HomeMy WebLinkAbout#3 Ag District AmendmentPlanning Commission Memo
To:
Planning Commission Members
From:
Kari Barker, Associate Planner, AICP
Date:
September 12, 2011
Item: Public Hearing -
Amend Hastings City Code Chapters 155.21 A-Agriculture – (E) –
Interim Use Permit
Planning Commission Action Requested:
The Planning Commission is asked to hold a Public Hearing to amend Hastings City Code
Chapters 155.21 A Agriculture (E) Interim Use Permit.
Background Information:
The Code Amendment is in response to a proposal by Extreme Sandbox to operate a facility
where adults with no prior equipment experience can operate heavy equipment. They have
discussed leasing property from Holst Excavating at the southeast corner of Glendale Road and
County Road 54 – Ravenna Trail. They seek an eighteen month permit to conduct this business
on the property. They seek to operate with limited property improvements during the initial 18
months. Property improvements would include a 12x50 mobile office which would have a
restroom and offices and a gravel parking lot.
Although the Ag district allows for the use, the current ordinance would require the construction
of a permanent building meeting architectural standards and a paved parking lot. The proposed
ordinance change would create an “interim use permit” to allow operation of business facilities
for up to 18 months in the Ag district outside the urban service area. After 18 months the use
must cease or meet permanent code requirements.
Financial Impact:
An application fee of $500 would be established for the Interim Use Permit.
Advisory Commission Discussion:
N/A
Council Committee Discussion:
The Planning Committee of City Council met on August 22, 2011 to discuss the issue. The
Committee generally supported an ordinance amendment to allow for temporary uses in the
Ag District.
Attachments:
Ordinance Amendment
ORDINANCE NO.______________, THIRD SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA
AMENDING HASTINGS CITY CODE CHAPTER 155.21– A AGRICULTURE
(E) INTERIM USE PERMIT:
BE IT ORDAINED
by the City Council of the City of Hastings as follows:
Chapter 155.21 of the Hastings City Code – A Agriculture – Definitions is hereby amended as
follows (Additions to the ordinance are underlined and section numbers may be renumbered):
155.21 A AGRICULTURE
(E) Interim Use Permit
(a)Businesses may apply for an Interim Use Permit to operate up to 18 months on
a temporary basis in areas outside the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA), subject to the
following:
1. Interim Use Permits shall be issued for a six month probationary period
from the date of City Council approval. The City Council may consider full issuance of an
Interim Use Permit at the end of the probationary period. The term of the Interim Use Permit
shall be 1 year after probation.
2. Following the oneyearInterim Use Permit, the Interim Use Permit is
no longer valid and the business must meet permanent business standards.
3.The site must be returned to its pre-development condition if the
business does not convert to a permanent business.
4. The business must present an acceptable plan for on-site portable
restrooms and trash removal.
5. All temporary and permanent signage will require a separate sign
permit.
6. As a condition of approval, the City will need to review and approve
any temporary or mobile structure.
7. The construction of or movement of any buildings onto the property
would require Site Plan Approval.
8. Interim Use Permits shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter
30.02 (E) (2) – Special Use Permits.
All other sections shall remain unchanged.
rd
ADOPTED
by the Hastings City Council on this 3day of October, 2011.
_________________________________
Paul J. Hicks, Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________________________
Melanie Mesko Lee, City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a true and correct copy of an ordinance presented to and
adopted by the City of Hastings, County of Dakota, Minnesota, on the ____ day of _________,
2011, as disclosed by the records of the City of Hastings on file and of record in the office.
_____________________________________________
Melanie Mesko Lee, City Clerk
( SEAL)
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City of Hastings (KSB)
101 4th St. East
Hastings, MN 55033