HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 4427 - Second Reading: Ordinance annexing approximately 3.34 acres of land
ORDINANCE NO. _____________
AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING TO THE CITY OF ROCHESTER
APPROXIMATELY 3.34 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ALONG THE
SOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 14.
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:
All that part of the East 1/2 of the Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of the Southwest Quarter
(SW1/4) of Section Four (4), in Township 106, Range 13, Olmsted County, Minnesota
described as follows: Commencing for a place of beginning at a point in the south line of
said NW1/4 which is 755.55 feet East of the southwest corner thereof and running
thence Northerly at a deflection of 90 degrees 32 minutes 40 seconds measured from
the East a distance of 499.65 feet to the center line of Trunk Highway No. 14, thence
deflect to the right 94 degrees 02 minutes along the center of said Trunk Highway
297.49 feet, thence South parallel with the first described north and south line 481.36
feet to the south line of said NW1/4 and running thence West along said south line
296.78 feet to the place of beginning.
Section 2. On January 4th 2021, 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 Marion 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
or will soon become urban or suburban in character.
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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 B-1.
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 Marion 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 _______________, 2021.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2021.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
Ord20\\CD2020-005ANX
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