City Council Ordinance 604 INTERIMORDINANCE NO. 604
CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM
TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
AS A PRINCIPAL USE IN THE CITY
THE MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
Purpose and Intent; Study Being Conducted
The City of Monticello hereby adopts this ordinance to allow the City adequate time to
study and consider appropriate land use controls regulating solar energy production or
generation as a principal use of land; and
The City of Monticello is presently conducting a study for the purpose of considering
amendment of its official controls regarding appropriate uses in zoning districts; and
The study is needed so the City can review its official controls, including its zoning
regulations, to identify the potential issues and impact of solar energy production, and to
clarify said regulations relating to solar energy production as a principal use; and
There is a need for an interim ordinance to be adopted for the purpose of protecting the
planning process and the health, safety, and welfaxe of the citizens of the City until such a
study has been completed.
2. Definitions.
For purposes of this ordinance, the term "solar energy system" is defined as follows:
A set of devices whose primary purpose is to collect solar energy and
convert and store it for useful purposes including heating and cooling
buildings or other energy -using processes, or to produce generated power
by means of any combination of collecting, transferring, or converting
solar- generated energy.
3. Prohibition.
Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 462.355, et seq., the City hereby adopts and approves this
interim ordinance temporarily prohibiting solar energy systems as a principal use in the
City. During the effective period of this interim ordinance, the City will not accept any
application or issue any permit for a solar energy system as a principal use.
ORDINANCE NO. 604
4. Duration.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and
publication. It shall remain in effect until the adoption of the official controls
contemplated herein or November 24, 2015, whichever occurs first, after which
occurrence this ordinance shall lapse, unless properly extended pursuant to state law.
ADOPTED BY the Monticello City Council this 24th day of November, 2014.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
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Clint Herbst, Mayor
ATTEST:
Je ° O eill, City Administrator
VOTING IN FAVOR: Herbst, Hilgart, Perrault, Posusta, Stumpf
VOTING IN OPPOSITION: None