City of Luverne Adopts Ordinance No. 26

City of Luverne adopts
Ordinance No. 26
ORDINANCE NO. 26, FOURTH SERIES
 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REDISTRICTING OF
CITY ELECTION WARDS, AMENDING CITY CODE, SECTION 30.04
THE CITY OF LUVERNE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. Whereas the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, has completed the 2020 Census, the City Council, in compliance with Minnesota Statutes 204B.135 and City Charter Section 1.05, hereby reapportions
and redistricts the City election wards by the adoption of this ordinance. 
SEC. 2.  City Code, Sec. 30.04, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
SEC. 30.04. ELECTION WARD BOUNDARIES. In compliance with State law and City Charter, the City of Luverne shall be divided into two wards by a
line running generally in an easterly and westerly direction.
  A. Ward Number 1 (North) shall consist of that portion of the City lying
north of the following described line:
Commencing at the center line of Dodge Street and the west boundary of the City’s corporate limits; thence east along the center line of said Dodge Street to the intersection of Kniss Avenue; thence south along the center line of Kniss Avenue to the intersection of Crawford Street; thence east along the center line of Crawford Street to the intersection of Blue Mound Avenue; thence south along the center line of Blue Mound Avenue to the intersection of Main Street; thence east along the center line of Main Street to the most easterly portion of the east boundary of the City’s corporate limits.
B. Ward Number 2 (South) shall consist of all that part of the City which
is not located within Ward Number 1 described above.
C. New Annexations. Unless otherwise specifically provided by ordinance,
any newly annexed property to the City lying north of the dividing line between Ward Number 1 and Ward Number 2 and the easterly and westerly extensions thereof
shall be upon such annexation a part of Ward Number 1, and any property lying
south of said boundary line and the easterly and westerly extensions thereof
shall upon said annexation be part of Ward Number 2.
D. This section shall be effective and shall govern the 2022 City and State
primary election and all elections held thereafter, and shall further, in accordance
with the City Charter, govern the election of City officials to be elected at the City's general
election in 2022 and thereafter.
SEC. 3.  This ordinance takes full force and effect seven (7) days after its publication.
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