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• • Scope of Moratorium The scope of the moratorium is found in Section 3, Applicability. It would prohibit new residential preliminary plats, residential rezonings, and allocating MUSA reserve for new residential development. • Final platting of approved preliminary plats is allowed. These projects have already received City approval and thus have a right to develop according to the approved plans. • The moratorium does not apply in the Village. There are several justifications for this. First, the Village is intended to be a mixed -use area that fulfills several regional purposes of the Livable Communities program. This program was created by the state legislature, which created a special fund for projects that meet its purposes. Out of this fund, Lino Lakes received a planning grant for $220,000 and was later awarded $450,000 for implementation. Purposes of the funding program are stated in MN Stat. 473.25. The Village in Lino Lakes will fulfill several of these funding purposes, including: 473.25 (a)(2) creating incentives for developing communities to include a full range of housing opportunities; 473.25 (a)(4) creating incentives for all communities to implement compact and efficient development. Guidelines for funding decisions are to provide that the projects will: 473.25 (b)(3) intensify land use that leads to more compact development or redevelopment The Village is designed to fulfill these regional purposes of the state legislature. Second, since the City controls property in the Village, the City has the means to ensure that development in the Village will be consistent with the comprehensive plan. This would not be the case in other areas of the city, where development under current ordinances would not be consistent with the comprehensive plan. Third, the Village is not intended to include only residential development. Currently zoned commercial, it is guided for mixed use development by the new comprehensive plan. Concepts under consideration incorporate multiple -unit residential and commercial elements. • Residential subdivisions that result in up to four lots would be exempt from the moratorium, unless they need MUSA reserve acres. Therefore, residential minor subdivisions (lot splits) are allowed. Small residential plats of four lots or less within the existing MUSA are allowed. Rezoning for such small plats within the existing MUSA would be allowed. The justification for this exemption is that a development of four lots or less within the existing MUSA will not create the kind of inconsistencies with the comprehensive plan that are likely to occur with larger developments. • Commercial and industrial development would be allowed. Commercial and industrial • development is expected to be on a site -by -site basis. It will occur in areas planned and