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Resolution to Approve the Nixon Farm South Annexation, 41 Acres, 2999 Nixon Road (CPC Recommendation: Approval - 8 Yeas and 0 Nays)
Memorandum
Approval of this resolution will allow annexation of this property from Ann Arbor Township into the City. The property is within the City's water and sewer service area, and the current use is consistent with the adjacent zoning, land uses and master plan. Council action on the proposed R4A (Multiple-Family Dwelling District) zoning will be scheduled after the annexation process is complete.
The City Planning Commission, at its meeting of October 21, 2014, recommended approval of the request.
Attachments: 10/21/14 Planning Staff Report
10/21/14 Planning Commission Minutes
Staff
Prepared By: Alexis DiLeo, City Planner
Reviewed By: Wendy L. Rampson, Planning Manager
Sumedh Bahl, Community Services Area Administrator
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Whereas, The territory hereinafter described is located in the Township of Ann Arbor and is adjacent to the corporate limits of the City of Ann Arbor;
Whereas, Betty N. Spurway Trust is the owner of said property; and
Whereas, It is the desire of Toll Brothers, Inc. to annex said territory to the City of Ann Arbor, pursuant to the provisions of Act 359 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan, as amended;
RESOLVED, That the following described lands and premises situated and being in the Township of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, be detached from said Township and annexed to the City of Ann Arbor, to-wit:
BEGINNING at the North 1/4 corner of Section 15, T2S, R6E, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan; thence N88°16'54"E 1316.90 feet along the centerline of Dhu Varren Road (66 feet wide) and the North line of said Section 15; thence S01°36'10"E 1353.65 feet along the centerline of Nixon Road (variable width) and the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 15, as monumented; thence S88°24'03"W 1315.77 feet along the South line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 15, as monumented; thence N01°39'01"W (recorded as N01°11'07"W) 1350.91 feet along the North-South 1/4 line of said Section 15 and along the East line of Traver Lakes Subdivision No.1, recorded in Liber 20 of plats, page 33, Washtenaw County Records and along the East line of Traver Vistas Subdivision, recorded in Liber 22 of plats, page 79, Washtenaw County Records and along the East line of Fox Ridge Commons Condominium, Washtenaw County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 176 to the Place of Beginning, being a part of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 15 and containing 40.864 acres of land, more or less. Being subject to the rights of the public over the Easterly 33 feet thereof as occupied by said Nixon Road, also subject to the rights of the public over the Northerly 33 feet thereof as occupied by said Dhu Varren Road, also being subject to easements, conditions, restrictions and exceptions of record, if any.