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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF WASHINGTON CITY OF LAKE ELMO ORDINANCE NO.9721 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO A DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM IN THE VILLAGE AREA The Lake Elmo City Council ordains that Section 301.150 and its subdivisions shall be added to the Lake Elmo Municipal Code to read as follows: 301.150 Development Moratorium. A. The City of Lake Elmo is in the process of studying planning concepts relating to the Village Area as shown on exhibit "A" as recommended by the Village Commission. A Village plan for the area will be prepared in order to guide land use, design and capital improvements in the Village area. B. The City will be conducting informational meetings with the Planning Commission, as drafted plan documents are prepared. The City will conduct public hearings in order to obtain public input prior to the adoption of any required changes to its Comprehensive Plan and Official Controls. C. Pending the completion of the public hearings and the adoption of amendments to its Comprehensive Plan and Official Controls, the Lake Elmo City Council had determined that it would be in the public interest to impose a rezoning and development moratorium on those parcels of land which will be impacted by the proposed amendments. D. In order to achieve the above objectives, there is hereby imposed, except as hereinafter provided, the following limited rezoning and development moratorium, pursuant to the provisions of M.S. 462.355, Subd. 4, on all property in the Village area as defined on Exhibit "A". 1. No Village area property may be rezoned except land zoned to (AG) Agricultural and those lands within the Railroad right -of way. As an example; No property may be rezoned from one residential use category to another residential use category or from one commercial category to another commercial category, or from a residential category to a commercial category. 2. Property, which is currently zoned in a residential use category, may not be further subdivided. 3. Vacant lots in a residential subdivision, which has already been approved by the City Council, may be developed consistent with the City's current zoning and building regulations. 4. No new structure construction, or significant alterations shall be permitted or alterations to front facades of buildings which include siding, expansions to floors of buildings and side expansions which would alter the architectural character of the building in the GB, General Business Zone. Expansion to the rear of buildings and decks to the rear of buildings is allowed.