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CITY OF LAKE ELMO COUNTY OF WASHINGTON STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 08-160 AN ORDINANCE TERMINATING THE MORATORIA DECLARED BY ORDINANCES NOS. 08-123 (EXTENDED BY ORDINANCE NO.08-146) AND 08- 156 THAT IMPOSED MORATORIA ON CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY WITHIN THE CITY WHEREAS, on July 7, 2015, the City Council (the "Council") of the City of Lake Ehno (the "City") adopted Ordinance No. 08-123, pursuant to its authority under Minnesota Statutes Section 462.355, subdivision 4, which established a 12 month moratorium on the consideration and/or approval of any residential and related use or mixed -use subdivision or residential and related use or mixed -use development project within the State 1, 2, or 3 Staging Areas as identified in the Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan with certain exceptions ("Ordinance No. 08- 123); and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 08-123 was adopted as a result of the City receiving a draft of the 2040 regional forecast from the Metropolitan Council that would reduce the number of households and total community population by a substantial margin from the 2030 forecast as part of the City's 2015 System Statement and the City wished to undergo a planning process and adopt an interim growth management strategy in order to rebalance the future land use plan and guide residential development in a manner consistent with the 2040 forecast; and WHEREAS, because the City's shoreland regulations were under review by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (the "DNR"), on July 5, 2016, the Council adopted Ordinance No. 08-146, An Interim Ordinance Extending the Moratorium on Residential Development within the Stage One Development Area and All Development Activity within the Stage Two and Three Development Areas as Described by the Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan ("Ordinance No. 08-146") pursuant to the extension authority in Minnesota Statutes Section 462.355, subdivision 4 (c)(1); and WHEREAS, because there were properties that are in the Shoreland District that were not included in the moratorium because they were outside of the Stage 1, 2, and 3 development areas and because the City's shoreland regulations were still under review by the DNR, on October 18, 2016, the Council adopted Ordinance No. 08-156, An Interim Ordinance Authorizing Continuance of a Study of the City's Shoreland Regulations and Imposing a Moratorium on Development Activity within the Shoreland District ("Ordinance No. 08-156"); and WHEREAS, the DNR has communicated that the review of the City's Shoreland regulations is nearly complete; and 491885v1 SJS LA515-1 I