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City EfltVei-r="Ri Ordinance 26 - 04 An Interim Ordinance Establishing a Moratorium on the Issuance of Building Permits and Land Use Approvals for Multifamily Structures for One Year from the Date of This Ordinance and Exempting Applications That Have Been Submitted as of the Effective Date The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1. BACKGROUND. 1. Minnesota Statutes, Section 462.355, Subd. 4 authorizes a city to enact an interim ordinance for the purpose of considering the adoption or amendment of official controls as defined in chapter 462. 2. Minnesota Statutes, 412.221, subd. 32 empowers the city to enact an interim ordinance under its general police powers to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. 3. The City Council included a full review of the city's zoning ordinance under the 2026 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) with the goal of updating the city's zoning and subdivision ordinances to reflect the goals of the Comprehensive Plan, adopted October 18, 2021. 4. The Comprehensive Plan includes strategies to address the challenges of housing affordability through multiple strategies, including the addition of higher density housing to existing single-family districts (missing -middle housing). SECTION 2. FINDINGS. 1. The current ordinance does not support most of the housing strategies described in the Comprehensive Plan, necessitating the ordinance update. 2. Multifamily housing (apartment) is allowed in areas that may be rezoned and have the potential to detract from the goals of the Comprehensive Plan as it relates to addressing the city's housing goals. 3. The City Council has determined that prohibiting further development of multifamily housing projects will provide the city with an opportunity to ensure these important elements of a complete spectrum of housing types are constructed in locations that will support the goals of the Comprehensive Plan.