HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-045 Easement VacationRESOLUTION 2025-045
A resolution of the City Council for the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, approving an easement vacation
for property located in the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, described as:
An easement for the installation and continued maintenance of a sanitary sewer line over and across the
following described property: The North 30 feet of the north 267.61 feet of Lots 7 & 8, Auditors
Subdivision Number 51, except the east 75 feet of the north 30 feet of Lot 7, Auditors Subdivision
Number 51. Said easement shall terminate automatically upon the filing of a certificate by the City
Engineer, attesting that the sewer line installed therein is no longer in service.
A proposal (Planning Case # 2025-PZ03) has been submitted by Lincoln Avenue Communities to the City Council
requesting an easement vacation at the following sites:
ADDRESS: 800 53rd Avenue NE
Columbia Heights, MN 55421
THE APPLICANT SEEKS THE FOLLOWING: Easement vacation per Code Section 9.104.-(J), of the above legally
described easement.
The Planning and Zoning Commission held an informal public hearing as required by the City Zoning Code on
June 3, 2025;
The City Council held a formal public hearing as required by the City Zoning Code on July 28, 2025;
The City Council has considered the advice and recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission
regarding the effect of the proposed easement vacation upon the health, safety, and welfare of the community
and its Comprehensive Plan, as well as any concerns related to compatibility of uses, traffic, property values,
light, air, danger of fire, and risk to public safety in the surrounding areas;
Now, therefore, in accordance with the foregoing, and all ordinances and regulations of the City of Columbia
Heights, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights makes the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
No private rights will be injured or endangered as a result of the vacation.
2. The public will not suffer loss or inconvenience as a result of the vacation.
Further, be it resolved, that the attached plans, maps, and other information shall become part of this easement
vacation; and in granting approval the City and the applicant agree that the easement vacation shall become
null and void if the resolution is not recorded with Anoka County within one (1) calendar year after the approval
date, subject to petition for renewal.
CONDITIONS
1. The applicant shall be responsible for providing legal descriptions of all easements that are subject to b
created. Said descriptions are subject to review by the City Attorney.
City of Columbia Heights - Council Resolution
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2. The applicant shall be responsible for recording the easement vacations with the Anoka County
Recorder's Office.
ORDER OF COUNCIL
Passed this 28th day of July, 2025
Offered by: Spriggs
Seconded by: Deneen
Roll Call: All Ayes
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Attest:
Sara Ion, City Clerk/Council Secretary
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