HomeMy WebLinkAbout[02] OA DiscussionMEMORANDUM
Date: April 17, 2009
To: St. Joseph City Planning Commission
St. Joseph Twp Planning Commission
From: Judy Weyrens
RE: joint Meeting, April 20, 2009
Please find to follow additional meeting material for the joint meeting on April 20, 2009.
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Joint Orderly Annexation Agreement.
Specifically the following items will be discussed:
• Areas of the Agreement that need updating
• Management of the Agreement (Joint Planning/Powers, process for
annexation)
• Expansion Area (West of Interstate 94)
The second item of discussion is section 1 of the Land Use Section of the 2008
Comprehensive Plan. Copies of the approved Plan have been included for review.
PO BOX 668 PHONE (320) 363-7201
25 College Avenue North FAx (320) 363-0342
Clty of st. Joseph st. Joseph MN 56374 E-MAIL jweyrens@ciryofstjoseph.com
wES SITE http://www:cityotstjoseph.com
APPLICATION FOR ANNEXATION
City of St. Joseph
25 College Avenue N
PO Box 668
St. Joseph, MN 56374
Phone (320)363-7201 or Fax (320)363-0342
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COUNTY OF STEARNS )
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I/We, the undersigned, hereby make the following application to the City Council and Planning Commission of the City of St.
Joseph, Stearns County, Minnesota. (Applicants have the responsibility of checking all applicable ordinances pertaining to their
application and complying with the ordinance requirements.)
1. Application is hereby made to annex the following area: (Legal description of land to be annexed, including acreage or square
footage)
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2. Name and address of the present owner of the above described land:
3. Is the proposed use compatible with the future and present land uses of the area? Please explain:
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4. The residents in the area will increase the popluation by:
Subject to exceptions set forth in the Orerly Annexation Agreement, the City and Township agree that, unless both the Township
and City mutually agree to consider a specific annexation request, property will not be annexed unless all three of the criteria stated
below are satisfied:
1. A petition for annexation has been received and either 100% of the property owners have petitioned to do so, or the subject
property has completed the hearing process and hereinafter set forth, with approval of the proposed annexation being obtained
from both the City and Township.
2. The property for which annexation is sought is contiguous to the City Limits. For the purposes of this requirement, "contiguous"
shalt mean:
a. That the property is sought to be annexed abuts property within the City; or
b. That the property sought to be annexed would abut property within the City, but for the existence of an intervening
road right-of-way, the existence of the body of a river or the existence of the body of a lake. A road right-of-way (other
than as if traversed across its width to get to the property to be annexed as provide for in this paragraph) shall not be
used as a basis fora finding that said property abuts or is contiguous to property within the City; or
c. If only an apex of the property sought to be annexed abuts property within the City
3. The City has immediate ability to extend water and sewer services to the subject property and the property owner has good
faith intent to immediately plat the property for which annexation is sought. That following annexation, but before a building
permit is issued by the City for the construction of any structures thereon, City water and sewer services must be provided to the
structure for which any building permit is sought.
In the event that the City and Township mutually agree to consider an annexation request that does not meet all three criteria
established above, at least 60% of the affected property owners must submit a petition for annexation. In that event, a joint hearing
of both the Town Board and the City Council shall be called to consider and act on the petition. The petition for annexation shall
not be approved unless both the Town Board and the City Council, voting as separate bodies, approve the petition seeking
annexation.
Attached to this application, and made a part thereof, are other material submission data requirements, as indicated.
Applicant Signature:
Applicant Signature:
Date:
Date:
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Date application submitted: Date application completed:
Planning Commission Action: r Recommend Approval r Recommend Disapproval Date of Action:
City Council Action: ~'- Approved ("` Disapproved Date of Action:
Date Applicant/Property owner notified of City Council Action:
City of St. Joseph
Required Material Submission
Annexation Material
Completed applications for Interim Use requests and required fees shall be submitted the City of St. Joseph Zoning Administrator
at least 20 days prior to the proposed date of consideration by the City. The twenty days allows the City to review the application,
forward the application to other entities for review as required and notify the public as required. Only completed applications will
be accepted. It is the applicant's responsibility to submit required materials. If an application is determined to be incomplete,
notification, which indicates which portion of the application is incomplete, will be mailed to the applicant within 10 days following
submission of the application.
REQUIRED MATERIALS -The applicant shall provide the following:
MATERIAL REQUIRED
1. Additional written or graphic data reasonably
required by the Zoning Administrator or the
Planning Commission.
2. Copy of the property tax statement.
3. Required Fee.
Property within the Orderly Annexation Agreement:
$5.00 per acre
$300,00 minimum
Property outside the Orderly Annexation Agreement:
$10.00 per acre
$500.00 minimum
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