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:<'......; i-~:+h;;-+:::,. n':..-l j;' .,.,; " I '1 'I, " / ; ,1 i ,1 ,r t ,M . CHAPTER IX ZONING Section 900 Zoninr. Ordinanc~ 900.00 - Title. This Ordinance shall be known as the "ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER" and is ref~rred to herein as "this Ordinance." ,. 900.02 -Purpc,~~. This Ordinance is enacted for the following purposes: to protect and promote the health, safety t morals and general welfare by lessening congestion in thepubl1cr'ights-cf.-way; securing safety from firet panic and other dangers; providing adequate, light and air; facilitating the adequate provision of water, sewerage and other public services an~ facilities; conserving the values of properties and encouraging the most appropriate use of land; promoting well-managed and staged development of \ residentiali, commercial," industrial, recreational and public areas; conserving and managing the use of natural resources and agricultural lands. : 900.04 - Scope and Authority. From and after the effective date of this Ordinance, .'the us~ of all land and every bulldingand the er~ction or structural alteration of Ian., building or portion of a building in the City shall be in conformity with the : pro'\11s10nS [of this Ordinance. . Any buildingt structure or use lawfully existing on the '.r:effectlve date of this Ordinance which is not in conformity with the regulations herein :;, '!prescr1bedshallbe regarded as nonconforming, but may be continued except as and subject .! 'fto the requlrementE: contained in .Section 900.34. The provislons of this Ordinance shall .be Interpre'ted and applied in accordance with and as permit ted by Minnesota Lalol and '. ,are adopted pursuant to authority contained in Minnesota Statutes H462.351 to 462.364. . ! This Ordinance shall notrepealt annul or in any way impair or interfere "dth the !pro\rhioDS of other ordinances or reguiat.ions of the City except as expressly provided ! herein. . l:/ .: ;1".1. ::;It':::i'l ',lirH 900.06 -Interpretation. 1. General. The provisions of this Ordinan~e shall be interpreted as the minimum requirements necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Ordinance. Except as herei~ provld~d, the provisions of this Ordinance arE; cumulative and in addition to the provls1.ons of other laws and ordinanceR governing the same subjects. Where theprovislons of this Ordinance impose greater restrictions than those of aqy law, other ordinance or regulationt the provisions of this Ordinance shall be controlling. Where the provisions of any lawt other ordinance or regulation impose greaterrestr:lctions than thi,s Ordinancet such greater restrictions shall be controlling. Written interpretations of the provlsions of this Ordinance shall . be provided ar. necessary by the Planning Commission or the City Attorney. Interpretations shall be maintained on file by the City Clerk. 2. Rules. The following rules of construct 1.on shall be used in interpreting this Ordinance: .Words used in the present tenue shall include the past and future tenses, and the future, the present; words In the singl\lar shalt include the plural, and the plural, the singular; the word "building" shall include the word "structure"; the word "lot" shall include the 'Nord "plot"; the word "shall" is mandatory ,.nel the word "may" is permissive; and the masculine gender includes the feminine.nnd neuter genders.