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Brookings, South Dakota
December 4, 2007
OFFICIAL MINUTES
Vice-chairperson Greg Fargen called the regular meeting of the
City Planning Commission to order on December 4, 2007 at 7:00 PM in the
Auxiliary Room at City Hall. Members present were John Gustafson, David
Kurtz, Larry Fjeldos, Stacey Howlett, Mike Cameron, and Fargen. Justin
Hyde, Curt Ness, and, Sandra Moore were absent. Others present were
David Kneip, Alfred Andrawis, Mike Mullaney, Dick Fergen, City Councilors
Mike Bartley and Ryan Brunner, City Engineer Jackie Lanning, Planning
Administrator Dan Hanson, and others.
Item #1 – (Gustafson/Kurtz) Motion to approve the minutes of the
November 6, 2007 meeting. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #2 – (Fjeldos/Gustafson) Motion to approve the agenda with the
following additions:
Item #3a Hearing and action on a final plat of Lots 3A and 4A of
Outlot A of Lot 1, G. C. Anderson Addition
Item #8 – Discussion of the boardinghouse use
All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #3 – M, LLC has submitted a preliminary plat of the north 1,550 feet of
the west one-half of the NW ¼ of Section 2-T109N-R50W excluding Outlot
C in the NW ¼, NW ¼ and Lot D, Christie Addition
(Cameron/Fjeldos) Motion to approve the preliminary plat
(Kurtz/Cameron) Amendment to the motion to require a
symmetrical cul-de-sac design for Larkspur Ridge Circle. All present voted
aye. AMENDMENT CARRIED.
The motion, as amended, was voted on. All present voted aye. MOTION
CARRIED.
Item #3a – Gary W. Dusharm, Carol J. Dusharm and Daniel Bielfeldt have
submitted a final plat of Lots 3A and 4A of Outlot A of Lot 1, G. C.
Anderson Addition
(Kurtz/Howlett) Motion to approve the plat.
(Cameron/Kurtz) Amendment to the motion to add “provided utility
easements are added as required by Brookings Municipal Utilities”. All
present voted aye. AMENDMENT CARRIED.
The motion, as amended, was voted on. All present voted aye. MOTION
CARRIED.
Item #4 – M,LLC has submitted a petition to rezone the north 1,550 feet of
the west one-half of the NW ¼ of Section 2-T109N-R50W excluding Outlot
C in the NW ¼, NW ¼ and Lot D of the Christie Addition from an
Agricultural A District to a Residence R-2 and R-3 Districts.
(Fjeldos/Cameron) Motion to approve the rezoning as proposed. All
present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #5 – The City of Brookings has submitted amendments to Chapter 94,
Zoning, pertaining to an accessory building on a lot in a business district,
to wit:
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 94-1 DEFINITIONS
Maintenance Building: A building where equipment is stored for the
purposes of lawn mowing, tree trimming and other general upkeep of the
lot on which it is located.
ARTICLE VI. SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
DIVISION 2. USE REGULATIONS
Sec. 94-365 Accessory Buildings and Uses
(b) In the B-2, B-2A, B-3, B-4, I-1, I-1R and I-2 districts, accessory or
maintenance buildings are limited to the following:
(1) Accessory buildings containing not more than 120 square feet of
floor area and used solely for the storage of ground maintenance
equipment used on the premises.
(2) Maintenance buildings containing not more than 120 square feet of
floor area and used solely for the storage of ground maintenance
equipment used on the premises provided the lot contains two
acres or more of area.
(Gustafson/Fjeldos) Motion to approve the amendment. All present
voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Dan Hanson, Secretary Greg Fargen, Vice-chairperson
Planning Commission
Brookings, South Dakota
December 4, 2007
SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION
Vice-chairperson Greg Fargen called the regular meeting of the
City Planning Commission to order on December 4, 2007 at 7:00 PM in the
Auxiliary Room at City Hall. Members present were John Gustafson, David
Kurtz, Larry Fjeldos, Stacey Howlett, Mike Cameron, and Fargen. Justin
Hyde, Curt Ness, and, Sandra Moore were absent. Others present were
David Kneip, Alfred Andrawis, Mike Mullaney, Dick Fergen, City Councilors
Mike Bartley and Ryan Brunner, City Engineer Jackie Lanning, Planning
Administrator Dan Hanson, and others.
