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City Council Meeting Minutes
Thursday, August 4, 2011
On Thursday August 4, 2011 the City Council of the City of Corcoran met jointly with the
Planning Commission of the City of Corcoran.
Council Members Present: Mayor Guenthner, Asleson, Cossette, Gmach, Milbrandt
Present: Chair Hank, Jacobs, Laddusaw, Kohnen and Wu.
Absent: Kadlec, Krueger, Ravnholdt
1. Mayor Guenthner called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm
2. Motion by Milbrandt, second by Asleson to accept the agenda as presented. All voted aye.
(Motion carried 5:0)
3. Mayor Guenthner identified the following areas for discussion from Planner Lindahl's memo
➢ Zoning Map
Group discussion led to consensus to have staff conform land use and maps to be
consistent to current use. Staff directed to hold off rezoning to RSF -1 and continue the
current Urban Reserve district.
Directed staff to zone the 5 Tots in the downtown to C -1 as suggested in the staff report
and begin work on a land use map amendment for consistency.
➢ Certificate of Survey
Group discussion led to directing staff to restate guidelines for survey requirements for
clarification of standards and needs. This requirement is not part of the Zoning
Ordinance and can be revisted later when the City prepares other ordinance updates.
➢ Legal Non Confirming Use
All received a League of Minnesota Cities memo regarding Zoning Decisions.
Consensus is to revisit this issue at a later date.
➢ Accessory Dwelling Units
Consensus is to revisit at a later date.
➢ Arterial Road Setback
Staff is directed to prepare a map of current arterial roads and reference that map in the
ordinance. Consensus to accept as drafted, since it is consistent with the existing
ordinance and revisit at a later date.
➢ UR and RR Zoning district
Accepted draft language for when development is ready for rezoning in the UR district.
Consensus is to reduce the minimum lot size from 2.5 to 2 acres in the RR district and
remove contiguous area requirements in these districts.
➢ Map References
Staff directed to update maps in the Downtown District at a later date as identified in the
staff memo. Consensus that the development rights map must also be updated but that
will be done at a future date outside of the zoning ordinance update process.
➢ Interim Uses and Conditional Uses
Group discussed concern about burden on the City to ensure all CUP and IUP
conditions are met. No staff action required.
➢ Architectural Standards
Standards to stay as drafted.
➢ Septic Authority
Standards to stay as drafted.
➢ Greenhouse Setback
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Group discussion of setback differences between greenhouse and AG setbacks directed
staff to address in the review of animal ordinance.
> Yard Requirements
Directed staff to revise the yard definitions as shown in the staff report.
➢ Accessory Buildings
Directed staff to retain the accessory building area table and sidewall height standards
from the current ordinance.
Asked staff to draft the ordinance with a 25% increase in allowable accessory building
area for consideration at the next Planning Commission meeting. Asked staff to provide
graphics to show building sizes on a variety of lot sizes.
Eliminated existing requirements that accessory buildings on lots 3 acres in size or less
have identical roof and siding as the principal structure.
MOTION by Milbrandt, second by Gmach to adjourn. All voted aye. (Motion carried 5:0)
Adjourned at 9:10 pm
Jeanie Heinecke - City Clerk