Ordinance - #96-20 - 11/26/1996 - Laserfiche WebLink

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SECTION 3. PROHIBITION. In accordance with the findings set forth in Section 2 and pursuant to the authority of Minnesota Statutes, Section 462.355 (suM. 4), there is hereby established a moratorium on the construction, erection, placement, reconstruction, enlargement, or expansion of towers within the City and on the development and use of property for such purposes. During the period of the moratorium, applications for final site and building plan approval, building permits, and other permits and approvals related to such tower work shall not be accepted by the City; neither the Planning Commission nor the City Council shall consider or grant approval of any application required for such work, and no building permits for such work shall be issued. These restrictions shall not be applicable to proposals for tower development that were approved by the City prior to the effective date of this ordinance. SECTION 4. APPLICATION. The moratorium shall be applicable to property throughout the City. SECTION 5. PENALTIES. Any person, corporation, or other entity that constructs, erects, places, reconstructs, enlarges, or expands a tower in violation of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to any additional legal or equitable remedies available to the City. SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance becomes effective 30 (thirty) days after its publication, shall be effective for 90 days from its effective date, and shall expire at that time unless further extended. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Ramsey this the 26th day of November, 1996. --ATTEST: L°qt33 Adfrfinistrator Mayor Introduction Date: Posting Date: Adoption Date: Publication Date: Effective Date: November 12, 1996 November 12 - 26, 1996 November 26, 1996 December 6, 1996 January 6, 1997