Good evening and welcome to the September 2nd, 2025 joint Brookings County and City of Brookings Planning Commission meeting.

This meeting is being recorded, televised, and viewable on Swiftel Channel 19, ATC Channel 168, or the Brookings County YouTube channel.

I now call this meeting to order.

Approval of the joint board of adjustment meetings.

Is there a motion?

So moved.

Motion second.

Second.

Second Kyle Vanderwell.

All in favor?

All right.

Motion passes.

Items to be added to the agenda by commission members or staff.

Nothing.

Nothing.

Invitation for citizens to schedule time on the commission agenda for an item not listed.

Seeing none.

Disclosure of conflicts of interest relationships to the applicant or ex parte communication.

Nothing.

Good.

Approval of agenda.

Is there a motion?

So moved.

Second.

Motion on the city side.

Second on the county side.

You can decide that, Richard.

We will now convene as a joint board of adjustment.

The joint board of adjustment is a five-member board which has the power to hear requests for variances.

Conditional uses and appeals from ministerial decisions of zoning officers.

The concurring vote of two-thirds of the full board membership of the board.

Four votes is necessary for approval of a variance or an appeal of the zoning officer.

The concurring vote of a simple majority of those board members present in voting is necessary for approval of a conditional use permit.

In accordance with Robert's rules of order, we require a motion to approve a request before before the request can be debated.

As a matter of policy, all motions are made into positive.

Shall authorize variances from the zoning requirements for special conditions existing on the land will can will result in an unnecessary hardship for the applicant.

Financial disadvantage to the property owner shall not constitute proof of an unnecessary hardship.

Moving on, agenda item 2025, JJCU 001.

Jessica Andron Andronovitz has made an application 2025 JJCU 001 to the Brookings County Joint Board of Adjustment for a Conditional Use.

Joint Zoning Ordinance for Brookings County and City of Brookings Article 3 District Regulations Chapter 3.04 A Agricultural Lands District Section 3.04.

So moved.

Motion Kyle Vanderwell second.

Second.

Her business plan is included as a separate attachment and includes the following.

The applicant has kept up the property, controlled the weeds and replaced fences and added new fences for additional turnout areas since she has taken over the property.

Vehicle and trailer parking on the lot is available for the borders.

The applicant was approved for a conditional use 2022 CU 014 on October 4th, 2022 for a maximum of 30 horses, and that was valid for three years and will expire on October 4th, 2025.

She continues to manage and operates the facility as it had been run in the past and like to continue the business into the future with a maximum of 50 horses.

This is a formal just a brief history.

I'll just kind of glance highlight some of that.

Um it's a former Neil Sebring property, and the facility was approved for a horse stable back in 1997 with a conditional use and special exception and at that time.

Since that time, it's um always been a horse arena up until now, up until continued to this time from 16 2003, 2016, 18, and 19 and 22 with different operators operating the facility.

Objections to the request.

Public notices are published in the Vulgar Tribune on August 21st and 28th, 2025.

Letters were sent to the adjoining landowners, the Aurora Township Chairman and Clerk, and the Brookings Community Development Office.

Here is the applicant's conditional use application.

This is her site plan.

This is 25th Avenue driveway coming in.

These are the additional pastures or uh fencing she has uh installed to have more lots for the pasture horses out there compared to what I was when she started.

These extra a little more useful for her and for the borders of their horse parking lot over here where the trailers are parked.