HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 2005-17CITY OF PLYMOUTH
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 2005-17
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING
THE ISSUANCE OF SUBDIVISION APPROVAL
AND ZONING APPROVALS IN A DESIGNATED
AREA SOUTH OF TRUNK HIGHWAY 55 ON BOTH SIDES OF
COTTONWOOD LANE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF PLYMOUTH ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS: The following terms when used in this
ordinance shall mean:
OFFICIAL Ordinances and regulations which control physical development,
CONTROLS: including ordinances establishing zoning, subdivision controls, site
plan regulations, sanitary codes, building codes, and official maps.
STUDY AREA: The parcels that are zoned RSF-1 and located on both sides of the dead-
end section of Cottonwood Lane south of Trunk Highway 55 as shown
on the attached map dated July 1, 2005, which is incorporated herein by
this reference.
SUBDIVISION: The separation of an area, parcel, or tract of land under single
ownership into two or more parcels, tracts, lots, or long-term leasehold
interests where the division necessitates the creation of streets, roads, or
alleys for residential, commercial, industrial, or other use or any
combination thereof, except for those separations:
A. Where all the resulting parcels, tracts, lots or interests will be 20
acres or larger in size and 500 feet in width for residential uses and
five acres or larger in size for commercial and industrial uses;
B. Creating cemetery lots;
C. Resulting from court orders or the adjustment of a lot line by the
relocation of a common boundary.
ZONING Rezoning, land use guide plan changes, conditional use permits, interim
APPROVALS: use permits, variances, site plan approval, planned unit development
approval and building permits for new structures.
SECTION 2. INTENT: It is the intent of this ordinance to allow the City of
Plymouth time to complete an in-depth study concerning adoption of a comprehensive
revision to the City's Comprehensive Plan for the study area and official controls
implementing the comprehensive plan, and in the interim to protect the planning process
and the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the community.
SECTION 3. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION: Pending the completion of the
above reference study and the adoption of appropriate official controls, no building
permits, pre -application sketch reviews, subdivisions or zoning approvals shall be
processed or approved and no application for such approvals shall be accepted for
property in the study area.
SECTION 4. EXEMPTIONS: The statutory exemptions to this ordinance set
forth in Minnesota Statutes § 462.355, Subd. 4 are incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its approval and shall remain in effect until the date of the adoption of
the comprehensive plan amendment and official controls contemplated hereunder or July
12, 2006, whichever occurs first.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 12th day of July, 2005.
ATTEST:
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!Sandra R. Paulson, City Clerk