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ORDINANCE NO. 13-05, SECOND SERIES <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE AMENDED JOINT RESOLUTION <br /> FOR ORDERLY ANNEXATION BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP OF SIBLEY <br /> AND THE CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES, MINNESOTA <br /> RELATING TO REPEAL OF RURAL AND URBAN SERVICE DISTRICTS <br /> CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES <br /> COUNTY OF CROW WING <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> The City Council of the City of Pequot Lakes does ordain as follows: <br /> Purpose and Intent. The purpose and intent of this ordinance is to amend the Amended <br /> Joint Resolution for Orderly Annexation between the Township of Sibley and the City of <br /> Pequot Lakes, Minnesota relating to equalization and repeal of the rural and the urban <br /> service districts within the City of Pequot Lakes. <br /> Amendment. The Amended Joint Resolution for Orderly Annexation between the <br /> Township of Sibley and the City of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota shall be amended as <br /> follows: <br /> Section 15 Rural and Urban Service Districts: <br /> WHEREAS, the City was divided into an urban service district and a rural service <br /> district; <br /> WHEREAS, the approximate ratio existed between the benefits resulting from tax <br /> supported municipal service to parcels of land of like market value situated in the urban <br /> service district and in the rural service district is 2:1, respectively; <br /> WHEREAS, in the judgment of the Pequot Lakes City Council, the justification <br /> for the division of the City into an urban service district and a rural service district is no <br /> longer valid; <br /> WHEREAS, in the judgment of the Pequot Lakes City Council,the rural service <br /> district lands shall be benefited to the same degree as urban service district lands; <br /> NOW THEREFORE, the rural service district shall be equalized to that of the <br /> urban service district over three years; thereafter, the division of the City into an urban <br /> service district and a rural service district is hereby repealed. <br /> Effective Date. This ordinance amendment shall be in full force and effect from and <br /> after passage and publication according to state law. <br /> Repeal. This ordinance shall repeal all ordinances inconsistent herewith. <br />