PC Minutes 3-21-06
Planning Commission Meeting - March 21, 2006
McDonald moved, Undestad seconded that the Planning Commission recommends that the
City Council approve Conditional Use Permit for alterations within the flood plain and
development within the Bluff Creek Overlay District subject to the following conditions:
1. The applicant shall implement the 'Preliminary Offsite Upland Planting Plan' dated 9/29/05
for restoration within the Bluff Creek Overlay District.
2. The applicant shall submit a full-sized 'Preliminary Offsite Upland Planting Plan' with final
plat submittal.
3. The wetland mitigation for Liberty on Bluff Creek shall be constructed prior to or concurrent
with wetland impacts on the Liberty on Bluff Creek project.
4. Wetland replacement shall occur in a manner consistent with the Minnesota Wetland
Conservation Act (MR 8420) and the conditions of the Wetland Alteration Permit for Liberty
on Bluff Creek.
5. Wetland buffers 16.5 to 20 feet in width (with a minimum average of 16.5 feet) shall be
maintained around Wetlands A and B and the constructed wetland mitigation areas. Wetland
buffer areas shall be preserved, surveyed and staked in accordance with the City's wetland
ordinance. The applicant shall install wetland buffer edge signs, under the direction of City
staff, before construction begins and must pay the City $20 per sign. All structures shall
maintain a minimum 40-foot setback from the edge of the wetland buffer.
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to o.
Sacchet: Thank you very much. We wish you luck. So the idea is that this will be looked at
before it goes to council. It goes to council on April 10th depending on where we are with those
issues, and I believe our discussion bore out the issues pretty well how we feel about this.
PIONEER PASS: REQUEST FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE
AMENDMENT FROM RESIDENTIAL. MEDIUM DENSITY AND OFFICE/
INDUSTRIAL TO RESIDENTIAL. LOW DENSITY (APPROXIMA TEL Y 43 ACRES):
REZONING FROM AGRICULTURAL ESTATE DISTRICT. A2 TO RESIDENTIAL
LOW AND MEDIUM DENSITY DISTRICT. RLM (APPROXIMATELY 43 ACRES):
PRELIMINARY PLAT (PIONEER PASS) CREATING 82 LOTS. 8 OUTLOTS AND
RIGHT-OF-WAY FORPUBLCI STREETS (APPROXIMATELY 73 ACRES):
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE BLUFF CREEK
OVERLAY DISTRICT WITH A VARIANCE FOR ENCROACHMENT INTO THE
PRIMARY ZONE: AND A WETLAND AL TERA TION PERMIT FOR THE GRADING
AND FILLING OF WETLANDS ON PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF PIONEER
TRAIL (1600 PIONEER TRAIL) AT FUTURE HIGHWAY 312. PLANNING CASE NO.
06-09. APPLICANT D.R. HORTON.
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Sacchet: The applicant has requested this be tabled, so I'd like to ask for a motion to table the
Pioneer Pass land use amendment, rezoning, preliminary plat, conditional use permit, variance
and wetland alteration permit.
McDonald: I will make such a.
Generous: To April 4th.
Sacchet: To April 4th. It will be tabled til April 4th.
McDonald: I make a motion Mr. Chairman that we table until April 4th the proposal for Pioneer
Pass which is a request for a comprehensive plan land use amendment from residential medium
density and office industrial to residential low density.
Sacchet: And everything else that goes with that.
McDonald: And everything else that goes with it.
Sacchet: Alright, we have a motion. Is there a second?
Keefe: Second.
McDonald moved, Keefe seconded that the Planning Commission table action on Pioneer
Pass to the Planning Commission meeting on April 4, 2006. All voted in favor and the
motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to o.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Larson noted the verbatim and summary
minutes of the Planning Commission meeting dated February 21, 2006 as presented.
Chairman Sacchet adjourned the Planning Commission meeting at 10:05 p.m.
Submitted by Kate Aanenson
Community Development Director
Prepared by Nann Opheim
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