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CITY OF HUGO <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1999-334 <br />AN INTERIM ORDINANCE PROTECTING THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THE <br />HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF CITY RESIDENTS, AND ESTABLISHING A <br />TEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM ON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN <br />THE METROPOLITAN URBAN SERVICE AREA. <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUGO DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is to <br />establish a temporary development moratorium on residential <br />development within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area. It is the <br />belief of the City Council that the City's existing "official <br />controls" may not adequately contemplate or address the rapid <br />growth which the City is currently experiencing with respect to <br />residential development. <br />The City has identified four (4) specific areas that require <br />study. Those four (4) general areas are as follows: <br />A. City Staffing Requirements. Specifically, whether or not <br />the City of Hugo has a sufficient number of employees to <br />deal with the rapid increase of development which is <br />occurring in Hugo. Residential development has caused a <br />"resource drain" upon City staff time. A study needs to <br />be conducted to determine whether or not the City should <br />hire or contract with additional individuals for <br />planning, zoning, or marketing services, or could <br />additional support staff handle the work. The budgetary <br />impacts of these proposals also need to be studied. If <br />additional persons are not hired, a question also arises <br />as to whether or not the public should be charged an <br />hourly rate for the use of staff time. Specifically, <br />City staff is being taken away from its traditional <br />functions in order to deal on a more regular basis with <br />development concerns. Should these costs be passed on to <br />developers and, if so, how? <br />In short, how can the City administer its "official <br />controls" through the use of existing or additional <br />personnel? <br />B. City Space. Not only is City staff dealing with a <br />"resource drain," but City space is also suffering. <br />Specifically, there is not enough working space in the <br />existing City Hall to handle the influx of recent <br />Rev. 08/17/99 <br />