HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 4408 - Second Reading:Annexing Approx. 40 Acres.RPS
ORDINANCE NO. _____________
AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING TO THE CITY OF ROCHESTER
APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
THTHTH
65 STREET NW BETWEEN 55 AVE NW AND 50 AVE NW.
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 Olmsted County 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 Southeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 107 North, Range 14 West,
Olmsted County, Minnesota, described as follows:
Beginning at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence South 89
degrees 52 minutes 37 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the south line of said Southeast
Quarter, 1670.73 feet to a point which is 962.38 feet westerly of the southeast corner of said
Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 58 seconds West, parallel to the east
line of said Southeast Quarter, 1041.32 feet; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 37 seconds
West, parallel to the south line of said Southeast Quarter, 1675.82 feet to the west line of said
Southeast Quarter; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 46 seconds East, along said west line,
1041.36 feet to the point of beginning.
Containing 40.00 acres, more or less.
The above described parcel contains 40 acres and is subject to any easements,
covenants, and restrictions of record.
Section 2. On June 15, 2020, 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
owners, the Cascade Township officers, and the adjacent property owners.
Section 3. 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 4. 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 and the municipality has
received a petition for annexation from all the property owners of the land and, as such, the land is
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or will soon become urban or suburban in character.
Section 5. As provided in Minn. Stat. §414.036, the City shall pay the Township the
equivalent of three years’ taxes in two years.
Section 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. Upon annexation the land described in Section 1 above will be zoned R-1x.
Section 10. 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 Cascade Township Clerk, the
County Auditor and the Secretary of State.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2020.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2020.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
Ord20\\Annex.2020-001
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