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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 /�� 14�z Clint Herbst, Mayor ATTEST: Je ° O eill, City Administrator VOTING IN FAVOR: Herbst, Hilgart, Perrault, Posusta, Stumpf VOTING IN OPPOSITION: None