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No. 0 -94 -08 CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS O R D I N A N C E Date 3 -23 -94 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 5 -5.01, 5 -5.02 AND 5 -5.04 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO AN INTERIM DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM ON COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: 1. Section 5 -5.01 (B) is amended to read as follows: B. Findings and Purpose. In 1991 the city council adopted a comprehensive plan for the city. The Metropolitan Council approved that plan in April, 1992. A recommendation in the city's comprehensive plan included studying andrevising the city's commercial districts to conform to theplan and address future needs. In October, 1992, the citycouncil contracted with the Hoisington Group, Inc. to carryout a planning study on all the city's commercial zones, to evaluate and recommend changes in the commercial zoning designations, to work with the property owners to determine future needs and to make recommendations to the planning commission and city council for revising the commercial zoning code provisions. The Hoisington Group, Inc. and the city completed a study of the city's commercial zones. After the completion of the planning study, the city adopted related planning studies, zoning and licensing provisions as necessary to address these uses with the exception of stores selling firearms or ammunition. Staff is continuing to do a planning study on stores that sell firearms or ammunition and their relationship to the city's commercial and residential districts. The city council has concluded that the granting of any permits or development approval, as specifically set forth in Subd. 3, could destroy or impair the integrity of the planning process and that a development moratorium is necessary to preserve the status quo pending completion of the planning study on stores that sell firearms and ammunition. It is the intention of the city council to protect the described planning process and the health, safety and welfare of its citizens by adopting an interim ordinance for a reasonable period of time during the time period of the study, planning and implementation activities.