City Council Ordinance 331CITY OF MONTICELLO
ORDINANCE NO. 331
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 11 OF THE MONTICELLO CITY CODE
BY AMENDING CHAPTER 6,SECTION 1
The City Council of the City of Monticello does hereby ordain:
SECTION I. The City Code is hereby amended by revising Section 11-6-1 as follows:
11-6-1: DEDICATION REQUIREMENT:
(A) Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 462.358, Subdivision 2, the City Council of
Monticello shall require all developers requesting platting or replatting of
land in the City of Monticello to contribute ten percent (10%) of the final
plat gross area to be dedicated for use as either parks, playgrounds, public open
space, or linear park and trail systems or to contribute an equivalent amount of
cash based on the conditions outlined below. The form of contribution (cash or
land, or any combination thereof) and the specific area in case of land
contribution shall be decided by the City Council based upon need and
conformance with approved City plans.
(B) The cash payment in lieu of land shall be a fixed amount established by the City
Council based on the prevailing average cost per residential unit to acquire land
and develop parks and trails in accordance with City plans. This provision is to
also apply to residential development on unplatted property and to multi -family
construction on new plats or existing lots of record.
A portion of the parks and trails cash dedication paid by subject residential areas
is intended to assist in funding collector pathways connecting such residential
areas to points of destination outside of the subject residential area according to
the City's Parks and Trails Plan. Pathways and sidewalks internal to subject
residential development areas are a portion of the basic street improvement.
A park and trail surcharge of $200 shall be paid at issuance of a building permit
for single family homes constructed on lots of record in existence as of
September, 1999.
(C) Park dedication credit should not include a power line easement, wetland or
ponding area necessary for the drainage plan of the particular subdivision.
(D) Land dedicated for park purposes should be transferred to the City of Monticello
by warranty deed.
SECTION II. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective upon publication.
Dated this 1) day of September, 1999.
Rog Belsaas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Rick Wolfsteller, City Administrator
Published in the Monticello Times 9/23/99