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LAKE ELMO AIRPORT ZONING ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE LAKE ELMO AIRPORT JOINT AIRPORT ZONING BOARD AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES AND OBJECTS OF NATURAL GROWTH, AND OTHERWISE REGULATING THE USE OF PROPERTY, IN THE VICINHY OF THE LAKE ELMO AIRPORT BY CREATING THE APPROPRIATE ZONES AND ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN THE RESTRICTIONS AND BOUNDARIES OF SUCH ZONES; DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS; REFERRING TO THE LAKE ELMO AIRPORT ZONING MAP; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT; ESTABLISHING A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT; AND IMPOSING PENALTIES. THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE LAKE ELMO AIRPORT JOINT AIRPORT ZONING BOARD PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORHY CONFERRED BY MINNESOTA STATUTES §§ 360.061 - 360.074, THAT THE LAKE ELMO AIRPORT ZONING ORDINANCE BE EFFECTIVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY The LAKE ELMO Airport Joint Airport Zoning Board, created and established by joint action of the Metropolitan Airports Commission and the Cities of Lake Elmo and Oak Park Heights, Baytown Township, and West Lakeland Township, pursuant to the provisions and authority of Minnesota Statutes § 360.063, hereby finds and declares that: A. An Airport Hazard endangers the lives and property of users of the Airport and property or occupants of land in its vicinity, and also, if of the obstructive type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for the landing, takeoff, and maneuvering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the Airport and the public investment therein. B. The creation or establishment of an Airport Hazard is a public nuisance and an injury to the region served by the Airport. C. For the protection of the public health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare, and for the promotion of the most appropriate use of land, it is necessary to prevent the creation or establishment of Airport Hazards. Lake Elmo Airport Zoning Ordinance Page 1