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MAYOR Bill 13Iesener COUNCIL Jiro LaValle Rick Montour Barbara Allan John Keis 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1(300 ADMINISTRATOR (651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 Joel R. Hanson www.ci.little- canada.mn.us ,.ilE MORAINtaT%I TO: Mayor Blesener and Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: March 4, 2005 RE: Moratorium on Outdoor Storage in I -P District At our last meeting, staff was directed to prepare recommendations for changes to our I -P outdoor storage requirements. Given the fact that the March Planning Commission meeting was cancelled due to a lack of action items and with the potential for possible applications for I -P approvals that could be impacted by any changes we would enact, staff is recommending we adopt an ordinance calling for a moratorium on all conditional use permits (CUP) for outdoor storage in the I -P zoning district. The City Attorney has prepared an ordinance to adopt a moratorium. (See correspondence attached) The City Council will have to determine the length of time the moratorium is to be effective. Staff believes 120 days should be adequate, but if it takes longer than that amount of time, then we will need to conduct a public hearing and adopt findings of fact to extend beyond that date. As the City Attorney has noted in his letter, we can enact a moratorium ordinance for a period not to exceed one year. If we were to initially set a longer period (up to the one year limit), we could then rescind the moratorium at an earlier date once we have enacted the desired changes to our zoning code.