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Council delays annexation of two State Avenue properties after residents urge vacation of covenant
Summary
Homeowners asked Ames City Council to vacate a 2011 annexation covenant citing noise, lights and loss of prior fringe protections; council voted to decline initiation now but to accept an annexation application submitted by July 1, 2027, under the covenants.
Two State Avenue property owners asked Ames City Council on Dec. 10 to vacate an annexation agreement they signed in 2011, saying conditions have changed and the neighborhood now faces unlivable noise, additional lighting and a lack of the fringe protections they expected. Margaret Epplin said the neighborhood had relied on the agreement when she signed it and that recent development on Iowa State University…
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