HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 2000-21CITY OF PLYMOUTH
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 2000-21
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING
THE ISSUANCE OF SUBDIVISION APPROVAL AND ZONING APPROVALS IN
STUDY AREA E
LOCATED SOUTH OF OLD ROCKFORD ROAD, NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 55
AND WEST OF PEONY 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 area located south of Old Rockford Road, north of State Highway
55 and west of Peony Lane, as designated on the attached map dated
May 12, 2000, 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 creation of the leasehold interest necessitates the
creation of streets, roads, or alleys, for residential, commercial,
industrial, or other use or any combination thereof, except 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.
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, sketch plan
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: This ordinance shall not apply to a properly completed
application filed with the City on or before the date this ordinance.
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 December 31, 2000.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 23`d day of May, 2000
Ayce n Tierney, Mayor
ATTEST:
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