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. . . CASE.# 10 EXTENSION OF RURAL DEVELOPING INTERIM ORDINANCE; CASE OF CITY OF RAMSEY By: Patrick Trudgeon, AICP, Community Development Director Amy Geisler, AICP, Associate Planner Background: On April ll, 2006 the City Council adopted a 9-month moratorium on subdivision and platting within~ the R-l: Rural Developing District. The moratorium is effective from May l5, 2006 through February 15, 2007. The purpose of the moratorium is to provide time for the Planning Commission and City Council to consider revisions to the cluster development standards in the R-l District. . The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Moratorium map exhibit b) City Council meeting minutes dated April 11, 2006 c) Proposed interim ordinance Notification: A public hearing is not required to adopt an interim ordinance. Funding: No funding required. Observations: As Council will recall, staff has drafted a Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Zoning Amendmentto change the density in the Rural Developing Area from 1 unit per 2.5 acres to 1 unit per 10 acres, and to increase the minimum lot size to lO acres (4 in 40). It is Staff s understanding that the standards for the Rural Developing Area will be revisited as part of the 2008 Comprehensive Plan Update. A public hearing on the proposed amendments is scheduled to be held by the Planning Commission on Thursday, January 4,2007. State Statute authorizes cities to adopt a moratorium for up to 1 year, with additional time allowable under special circumstances (none of which apply in this case). Given the time needed to complete City and Metropolitan Council review and approval of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Zoning Amendment, and to allow sufficient time for both to take effect, Staff is recommending that the moratorium be extended an additional 3 months. This 3 month extension will extendRamsey's moratorium to the full 12 months allowed under the Statutes, and is not -305-