City of Redwood Falls makes change to residential zoning

ORDINANCE NO. 78, FOURTH SERIES

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE

THE CITY COUNCIL OF REDWOOD FALLS DOES ORDAIN:

           SECTION 1. That after a public hearing and review of all the evidence pertaining to the request to re-zone certain real property as referenced in Section 2, the City Council of the City of Redwood Falls makes the following:

FINDINGS OF FACT

1.                 The amendment is consistent with the applicable policies of the City’s Comprehensive and Land Use Plan.

2.                 The amendment proposes to change the zoning classification of a particular property.

3.                 The amendment is in the best interest of the public as it promotes orderly development and is not solely for the benefit of a single property owner.

4.                 The existing uses of property and the zoning classification of property within the general area of the property in question are compatible with the proposed zoning classification.

5.                 There are reasonable uses of the property in question permitted under the existing zoning classification of R-2.

6.                 There has been a change in the character or trend of development in the general area of the property in question, which has taken place since such property was placed in its present zoning classification.

           SECTION 2. That the following described real estate lying and being in the City of Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, to-wit:

That part of the Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of Section Six (6), Township One Hundred Twelve (112), Range Thirty-five (35) described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section; running thence East, on the South line of said NW1/4, distance of Five Hundred Twenty-seven (527) feet; thence North, parallel with the East line of said NW1/4, a distance of One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-two and five tenths (1,652.5) feet; thence West, parallel with the South line of said NW1/4, a distance of Five Hundred Twenty-seven feet to the West line of said NW1/4; thence South along the West line of said Northwest Quarter a distance of Sixteen Hundred Fifty-two and five tenths (1,652.5) feet to the place of beginning; together with and subject to existing tile, drainage and sewer line easements of record;

EXCEPT all that part of the above-described property lying northerly of Fallwood Road as established and dedicated of record in the office of the Redwood County Recorder;

now classified as “R-2, Single and Two Family Residential,” be changed to “R-4, Multiple-Family Residential District.”

           SECTION 3. That the Zoning Administrator is hereby directed to change the zoning map referred to in Section 6.03 of Chapter 6 of the Unified Development Ordinance in accordance herewith.

               SECTION 4. This Ordinance becomes effective from and after its passage and publication.