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ORDINANCE NO. 653 <br /> <br /> <br /> AN EMERGENCY INTERIM ORDINANCE REGULATING THE PRESENCE AND SITING OF <br />TATTOO, BODY PIERCING, BODY BRANDING, BODY PAINTING AND RELATED <br />ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the issue and continues to consider the issue of whether the <br />City should adopt an ordinance to address the City health and safety issues caused by tattoo, body piercing, body <br />branding, body painting and related establishments within the City; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, City staff has made an initial review of this matter and recommends that this matter be more <br />fully studied; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council has authority, pursuant to Section 3.06 of the City of Mounds View City <br />Charter and Minnesota Statutes Section 462.355, Subdivision 4, to adopt an emergency interim ordinance during <br />which time the City will conduct a study of the possibility of adopting new or amended controls to fulfill the City's <br />legal obligation to adequately protect the public health, safety and welfare; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, such emergency interim ordinance is necessary to protect the public health, safety and <br />welfare because no land use controls or regulations exist for tattoo, body piercing, body branding, body painting <br />and related establishments within the City; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council authorizes a study as to the possibility of adopting new or amended <br />controls to fulfill the City's legal obligation to adequately protect the public health, safety and welfare; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council makes the following: <br /> <br /> FINDINGS OF FACT: <br /> <br /> 1. The City Council authorizes a study to be conducted for the purpose of considering the adoption <br />of new or amended land use controls or regulations as defined in Minn. Stat. § 462.352, for <br />tattoo, body piercing, body branding, body painting and related establishments within the City <br />of Mounds View. <br /> <br /> 2. The City Council of the City of Mounds View directs the City of Mounds View Planning <br />Commission to conduct a study of this matter and make recommendations as to the adoption of <br />amended official controls or regulations to fulfill the City's legal obligation to adequately protect <br />the public health, safety and welfare. <br /> <br /> 3. This emergency interim ordinance is to protect the health, safety and <br />welfare of the City of Mounds View residents and to protect the planning process, <br />because no land use controls or regulations exist for tattoo, body piercing, body branding, <br />body painting and related establishments within the City, and not to delay or prevent any <br />single project. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, based on the above findings of fact, <br /> <br /> <br />THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. The City of Mounds View Municipal Code Appendix D is hereby amended to include reference to the <br />following emergency Special Ordinance No. 653. <br /> <br /> Subdivision 1. Purpose. To protect the planning process under the authority of Minnesota <br />Statutes, Section 462.355, Subdivision 4, and to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the <br />City of Mounds View, the City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby adopts an interim ordinance which <br />prohibits the presence and siting of any new, or the expansion of any existing, tattoo, body piercing, body branding,