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HomeMy WebLinkAbout[07c] Joint City/Township Meetingsi:i7'~' OF 8'[: Jt~F rK MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM: SUBMITTED BY: July 16, 2009 Council Agenda Item 7c Planning Matters-Joint City/Township Meetings Administration BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: The City Council has requested that the City/Township Planning Commissions meet to discuss the update of the Orderly Annexation Agreement and the recently adopted Comprehensive Plan. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City and Township Planning Commission have been meeting monthly to discuss the Orderly Annexation Agreement and the Comprehensive Plan as it relates to the proposed expansion area. This agenda item is an update to provide the Council with the material they have finished to date. To help visualize the annexation process a flow chart has been established which be included in the annexation packets when requested by petitions. The petition for annexation has also been amended to include the exact language from the OA agreement to assure that it meets the requirements. BUDGET/FISCAL IMPACT: ATTACHMENTS: Annexation Flow Chart and petition REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: No action required, information only. Annexation Illustration Adopted , 2009 Annexation Petition received Administrator reviews petition to see if the request meets the criteria for annexation The application is complete, criteria met, fee, legal description and tax statement The petition is placed on the Council agenda for approval and a copy is forwarded to St. Joseph Township. Resolution is prepared and forwarded to MN Planning, copy to St. Joseph Township. from MN Planning that annexation has been ordered. The City map is updated with the new boundary. Joint Powers -authorize public hearing for annexation The public hearing results in the Joint Powers Board approving the request. Each jurisdiction must act separately on the request. Upon verification the Township has approved the annexation request the City Council approves the annexation and forwards to MN Planning, copy to St. loseoh Township City Receives notification from MN Planning that annexation has been ordered. The City map is updated with the new boundary. Application does not meet criteria -Joint Planing Board meeting scheduled Joint Planning Board makes recommendation to Joint Powers Board Joint Powers - annexation is premature and denied The public hearing results in the Joint Powers denying the request. Each jurisdiction must separate y act on the renuett Upon verification the Township has ~Jenied the annexation request the City Council denies the annexation and the prope~Yy owner is notified. The rnatter is considered closed. 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 STATE OF MINNESOTA ) ss COUNTY OF STEARNS ) NAME: PHONE: ADDRESS: Fee S Paid Date 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) __ __ _ __ 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: ("' Yes ("'! No 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" shall 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: City Council Action: ('"" Approved r Denied Date of Action: Joint Powers Board: (-' Public Hearing Scheduled ~ Request Denied Date of Hearing: Date of Action: City Action: (" Approved (` Denied Date of Action: Township Action: (" Approved (-' Denied Date of Action: Date Applicant/Property owner notified of CitylTownship Action: Upon Verification, Date sent to MN Planning (Copy to Township): City of St. Joseph Required Material Submission Annexation Material Completed applications for Annexation 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 COMPLETE ~'"' Yes (""' No r ~' r Yes No Yes No COMMENTS