2022-78 1
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: October 24, 2022 RESOLUTION NO: 2022-78
MOTION BY: Campion SECONDED BY: McDonald
RESOLUTION VACATING THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY IROQUOIS ROAD
WHEREAS, John J. O’Brien, Trustee of the Frances M. O’Brien Revocable Trust
(“Applicant) has applied for vacation of Iroquois Road abutting their property located at 450 Indian
Hill Road, Chanhassen, Minnesota, 55317 and legally described as follows:
Lots 5 and 6, PLEASANT VIEW, Carver County, Minnesota, according to the recorded plat
thereof (“Applicant Property”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 412.851 the City Council of the City of
Chanhassen has conducted a hearing preceded by the statutorily required two (2) weeks published
and posted notice and mailed notice to the abutting property owners, to consider the vacation of the
following roadway:
All that part of Iroquois Road, formerly known as Oak Grove Avenue, as shown on
PLEASANT VIEW, according to the recorded plat thereof, Carver County, Minnesota,
being a strip of land 15.00 feet in width, the southwesterly line of which is contiguous with
the northeasterly line of Lots 5 and 6, in said plat. Said strip of land is to extend by its full
width from the northeasterly extension of the northwesterly line of said Lot 6, to the
Northeasterly extension of the Southeasterly line of said Lot 5 (“Easement”); and
WHEREAS, following the hearing and consideration of the proposed vacation, the City
Council finds that the Easement is not needed for public purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Chanhassen City Council:
1. The following Easement for Iroquois Road is vacated subject to the conditions provided in this
Resolution:
a. All that part of Iroquois Road, formerly known as Oak Grove Avenue, as shown on
PLEASANT VIEW, according to the recorded plat thereof, Carver County, Minnesota,
being a strip of land 15.00 feet in width, the southwesterly line of which is contiguous
with the northeasterly line of Lots 5 and 6, in said plat. Said strip of land is to extend by
its full width from the northeasterly extension of the northwesterly line of said Lot 6, to
the Northeasterly extension of the Southeasterly line of said Lot 5 (“Easement”).
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The vacation of the Easement is conditioned upon the following:
b. The Applicant providing an appurtenant access easement over the Easement to be
vacated for the benefit of the property to the north identified by Parcel ID Number
258640105, simultaneously with the recording of this Resolution.
2. The vacation shall not affect the authority of any person, corporation, or municipality owning or
controlling the electric or telephone poles and lines, gas lines, sanitary and storm sewer lines,
water pipes, mains, hydrants, and natural drainage areas thereon or thereunder, to continue to
maintain the same or to enter upon such way or portion thereof vacated to maintain, repair,
replace, remove, or otherwise attend thereof.
3. The City Clerk shall transmit a certified duplicate of this Resolution to the County Auditor and
County Registrar of Titles together with the easements identified in Paragraph 2 of this
Resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Chanhassen City Council this 24th day of October, 2022.
ATTEST:
Kim Meuwissen, City Clerk Elise Ryan, Mayor
YES NO ABSENT
Ryan
McDonald
Campion
Rehm
Schubert
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