CITY OF WORTHINGTON CITY PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Worthington City Planning Commission will hold three (3) public hearings on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 for the purpose of considering the following business: Variance – Minilik Mersha has submitted a request to encroach 6 feet into the required 10-foot side setback as required by City Code Chapter 155 Appendix A: Table 1 for the construction of an addition on the building located at 1632 Oxford Street. The proposed addition would allow the applicant to operate a restaurant on the property. The applicant has also submitted a request to encroach 30 feet into the required 50-foot front setback for construction of an accessible ramp on the existing building. Subject to the requirements contained within Minnesota State Statute §462.357 and City Code Section §155.219, the City’s Board of Zoning Appeals may issue variances from requirements of the City’s Zoning Ordinance when the applicant establishes that there are practical difficulties in complying with the Ordinance. The legal description of the subject property under consideration is as follows: The east 55 feet of the west 165 feet of Lots 12 and 14, Block 12, Moulton’s Re-survey and Subdivision of Clary’s Addition, City of Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota, and a perpetual easement in and over the following described premises: That part of the east 55 feet of the west 110 feet of Lots 13 and 14, Block 12, Moulton’s Re-survey and Subdivision, City of Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of the property, thence 20 feet south; thence 55 feet east; thence 20 feet north; and 55 feet west to the point of beginning, for the purpose of ingress and egress to the property which is located adjacent to and east of the burdened property. AND The north 50 feet of Lot 12, Excepting therefrom the east 112.9 feet thereof, Block 12, Moulton’s Re-survey and Subdivision of Clary’s Addition, City of Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota. Conditional Use Permit Amendment – Iglesia Pentecostal Unida Hispana is seeking an amendment to their conditional use permit that permits the operation of a church at 500 Stower Drive. The proposed amendment would allow for new property to be included with the permit. The newly acquired property will allow the applicant to expand their building and meeting parking requirements. The legal description of the subject property is as follows: That part of Lot 7 of the Auditor’s Outlots 1 to 12, inclusive in the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 102 North, Range 40 West, City of Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said Lot 7 of Auditor’s Outlots 1 to 12, inclusive, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence on an assumed bearing of North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, along the north line of Lot 7, also being the north line of a tract as recorded in Document No. 219705, a distance of 100.62 feet to an iron monument, said iron monument being the point of beginning of the tract to be described; thence continuing North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, along said north line, a distance of 300.00 feet to the northeast corner of said tract; thence South 0 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, along the east line of said tract, a distance of 200.00 feet to an iron monument; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 200.00 feet to an iron monument; thence North 26 degrees 33 minutes 54 seconds West a distance of 223.61 feet to the point of beginning. AND That part of Lot 1 and Lot 7 of the Auditor’s Outlots 1 to 12, inclusive in the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 102 North, Range 40 West, City of Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said Lot 7 of said Auditor’s Outlots 1 to 12, inclusive; thence on an assumed bearing of North 89 degrees 09 minutes 45 seconds East, along the north line of Lot 7, also being the north line of a tract as recorded in Document No. 219705, a distance of 100.62 feet to an iron monument located at the northwest corner of a tract as recorded in Document No. A349668; thence continuing North 89 degrees 09 minutes 45 seconds East, along the north line of said Lot 7, a distance of 300.00 feet to the northeast corner of last said tract; thence South 0 degrees 50 minutes 15 seconds East, along the east line of last said tract, a distance of 200.00 feet to the southeast corner of said tract, said southeast corner being the point of beginning of the tract to be described; thence continuing South 0 degrees 50 minutes 15 seconds East a distance of 125.00 feet to an iron monument; thence North 75 degrees 57 minutes 34 seconds West a distance of 130.00 feet to an iron monument; thence North 39 degrees 54 minutes 02 seconds West a distance of 118 feet to the southwest corner of last said tract; thence North 89 degrees 09 minutes 45 seconds East, along the south line of last said tract, a distance of 200.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.39 acres, subject to easements now of record in said county and state. Annexation – Ridley Block USA Inc. has submitted a petition pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §414.033 subd. 2(3) to annex approximately 7.9 acres of property they own located south of County Road 35. Annexation would allow for construction of a building serviced by City of Worthington Utilities. The Commission will hold a public hearing and make a recommendation to City Council regarding this proposed annexation. The legal description of the subject property under consideration is as follows: That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 102 North, Range 39 West, Nobles County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the North Quarter corner of said Section 30; thence on an assumed bearing of North 90 degrees 00 minutes East, along the north line of said section, a distance of 275.00 feet to the Northwest corner of Tract 3 as recorded in Doc. No. 267428, said Northwest corner being the point of beginning of the tract to be described; thence South 0 degrees 01 minutes 30 seconds East, along the west line of said Tract 3, a distance of 163.90 feet; thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds East a distance of 100.00 feet; thence South 0 degrees 01 minutes 30 seconds East a distance of 65.09 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds West a distance of 100.00 feet to the west line of said Tract 3 as recorded in Doc. No. 267428; thence South 0 degrees 01 minutes 30 seconds East, along the west line of said Tract 3, a distance of 799.14 feet to the Southwest corner of said Tract 3; thence South 54 degrees 24 minutes 05 seconds East, along the southwest line of said Tract 3, a distance of 378.11 feet to the Southeast corner of said Tract 3; thence North 0 degrees 01 minutes 30 seconds West, along the east line of said Tract, a distance of 1248.23 feet to the Northeast corner of said Tract 3 located on the north line of said Section 30; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes West, along said north line, a distance of 307.35 feet to the point of beginning, containing 7.88 acres, subject to easements now of record in said county and state. The public hearings will be held in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 303 Ninth Street, Worthington, Minnesota, at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. At the hearings, the Planning Commission will hear staff’s report and public testimony and may take action. Those unable to be heard at the time of the hearings are invited to send written comments that must be received by 5:00 PM the day of the hearings via e-mail to Matt Selof at mselof@ci.worthington.mn.us; or mail to: Community Development, City of Worthington, P.O. Box 279, Worthington, Minnesota 56187. All materials related to these hearings will be available on the City’s website at www.ci.worthington.mn.us by Friday, June 3, 2022. If unable to access the City’s website, please contact (507) 372-8640 for alternative format arrangements.