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Hastings Planning Commission
July 17, 2006
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Chairman Twedt called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
1.Roll Call
Commissioners Present:
Peine, Zeyen, Truax, Twedt, Schmitt, McInnis,
Hiedeman
Staff Present:
Associate Planner Kari Barker, Planning Intern Larry
Phillips
2. Approve June 26, 2006 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes
Motion by Commissioner Schmitt to approve the minutes of the June 26, 2006
Planning Commission meeting; seconded by Hiedeman.
Upon vote taken, Ayes: 7, Nays 0. Motion passed.
Public Hearings
3. City of Hastings
– Ordinance Amendment #2006-25 – Temporary Auto Sales in the
C-4 Zoning Districts.
Associate Planner Barker presented Staff Report.
Chairman Twedt opened and closed the public hearing at 7:04.
In regards to sentence #3 in the revised ordinance, Commissioner McInnis stated all
dealerships should have access to each location.
Commissioner Schmitt said that it was not inequitable for multiple dealerships.
Associate Planner Barker stated that the Planning Committee did not want a certain
location, such as the Westview Mall, to become a permanent car sales lot.
Commissioner Zeyen stated that they should limit the number of sales.
Commissioner Hiedeman asked if there was a threshold or limit for the number of sales.
Hiedeman stated that she won’t support it as it was written.
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Associate Planner Barker stated that a limit has not been defined.
Commissioner Truax asked what the difference was between affect 2 and affect 3 of
ordinance 10.21, affect on ingress and egress at the parking lot and the affect of
accessibility of emergency services.
Associate Planner Barker responded that staff was taking into account emergency
vehicles such as fire trucks as well as cars.
Commissioner Truax asked if there was a ruling from the City Attorney as whether only
local business could have sales in the C-4 Zoning Districts.
Associated Planner Barker answered the City Attorney was still researching if sales in
the C-4 Zoning Districts can be only be for local businesses.
Commissioner Truax said the only feasible places to have sales such as these would be
Wal-mart, Cub Foods, and the Westview Mall sites. He went on to say that this may
turn into a bidding war for room to have a sale and the groups that wanted the space for
fundraisers would loose out to car dealerships and other businesses.
Chairman Twedt asked if in the past the car dealerships needed a permit to have these
sales.
Associate Planner Baker said they did not.
Chairman Twedt asked if we should amend the ordinance to allow auto sales in the C-4
district. If yes there needs to be a special use permit needed to have such sales.
Twedt went on to say that if we need a special use permit why do we need all of this
spelled out.
Commissioner Truax made a motion to recommend City Council to revise ordinance
10.21 to allow temporary auto sales by special use permits. The recommendation did
not include any other wording or recommendations.
Commissioner McInnis said that there could be multiple sales per year and that there
should be limits on the number of sales per year. Commissioner McInnis said that we
don’t want to be bias with the use of special use permits.
Commissioner Schmitt stated he wanted to lessen the impact in the C-4 Zoning Districts
and he said it is not our place to say what the market demands. He said that the car
dealerships would bid themselves out and we need to limit it to one year on each site.
Schmitt amended the criteria of a special use permit but felt that there should be some
recommendations attached to the special use permit.
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Planning Commission Action:
Truax did not accept the friendly amendment from McInnis or Schmitt thus his
prior motion remained. Chairman Twedt seconded the motion to recommend City
Council to revise ordinance 10.21 to allow temporary auto sales by special use
permits.
Upon vote taken, Ayes: 5, Nays 2. Motion passed. Commissioners Peine, Truax,
McInnis, Hiedeman, and Chairman Twedt voted aye. Commissioners Zeyen and
Schmitt voted nay.
Other Actions
4. Other Business
Associate Planner Barker informed the Commission that City Council passed the
Kennedy Elementary Addition – Site Plan #2006-28 and the Amcon Construction – Site
Plan #2006-26. Construction on both of these sites will begin in August.
Commissioner Zeyen asked about the City’s stand point on sign permits and he wanted
to know if the City had received any applications for sign permits this week.
Associate Planner Barker answered that the City had not received any applications for
sign permits this week.
Commissioner Zeyen asked if businesses know about the sign permits and applications.
Associate Planner Barker responded by saying businesses will get a letter if they have a
sign up and don’t have a permit for it.
5. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 7:28 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Larry Phillips
Planning Intern