08-18-2011 Planning Commission Minutes

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PEQUOT LAKES PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 18,2011 PRESENT: Tom Adams, Deb Brown, John Derksen, Bill Habein, Mark Hallan, Scott Pederson and Cheri Seils. ABSENT: None. CITY PLANNER: Charles L. Marohn, Jr.,PE,AICP ZONING ADMINISTRATOR: Dawn Bittner COUNCIL LIAISONS: Jerry Akerson and Cathy Malecha The meeting was called to order by Chairman Pederson at 7:06 p.m. DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN & PARK PLAN DISCUSSION The Planning Commission met at Brown Street at 6:00 p.m. to discuss future redevelopment of Brown Street and the intersecting north/south streets. Chairman Pederson opened the Public Hearings: PUBLIC HEARINGS: APPLICANT: City of Pequot Lakes Applicant requests an Ordinance Amendment addressing"Public Use" in the Land Use Matrix Mr. Marohn explained that he has been involved in discussions regarding public uses within the City. The Code doesn't provide for public uses on any property at all. This is commonly overlooked in Codes. The Mayor has requested the Planning Commission look at public use, define it properly and add it to the Land Use Matrix. Although a corrected version of the amendment has been placed on the table for the Planning Commission, Mr. Marohn stated he preferred the one proposed in the packets with"P" for Permitted Use in all zones, including Open Space and Water Resource. A pier or a marina could be built on a lake, a Water Resource zone or a warming house or weigh station could be built in Open Space; he recommends making Permitted Uses in each zoning classification. State and Federal agencies are exempt from zoning ordinances. The School District and County would be the only other entities, other than the City,that would fall under a Public Use. Water Resource is the surface water;the DNR controls under the OHW. A pier would be Water Resource and a public landing would be Shoreline Residential. MINUTES I Pequot Lakes Planning Commission August 18, 2011