Ordinance No. 1061 - Extending Coporate City Limits of Worthington

ORDINANCE NO. 1061

AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WORTHINGTON TO INCLUDE 6,509 SQUARE FEET OF UNPLATTED LAND ABUTTING THE CITY OF WORTHINGTON AND OWNED BY RIDLEY USA, INC.

The City Council of the City of Worthington, Do Ordain:

Section I.

A petition for annexation under Minnesota Statutes Section 414.033, Subdivision 2, Clause 3 has been filed with the governing body of the City of Worthington, Minnesota by the sole owner of the land contained in said petition, requesting that the following described land be annexed to the City of Worthington, Minnesota, to-wit:

That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 102 North, Range 39 West, Nobles County, Minnesota, described as follows:

Commencing at the North Quarter corner of said Section 30; thence on an assumed bearing of North 90 degrees 00 minutes East, along the north line of said section, a distance of 275.00 feet to the Northwest corner of Tract 3 as recorded in Doc. No. 267428; thence South 0 degrees 01 minutes 30 seconds East, along the west line of said tract, a distance of 163.90 feet to the point of the tract to be described; thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds East a distance of 100.00 feet; thence South 0 degrees 01 minutes 30 seconds East, a distance of 65.09 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds West, a distance of 100.00 feet to the west line of said Tract 3 as recorded as Doc. No. 267428; thence North 0 degrees 01 minutes 30 seconds West, along said west line, a distance of 65.09 feet to the point of beginning..

Section II.

The area petitioned for annexation is 6,509 square feet unplatted, abuts the City’s easterly boundary, is located in the Township of Lorain, and is not included within any other municipality.

Section III.

All of the tract of land proposed for annexation is owned by the petitioner.

Section IV.

All of the annexation area is or is about to become urban or suburban in character. None of the annexation area is presently served by municipal facilities or services.

Section V.

The area proposed for annexation is not included in any area that has already been designated for orderly annexation pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 414.0325.

Section VI.

The annexation is in the best interest of the City of Worthington, Minnesota.

Section VII.

Written notice of the public hearing on the annexation petition was given as required by Minnesota Statutes 414.033, Subdivision 2b. A public hearing on the petition and this proposed ordinance was held on October 2nd, 2012 at Worthington City Hall, 303 9th Street, Worthington, Minnesota.

Section VIII.

The corporate limits of the City of Worthington is hereby extended to include the property described in Section I, and the same is hereby annexed to and included within the City of Worthington as effectively as if it had been originally a part thereof.

Section IX.

Pursuant to Title XV, Section 155.026(G) of the City of Worthington City Code, the property shall be zoned M-2 - General Manufacturing.

Section X.

The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this ordinance in the office of the Recorder in and for the County of Nobles, Minnesota Municipal Board, the Secretary of State, the Nobles County Auditor and the Worthington Township Board.

Section XI.

This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication and filing of a certified copy thereof with the Recorder in and for said County of Nobles, State of Minnesota.

Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Worthington, this 26th day of November, 2012.

(SEAL)

Alan Oberloh, Mayor

Attest: Janice Oberloh, City Clerk

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