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CITY DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURESThe City Council of the City of Barnum, Minnesota, hereby declares the following use and purpose for all city owned properties.The Barnum City Council designates commercially intended, city owned property for the purpose of encouraging competing and diverse businesses that will complement the businesses already existing or being developed in the City of Barnum. It is also the intent of the City of Barnum to develop its areas as a diverse, unique and aesthetically appealing city. The development of individual parcels within the city must be consistent with the use designated for its area. All development must be planned and developed to harmonize with existing or imminent development. The City of Barnum also desires that the businesses in its areas add to the level of employment in the area and increase the tax base of the City of Barnum. All development within its areas must comply with the recorded restrictions affecting its property.The Barnum City Council also recommends that there be no duplication of businesses, services or development already existing or imminent in its areas (i.e. a same or similar business or service) unless the City of Barnum, through a 2/3 majority of the City Council, specifically finds that the duplication of a certain business or service would serve a specific desired identified need in the community, would benefit the public health, safety or welfare or would enhance development, competition or diversity of its business areas, and would not detract from the City of Barnum's intent that its areas be developed as a diverse, unique and aesthetically appealing business corridor and that such duplication would be desirable in its areas.Each party proposing to purchase a parcel for business development in its areas must submit a written proposal, consisting of an original and five (5) copies, to the City of Barnum Planning Commission for review and recommendation. This proposal must include a description of the proposed use, a description of the development to occur on the property, a detailed explanation of products or services to be provided at the location, a scale diagram of the location of the development intended to occur on the property, a side view diagram of buildings showing their appearance, a description of the financing to be obtained for each project, including a letter of intent from the lending institution, and an estimate as to the date construction shall begin and the date the business shall be ready to operate.The Barnum Planning Commission, upon receipt of the above-described material, will make its recommendation in the normal course of its scheduled meetings. If upon review it is determined that additional information is required, the requesting party shall be informed as to what is requested and shall make such information available before the next scheduled meeting of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission's Recommendation shall be forwarded to the Barnum City Council for a final determination. The City of Barnum reserves the right to refuse any and all requests for purchase of any parcel within its areas. All purchase agreements for a proposed purchase of a parcel within its areas must be on a purchase agreement approved by the City of Barnum.Approved by the Barnum City Council this 26th day of November, 1996. This document shall be in effect upon publication as stated by law.[seal]__________________________Mayor David JohnsonATTEST:__________________________Clerk Timothy RockPublished in the Star-Gazette this 19th day of December, 1996. |