Item #3 – Hanson summarized the various components of the proposed
plan. This included the street design, land design, and open space. He
recommended a balanced cul-de-sac design over the off-set style for
Larkspur Ridge Circle.
David Kneip, representing M,LLC, stated the plan would allow for a
mix of residential uses. He did not feel changing the cul-de-sac design
was an issue.
Alfred Andrawis, a neighbor, was concerned about higher
residential densities adjacent to unimproved roads. Mike Mullaney, a
neighbor, was concerned that development east of Western Avenue
would send too much surface water through Esther Heights. Lanning
responded that the stormwater flows from any new development could
not be greater than the current flows. She added that future
improvements to Western Avenue would include stormwater piping.
Mullaney asked what was planned for the large lot adjacent to
Western Avenue. Hanson replied that high-density uses were common on
large platted lots.
Cameron felt the subdivision plan met the land use plan for the
area, and the transition from adjacent subdivisions was appropriate.
Item #3a – Mike McClemans, representing the petitioners, stated that the
plat involved the transfer of five feet (5’) of land to the original corner lot.
Both lots were developed with residential structures.
Item #4 – Hanson stated that the rezoning proposal involved medium and
high-density zoning. A Residence R-2 District was proposed on the north
end and included 39 lots. The R-3 District on the south side had 59 lots.
David Kneip, representing M,LLC, stated that the lot sizes would be
comparable to the Indian Hills Subdivision to the north.
Fjeldos noted that the area proposed to be rezoned was separated
from the adjacent subdivisions by a collector and arterial street. These
were natural transitions between different zoning districts.
Item #5 – Hanson stated that the amendment was created so that a
maintenance building would be similar to, but separate from, an
accessory building. A minimum lot area was included to limit the use only
to lots that required larger maintenance equipment that could be difficult
to trailer to the site.
Item #6 – A drive-in food service use was proposed as a conditional use in
the B-1 District. Several standards were also proposed that were designed
to address important issues that could be encountered with the use.
Gustafson and Kurtz supported the proposal for a drive-in as a
conditional use with the stated conditions. Cameron felt a minimum
distance between buildings should be considered. He also felt the Traffic
Safety Committee should be involved prior to an application before the
Planning Commission.
Fjeldos remarked that some businesses have “call to go” windows
that lessen the time in line and eliminate menu boards.
Dick Fergen, a proponent of the proposal, stated this use would
bring customers downtown who would not take up parking spaces. It
would benefit him and the other downtown businesses as well.
Item #7 – A design review overlay district was proposed that would apply
special standards to certain areas within the community. The first area
under consideration would be the Brookings Historic Commercial District.
Regulations were created that would further control the use of signage in
a portion of the central business district. The types of signs permitted, sign
area, and illumination characteristics were restricted considerably in the
district.
The ordinance was in draft form and interested parties were asked
to review it and comment prior to December 21. The ordinance would be
revised, where necessary, and reviewed again in January.
Item #8 – City Councilor Mike Bartley informed the Commission that he
recently attended a National League of Cities conference where housing
issues were discussed. He sat on a Universities Committee where members
shared concerns about student housing. He was convinced that, after
discussing the impact that boardinghouses had on the community, they
may not be worth retaining as a use. They constituted a negative impact
on the community and if eliminated, would affect only a handful of
residents. These residents could and would be accommodated by the
private sector.
Fjeldos noted that boardinghouses had evolved over the years from
their original intent. Cameron agreed that the use created hard feelings in
every neighborhood. The Commission felt an ordinance deleting this use
should be brought to them in January 2008.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Dan Hanson, Secretary Greg Fargen, Vice-chairperson