Planning Commission Minutes 07-01-1997
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MINlYrES
REGULAR MEETING. MONTICELLO PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday, July 1, 1997 - 7 p.m.
Members Present: Dick Frie, Dick Martie, Richard Carlson
Members Absent: Jon Bogart, Rod Dragsten
Council Liaison: Clint Herbst
Staff Present: Jeff O'Neill, Steve Grittman, Fred Patch, Wanda Kraemer
1. Call to order.
Chairman Frie called the meeting to order.
2. Approval of minutes for the regular meeting held June 3,1997.
RICHARD CARLSON MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF
THE MAY 6, 1997, MEETING, SECONDED BY DICK MARTIE. Motion
passed unanimously.
3.
Consideration of adding items to the agenda.
Richard Carlson would give an update on the National Guard Training
Center meeting under 13B.
4. Citizens comments.
There were no citizens comments.
5. Consideration of a variance reQ.uest to yard setback reQ.uirements which
would allow a simple subdivision. Applicant: Diane B. Casey/Decker.
Steve Grittman, City Planner, reported that Connie Decker has requested a
variance from the minimum 2D-foot side yard and 3D-foot rear yard side yard
setback requirements imposed in the R-2 zoning district. The requested
variance is being processed in conjunction with the replatting of two existing
lots located south of 5th Street and west of Minnesota Street. As a result of
the subdivision, the proposed lots would be re-oriented from a north-south to
an east-west configuration.
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Planning Commission Minutes - 7/1/97
Chairman Frie opened the public hearing.
Larry Carter, Century 21, was in the process of explaining the variance
request when tornado sirens sounded and City Hall lost electricity due to a
severe storm.
Everyone immediately took cover in the basement of City Hall until the
storm was over. After the storm, CHAIRMAN FRIE MADE A MOTION TO
TABLE, SECONDED BY RICHARD CARLSON, THE MEETING UNTIL
THE FOLLOWING WEEK, JULY 8TH, 1997, AT 7:00 PM. Motion passed
unanimously.
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Wanda Kraemer
Development Services Technician
The severity of the storm was not known at the time the meeting was tabled; and
later, due to the amount of damage, the July 8 meeting was continued until the
next regular meeting in August.
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