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, , . wehrman PLANNING MEMO bergly . To: Arden Hills Planning Commission llQ[J~;a~ From: Wehrman Bergly Associates, Inc. 0 John Bergly, Planning Consultant Subject: Lexington Avenue Planning Study Area Moratorium n. plaza bldg., ste. 220 Date: September 5, 1990 5217 wayzata blvd. minneapolis, mn 55416 6125447576 Enclosed is an ordinance prepared by Attorney Filla that would restrict development in the Lexington Planning Study Area until plans and regulations are adopted by the City. The Planning Commission is to set a date for a public hearing (probably October 3). The draft is written to impose a total moratorium on all development within the area. The City may wish to define the types of development that would be prohibited (rezoning, site plan approval for new development, special use permits, etc.) or the types that would be allowed (sign permits, changes in use that would not require site plan approval, expansion of uses that would be consistent with the plan amendment, ete.) during the moratorium. . This month two applications were received for property in the area: expansion of Pot-O-Gold Bingo and expansion of a parking lot that would require a variance (later withdrawn). Neither would have been affected by the plan amendment or proposed zoning districts and could be processed by the City, with or without a moratorium, with no adverse results to the City. It is possible that the Metropolitan Council review on the Comprehensive Plan Amendment will be completed before the hearing date. In that case, the City could hold a public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance Amendments at either the October or November Planning Commission meetings and dispense with the moratorium. But I think it would be advisable to set a hearing date for the proposed moratorium for October 3 and then adjust the procedure if conditions change. . planning . landscape architecture