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MO. gg-o? <br /> <br />AN INTERIM ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ONTHEREZONINGAND <br />SUBDIVIDING OF LAND WITHIN A PART OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA <br />COUNTY, MINNESOTA. <br /> <br />The city of Ramsey Ordains: <br /> <br />BECTIOH 1..&UTHORZTY. <br /> <br /> This Ordinance is adopte~ pursuant to that authority granted <br />to the City byMSA §462.355, Subd. 4, entitled "Interim Ordinance." <br /> <br />89C'TZO~i 2. PRERHBL~ AND PURPOBE. <br /> <br /> ~2~, the City council finds that certain elements of its <br />Comprehensive Plan relating to residential development density and <br />the impact of new residential development on existing neighborhoods <br />requires further study in order to implement appropriate <br />performance control standards; and <br /> <br /> IIHB~EA~, the city Council finds that additional planning <br />studies need to be made concerning the advisability of including <br />within its Comprehensive Plan legally defensible controls for <br />regulating community appearance and design standards; and <br /> <br /> WlI~RBA~, the City Council finds that the environmental <br />component of the City's Comprehensive Plan may require further <br />study to determine the impact of residential development density on <br />the City's e~vironmentally sensitive areas; and <br /> <br /> WH~F~, the City Council finds that an interim ordinance <br />placing a moratorium on the rezoning, subdividing and platting of <br />land within all areas of the City, except those specifically <br />excluded below, is necessary to study the above issues and in order <br />to protect the planning process and the health, safety and welfare <br />of the citizens of Ramsey. <br /> <br />SECTION 3 · 5TUDZBS. <br /> <br /> The City Council hereby directs its City Staff to advise it as <br />to the estimated expense and sources of funding for the compre- <br />hensive Plan amendment studies identified above and to report to <br />the city Council within 30 days its findings, at which time the <br />City Council will order said Comprehensive Plan studies. In <br />addition, staff shall advise the City Council as to what other <br />development studies are appropriate in order to accomplish the <br />purposes of this ordinance. The studies ordered pursuant to this <br />ordinance shall make recommendations to the City Council for the <br />adoption of policies, procedures and ordinance amendments relating <br />to the Comprehensive Plan amendments referenced above. <br /> <br /> <br />