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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
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<br /> CITY OF RAMSEY
<br /> ANOKA COUNTY
<br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br /> TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
<br /> Notice is hereby given that the
<br /> Ramsey City Council will hold a public
<br /> hearing on Tuesday, Ju~e 13, 2006, at
<br /> ?:00 p.m., at the R.amsey Fire Station
<br /> No. t, 15050 Armstrong Boulevard NW,
<br /> Ramsey, Minnesota 55303.
<br /> The purpose of the heating is to
<br /> consider the following ordinance amend-
<br /> lng Sections in Chapter 8 of the City's
<br /> Charter.
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<br /> ORDINANCE #O~XX
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<br /> CITY OF RAMSEY
<br /> ANOKA COUNTY
<br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br /> AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 8 OF
<br /> THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY
<br /> OF RAMSEY.
<br /> THE CITY OF RAMSEY ORDAINS.
<br /> SECTION 1. AUTHORITY:
<br /> This Ordinance is enacted pursuant
<br /> to Minnesota Statutes §410.12, Subd. 7.
<br /> S[CTION 2. AMENDMENT.
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<br /> Subsections 8.4.2, 8.4.3 and 8.4.4
<br /> of the Home Rule Charter of the City of
<br />; Rarnsey are hereby amended to provide
<br />· as written below: CHAPTER 8
<br /> PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND
<br /> SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
<br /> 8.4.2 Petition Against the Local
<br /> Improvement. A proposed local improve-
<br /> ment may be initiated by petition of the
<br /> owners of real property abutting on the
<br /> streets named in the petition. If, within
<br /> thirty (30) days of the conclusion of the
<br /> public hearing, a petition against such
<br /> local improvement is filed with the city
<br /> administrator which petition is signed
<br /> by a percentage of the owners of real
<br /> property abutting on the streets named
<br /> in the initiating petition as the location
<br /> of the improvement which percentage
<br /> is greater than the percentage of owners
<br /> of real property who signed the initiating
<br /> petition, the council shall not make such
<br /> local improvement at the expense of the
<br /> abutting proper~ owners. For purposes
<br /> of the foregoing sentence, "owners of
<br /> real properS" shall not include owners
<br /> of properties zoned for commercial or
<br /> industrial uses or owners of properties
<br /> zoned residential greater than 10 acres
<br /> in size based on zoning classifications
<br /> in effect at the date of such petition, or
<br /> owners of non-homestead real proper~y
<br /> greater than one acre in size.
<br /> 8.4.3 Counter Petition in Favor of
<br /> the Improvement. If within thirty (30)
<br /> days of the filing with the city admin-
<br /> istrator of a petition against the local
<br /> improvement as described in Section
<br /> 8.4.2 above, there is filed with the city
<br /> administrator a petition in favor of the
<br /> local improvement, signed by owners
<br /> of real property abutting on the streets
<br /> named in the initiating petition as the
<br /> location of the improvement, in a per-
<br /> centage greater than the percent of own-
<br /> ers of real property who signed the
<br /> petition against the local improvement,
<br /> then in such event the council may
<br /> disregard the petition against the local
<br /> improvement and proceed with the local
<br /> improvement·
<br /> 8.4.4 Petition Against Council
<br /> Initiated Improvement. If the local
<br /> improvement was initiated by council res-
<br /> olution without an initiating petition and,
<br /> within sixty (60) days of the conclusion
<br /> of the public hearing, a petition is filed
<br /> with the city administrator against such
<br /> local improvement and which petition is
<br /> signed by greater than 50 percent of the
<br /> owners of real property proposed to be
<br /> assessed for and benefited by the local
<br /> improvement, the council shall not make
<br /> such local improvement at the expense of
<br /> the benefited property owners. For pur-
<br /> poses of the foregoing sentence, "owners
<br /> of real properb/' shall not include owners
<br /> of properties zoned for commercial or
<br /> industrial uses or owners of properties
<br /> zoned residential greater than 10 acres
<br /> in size based on zoning classifications
<br /> in effect at the date of such petition, or
<br /> owners of non-homestead real property
<br /> greater than one acre in size·
<br /> SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br /> This Ordinance shall become effective
<br /> 90 days after its passage and publication
<br /> subject to the provisions of Minnesota
<br /> Statutes §410.12, Subd. 7.
<br /> All interested persons are invited to
<br /> attend the hearing and comment on the
<br /> I~roposed Cfiarter amendment. Th~ City
<br /> of Ramsey complies with the Americans
<br /> with Disabilities Act and, upon advance
<br /> request, information will be provided
<br /> in an alternative form and interpreters
<br /> will be available. Any person with such
<br /> a request should contact City Clerk Jo
<br /> Thieling at 763-433-9840 by 4:00 p.m.
<br /> on Tuesday, June 6, 2006. There is a TDD
<br /> machine at Ramsey Municipal Center; the
<br /> number is 763-427-8.591.
<br /> Written comments are welcome and
<br /> shall be addressed to the Ramsey City
<br /> Council, 1.5153 Nowtben Boulevard NW,
<br /> Ramsey, Minnesota, 55303. Written
<br /> comments shall be received at the above
<br /> address ptior to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday,
<br /> June 13, 2006.
<br /> Jo Ann M. Thieling
<br /> City Clerk
<br /> Date: May 23, 2006
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<br /> May 26, 2006
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