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WASECA COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Thursday, August 7, 2014
8:00 p.m.
WASECA COUNTY EAST ANNEX
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER/ESTABLISH A QUORUM
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3.
REVIEW/APPROVAL OF MINUTES - June 5, 2014 (to be mailed separately asap)
4. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a) Amendment to the Unified Development Code, Article 6 Zoning District
Regulations, Section 25 Minnesota Ag Interpretive Center Amendment to
allow a lighted message center advertising sign as a permitted accessory
use or conditional use.
b) Amendment to the Unified Development Code, Article 4 General
Regulations, Section 12 Sign Regulations, 3. Advertising Signs, and Article
8 Definitions to define message center advertising sign.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT: If the above Amendments to the Unified
Development Code are recommended for approval by the Waseca County
Planning Commission, the Waseca County Board will conduct public hearings to
adopt the above referenced Zoning Ordinance Amendments on August 19, 2014
at 9:45 a.m.
DISCUSSION AND ACTION:
a) The Commission will also discuss the proposed expansion by SBKK
Holdings, LLC of Kiesler’s Campground to add 18 new improved camp sites
to the existing 336 sites at the facility located in Woodville Township, Section
16. The Conditional Use Permit granted on April 19, 2011 allows the
campground to be expanded with the approval of the Waseca County
Planning Commission and the Waseca County Board.
5. MISCELLANEOUS
a) Residential density in the Agricultural Protection District and parcel of record
6. ADJOURNMENT
AGENDAS AND ATTACHMENTS CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE AT
http://www.co.waseca.mn.us/AgendaCenter
WASECA COUNTY
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
MEETING DATE:
August 7, 2014
8:00 p.m.
Request By:
Farmamerica
7367-360th Avenue
Janesville, MN 56048
Unified Development Code Modification
REQUEST
Amendment to the Unified Development Code, Article 6 Zoning District Regulations,
Section 25 Minnesota AIG - Ag Interpretive Center amendment to allow lighted
advertising sign as a permitted accessory use.
BACKGROUND
Farmamerica is interested in installing an “electronic message” sign. The Waseca
Unified Development Code does not include any definition, regulation or requirements
for electronic signs or electronic message signs. Farmamerica has requested that
Waseca County allow them to install such a two-sided sign, 10 feet by 4 feet, on their
premises as a permitted use and allow other companies and individuals (sponsors) to
advertise to help off-set the cost of the sign. The Planning Commission could
recommend that the County Board allow this use as a conditional use.
PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS
The proposed additions to the code are shown as underlined.
Article 4 General Regulations
Section 12 Sign Regulations
1. General Provisions
k) Where a sign, other than an electronic message center sign, is illuminated,
the source of light shall be external and not shine upon any part of a dwelling or
into any residential district or any roadway.
4. Electronic Message Center Advertising Signs
Electronic Message Center Requirements for On or off Premises Signs.
A. An electronic message center shall only display static images. An
electronic message center shall not display scrolling text or video images.
B. The minimum image display duration shall be 8 seconds.
C. The maximum image transition duration shall be 3 seconds. Transitions
from one static image shall fade out and fade or dissolve in to the next
static image without the use of flashing, animation, or movement.
D. Where allowed as a conditional use, conditions may be imposed by the
planning commission regarding hours of sign operation, sign height, sign
size, and/or setbacks from property lines to mitigate impacts on nearby
residential properties, to protect critical viewsheds as established in the
General Plan, or to prevent potential traffic hazards.
Article 6
Section 25 AIC Agricultural Interpretive Center District
1. Purpose
The AIC Agricultural Interpretive Center District is intended to protect the site of
the Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center (MAIC) and provide for the use of
the district.
3. Permitted and Conditional Uses
Specific permitted, conditional and accessory uses are subject to the
requirements in Articles 3, 4 and 6 of this Ordinance.
Permitted Uses.
(a) Agriculture
(b) Agricultural chemicals, fertilizer sales
(c) Forestry, production of woodland products, nurseries, tree farms
(d) Grain elevator, grain storage & drying (commercial)
(e) Seasonal produce stand
(f) Single-family detached dwelling
(g) Two-family dwelling
(h) Accessory dwelling unit
(i) Home occupation
(j) Licensed residential program
(k) Parks and public recreation areas
(l) Campground
(m)
Convention center, exhibit hall
(n) Flea market, auction site
(o) Retail sales establishment
(p) Two sided electronic message center advertising signs of 40 square
feet or less per side
Conditional Uses (See Article 4 for Accessory Uses).
