Blaine City Zoning Code
Appendix B
ANNEXATIONS AND DETACHMENTS1
Editor's note— Printed in this appendix are ordinances and resolutions annexing or detaching property from the city. Amendments are indicated by parenthetical history notes following amended provisions. The absence of a history note indicates that the provision remains unchanged from the original. Obvious misspellings and punctuation errors have been corrected without notation. For stylistic purposes, headings and catchlines (when present) have been made uniform, and the same system of capitalization, citations to state statutes, and expression of numbers in text as appears in the Code of Ordinances has been used. Additions made for clarity are indicated by brackets.
[Sec. 1. - Ord. No. 10.]
Ord. No. 10
An ordinance detaching certain lands from the Village of Blaine, Anoka County, Minnesota;
Whereas, the owner of all the property in Lexington third addition according to the plat thereof on file in the office of the register of deeds, Anoka County, Minnesota have petitioned the village council of the Village of Blaine to detach the said addition from the Village of Blaine and to the Village of Lexington.
Whereas, the village council of the Village of Blaine has determined that the detachment will be for the benefit of the village and the land affected.
Whereas, the Village of Lexington intends to annex said addition and make it a part of the Village of Lexington.
Now therefore, the village council of the Village of Blaine do ordain as follows that there be detached from the Village of Blaine the following described territory:
Lexington third addition according to the plat thereof on file in the office of the register of deeds, Anoka County, Minnesota.
[Sec. 2. - Ord. No. 34.]
Ord. No. 34
Whereas, the owner of the certain land hereinafter described has petitioned the village council of the Village of Blaine to annex said land to the Village of Blaine.
Whereas, said land is contiguous to the Village of Blaine and is described as follows:
The north one-half of the northeast one-quarter of section five, township 30, range 23, less property transferred for highway purposes, comprising 118 acres, more or less, according to the map or plat thereof on file in the office of the register of deeds, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
Whereas, said land is less than 200 acres in area and is properly conditioned for village government, and
Whereas, it is deemed to be to the best interests of the village and the territory affected that such land be annexed to the village,
Now therefore, the village council of Blaine do ordain:
That the Village of Blaine does hereby annex and the village boundaries are hereby extended to include the following described land:
The north one-half of the northeast one-quarter of section five, township 30, range 23, less property transferred for highway purposes, comprising 118 acres, more or less, according to the map or plat thereof on file in the office of the register of deeds, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
[Sec. 3. - Res. No. 14-044.]
Res. No. 14-044
Whereas, certain real property (hereinafter referred to as the "property"), depicted in the map below, [which is incorporated herein by reference,] is approximately 1.23 acres in size, located within the boundaries of the City of Blaine, with a population of zero; and
Whereas, the City of Spring Lake Park has purchased the aforementioned property for use as its public works facility; and
Whereas, the municipal boundary for the Cities of Blaine and Spring Lake Park currently runs through the middle of a building on the property; and
Whereas, the property would be best served by having one set of zoning controls governing its use; and
Whereas, the property abuts real estate along its entire southern border that is located within the City of Spring Lake Park.
Now, therefore, be it resolved:
1.
That the City of Blaine and the city of Spring Lake Park jointly request that the office of administrative hearings - municipal boundary adjustments concurrently detach the property from the City of Blaine and annex the same to the City of Spring Lake Park at the earliest possible date.
2.
That the joint resolution be submitted to the office of administrative hearings - municipal boundary adjustments for the purposes set forth herein.
3.
That the City of Spring Lake Park agrees to be responsible for all costs associated with the annexation, including, but not limited to, the preparation and filing of the resolution and boundary maps with the office of administrative hearings. In addition, the city of Spring Lake Park shall reimburse the city of Blaine for the actual costs associated with the preparation, revision and printing of local city maps in an amount not to exceed $500.00.
4.
That the City of Blaine and the City of Spring Lake Park agree that upon receipt of this resolution, passed and adopted by each party, the office of administrative hearings/municipal boundary adjustments, may review and comment, but shall, within 30 days, order the concurrent detachment and annexation consistent with the terms of this resolution.