Legal and Public Hearing Notices

Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the City of Moorhead will hold a Public Hearing at the Hjemkomst Center Auditorium, 202 1st Ave N, on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 5:30 pm to consider the following items:

1.    Request of Lowry Engineering for Preliminary & Final Plat relating to Prairie Parkway 5th Addition at:

2520 & 2571 41st Ave S – Parcels 58.625.0060 & 58.625.0070 – Lot 1, Block 2 & Lot 1, Block 3 and Vacated portion of 41st Avenue South Right of Way, Prairie Parkway 2nd Addition

2.    Request of Houston Engineering for Preliminary & Final Plat and Rezone from TZ: Transitional to RLD-3: Residential Low Density-3 relating to Patridge Creek Second Addition at:

Parcels 58.900.2865, 58.900.2855, 58.590.0770, 58.590.0760, 58.590.0750, 58.590.0740, 58.590.0730, 58.590.0720, 58.590.0710, 58.590.0700, 58.590.0690, 58.590.0680, 58.590.0670, 58.590.0660, 58.590.0650 – Part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, Township 139 North, Range 48 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, City of Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota and Lots 1-13, Block 4, Partridge Creek Addition (abbreviated description – full description available by request)

3.    Request of Houston Engineering for Rezone from INS: Institutional to MU-2: Neighborhood Mixed Use and Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Institutional to Mixed Use at:

801 10th Ave S – Parcel 58.414.0080 
Lots 1-5, 19-25 Block 2, Lanes Addition, City of Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota 

1022 8th St S – Parcel 58.414.0130 
Lots 13-18, 26, Block 2 and the North 40 feet of vacated 11th Ave S, Lanes Addition, City of Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota 

1102 8th St S – Parcel 58.414.0240
Lots 14-19, Block 3 and the South 40 feet of vacated 11th Ave S, Lanes Addition, City of Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota (abbreviated descriptions – full descriptions available by request)

4.    Request of A. Morris for Zoning Text Amendment related to Off-Street Parking Surfacing in Moorhead City Code, Title 10, Chapter 20. The amendment is requested to provide pavement alternatives in some city areas. 

At the hearing, the City of Moorhead will afford an opportunity for interested persons to be heard with respect to these items.

If you cannot attend the hearing in person and wish to make a comment, please submit oral or written comments no later than noon the day of the meeting to:

Planning & Zoning, PO Box 779, Moorhead, MN 56561 or contact staff at planning@moorheadmn.gov or 218.299.5374.

The meeting will be live-streamed on the City’s YouTube Channel and on Moorhead Community Access Media (MCAM) on Midco Channel 12 or Sparklight Channel 58.

The City Council will hold a public hearing July 13, 2026, at 5:45 PM regarding the request of Innovis Health LLC, doing business as Essentia Health, for tax incentives to construct a full-service clinic located at 730 Center Ave, Moorhead, Minnesota.

The City Council will consider a second reading of Ordinance 2026-01: An Ordinance to Amend the Official Zoning Map Rezoning Industrial Parcels and to Amend and Reenact Title 10, Chapter 15B, MU-2: Neighborhood Mixed Use and Chapter 18, Use Regulations on May 26, 2026.

These zoning text and map amendments are part of the Onward Moorhead! Comprehensive Plan Update, which was approved in 2022. The City is in the process of updating all zoning code chapters and the citywide zoning map. The code updates clarified setbacks in MU-2 and added/clarified use language for cannabis/hemp-related uses. 

For more information, please visit the City Council Meetings web page. Scroll down to the bottom of this page to review the First Reading of Ordinance 2026-01 in the May 11, 2026 meeting packet (click item 10B in the Agenda Packet (PDF) to download item).

If you have questions, please contact staff at planning@moorheadmn.gov or 218.299.5374.

Planning Commission 5/4/2026 at 5:30 PM 

Planning Commission 4/6/2026 at 5:30 PM

Annual publication of city-owned land which is serviced with city utilities and ready for development. Offers may be considered any time until the lots are sold.