96-29►,
CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 96-29
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE OTSEGO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
RELATED TO CITY AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND TO THE RURAL USES PORTION
OF THE CITY LAND USE PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of Otsego desires to establish certain changes in
the existing Comprehensive Plan to address the issue of large,
concentrated agricultural operations, which cannot be properly
accommodated within a municipality; and
WHEREAS, such operations have the potential to operate as a
nuisance within the community, are not compatible with residential
uses, and are not appropriate within a municipality which will be
undergoing substantial residential, commercial, and industrial
expansion in the near future; and
WHEREAS, the present Comprehensive Plan does not adequately draw a
distinction between the presently existing agricultural operations
within the City and those more intense operations, such as large
scale animal feedlots.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
OTSEGO, AS FOLLOWS:
That the following amendments are hereby made to the existing
Otsego Comprehensive Plan:
1. Page 33, Policies, Agricultural, No. 4, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"The keeping of the present levels of farm animals shall be
confined to the rural designated areas of the community or farming
operations already established. There shall be no new animal
feedlots established within the City. Presently existing animal
feedlots which were legally established may continue operating at
their present level, but only reasonable and limited expansion of
these operations shall be allowed. It is not in the best interest
of the City to allow large, concentrated, and intensive animal
facilities within the municipal limits, especially in light of the
present rate of urbanization."
2. Page 34, Policies, Agricultural, No. 7, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Unless there is a threat to public health or safety, the present
level of agricultural activity shall not be unreasonably limited or
curtailed due to the impacts upon non-agricultural uses which have
or are proposing to encroach into rural areas. However, those types
of high intensity agricultural uses, not presently undertaken
within the City, which have the potential for significant adverse
affect on adjoining non-agricultural uses, shall be discouraged
within the municipal boundaries."
3. Page 90, Land Use Plan, Rural Uses, is hereby amended to add the
following paragraph:
"Another issue of City concern relates to the proposed
establishment of new higher intensity agricultural uses,
specifically, high intensity animal feedlots located within the
community. Concern is also raised by the possible expansion of
existing animal feedlots to such an intense level of activity. At
the present rate of City growth, and with the present number of
residences and their concentration throughout the City, including
the areas now designated as rural, further establishment of new
animal feedlots of any size shall be discouraged. Further,
expansion of existing animal feedlots shall be limited in order to
insure that such uses do not have an adverse affect on adjoining
non-agricultural uses within the City, do not adversely affect the
general health, safety and welfare, do not adversely affect
property values within the City, and do not adversely affect the
City's planning process."
ADOPTED this 28TH day of October, 1996.
IN FAVOR: Norman F Freske, Mayor, Ron Black, Larry Fournier,
Vern Heidner, and Subanne Ackerman, Council
OPPOSED:
No One
91 CITY OF OTSEGO
Norma . Freske, Mayor
Elaine Beatty, City rk