The Brookings Planning Commission met on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 5:30 PM in the Chambers Room of the Brookings City & County Government Center. The meeting included a Board of Adjustment session for a variance, followed by the Planning Commission agenda covering annexation, a future land use map amendment, a revised preliminary plat, a conditional use permit for a home occupation, a commercial corridor design review, and a discussion on forming a governance and engagement subcommittee. All actions except the variance are recommendations to the City Council.
Good evening, everyone. We'll um open the City of Brookings Planning Commission meeting. Um roll call, please. Ryan Roll is noted with Schmeichel Limmer, Jameson Speer, Heinrich, and Letty present. Solemn and Aiken are absent. Thank you. Um motion to approve the agenda. So all in favor. Thank you. Um approval of the minutes, uh, approval of the March 4th, 2025 minutes. Thank you. Second. Second. All in favor. Opposed. Thank you. We will now um convene as the Board of Adjustments. Board of Adjustments is a seven-member board, which has the power to hear requests for variances and special exceptions. The concurring vote of two-thirds of the full membership is necessary for approval of any action by the board. A seven-member board requires five votes, a six-member board requires five votes, and a five member requires five votes. In accordance with Robert 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. The board under specific powers granted it by the state shall authorize variances from the zoning requirements where special conditions existing on the land will result in unnecessary hardship for the applicant. Umtices hereby given that Andrew Ricoda and Josh Baker have made a request for a variance on lot one in block one of Kilkerson 2nd edition, also known as 334 32nd Avenue. Notice is further given that said request will be acted on by the Board of Adjustments at 5 30 on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in the chamber room. Any person interested may appear and be heard on this matter. Thank you, Mr. Chair. The first item is a variance uh for a side yard setback at 334 32nd Avenue. The applicants are Andrew Ricoda and Josh Baker. It's located in an industrial I-1 light district. The applicants are requesting a ten-foot side yard setback. The required side yard setback in the I1 district is 20 feet according to section 94136. For variances, we use the hardship test due to special conditions, a little enforcement of the provisions of the ordinance will result in unnecessary hardship, and the variance shall not violate the spirit of the ordinance, and substantial justice may be achieved as a result of the variance. Unique circumstances apply to the property which do not apply to other properties in the same vicinity or district. The variance is necessary for the preservation of a property right that is substantially the same as that possessed by other owners of property in the same district. The variance requested is the minimum variance, which would alleviate the hardship and reasonable use of the property is not permitted under the terms of this chapter, would be examples of uh hardship requests for a variance. As mentioned the property is 334 32nd Avenue, shown here in the uh yellow outlined box. It's on 32nd Avenue south of 6th Street. Site plan shown here is the request. There is an existing structure currently on the property on the southern portion of the property with a uh 24 or 25 foot setback to the south. The applicant would like to construct a new building for their um business on the north end of the lot. They are requesting a 20-foot uh a seven uh sorry, a 10-foot setback to the north where the 20-foot setback would be required. Uh the request for that reduced setback is due to the placement of the new building uh in proximity to the existing building. Um the 10-foot setback would leave 65 feet of room between the buildings there. Uh stating that that is necessary for the movement of truck traffic for the nature of the business to enter the garages. You can see there's a garage shown on the eastern half of that building. Uh for truck movement, they would need the additional space. Uh, therefore, the reason for the the 10-foot reduction of the setback. Uh elevation drawing and site plan or floor plan for the building shown here.