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CITY OF LINO LAKES Ordinance No. 10 - 96 AN ORDINANCE PLACING A MORATORIUM ON THE SITING OF PAWNBROKERS, SECONDHAND GOODS DEALERS AND PRECIOUS METAL DEALERS AS DEFINED HEREIN WITHIN ANY ZONING DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF LINO LAKES. The City Council of the City of Lino Lakes ordains that the Lino Lakes City Code is amended by adding a chapter to read as follows: Section 1. Preamble. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes finds that pawnbrokers, secondhand goods dealers and precious metal dealers potentially provide an opportunity for the concealment of crimes because such businesses have the ability to receive and transfer stolen property easily and quickly; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes finds that proper planning for the siting of pawnbrokers, secondhand goods dealers and precious metal dealers within the City is necessary in order to protect the City's planning process and the health, safety and welfare of the citizens; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes as authorized by Minn. Stat. § 462.355, Subd. 4, is conducting studies to consider amendments to the City's official controls, including the zoning code, which would affect the siting of pawnbrokers, secondhand goods dealers and precious metal dealers within the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes finds that an interim ordinance placing a moratorium on the locating of pawnbrokers, secondhand goods dealers and precious metal dealers within zoning districts is necessary to protect the planning process; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes declares that an emergency exists and that it is necessary in order to preserve the public peace, health and welfare, pursuant to Section 3.06 of the Lino Lakes City Charter, that an emergency interim ordinance placing a moratorium on the Siting of pawnbrokers, secondhand goods dealers and precious metal dealers should go into effect immediately upon the passage of this Ordinance, so the City can conclude its studies and hearings relative to the amendment of the official controls regulating these activities. Section 2. Definitions. (a) Item Containing Precious Metal. An item made in whole or in part of metal and containing more than one (1 %) percent by weight of silver, gold or platinum. 1