HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 12 - Ordinance 08-097 RAD-ALT Moratorium 12-3-13CITY OF LAKE ELMO
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 08-097
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE DECLARING A MORATORIUM FOR A PERIOD OF NINE MONTHS ON
THE APPROVAL OF ANY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OR SUBDIVISION OF LAND
ON PROPERTY GUIDED FOR RAD-ALT DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo has received a preliminary 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; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo City Council has developed a response to this forecast that
reduces the overall household and population forecasts for the community, which will
include reductions in the City rural development areas; and
WHEREAS, the City’s portion of the regional forecast will not be finalized until the
spring of 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission is studying the City’s rural
development areas, and in particular, is currently reviewing future development options
for these areas;
WHEREAS, the City’s RAD-ALT land use category was created in order to help the
City achieve its 2030 growth forecast;
WHEREAS, the City is reviewing alternate strategies for growth and development
within the rural development areas that will help the City achieve its household and
population forecast while also observing the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive
Plan, and in particular, the City’s efforts to preserve its rural character; and
WHEREAS, while the Planning Commission is reviewing the land use plan for rural
development areas in advance of the 2040 forecast being finalized by the Metropolitan
Council, the City Council believes it is reasonable and appropriate and in the best interests
of the City of Lake Elmo, for purposes of protecting the planning process and the health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of Lake Elmo, to limit the establishment of any new
development within the RAD-ALT land use category; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Sec. 462.355, Subd. 4 provides for the adoption of an
Interim Zoning Ordinance during a planning process as heretofore and herein described.
NOW, THEREFORE, based on the foregoing, the City Council of the City of Elmo City
does ordain:
SECTION 1. RAD-ALT Land Use. That for a period of nine (9) months from the date
hereof, there is hereby declared a moratorium on the consideration and/or approval of any
subdivision or development project within land that is guided for Rural Area Development –
Alternative Density (RAD-ALT) as defined and identified in the Lake Elmo Comprehensive
Plan, Chapter III – Land Use Plan.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be effective upon its legal passage and publication.
SECTION 3. Adoption Date. This Ordinance 08-097 was adopted on this 3rd day of
December 2013, by a vote of ___ Ayes and ___ Nays.
LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL
_______________________________
Mike Pearson, Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
Adam Bell, City Clerk
This Ordinance 08-097 was published on the ____ day of ___________________, 2013.