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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOctober 09, 2025 - Planning Minutes Planning Commission City of Shakopee Thursday, October 9, 2025 7:00 PM City Hall, 485 Gorman Street 1. Roll Call Present: Commissioners Forsythe (chair), Robbins, Weiler, Sepulvado, Forsythe, Ranua and Sandhu 2. Approval of Agenda Motion by Robbins seconded by Sandhu Passed unanimously 3. Recognition by Planning Commission of Interested Citizens None 4. Consent Agenda 4a. Approval of the Planning Commission Meeting Minutes from September 4, 2025. Commissioner Robbins noted the BOA should say Planning Commission, with that change Motion by Robbins, Seconded by Ranua, abstain by Reding, passed unanimously. 5. Other Business 5.a PUBLIC HEARING: Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Richland Court Motion by Commissioner Robbins seconded by Commissioner Ranua to open. Passed unanimously. Sta? noted that the Commission has seen this project multiple times. The Met Council is asking that the Comprehensive Plan be changed for the subject property from Suburban Residential to Suburban Edge Residential since the property does not meet the minimum density of 3 DUA because of the way the Met Council calculates density that does not include ROW. This land use matches the surrounding properties. Commissioner Sepulvado moved to close seconded by Commissioner Sandhu. Passed unanimously. Commissioner Robbins moved that the Planning Commission forward a positive recommendation to the city council to approve the reguiding. Seconded by Commissioner Ranua. Passed unanimously. 5.b PUBLIC HEARING: Jackson Township Development Area AUAR Update Commissioner Robbins moved to open Commissioner Sandhu seconded, passed unanimously. The Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) must be updated every five to see how the area is developing relative to the original planning document. The process is designed to look at the cumulative impacts of development within the geographic area. The 2,890-acre study area was assessed based on the uses identified in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan and regulation existing at the time. The update to the plan includes new climate adaptation and greenhouse gas information, updates to the tra?ic analysis and recommended mitigations along with updated data regarding stormwater management, development and other environmental items along with additional mitigation updates. Recommendations include further analysis fo the Sanitary Sewer Master Plan based on changes to see if it can serve a larger area because of land use changes to the south and the city’s compliance with the latest rules and regulations regarding stormwater management, historic properties and other topics. Commissioner Robbins asked what the status of the document was. Sta? said it was out for agency comments right now and would be sent to Council after those comments are collected and responded to sometime in November. Commissioner Sandhu asked about utility extensions for the area. They are being brought to the area by the developments as they occur. Commissioner Ranua expressed concern about the increase in water usage and the impacts on groundwater in the area by the new densities. Shakopee Public Utilities has noted that water usage has gone down in the newer homes because of e?iciencies and less persons per household based on historical usage in the city. Commissioner Robbins moved to close the public hearings, seconded by Commissioner Reding. Commissioner noted that there were 139 pages. Very thorough. Commissioner Sandhu noted how thorough it was with a lot of good information. Commissioner Reding moved the AUAR to the city council with a positive recommendation. Seconded by Commissioner Robbins. Passed unanimously. 5.c PUBLIC HEARING: Modification of Home Occupancies to Allow Dog Boarding and Daycare Commissioner Sepulvado moved to open Commissioner Sandhu seconded, passed unanimously. Sta? reported that there were two workshops at the city council and there was feedback from people providing these services (not currently allowed as home occupations). There are issues with enforcement with these facilities currently operating illegally and there is now way to stay on top of these users and they impact the community and how is there a way to regulate these including tracking. The new regulations would:  Users would have to obtain and annually renew a permit subject to city inspection  Require a permit even if no compensation is received (like through Rover)  Limit care to a maximum of 4 non-owner dogs at a time  Restrict outdoor activity to fenced rear yards  Notify landlords if the home is rented; HOA rules still apply  No unattended outdoor dogs except via video monitoring or personal presence  Continuous barfing over 3 minutes is a violation.  Drop o?/pick up hours are 7AM until 9 PM  Overnight boarding allowed up to 180 days per year  Provide o?-street parking for clients. No street stacking allowed  Keep proof of vaccinations for all boarded dogs  Maintain records of all non-owner dogs available for city review.  No boarding of sick or aggressive dogs.  Commercial kennels or large scape operations are prohibited in single family zones.  Breeding or selling dogs as part of the business is prohibited. Chair Forsythe asked if they were breaking city code now. Sta? replied it is not allowed use today. You can have as many personal dogs that you own but can’t have others at your house as a business. Commissioner Sepulvado asked does it only apply to those using the app and sta? responded it would apply to anyone doing this as a home occupation. Sta? also noted there was a lengthy discussion at council on what the maximum number of dogs allowed should be and they settled on four. Sta? noted that there were suggestions to use square footage or lot size and sta? noted that would almost be impossible to enforce and regulate. Commissioner Sepulvado asked how much the permit will be and not defined at this time. Commissioner Robbins asked if there were complaints. Sta? reported that many neighbors were complaining about large businesses operating out of their homes. There are already two large-scale boarding facilities in the city that have Conditional Use Permits and also licenses from the State. Council felt that for a home occupation this was reasonable to have rules and limits. Commissioner Ranua asked about Rural Residential area and was there consideration to allow more flexibility. Sta? said no. Commissioner Weiler said now they are breaking code and what we are setting up are guidelines. Sta? noted if there are no rules it is hard to enforce anything. Commissioner Forsythe asked about the ability for those people to walk them, for instance if they only have one dog staying with them. Sta? said that was reasonable. John Arco found out about the meeting when he made a complaint. He said that he has one of these next door and dogs are barking and running around all the time. Why do we need an ordinance if it is already illegal and why are we not fining people and enforcing the law. How many violations does it take. No consequences. Already had dogs on his property and in his garage. Chair Forsythe said if there were violations, how many would it take. If there are violations, they would lose their license and ability to do their business. Commissioner Sepulvado said people will register and pay the fee, who are we to say no. Commissioner Robbins asked what the resident wanted. The resident said it was too vague and not every issue was not covered. Commissioner Robbins asked if he agreed. Are we making changes to now convert this to a business zone. Chair Forsythe asked to that point, are there other businesses allowed under code today? Sta? said there are hundreds of small businesses. Home based businesses are allowed today that allow you to do many things from baking to dog grooming. The issues arose when groomers became daycare and boarding businesses. Commissioner Robbins noted we are trying to create a framework. Dogs are always emotional issues. It is a start. What do we need to do to make it better? Commissioner Sepulvado said if they break the rules they will get fined and lose their license. Chair Forsythe said thank you for your comments and input. Commissioner Weiler said now we are setting rules and there should be consequences. Unleashed dogs are another issue. Maybe there should be something added about leashing dogs for drop o? and pick up. Commissioner Sepulvado added things can be changed over time based on feedback. Motion to close by Commissioner Robbin and seconded by Commissioner Weiler. Passed unanimously. Chair Forsythe suggested the leashing requirement be added to the ordinance. Motion made by Robbins to recommend to city council approval of the ordinance. Chair Forsythe asked if he could make a friendly amendment to add the leasing requirement and Commissioner Robbins agreed. Seconded by Commissioner Weiler. Approved unanimously. 6. Other Business City council did dissolve the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and moved the approval of new parks to the Planning Commission as one of its duties. Will be added to the normal agenda items. 7. Adjournment Motion to Adjourn to November 6th at 7PM by Commissioner Robbins and seconded by Commissioner Sandhu. Passed unanimously. 7:56 PM