Ordinance No. 1088 01-27-1997 ORDINANCE NO. 1088
ESTABLISHING BY INTERIM ORDINANCE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 462.355, A MORATORIUM WITHIN THE
CITY OF FRIDLEY ON CONSTRUCTION OR EXPANSION OF MULTI-BAY
WAREHOUSE OR SIMILAR TRUCKING-BASED PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION
FACILITIES
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY,
MINNESOTA:
That the City Council of the City of Fridley, Minnesota, finds that
truck traffic in areas surrounding large facilities in the City used
for warehousing or similar purposes can and has created a substantial
potential for and actual hazard to the health and safety of the
citizens of the City.
Moreover, the age of the City has created a situation in which areas
zoned for industrial uses in which warehouse or trucking-based
distribution operations are currently located within the City are
near or adjacent to residential neighborhoods.
That the City Council believes that the best use of property in areas
zoned for industrial use is in manufacturing, and that trucking and
distribution facilities not directly related to manufacturing on the
site may, in fact, detract from and deter the City's efforts to
attract and grow a strong manufacturing base within the City.
That recent trends in construction of commercial property would
appear to create structures that, while not formally designated as
warehouses or even initially proposed to be used for a warehouse and
distribution facility, nevertheless contain the large numbers of
multiple docking bays (in excess of ten docks) and other indicia of
intensive truck-related use that can generate the traffic increases
that result in a threat to the health and safety of citizens in the
City in the future.
That the City Council has found that a study is necessary in order to
determine whether such uses should continue to be permitted in
industrial zones in the City, particularly in instances in which
there is close proximity to residential areas and, if so, under what
conditions or limitations that would adequately protect the citizens
of the City.
THEREFORE, IT IS FURTHER ORDAINED:
1 . That the Planning and Economic development staff of the City of
Fridley shall immediately conduct a full review and study of the
industrially zoned properties within the City to determine the
compatibility of warehouse or similar, trucking-based product
distribution facilities with other allowable uses in the
industrially zoned areas of the city.
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2. That a moratorium is declared on all construction, expansion or
extension of any use in the industrially zoned land within the
City for the purpose of constructing or operating a warehouse or
similar product-distribution facility requiring multiple dock
trucking facilities containing ten or more loading docks for
truck use, or any structure capable of being put to any such use
without modification.
3. That the duration of the moratorium herein declared shall be 120
days from the date of final enactment of this ordinance.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
27TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1997.
N C ON/ MAYOR
ATTEST:
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WILLIAM A. CHAMPA - CIT CLERK
First Reading: January 6, 1997
Second Reading: January 27, 1997
Publication: February 6, 1997