Staff recommends the City Council hold a public hearing and approve this ordinance on first reading, adding recently annexed property to Ward I.

Performance Engineering, on behalf of the City of Billings, submitted a memorandum of intent to annex land using the provisions of Section 7-2-4600, MCA. The property is located east of Riverside Road and North of Hannon Road. The land being annexed is described as being An unplatted parcel of land situated in the northwest one-quarter (NW ¼) of the southeast one-quarter (SE ¼) of Section 10, Township 01 south, Range 26 east, P.M.M., Yellowstone County Montana, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the center quarter corner of said Section 10, said point being the Point of Beginning; thence S00º00’39”W a distance of 660.40 feet; thence S89º39’19”E following the northern boundary of the right-of-way for Hannon Road a distance of 988.25 feet; thence N00º07’28”E following the western boundary of Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 119 Amended a distance of 661.02 feet; thence N89º41’28”W following the southern boundary of Lot 2, Block 1 of the Western Sugar Cooperative Subdivision a distance of 988.19 feet back to the Point of Beginning. Including all adjacent rights of way of Riverside Road & Hannon Road. Said annexation contains a net and gross area of 14.99 acres, more or less.

Upon Council approval, this annexation requires a change in the boundaries of Ward I. Two readings are required for this action. The first reading and public hearing is scheduled for this meeting. Upon approval, the second reading will occur April 14, 2025.
 

City Council may:

• Approve adding the subject property to Ward I, or;
• Disapprove adding the subject property to Ward I. Disapproval will not modify the boundary of Ward I and will create a problem where property inside the City Limits is not within a City Ward.

This application has no impact on the Planning Division Budget.