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(ii) "After learning of appellant's application, the city <br />immediately enacted an interim ordinance and <br />commenced a study to determine whether <br />additional regulations should be placed on <br />pawnshops located in the city. <br />(iii) "Review of the council meeting minutes reveals <br />that a number of city residents objected to <br />appellant's application. But the minutes also <br />identify general concerns regarding the use and <br />placement of pawnshops, including: limitations on <br />the sale of guns and other items in pawnshops, the <br />location of pawnshops in proximity to polios <br />stations, hours of business, and the impact on <br />adjacent residential areas of pawnshops that offer <br />check-cashing services and other adult-oriented <br />businesses. <br />(iv) "The city council ultimately placed the moratorium <br />not just on the property, but on the entire city so <br />that a study could be conducted. <br />(v) "Unlike the City of Savage in Med. Servs., the city <br />promptly followed through with the study process <br />and ultimately amended its permanent zoning <br />ordinance based on the study's recommendations. <br />And the interim ordinance was limited in duxation; <br />only in effect for four months." <br />~I~ The ~ter~y c~ween ~nesa~a~s aaazc appro~a~ sa~~~e, ~c <br />oraor~u s~~e~ and c poe~° of ova o~ere~t a ~rnn <br />Zo~~n ~a~vs with aicai®~as p~~in <br />A. One might wonder, in light of a city's relatively broad authority under <br />Property Research and Rose Cliff to amend ordinances and then apply <br />them to pending ordinances, whether a city really needs to adopt a <br />moratorium in the first place. <br />1. In theory, a city could often skip the step of a moratorium (and <br />its additional burdens and regulations), and respond <br />I3 <br />