Yes, I know I promised to post more on the Water Management Plan, and I will do that. But first, and perhaps as an introduction to what I will post on the Water Management Plan, I offer this:
I read with interest Eureka Township's notice of an upcoming public hearing regarding the adoption of " a local ordinance referencing the USNAS (Uniform Street Naming and Addressing System) procedure manual from Dakota County Board." What's that?
Turns out, Dakota County used to have an ordinance mandating this uniform street naming and addressing system, but the County repealed it last October.
Why? Because the county didn't have the legal authority to enact the ordinance in the first place.
From the October 21, 2008 minutes of the Board of County Commissioners:
Repeal Dakota County Ordinance No. 51 And Adoption Of Dakota County Uniform Street Naming And Addressing Procedure Manual
WHEREAS, Dakota County Ordinance No. 51, Uniform Street Naming and Addressing System was originally adopted in 1965, and applied to properties and parcels of land within the unincorporated areas of Dakota County; and
WHEREAS, in a 1992 amendment to Ordinance No. 51, the scope of the ordinance was expanded and gave the County the authority to apply the ordinance to all streets and roads located in all the townships and certain cities located within the County; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 51 exceeds the County’s authority because the County only has the authority to name and number County roads; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County, after consultation with the municipalities identified in Ordinance No. 51, wishes to maintain the current system for naming streets and assigning addresses in order to preserve a logical and consistent system to those assignments; and
WHEREAS, the street naming and addressing system has been defined in the Dakota County Uniform Street Naming and Addressing System Procedural Manual; and
WHEREAS, maintaining the current system for naming streets and assigning addresses as set forth in the Dakota County Uniform Street Naming and Addressing Procedural Manual will promote public safety; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County Planning Commission recommends adoption of the Dakota County Uniform Street Naming and Addressing System Procedural Manual.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby repeals Dakota County Ordinance No. 51, Uniform Street Naming and Addressing System, adopted October 26, 1965, as amended on October 21, 1975, and July 7, 1992; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby adopts the Dakota County Uniform Street Naming and Addressing Procedural Manual, as presented to the Physical Development Committee of the Whole on October 14, 2008; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Acting Physical Development Division Director is hereby directed to send a copy of the adopted Dakota County Uniform Street Naming and Addressing Procedural Manual to the cities and townships identified in Dakota County Ordinance No. 51.
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