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1 ~{ <br />City of ,~~ <br />ilk Rives <br />REQUEST <br />ITE*1 8.1. <br />~QOp~ <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br />FROM: STEVEN B. ACH, CITY PLANNER~,~~ <br />DATE: JUNE 6, 1994 <br />SUBJECT: REQUEST TO ESTABLISH A <br />MORATORIUM ON SUBDIVISIONS BY <br />THE CITY OF ELK RIVER, PUBLIC <br />HEARING, CASE NO. OA 94-2 <br />Consider an ordinance establishing a twelve (12) month moratorium on <br />subdivisions of land outside the city's current urban service area. This <br />moratorium covers the area illustrated on the attached map and will <br />specifically prohibit subdivisions of land into parcels less than ten (10) acres <br />in size. <br />• ATTACHMENTS <br />Ordinance No. 94-_, Location Map, Report to the Planning Commission <br />dated May 24, 1994 <br />OVERVIEW <br />As the City Council is well aware, the process of updating the Comprehensive <br />Plan has recently commenced. One of the main issues that is currently being <br />studied by Terry Maurer and will be addressed as part of updating the plan, <br />is considering the options available for the extension of city sewer and water <br />into the eastern area of the city. With the uncertainty of the exact area that <br />may be served with city water and sewer, it is important to preserve a <br />potential service area by prohibiting further subdivisions of land into parcels <br />less than ten (10) acres in size. Therefore, the moratorium will protect the <br />planning process until decisions are made. <br />This moratorium will specifically prohibit subdivisions of land into parcels <br />less than ten acres in size within that area described on the attached location <br />map. In other words, if a property owner controls forty (40) acres, that parcel <br />could be subdivided into four (4) ten acre parcels. On the other hand, any lot <br />• <br />P.O. Box 490 • 13065 Orono Parkway • Elk River, MN 5330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-742 <br />