Planning & Zoning - Regular Meeting

Bye. Bye. Thanks, Amanda.

The meeting will come to order.

There are agendas on the table outside the meeting room. This is a public meeting for which public notice has been provided. The proceedings are being broadcast and recorded and can be viewed online on the City of Casper's YouTube channel.

First, I'd like to read some informational statements about the meeting. Use of cell phones is not permitted and such phones should be turned off or otherwise silenced during the planning and zoning meetings.

When speaking to the Planning and Zoning Commission, please clearly state your name and address. Keep remarks pertinent to the issue being considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

Do not repeat the same statements that were made by a previous speaker. Speak to the Planning and Zoning Commission as you would like to be spoken to.

Do not address applicants or other audience members directly. Make your comments at the podium and directly to the chairperson and Planning and Zoning Commission. I would like to remind everyone present that the City of Casper Planning and Zoning Commission is a volunteer body composed of members of the Casper community appointed by the Casper City Council. The Commission acts as a quasi-judicial panel, making final decisions on some items and recommendations to the City Council and others as dictated by law. The Commission may only consider evidence about any case as it relates to existing law. The Commission cannot make or change planning and zoning laws, regulations, policies, or guidelines. I would like to note that Commissioner Hunter is absent tonight for the record. On the next item on the agenda is consideration of the minutes from the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting held August 13th, 2026.

Are there any additions or corrections?

The Chair calls for a motion to approve the minutes of the August 13th, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. Moved by Commissioner Rubio. Second. Second by Commissioner Pochek. We have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion?

No further discussion. We will now vote. Any abstentions or any votes? Please record the vote. Please pass the vote. Please record the vote.

With all members voting aye and one abstention, the motion carries.

Next will be the scheduled public hearings. Before I get started, just a reminder to all this evening's applicants that it takes four affirmative votes to pass any item, regardless of the number of commissioners present. If any applicant would like to postpone their case in anticipation of the possibility of more commissioners being present next month, then I'd ask you to speak up when your case is announced. Case number one. The first public hearing tonight will be for SUB-1153-2026, A Vacation and Replant to Recreate the Kauffman Edition, located at 335 North Center Street. The applicant is James Kauffman. Is the applicant or the representative present?

And do you wish to proceed? Sure.

I'm glad someone's here. Henry, please get stash reported this time.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This application is a request to vacate an existing platted lot and combine it with an adjacent unplatted parcel to create the proposed Kauffman addition. The properties are located at 335 and 343 North Center Street in our zone C3 central business. The resulting subdivision will create a single development lot containing approximately 0.41 acres. The purpose of the replant is to consolidate the two parcels into one legally described lot. The property currently contains an existing warehouse storage building and a vacant parcel. The Hopkin has also submitted a site plan for an additional warehouse building that is being reviewed administratively now. Staff review found that the request is consistent with the existing zoning and surrounding commercial and industrial development pattern. The proposal does not change the zoning, create additional lots, or introduce a land use that would be incompatible in the area.

a lot of trying to get in for the meeting. Sorry, Craig. Okay.

Okay. Yeah. Keep going. Yes, please.

A lot will continue to have frontage and utility access from existing public right away. All required notification and procedural requirements have been completed and no public comments have been received. There were no recommended conditions of approval included in your staff report, and I have five exhibits. A, is the application for a plat. B, public notice sent to property owners. C, legal notice sent to the Star Tribune. D, photo of the public notice sign on the property. And E, memo to the chairperson, members of the Planning and Zoning Commission. With that, I'll be happy to answer any questions.

Thank you for the report, and the exhibits are noted. Does anyone on the commission have any preliminary questions for staff about the report? Next, I would ask the applicants to come forward to the microphones, state your name and address for the record, and explain your application to the Commission.

Take your time.

Good evening, James Kaufman, 1606 Miracle, Casper, Wyoming. I'm the applicant for the replat. Any questions for me?

It's pretty self-explanatory, I think. Any questions for Mr. Coughlin? We're glad you got in the building.

Okay. I was kind of wondering.

Thanks. Thank you.

