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<br />- <br /> <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />COUNTY OF ANOKA <br />CITY OF CENTERVlLLE <br /> <br />ORDINANCE #75 <br /> <br />AN INTERIM ORDINANCE ADOPTING A MORATORIUM ON <br />SLAUGHTERHOUSEIBUTCHER SHOP OPERATION(S) IN ANY ZONING <br />DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br /> <br />The City Council of the City of Centerville ordains as follows: <br /> <br />DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />For the purpose of this Ordinance the terms defined in this Section have the meanings <br />given them. <br /> <br />"Butcher" a person who kills, dresses or cuts and packages meat for the purpose of sale. <br /> <br />"Butcher/Slaughter House" a place/facility where animals are butchered/slaughtered for <br />food. <br /> <br />"Meat Processing" the act of cutting, packaging and displaying of any animal or carcass <br />of an animal(s). <br /> <br />"Official Controls" means ordinance and regulations which control the physical <br />development of the City, including air space and subsurface areas necessary for mined <br />underground space development pursuant to Minnesota Statute 469.135 to 469.141, or <br />any detail thereof and implement the general objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />Official controls include ordinances establishing zoning, subdivision controls, site plan <br />regulations, sanitary codes, building codes and official maps. <br /> <br />"Slaughter" the killing of animals for food. <br /> <br />PURPOSE <br /> <br />It is the purpose of this interim ordinance to place temporary restrictions on all <br />SlaughterhouselButcher Shop Operation(s) within the City ofCenterville. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />There is concern that the current Ordinance #4 provisions exclude such permitted usage <br />within any Zoning District in the City of Centerville. <br /> <br />The City Council has initiated the study of possible provisions that need to be contained <br />in Ordinance #4 if such an operation was to take place within the City. The City is in the <br />process of reviewing studies and information from additional communities and upon <br />