HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-505 Ordinance Regarding Storage MoratoriumCity of Corcoran
County of Hennepin
State of Minnesota
ORDINANCE UYU. 2023-505
Motion By: Bottema
Seconded By: Schultz
October 12, 2023
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORCORAN, MINNESOTA PROHIBITING
APPROVAL OF CERTAIN NEW PLATS, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS, CONDITIONAL
USE PERMITS, AND BUILDING PERMITS,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORCORANof MINNESOTA, ORDAINS:
Section 1. Recitals
1. The City Council is actively studying, and will continue to study, industrial and commercial
storage uses within the City of Corcoran.
2. A moratorium on development involving such uses within the Corcoran city limits is needed
to allow time to develop and finalize appropriate use standards to ensure compatibility with
other uses and appropriately designate proper locations for such uses within the City's
Comprehensive Plan and zoning ordinances, and to provide improved guidance for future
development within the City.
3. As of the date of this ordinance, the City of Corcoran has preliminarily approved a storage
use as a part of the Pioneer Trail Industrial Park PUD and this moratorium shall not affect
any entitlements granted in that application.
Section 2. Definitions
ing
Mini Storage and Self Storage Facilities —Businesses that rent or sell storage units to
individuals and/or businesses.
Plat — A drawing or map of a subdivision prepared for filing of record pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes Chapter 505, and containing all the elements set forth in Corcoran
city code adopted pursuant to Minn. Stat. 462,358 and Chap. 505.
Section 3. PH
following:
ose and Intent.
The City desires to conduct an in-depth study of the
Appropriate locations and standards for industrial and commercial storage uses within the
City of Corcoran and a review of any appropriate amendments to the City's Comprehensive
Plan and/or zoning ordinances.
Minnesota Statutes, Section 462.355 Subdivision 4 allows the City to adopt an interim
ordinance to protect the City's planning process and the health, safety and welfare of the
citizens of the community. The City Council finds that it is necessary to adopt an interim
ordinance to allow sufficient time for this study to be conducted to determine whether there
is a need to amend the City 's official controls or its comprehensive plan.
Section 4.
TemDorary Prohibition,
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City of Corcoran
County of Hennepin
State of Minnesota
ORDINANCE 11U. 2023-505
October 7 2; 2023
Pending the completion of the studies referred to above, and/or the corresponding
repeal or expiration of this ordinance:
1. Plat, Planned Use Development (PUD), Conditional Use Permit (CUP), Interim Use
Permit (1UP), Site Plan, and any other land use applications for development which
proposes mini storage or self storage facilities within commercial or industrial districts
shall not be processed, approved, or accepted, unless specifically exempted within the
Recitals listed above or unless such application has received preliminary approval from
the City; and
2. Corresponding building permits related to the prohibited applications set forth in
Prohibition 1 not associated with a project that received preliminary approvals prior to
the effective date of this ordinance or is specifically exempted within the Recitals listed
above shall not be processed, approved, or accepted.
Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance becomes effective from and after the date of its
passage, and shall remain in effect until the earlier of either: 1) October 12, 2024; or 2)
the date of acceptance of the above -named land use studies by the City Council and the
Council's corresponding repeal of this ordinance.
Adopted by City Council on the 12t" day of October, 2023.
VOTING AYE
® McKee, Tom
® Bottema, Jon
® Nichols, Jeremy
® Schultz, Alan
® Vehrenkamp, Dean
ATTEST:
V
Michele Friedrich —City Clerk
VOTING NAY
❑ McKee, Tom
❑ Bottema, Jon
❑ Nichols, Jeremy
❑ Schultz, Alan
❑ Vehrenkamp, Dean
Tern Mcl�ee -Mayor
City Seal
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