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Updated January 2025 – Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance No. 131 158 4. The City Clerk shall also send the notices, copies and other material required by Minn. R. 4410.1500 within five (5) days of the planner’s approval of the EAW. 5. The City Clerk shall receive and collect all written comments on an EAW submitted during the 30-day EAW review and comment period. The planning commission and city council may take public comment on the EAW during the 30-day period, provided that notice of the comment time is published and mailed to the proposer at least ten (10) days prior to the date the commission or council plans to take public comment. 6. When reviewing an EAW or EIS, city staff and the Planning Commission may suggest design alterations which would lessen the environmental impact of the action. The City Council may require these design alterations to be made as a condition for approving the land use proposal when it finds that the design alterations are necessary to lessen the environmental impact of the action. 7. The Planning Commission shall review the EAW and all public commentary after the close of the comment period, and make a recommendation to the City Council regarding the need for an EIS. The City Council shall meet no less than 3 days and no more than 30 days after the close of the comment period to decide whether an EIS is needed for the land use proposal. Both the Planning Commission and the City Council shall use the standards and procedures set forth in Minn. R. 4410.1700 to guide their recommendations and decisions. 5. Procedures when an EIS is Required. The City shall apply and follow the guidance of Minn. Stat. § 116D.045 and Minn. R. 4410.2000 – 4410.3000 in the preparation and review of a required EIS. 6. Prohibition on Approvals During Environmental Review. No permit for an action for which an EAW or an EIS is required shall be issued until all costs of preparation and review which are to be paid by the applicant are paid, and all information required is supplied in adequate detail and until the environmental review process has been completed as provided in this article, and pursuant to any written agreements entered into by the applicant for the permit or permits and the City Council. 7. Severability. It is the intention of the City Council that the several provisions of this section are separate and that it any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge any provision of this Ordinance or application thereof to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect other provisions of this section not specifically included in such judgment.