Ordinance No. 0978 09-30-1991�
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ORDINANCE NO. 978
AN TNTERIM ORDINANCE PLACING A MORATDRIUM ON
THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR
EXTERIOR STORAGE OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
AND ROCK CRUSHING ACTIVITIES IN THE M-1, LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL AND M-2� HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING
DISTRICTS, AND PROHIBITING THEIR LOCATION
WITHIN THE CITY WAILE THE MORATORIUM IS IN
EFFECT
The City Council of the City of Fridley does hereby ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. PURPOSE AND INTENT
The City finds that an interim ordinance placing a moratorium on
the location and establishment of uses needing outdoor storage of
materials and equipment and/or rock crushing activities is
necessary to protect the health, safety, morals, and general
welfare of the citizens of the community; and
The City Council finds that an interim ordinance placing a
moratorium on the location of uses needing outdoor storage of
materials and equipment and/or rock crushing activities is
necessary in order to permit the planning process to take place and
to allow the City staff, Planning Commission, and City Council to
proceed in an orderly fashion to adopt a permanent ordinance to
create a new zoning district for these uses.
SECTION 2. AUTHORITY
This ordinance is adopted pursuant to that authority granted to the
City in Minnesota Statutes Annotated 462.355, Subd. 4, entitled
"Interim Ordinance".
SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS
The City Council hereby directs the City staff to study and prepare
an ordinance creating a new zoning district for these uses, and to
schedule a public hearing before the Planning Commission within
sixty (60) days of the effective date of this interim ordinance.
The City staff is further directed to report the results of their
studies and recommendations along with the recommendations of the
Planning Commission as soon as the Planning Commission has
completed their hearings and recommendations.
SECTION 4. VIOLATION
The City may enforce any provision of this ordinance by mandamus
injunction or other appropriate civil remedy in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
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SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY
Every section, provision, or part of this ordinance is declared
severable from every other section, provision, or part thereof to
the extent that if any section, provision, or part of this
ordinance shall be held invalid by a court of competent
�urisdiction, it shall not invalidate any other section, provision,
or part thereof.
This ordinance shall become effective fifteen (15) days after
publication and shall be in effect for a period of one hundred and
eighty (180) days from the date hereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
30TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1991.
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WILLIAM J
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SHIRLEY A. HAAPALA - C,�TY CLERK
First Reading: September 9, 1991
Second Reading: September 30, 1991
Publication: October 9, 1991
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NEE - MAYOR