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narrowly tailor this moratorium so that it's impact on residents <br />will be minimized as much as possible. The Council is aware that <br />there are currently approximately 1,400 residential homesites in <br />the process of being developed in the City of Hugo. Of this <br />amount, approximately 860 are awaiting preliminary plat approval. <br />Additionally, out of this total number, only 21 are outside of the <br />Metropolitan Urban Service Area. Accordingly, it is the belief of <br />the City that those lots outside the Metropolitan Urban Service <br />Area do not need to be delayed in order for the City to properly <br />deal with the study issues referenced above. Specifically, they <br />have little affect on City time and space issues because there are <br />so few applications in that category. Additionally, as they are <br />outside the Metropolitan Urban Service Area, they do not impact the <br />City's municipal water system. Also, there have been no PUD <br />applications outside the MUSA line. Finally, the lots outside the <br />Metropolitan Urban Service Area tend to be larger lots and, <br />therefore, the density issues are not brought into play. <br />Additionally, in the last four (4) years, the City has <br />had a total of only two (2) building permits issued in the City for <br />commercial or industrial properties. In comparison, the following <br />is a list of permits issued for single-family development purposes: <br />1988 <br />- 54 <br />1989 <br />- 47 <br />1990 <br />- 51 <br />1991 <br />- 67 <br />1992 <br />- 66 <br />1993 <br />- 88 <br />1994 <br />- 80 <br />1995 <br />- 99 <br />1996 <br />- 64 <br />1997 <br />- 18 <br />1998 <br />- 32 <br />1999 (through May 24) - 80 <br />In addition to the eighty (80) single-family residential <br />building permits already issued in 1999, there are approximately <br />1,000 more which are working their way through the system. <br />Accordingly, it is the belief of the City Council that residential <br />development is the only type of development that needs to be <br />curtailed during the time of this study. Simply stated, other <br />forms of development are so de minimis that they have no real <br />affect upon the issues being studied during the term of the <br />moratorium. <br />Section 3. Authority. Minnesota Statutes §462.355, Subd. 4 <br />permits the adoption of interim zoning ordinances for the purpose <br />of protecting the planning process and the health, safety and <br />welfare of its citizens. <br />Rev. 08/17/99 <br />