and implementation activities. <br />• <br />