(a) Mineral extraction, mining
(b) Natural resource manufacturing and processing
(c) Temporary worker housing
(d) Cemetery, memorial garden
(e) Religious institution
(f) Organized group camp
(g) Riding academy, boarding stable
(h) Manufacturing-limited, including light assembly and packing
(i) Two sided electronic message center advertising signs over 40
square feet per side
Article 8. Definitions
Electronic Message Center Signs. Signs whose alphabetic, pictographic, or
symbolic informational content can be changed or altered on a fixed
display surface composed of electrically illuminated or mechanically driven
changeable segments. Electronic Message Centers includes two types:
a) Fixed Message Electronic Message Signs: Signs whose basic
informational content has been pre-programmed to include only certain
types of information projection, such as time, temperature, and date; and
b) Computer Controlled Variable Message Center Signs: Signs whose
informational content can be changed or altered by means of computerdriven electronic impulses.
WASECA COUNTY
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
MEETING DATE:
August 7, 2014
8:00 p.m.
SBKK HOLDINGS, INC.
DBA: Kieslers Campground
14360 Highway 14 East
Waseca, MN 56093
Campground Expansion Request
REQUEST
We have received a request from SBKK Holdings, LLC of Kiesler’s Campground to add
18 new improved camp sites to the existing 336 sites at the facility located in Section 16
of Woodville Township,. The original Conditional Use Permit granted on April 19, 2011
allows the campground to be expanded with the approval of the Waseca County
Planning Commission and the Waseca County Board.
BACKGROUND
In April of 2011, the Waseca County Planning Commission recommended approval of a
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to add 29 new campsites to the original 306 sites located
at the facility (see attached report). The County Board also approved that request that
month. One of the conditions of the CUP allowed or the expansion of the campground
as follows:
If the campground is expanded in the future within the expansion property for
this Conditional Use Permit, the Owner/operator shall submit detailed plans for
the improvement of the facility demonstrating how the property will be utilized.
The plans will be provided to the Waseca County Planning and Zoning
Department. The Department will present the expansion plans to the Waseca
County Planning Commission (without public hearing) for review of the
expansion plans and the plans shall be approved by the Waseca County Board.
Any expansion must occur outside of the wetlands on the tract.
PROJECT PROPOSAL:
The applicants request an expansion of the Conditional Use Permit to add 18 new campsites to
their existing 336 unit facility. To complete the expansion they will construct approximately 260
lineal feet of new 4 inch PVC sewer main from where it ends in the drive known as Linden
Street. Since the facility is connected to the City of Waseca sewer system, the addition of new
sites must be approved by the Waseca City Council. The applicant also proposes to extend a
new 2 inch pvc water line from where it ends approximately 75 feet north of where the sewer
line currently ends to a point approximately 75 feet north of where the new sewer line is
proposed to end (see plans). The water is supplied by a well owned and maintained by the
applicant.
ISSUES WITH THIS REQUEST:
A. Wetlands.
The applicants have completed a wetlands delineation of the site in 2013. The new
campsites and improvements are located outside of the delineated wetlands.
B. Shoreland.
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) must review any project of this type that
encroaches into the Shoreland Overlay District. A copy of the expansion plan has been
submitted to Dan Girolamo, Area Hydrologist from the Minnesota DNR for comment.
C. Sewer Connection.
As indicated, the City of Waseca must approve any Future connections to the municipal
sanitary sewer system.
D. Sale of Site.
The new expansion area is on a separate parcel of record. Any sale of this tract without
the sale of the original tract will cause a loss of fundamental services to the expanded
tract. Therefore, the expansion tract cannot be sold without the original tract, if the
conditional use permit is to continue on the expansion tract. The applicants would need
to record a covenant to combine these parcels for purposes of sale and/or development.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the 18 lot campground expansion subject to the approval
of the project by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as it relates to the
Shoreland Overlay District and with the approval of the Waseca City Council to connect
the new lines to existing sanitary sewer main.