HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 4345 - Second Reading: Annex 4.18 Acres
ORDINANCE NO. _____________
AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING TO THE CITY OF ROCHESTER
APPROXIMATELY 4.18 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN THE
NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 106
NORTH, RANGE 14 WEST, OLMSTED COUNTY, MINNESOTA.
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER DO ORDAIN:
Section 1. A petition has been filed with the Common Council of the City of Rochester,
signed by the applicant requesting the Common Council to annex said land to the City of
Rochester. The land described in the petition for annexation is described as follows:
That part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 22, Township 106 North, Range 14 West,
Olmsted County, Minnesota, described as follows:
Commencing at the northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 22;
thence North 88 degrees 51 minutes 12 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the
north line of said Northwest Quarter, 1037.25 feet; thence South 01 degree 33 minutes
48 seconds East, 242.00 feet; thence North 88 degrees 51 minutes 12 seconds East,
753.23 feet to the southwest corner of HENKE HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION; thence North
01 degrees 33 minutes 48 seconds West, along the west line of HENKE HEIGHTS
SUBDIVISION,
242.00 feet to the north line of said Northwest Quarter; thence South 88 degrees 51
minutes 12 seconds West along said north line 753.23 feet to the point of beginning.
Containing 4.18 acres, more or less.
Section 2. The total quantity of land included in the petition is approximately 4.18 acres
in size.
Section 3. On June 4, 2018, the Common Council held a public hearing to consider this
annexation petition after providing written notice of the hearing, by certified mail, to the property
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owners, the Rochester Township officers, and the adjacent property owners.
Section 4. The City provided notification to the petitioners pursuant to Minn. Stat.
§414.033, subd. 2b, 11, 12 and 13 if applicable to this petitioned annexation.
Section 5. Following the public hearing, the Common Council of the City of Rochester
determined that the land to be annexed is unincorporated, abuts the municipality, consists of 120
acres or less, is not presently served by public wastewater facilities or public wastewater facilities
are not otherwise available, and the municipality has received a petition for annexation from all the
property owners of the land and, as such, the land is or will soon become urban or suburban in
character.
Section 6. As provided in Minn. Stat. §414.036, the City shall pay the Township the
equivalent of three years’ taxes in two years.
Section 7. As provided in Minn. Stat. §414.033, subd. 13, the City has provided notice to
the petitioner as to the potential electric utility service rate changes.
Section 8. Therefore, pursuant to Minn. Stat. §414.033, subd. 2(3), the land described in
Section 1 above is hereby annexed, added to and made a part of the City of Rochester,
Minnesota, as if it had originally been a part thereof.
Section 9. Present and future owners of the lands annexed by this ordinance are hereby
notified that in addition to the usual assessments, it is the intention of the Common Council to
assess against benefited property all or a portion of the cost of any storm sewer, water tower,
pumping station, and trunk line sanitary sewer construction, heretofore or hereafter undertaken to
serve the area annexed.
Section 10. Upon annexation the land described in Section 1 above will be zoned R-1x.
Section 11. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its official
publication and from and after the filing of a certified copy hereof with the Minnesota Office of
Administrative Hearings – Municipal Boundary Adjustments, the Rochester Town Clerk, the
County Auditor and the Secretary of State.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2018.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2018.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
Ord15\\Annex.2018.003
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