That was the... Time when we ask members of the audience to come forward and either support or in opposition to this case, please remember to state your name and address clearly into the microphone. For the record, anyone wishing to speak in support of or in opposition to the case, please come forward now. See nobody else wishing to speak in the case. The chair hereby closes the public comment portion of the public hearing and calls for a motion on the conditional use permit. Is it a conditional use permit?

No.

Yeah.

It's on the replant, isn't it?

Does anyone proofread these then? Hey, we're closing the public comment portion and culture motion on the replant to approve approve with conditions tonight table or postponed or date certain. Rude by Commissioner Rubel. Second by Commissioner Hutchinson. I'm going to motion a second. Is there any discussion? There being no discussion, we will now vote. Please cast your vote. Please record the vote.

With all members voting aye, the motion carries.

Congratulations. Your replat has been approved and will be forwarded to council with a do pass recommendation. The second case tonight will be SUB-1163-2026. Vacation and replant to create the Karst addition located at 4701 East 12th Street and 1233 Donegal. Applicants are David A. Karst Living Trust, Corey J. Karst Living Trust, Michael J. Cox, and Cheryl L. Cox. Please get stash reports.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This application is a request to vacate and replat portions of two existing residential lots to create the proposed Karst addition. The properties are located at 4701 East 12th Street and 1233 Donegal Drive and are zoned R2 one unit residential. The replat will result in two revised residential lots identified as lot one and lot two of the Karst addition. The purpose of the request is to adjust the common property line between the two lots by transferring a portion of land from the larger parcel to the smaller parcel. No new lots are being created. No increase in residential density is proposed and no changes to the existing residential pattern are anticipated. Following the adjustment, both resulting lots will substantially exceed the minimum lot size requirements of the R2 district. Staff's review found that the proposal to be straightforward boundary adjustment that maintains compliance with zoning and subdivision standards while maintaining the existing character of the neighborhood. All required public notice and procedural requirements have been satisfied. no public comments received, no recommended conditions, and they have five exhibits. A, is the application for a plat, B, public notice sent to property owners, C, legal notice sent to the Star Tribune, D, photo of the public notice sign on the property, and E, memo to the chairperson and members of the Planning and Zoning Commission. With that, I'll be happy to answer any questions.

Thank you for the report and the exhibits are noted. Does anyone on the commission have any questions for staff?

I believe that's probably I think the applicants can address that, but I think that's the reason for this plat is to incorporate that area of their yard that they're already currently using into their legal lot. I believe so.

Next, I would ask the applicant to come forward to the microphone, state your name and address for the record, and explain your application to the commission.

Good evening. Michael and Cheryl Cox, 4701.

Did you hear the commissioner's question about the outbuilding on the south side of your lot? It's shown on this map.

There's a small building. It looks like a shed.

It looks like it goes over into the next property. It is correct, yeah. Yeah, with the Carson Commission, some time ago we extended our fence line out, and with their blessing, and now we're marketing our home.

So Carson graciously allowed us to

Any other questions? Okay, thank you.

Now is the time when we ask members of the audience to come forward in either support or in opposition to the case. Please remember to state your name and address clearly into the microphone for the record. Anyone wishing to speak in support of or in opposition to the case, please come forward now. Seeing nobody else wishing to speak on the case, the chair hereby closes the public comment portion of the public hearing. I call for a motion on the replant to approve. Approve with conditions. Denied. Table. Vote postponed to a date certain. Move to approve by Commissioner Hutchison. I second. Second by Commissioner Elston.

I have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? Are there any abstentions or nay votes?

Please cast your vote. Please record the vote.

With all members voting aye, the motion carries.

Your motion for a replant has been approved and will be forwarded to City Council with a due pass recommendation. Thank you.

Chair calls for any communication from the Commission. Nothing. How about the city planner?

Nothing.

The council liaison is not here. OYD liaison. Are you still on that? I thought Elston was on it too.

I am on there. I have nothing to report. We did have a meeting. And I didn't write notes because.

Okay. Thank you.

Anybody else? The final item on the agenda for this evening is adjournment. Next meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled for Thursday, October 8th, 2026 at 6 p.m. There being no further business to conduct, the Chair calls for a motion to adjourn. Moved by Commissioner Ruble. Second by Commissioner Vojtech. Please cast your vote. Please record the vote.

With all members voting aye,