City Council Meeting Date: July 1, 2025
To: Mayor & City Council
City Administrator
From: Mikayla Schmidt, City Planner
Title
Consideration of the Annexation Application for PID 160270009012 by Matthew & Shelley Langer.
Body
Action Requested:
The City Council is asked to review and provide final decision on the annexation application for PID 160270009012 by Matthew & Shelley Langer.
Summary Report:
Matthew & Shelley Langer have applied to annex their property, located at PID 160270009012, into Northfield city limits. The property is directly adjacent to the city and the Northwest Area Industrial Park and is 12.66 acres.
Annexation requires a Type 4 Review Procedure as stated in Article 8 of the Land Development Code. The City of Northfield and Greenvale Township do not have an orderly annexation agreement, so the annexation follows the Minnesota State Statute annexation process. The process below was followed:
1) Applicant applies for annexation with the City of Northfield;
2) City notifies Greenvale Township;
3) Greenvale Township approves a joint resolution with agreed upon payment of taxes from the city to the township;
4) City follows the Type 4 review process of public hearing with the Planning Commission, recommendation from the Planning Commission and final decision by the Northfield City Council with signing off on the joint resolution;
5) File the annexation with the State of Minnesota to finalize the process.
Per the City's annexation policy, the preference for development is infill, redevelopment and intensification of property already within the corporate limits of the City. However, the "greenfield," edge development through annexation is appropriate in certain circumstances. Adding this parcel to the adjacent Northwest Area Industrial Park expands an area planned for future industrial growth and "squares off" the parcel making it easier to develop.
The Planning Commission (PC) recommended approval in a 4 - 1 vote. A hyperlink to the ...
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