95-41CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 95--41
RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN INTERIM ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM
ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMERCIAL FEEDLOTS WITHIN THE CITY OF
OTSEGO
WHEREAS, the Otsego City Council has determined that in order to
protect the planning process and insure the health, safety, and
welfare of the citizens of Otsego that the presently existing
ordinances and controls regarding the establishment of Commercial
Feedlots within the City need to be reevaluated; and
WHEREAS, the Council has directed staff to present a report to the
City outlining problems within the existing ordinances, and
possible changes and amendments to said ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the Council has further directed that a Citizen's
Committee be established to review the ordinances and related
issues and report to the Council regarding any proposals for change
in local controls that they might arrive at; and
WHEREAS, a recent application for a Commercial Feedlot Conditional
Use Permit, submitted for consideration by the City, has brought
forth concerns regarding the compatibility of commercial feedlots
with residential and other uses, concerns about reduction of the
property value of adjoining residents due to proximity to such a
facility, concerns about the effect of possible changes to the City
Comprehensive Plan and controls due to availability of sewer and
water and the advisability of allowing such uses in an area which
may become primarily residential, and concerns about the
effectiveness of existing ordinances in properly regulating such a
facility; and
WHEREAS, the above mentioned concerns require the City to study
possible changes to existing controls; and
WHEREAS, the City needs a period of time in which to conduct these
studies and to implement any needed changes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that no Commercial
Feedlots should be established within the City until these issues
have been studied and proper amendments to the City ordinances have
been implemented.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
OTSEGO that the attached Interim Ordinance Establishing A
Moratorium On the Establishment Of Commercial Feedlots Within The
City of Otsego is hereby adopted.
ADOPTED this l day of r)Pcember', 1995.
IN FAVOR: Mayor Norman F Freske, Larry Fournier, Ron Black,
Vern Heidner and Suzanne Ackerman, Council Members
OPPOSED:
No One
CITY OF OTSEGO
N Freske, Mayor
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Elaine Beatty, City Clerk/1