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

Performance Engineering, on behalf of LMO Investment, LLC submitted a petition to annex land using the provisions of Section 7-2-4600, MCA. The property is located at Rimrock Road and east of 62nd Street West. The land being annexed is described as being Lot 7 of Sunny Cove Fruit Farms situated in the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 31, Township 01 North, Range 25 East, P.M.M., Yellowstone County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of said Section 31; thence 585°05'42"E a distance of 668.50 feet to the northeast corner of the Tule Ridge Subdivision, said point being the Point of Beginning; thence N89° 45'20"E following the southern boundary of the right-of-way for Rimrock Road a distance of 351.25 feet; thence N78°26'44"E following the southern boundary of the right-of-way for Rimrock Road a distance of 50.99 feet; thence N89°45'20"E following the southern boundary of the right-of-way for Rimrock Road a distance of 238.08 feet; thence S00°04'43"W following the western boundary of the right-of-way for 60th Street West a distance of 616.35 feet; thence 589°49'29"W a distance of 639.13 feet following the northern boundary of Lot 26 of Sunny Cove Fruit Farms subdivision; thence N00°03'55"E following the eastern boundary of the Tule Ridge Subdivision a distance of 605.57 feet back to the Point of Beginning, including all adjacent Rights-of-Way.
Said annexation contains a net and gross area of 8.95 acres, more or less.

Upon Council approval, this annexation requires a change in the boundaries of Ward IV. Two readings are required for this action. The first reading and public hearing is scheduled for this meeting. If approved, the second reading will occur December 8, 2025.
 

City Council may:

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

This application has no financial impact on the Planning Division Budget.