PC item minutes 03-04-2025CHANHASSEN PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
MINUTES
MARCH 4, 2025
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairman Noyes called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Eric Noyes, Edward Goff, Steve Jobe, Jeremy Rosengren,
Perry Schwartz, Ryan Soller, and Katie Trevena.
MEMBERS ABSENT: None.
STAFF PRESENT: Rachel Arsenault, Associate Planner; Eric Maass, Community
Development Director; and Joe Seidl, Water Resource Engineer.
PUBLIC PRESENT:
Ed Szalapski Jr. 850 Pleasant View Road
Paul Haik 261 Hidden Lane
Paul Robinson Rachel LLC Development Director
Christine Haissig 6370 Pleasant View Cove
Tony Fricano 980 Lake Lucy Road
Sarah Zaccarine 6431 Pleasant Park Drive
Thomas Kraker 801 Pleasant View Road
Alexander Westlind 825 Pleasant View Road
Eric Anderson 6580 Troendle Circle
Martha Noll 7214 Frontier Trail
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
1. CONSIDER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR PID 25-4070020,
GENERAL GAPLIN BLVD (PLANNING CASE #25-03)
Rachel Arsenault, Associate Planner, presented the proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment
for 6651 Galpin Boulevard. She stated that the proposal was scheduled to go before City Council
on March 24. She shared that the Planning Commission's scope for Comprehensive Plan
amendments was large because they act in its legislative or policy-making capacity.
She explained information on the lot, including that the lot is currently zoned rural residential
and that the Comprehensive Plan Guidance is for a residential large lot. The lot size is 2.50 acres
with a net density of 2.22 unit per acres. Mrs. Arsenault explained the 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Future Land Use. She stated that the applicant wanted to go to a residential low-density
designation, which was like neighboring properties outside of a pocket of four properties. She
reviewed the Comprehensive Plan Guidance, which allowed for appropriate re-guiding of
property upon the availability of city utilities. She explained that the current home was on well
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and septic but did not have to connect until a large-scale repair was required. She stated that two
sewer and water stubs were added to the property with the 2024 Galpin Boulevard
reconstruction. She said that the applicant was looking to subdivide and build a new house on the
subdivided portion of the property in the future.
Chairman Noyes asked if it was a common occurrence to change the designation of a property to
take advantage of the city’s utilities. Mrs. Arsenault answered that a lot of people inquire about
lot splits, and when utilities are newly introduced to an area it is not uncommon for the city to
receive a request for an amendment to land use designations for newly serviced properties.
Commissioner Soller asked if the Comprehensive Plan is the strategic vision only set every so
often and rarely changed. He said that this change would just change the specific lot, but the
other lots would be guided in a different way. He said normally the Comprehensive Plan would
not be changed, so he asked if the request was normal. Eric Maass, Community Development
Director, answered that the request was normal as the current designation of the lot was
residential large lot which was appropriate as they did not previously have access to sewer and
water but the request to reguide to residential lot density was now the appropriate designation
because of the availability of public water and sewer utilities to the property. He stated that the
Comprehensive Plan allowed for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to re-guide for a denser
designation when sewer and water were available.
Vice Chair Jobe asked if the other lots guided residential large lot along Galpin Boulevard would
be able to reguide as well with the new utilities installed. Mr. Maass confirmed the information.
Chairman Noyes opened the public hearing. There were no public comments.
Chairman Noyes closed the public hearing.
Commissioner Goff moved, Commissioner Schwartz seconded that the Chanhassen
Planning Commission recommends that City Council approve amending the 2040
Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map from Residential – Large Lot to Residential – Low
Density for PID 25-4070020, generally located at 6651 Galpin Boulevard. All voted in favor
and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 7 to 0.
2. CONSIDER PRELIMINARY PLAT WITH VARIANCE TO CUL-DE-SAC LENGTH
AND WETLAND ALTERATION PERMIT FOR PLEASANT VIEW POINTE
(PROJECT 25-02).
Eric Maass, Community Development Director, said that the presentation would be
collaborative. The applicant also had a presentation.
Mrs. Arsenault introduced the project to be discussed. She reviewed the location of the property
at approximately 6535 Peaceful Lane. She stated that the 13.65-acre property was a combination
of six properties and is zoned with a single residential family. The Comprehensive Plan
Guidance is Residential Low Density. She reviewed the different steps for community
engagement, including the public hearing notice postcards and public hearing notice in the Sun