HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ MINUTES 1-13-25Lake Elmo Planning Commission Meeting Minutes: 1-13-25
City of Lake Elmo Planning Commission Meeting
City Council Chambers – 3880 Laverne Avenue North
Minutes of Regular Meeting of
January 13, 2025
CALL TO ORDER: Commission Chair Rehkamp called to order the meeting of the Lake Elmo Planning Commission at 6:30 p.m.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Amed, Bohlig, Chars, Dunn, Rehkamp, Vrieze
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Community Development Director Jason Stopa, Senior City Planner Sophia Jensen
Pledge of Allegiance at 6:30 PM
Planning Commission Appointments:
M/S/P: Vrieze / Chars nominated Commissioner Rehkamp as Chair for 2025. Vote: 6-0, motion carried unanimously
M/S/P: Vrieze / Bohlig nominated Commissioner Chars as Vice Chair for 2025. Vote: 6-0, motion carried unanimously
Approve Agenda:
M/S/P: Dunn / Vrieze made a motion to approve the agenda with an amendment tabling the Chavez Property Variance
public hearing to 1-27-25. Vote: 6-0, motion carried unanimously
Approve Minutes:
M/S/P: Vrieze/Bohlig made a motion to approve the 11-25-24 meeting minutes. Vote: 6-0, motion carried unanimously.
Public Hearing: (Mr. Chavez requested moving the hearing to 1-27-25 so that he is able to attend)
a) Chavez Property Variances. Joe and Joan Chavez have submitted a variance application for seven (7) deviations from
the City’s Shoreland Overlay District (LEC 105.12.1260) for the property located at PID 14.029.21.24.0004. The
variances are for the construction of a new single family home on a bluff near Sunfish Lake. (Formal Public Hearing to
be held at City Council Meeting 1/21/2025)
New/Unfinished Business
n/a
Communications/Updates
a) Goal Setting Commissioner Representative – Commissioner Rehkamp
b) City Council Updates – 1/2/24
i. Royal Golf CUPs and Variance – 12-3-2024 – passed
ii. Cannabis Ordinance – 12-3-2024 – passed
iii. Landscape Ordinance Amendments – 12-3-20204 – Tabled to February
)
Upcoming Meetings
• January 27th, 2025
• February 10th, 2025
• February 11th, 2025: Joint Planning Commission and City Council Workshop
Meeting adjourned at 6:34 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Wendt
Permit Technician