Renville Zoning Ordinance

PREAMBLE

 

AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING COMPREHENSIVE ZONING REGUALTIONS FOR THE CITY OF RENVILLE, MINNESOTA AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND AMENDMENT THEREOF, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 461.351 TO  461.364, MINNESOTA STATUTES, AND FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH

 

WHEREAS Sections 462.351 to 462.364, Minnesota Statues, empowers the city to enact a Zoning Ordinance and to provide for its administration, enforcement, and amendment, and

 

WHEREAS the City Council deems it necessary, for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the city to enact such an Ordinance, and

 

WHEREAS the City Council, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 462.351 to 462.364, Minnesota Statutes, has appointed a City Planning Commission to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein, and

 

WHEREAS the City Planning Commission has divided the city into districts and has prepared regulations pertaining to such districts in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to:

 

1.                  lesson congestion in the streets

 

2.                  secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers

 

3.                  promote health and the general welfare

 

4.                  provide adequate light and air

 

5.                  prevent the overcrowding of land

 

6.                  avoid undue concentration of population

 

7.                  facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements, and

 

WHEREAS the City Planning Commission has given reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the districts and their peculiar suitability for particular uses, with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the municipality, and

 

WHEREAS the City Planning Commission has made a preliminary report and held public hearings thereon, and submitted its final report to the City Council, and

 

WHEREAS the City Council has given due public notice of hearings relating to zoning districts, regulations, and restrictions, and has held such public hearings, and

 

WHEREAS these regulations are adopted under the authority granted by Sections 462.351 to 462.364 of the Minnesota Statutes.  Therefore, the City Council of Renville, Minnesota ordains as follows:

 

This Ordinance which shall be known and cited as the City of Renville Zoning Ordinance, an Ordinance setting minimum and maximum standards for the height and size of buildings, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, the location and use of buildings and land for trade, commerce, industry, residence and other purposes; creating districts for said purposes and establishing the boundaries thereof; providing for changes in regulations, restrictions and boundaries of such districts; defining certain terms used herein; providing for enforcement and administration and imposing penalties for the violation of this Ordinance.  The jurisdiction of this Ordinance shall include all lands within the corporate limits of the City of Renville, Minnesota.

 

The initial public hearing on this ordinance was held by both the Planning Commission and the City Council on November 13, 1978.  It was adopted by the City Council on November 13, 1978.  It was amended by the City Council of the following dates:

 

 

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