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ORDINANCE #06-22 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 8 OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY. THE CITY OF RAMSEY ORDAINS. SECTION 1. AUTHORITY: This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Minnesota Statutes ~410.12, Subd. 7. SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Subsections 8 4.2, 8.4.3 and 8.4.4 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Ramsey are hereby amended to provide as written below: CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS 8.4.2 Petition Against the Local Improvement. A proposed local improvement may be initiated by petition of the owners of the--real property abutting on the streets named in the petition. If, within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of the public hearing, a petition against such local improvement is filed with the city administrator which petition is signed by a percentage ofthe owners of real property abutting on the streets named in the initiating petition as the location of the improvement which percentage is greater than the percentage of owners of real property who signed the initiating petition, the council shall not make such local improvement at the expense of the abutting property owners. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, "owners of real property" shall not include owners of properties zoned for commercial or industrial uses or owners of properties zoned residential greater than 10 acres in size based on zoning classifications in effect at the date of such petition, or owners of non-homestead real property greater than one acre in size. 8.4.3 Counter Petition in Favor of the Improvement. If within thirty (30) days of the filing with the city administrator of a petition against the local improvement as described in Section 8.4.2 above, there is filed with the city administrator a petition in favor of the local improvement, signed by owners of real property abutting on the streets named in the initiating petition as the location of the improvement, in a percentage greater than the percent of owners of real property who signed the petition against the local improvement, then in such event the council may disregard the petition against the local improvement and proceed with the local improvement.