CITY OF WORTHINGTON PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Worthington Planning Commission will hold one (1) public hearing on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 for the purpose of considering the following business: Conditional Use Permit – Swift Pork Company has submitted an application for a conditional use permit for their property at 2550 Hwy 60 NE.
CITY OF WORTHINGTON
PLANNING COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The City of Worthington Planning Commission will hold one (1) public hearing on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 for the purpose of considering the following business:
Conditional Use Permit – Swift Pork Company has submitted an application for a conditional use permit for their property at 2550 Hwy 60 NE. If approved, the applicant will be allowed to construct an 186,083 square foot freezer warehouse with an option of adding an 84,682 square foot warehouse addition in the future for the meat packing business utilizing the property. Meat packing businesses are identified as a “conditional use” in the “M-2” General Industrial District, which is the zoning classification of the subject property. The legal description of the property under consideration is as follows:
A tract of land lying in the West Half of Section 18, Township 102, Range 39, described as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner of Section 18, Township 102, Range 39; thence East along said Section line a distance of 1,293.5 feet; thence North at 90° to said section line a distance of 1,010 feet to the point of beginning; thence North a distance of 100 feet to a point; thence West at 90° 397.38 feet to a point on the southeast right-of-way line of the C.St.P.M. & O. Railroad; thence northeast at an interior angle of 42° 08' and along said right-of-way a distance of 2,657.69 feet to a point on quarter section line; thence South at an interior angle of 47° 41' and along said quarter line a distance of 1,882.90 feet; thence West at an interior angle of 90° 11' a distance of 1,567.51 feet to the point of beginning.
Less and Except:
All that part of the following described tract:
That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 18, Township 102, Range 39 lying southeasterly of the railroad right-of-way;
Which lies northerly of a line run parallel with and distant 184 feet southerly of the following described line:
Beginning at a point on the east line of said Section 18, distant 100 feet south of the east quarter corner thereof; thence run westerly at an angle of 89° 14' 15" with said east section line (when measured from south to west) for 3,300 feet and there terminating; Together with all that part of the above-described tract adjoining and southerly of the above-described strip, which lies northerly of the following described line:
From a point on the above-described line, distant 2,629.78 feet westerly of its point of beginning; run southerly at right angles to said line for 184 feet to the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence run southwesterly to a point distant 199 feet southerly (measured at right angles) from a point on the above described line, distant 2,729.78 feet westerly of its point of beginning; thence run westerly and parallel with the above-described line to the northwesterly boundary of the above-described tract and there terminating.
AND
A tract of land in the West Half of Section 18, Township 102, Range 39, described as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner of said Section 18; thence East along said section line a distance of 1,293.5 feet; thence North at 90° to said section line a distance of 1,010 feet; thence East at 90° a distance of 522 feet to the point of beginning; thence easterly on said projected line a distance of 798 feet; thence South at 90° a distance of 250 feet; thence at 90° West a distance of 798 feet; thence at 90° North a distance of 250 feet, to the point of beginning.
Together with:
The northerly 50 feet of the following described tract:
Commencing at the southwest comer of Section 18, Township 102, Range 39; thence East along section line, a distance of 1,293.5 feet; thence North at 90° a distance of 740 feet to the point of beginning; thence North along same said line, a distance of 270 feet; thence East 90° a distance of 522 feet; thence South at 90° a distance of 270 feet; thence West at 90° a distance of 522 feet to the point of beginning.
AND ALSO
That part of the West half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 102 North, Range 39 West, Nobles County, Minnesota, described as follows:
Commencing at the South Quarter corner of said Section 18; thence on an assumed bearing of North 0 degrees 01 minutes 48 seconds West, along the north-south quarter line of said section, a distance of 900.00 feet to an iron monument, said iron monument being the point of beginning of the tract to be described; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes East a distance of 615.35 feet to an iron monument; thence North 0 degrees 00 minutes 27 seconds West a distance of 1456.84 feet to an iron monument located on the southerly right of way line of Interstate Highway 90; thence South 89 degrees 40 minutes 44 seconds West, along said southerly right of way line, a distance of 615.93 feet to an iron monument located on the north -south quarter line of said section; thence South 0 degrees 01 minutes 48 seconds East, along said north-south quarter line, a distance of 1453.39 feet to the point of beginning, containing 20.57 acres, subject to easements now of record in said county and state.
The public hearing will be held in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 303 Ninth Street, Worthington, Minnesota, at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. At the hearings, the Planning Commission will hear staff’s reports and public testimony and may take action. All interested persons are invited to attend and be heard. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, some planning commission members may participate by telephone in accordance with Minnesota Statute 13D.021. All interested persons that wish to participate remotely can access the meeting via phone at the following:
Phone Number: (1) 425-436-6346
Access Code: 674503#
Any cost incurring from phone calls will be borne by the caller. Those unable to attend are invited to send written comments, prior to the hearing via e-mail to Jeremiah Cromie at jcromie@ci.worthington.mn.us; or mail to: Community Development, City of Worthington, P.O. Box 279, Worthington, Minnesota 56187.
(July 1, 2020)