The Brookings Planning Commission convened on June 3, 2024 at 5:30 PM in the City & County Government Center. The meeting included convening as the Board of Adjustment to hear three variance requests, then reconvening as the Planning Commission to consider a rezone, three development plan items, a commercial corridor site plan, and a future land use map amendment. Commissioners Mills and Schmeichel were absent.
Meeting adjourned after completion of agenda.
All right, I will now call this meeting to order. I would like to welcome all those tonight in attendance. The City Planning Commission is a nine-member commission whose function is to make recommendations to the city council regarding requests for land use, classification changes, subdivision plats, conditional use permits, zoning and ordinance amendments, and other matters. The commission makes the recommendation based upon the adopted comprehensive plan for the physical development of the city of Brookings and the surrounding area. As a matter of policy, all motions are made in the positive. After a motion is moved and seconded, it is open for debate. Those supporting the motion shall in turn give their reasons. Those opposing the motion shall then offer their reasons. After everyone has been given a chance to be heard, the commission shall review the testimony and information presented, make findings of fact, and forward the recommendation to the city council. All right. The first item on tonight's agenda is the roll call. Uh Mike, would you note the roll for us? Roll is due to uh duly noted with uh Commissioners Mills and Schmeichel absent. Okay, thank you. On to item number two, that is the approval of the agenda for tonight. I'll entertain a motion for approval. Move to approve solemn. Second, Spear. Uh any comments on the agenda. Okay. Seeing none, all in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. And all opposed. Okay. Item three, this is the approval of the minutes from the last meeting. I will entertain a motion for approval. So move solemn. Second Smith. Got a motion and a second. Any comments on the minutes. Seeing none, all in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. And all opposed. Right. That'll move us on to uh convene as the Board of Adjustment. The Board of Adjustment is a seven-member board which has the power to hear requests for variances and special exceptions. Concurring vote of two-thirds of the full membership is necessary for approval of any action by the board. So a seven-member board requires five votes, uh, six member requires five votes, and five members would require five votes. In accordance with Robert's rules of order, we require a motion to approve a request before the request can be debated. As a matter of policy, all motions are made in the positive. Financial disadvantage to the property owner shall not constitute proof of unnecessary hardship. This is the Emmett variance. Um at 403 Hunters Ridge Road is for an expansion of a driveway within the front yard. Uh property is located in a residence R1B single family district. The use of the property is a single family dwelling. Once again, the request is to expand that driveway within the front yard area, in this case towards Mockingbird Lane. Driveways are allowed to be uh 24 feet or the width of your garage, and then you can expand them up to 12 feet within the side yard area. In this particular case, it's a corner lot, so the expansion of the driveway is not only in the front yard, but then it would also constitute front yard parking. So there's kind of two variance requests that come with this tonight.