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<br />LA515\1\974732.v1 1 <br />CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />COUNTY OF WASHINGTON <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2024-15 <br /> <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE TERMINATING THE MORATORIUM DECLARED BY <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2024-04 THAT IMPOSED A MORATORIUM ON <br />DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE OLD VILLAGE CORRIDOR AREA <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on February 6, 2024, the City Council (the “Council”) of the City of Lake <br />Elmo (the “City”) adopted Ordinance No. 2024-04, pursuant to its authority under Minnesota <br />Statutes Section 462.355, subdivision 4, which established a one year moratorium on any <br />development project within the Old Village Corridor Area (“Ordinance No. 2024-04”); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2024-04 was adopted as a result of the City needing to study <br />the required utility corridors, road right of way, trail corridors, and pedestrian connectivity within <br />the Old Village Corridor Area and also to determine whether the Village Master Plan needed <br />updating; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City conducted a study on the Village area through Bolton & Menk which <br />included a survey, community engagement, City Council workshops, and input from the Planning <br />Commission; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, after reviewing the report by Bolton & Menk and the results of the survey, <br />text amendments to the Village Districts portion of the City Code are being proposed by City staff <br />to the City Council that relate to the Village area; and <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, based on the foregoing, the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo <br />does ordain: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. FINDINGS. <br /> <br /> 1. In light of the City’s study of the Village Master Plan and the adoption of the text <br />amendments to the City Code, it is hereby found and determined by the City that the area described <br />as the “Old Village Corridor Area” in Ordinance No. 2024-04 no longer needs to be subject to a <br />moratorium. <br /> <br /> 2. It is hereby declared that the area described as the “Old Village Corridor Area” in <br />Ordinance No. 2024-04 is no longer subject to the moratorium imposed by that ordinance. City <br />staff shall henceforth accept and process applications and regulate development activity in <br />accordance with all relevant City ordinances and regulations. <br />