MANKATO PLANNING COMMISSION
Regular Meeting February 26, 2025 - 6:00 p.m.
Intergovernmental Center
Mankato Room
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Any person speaking to the Commission shall give to the Secretary of the
Commission the NAME and HOME ADDRESS of such person prior to speaking.
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1.
CALL TO ORDER
2.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1.
AR-6195
January 22, 2025 Planning Commission Minutes
4.
OLD BUSINESS
5.
NEW BUSINESS
1.
AR-6184
| CY04-25 |
Request of Bennett Coughlan for a conditional use permit to allow for a restaurant use in the CBD-F, Central Business District Fringe, zoning district. The subject property is described approximately as the East 92' of Lots 9 and 10, Auditors Plat 5, Mankato (634 S. Front Street).
The anticipated date of City Council action is March 10, 2025.
2.
AR-6185
| CY05-25 |
Request of Brunton Architects, on behalf of the property owner, for a certificate of design compliance for an approximately 750 square foot addition to an existing building located in the Highway Gateway Overlay District. The subject property is described as the east 150 feet of the west 260 feet, except for adjacent highway right of way, of Lot 1, Block 1, Rooneys Subdivision, Mankato (1521 Tullamore).
The anticipated date of City Council action is March 10, 2025.
3.
AR-6186
| CY06-25 |
Request of Papa John's for a conditional use permit to allow the addition of a new drive-thru/pick-up window at an existing restaurant operation. The subject property is described as Lot 1 and Lot 2, Block 3, North Victory Drive Stage 3, Mankato. (551 Belle Avenue).
The anticipated date of City Council action is March 10, 2025.
4.
AR-6187
| CY07-25 |
Request of Brett Skilbred, on behalf of the owner, Grace Baptist Church, for the vacation of a portion of Lind Street between 6th and 7th Avenue and for the vacation of a portion of an alley located in Block 6, Columbia Park subdivision. The subject property is described as that portion of Lind Street located between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue and adjacent to Blocks 6 and 11, Columbia Park Addition and 100 feet of alley located between Lots 7 and 8 and 9 and 10, Block 6, Columbia Park Addition, Mankato. (600 Lind Street, etal).
The anticipated date of City Council action is April 14, 2025.
5.
AR-6188
| CYL08-25 |
Request of Lime Township Board for an amendment to Section 15 of Lime Township related to the adoption of the Solar Ordinance.
The anticipated date of Lime Town Board action is March 18, 2025.
6.
AR-6189
| CYL09-25 |
Request of SunVest Solar, LLC, with permission of the property owner, for an interim use permit to allow for an additional one-megawatt community solar garden in the Lime Township Rural Conservation zoning district, for a variance from Section 15.B.15.4.3 of Lime Township Solar ordinance to allow an additional one-megawatt community solar energy system in the Rural Conservation District on an existing tax parcel already approved for a one-megawatt solar site without the informed written consent signed by the adjoining property owners agreeing to more than one Community Solar Energy System per tax parcel, and for a variance from Section 15.B.3 of the Lime Township Solar Ordinance to allow an increase in the Maximum Size and Capacity of a Community Solar Energy System from the code allowed maximum size from no greater than ten (10) acres in size to no greater than seventeen (17) acres in size and increase from one megawatt of production to two megawatts of production. The subject property is described as The Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, except railroad right of ways, and the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, both in Section 29, Township 109, Range 26, excepting from said Northwest Quarter Northeast Quarter that part of said Northwest Quarter Northeast Quarter described as, beginning at a point 1315.8 feet South of the Northeast corner of Section 29-109-26, thence West 1808.8 feet to the East line of the Right of Way of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, thence southwesterly along the said Right of Way line, 1264.6 feet, thence East 1692.3 feet to the East line of said Section 29, thence North along the section line 1249.8 feet to the place of beginning. A strip of land one (1) rod wide now used as a road, extending from East to West upon, over and across the North side of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW1/4 NW1/4) of Section 29, Township 109 North of Range 26 West, beginning at or near the Northeast corner of said NW1/4 NW1/4 of Sec. 29, and thence West along or near the North line of said NW1/4 NW1/4 of said Sec. 29, to the public highway known as the Mankato and St. Peter Road. The East 302.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 109, Range 26, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, except the South 16.5 feet thereof. Except therefrom: Part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 109 North, Range 26 West, Blue Earth County, Minnesota described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 42 seconds West (bearings are based on Blue Earth County Coordinates NAD83, 1996 Adjustment) on the south line of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 78.00 feet; thence North 12 degrees 41 minutes 56 seconds East, a distance of 16.89 feet to the north line of the south 16.5 feet of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the point of beginning; thence North 12 degrees 41 minutes 56 seconds East, a distance of 589.95 feet to the westerly right of way of the abandoned Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; thence South 05 degrees 40 minutes 37 seconds West on said westerly right of way, a distance of 558.85 feet to the east line of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 26 seconds West on said east line, a distance of 19.81 to the north line of the south 16.5 feet of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 42 seconds West on said north line, a distance of 74.34 feet to the point of beginning. (23759 3rd Avenue; Blue Earth County PID R400429200017).
The anticipated date of Lime Town Board action is March 18, 2025.
6.
MISCELLANEOUS
7.
ADJOURNMENT