Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

January 22nd, 20206 for uh planning commission for the city of Watertown to order. Randy, would you please do a roll call? I'll be Kak here. Cohane here. Spy here. Kay, Darcus Johnson here. Kate is absent. We have quorum. Wonderful. Thank you, Brandy. We are on to approval of the December 18th 2025 minutes to entertain a motion. Not all at once. So moved. Motion by K's. Second.

Second by Alvi. Uh any further amendments, changes, comments, questions regarding the December 18th, 2025 minutes meeting minutes? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. any conflicts of interest or exparte communication regarding the plat of the Williston determination of development lot agreement or the cane be edition or anything else good work declaration of new business anybody have anything that they want to add to new business no

wonderful public comment sign up if you're here from the public and you want to speak on something that is not otherwise on the agenda please let Brandy or Carla know and we'll get to that at the end of the agenda I'd make take a motion to approve the agenda by Darus Johnson, second by Spire. Any changes, questions, concerns, or anything to add about the agenda? Hearing none. All those in favor of approval say I. I. Opposed. Same sign. Motion passes. That brings us to regular agenda 8A plat of the Williston edition.

Okay. Thank you, Liam. So, this is a plat of Williston edition. It has been platted previously. This is the replat. The reason it's before the board is because they are platting more than seven lots. And then the development agreement that was associated with this development is now expired. So the development agreement that is attached to it is extending the infrastructure requirements as per the approved construction plans. And with that, I'll stand by for any questions. Board have any or excuse me, the commission have any questions for staff? Just one real quick one. So 80th as depicted that's going to have a T intersection for future development is what I'm seeing here. That's right. Then there will be turnarounds for the time being.

Thank you. Go ahead. How many lots were before Brandy? Two. Oh, okay. Just a few more. Thanks. Good. Any other questions for Brandy? Pretty standard approval. Looks good. Thank you. Excellent work, staff. staff. Uh, anything else? Uh, I would entertain a motion to approve resolution number 20261. I'll make that motion. Motion by Spire. Second by Michelle. Uh, any further discussion regarding resolution 2026-01, first one of the year?

No. Good. All those in favor of approval say I. I. opposed. Same sign flat is approved. That brings us to the termination of the development lot agreement of history.

Okay. Thank you, Liam. So, this uh has in my nine years here, we haven't brought one of these forward, but the planning commission approves development lot agreements so they also can terminate. So, we are reconfiguring these lot lines for the property here um along Highway 81. um in the where Riddles Glass and Yearround Brown and Collier is located. So there are currently five lots um that are non-conforming within this area and the property owner is um planning to subdivide which will be done administratively into two lots. We have confirmed that the structure where you can see where the white lines are and the hatching is different. Um that they are separated appropriately uh for fire and building code and they meet all of our other subdivision requirements uh for a zero lot line development. And this is just terminating the development lot agreement that combines a bunch of non-conforming lots and creates two conforming lots. So, but that's

we like that. We like conforming laws. Thank you, Randy. Any questions for staff? Okay. Hearing none, I'd entertain a motion for approval on to resolution 2026-2. Motion by Darus Johnson. No second. Second by Aldi. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor of terminating the development lot agreement say I. I. Opposed. Same sign. Motion passes. We are two for two in 2026. Can we do three for three commission consideration of 20263 the plat of Kane deal?

I don't know.

Well, go ahead. Uh so this is another property that could meet uh could be administratively platted but it's before you because it does not meet the caveat for the existing decks and the setback requirement. This property is zoned R3 multifamily residential district and the the existing decks you can see are um right up to the property line. they're not encroaching where the proposed new property line uh is shown. And I'll step I'll take a step back here. Currently, this there are three and a half lots that create this one parcel. And the ask here is to create two conforming lots. The issue of why it's before this board is because the decks will then now be non-conforming to the setback. Decks have to conform to the sideyard setback of the primary structure which in the R3 district is 9 ft and they are obviously they'll be 13 in not 11 that I have on the board packet if anyone got that detail. um instead of 9 ft. Um the applicant is aware that if the decks are to ever be destroyed that they cannot be replaced they because they have to um meet the sideyard setback of 9 ft unless they came forward for a variance. Thank you, Randy. Any questions for Oh, go. Sorry, I didn't mean to cut you off.

But otherwise, the um Sorry, I just very uh got a little cut up there. Um they do have sufficient easements. They for utility servicing and um the lots are conforming. Other than that, um and I'll note the existing duplex on the west lot line. Uh that's also a non-conforming setback, but that is how the structure exists today. If it were ever destroyed again, they would have to meet what is required by ordinance today. So with that, I'll stand by for any questions.

Go ahead, share. One quick question. Uh the lots couldn't be um platted to allow for the setback. The lot to the north there had to be uh those dimensions. That's right. because our minimum lot size in the R3 for a duplex is 6,000 square ft and 80 foot of frontage. So the the lot one has that frontage on the north where where they are provide their access and then uh lot two needed 80 foot to be platted.

And then just for our consideration, we're not approving the the variance for the setback here. We're just approving the platting that will come to us subsequently if we approve this platting. So So the the structure exists. So with this plat you would be creating a non-conformity. Yeah. Make it non-conforming if we approve it. Yep. But we're not approving the non-conforming here. We're not And we're not approving a variance. And a variance. Correct. Okay. Any further questions for staff? Any other anything else, Brady? No. Okay. Good. All right. I'd entertain a motion on resolution 20263.

Make that resolution approve the uh request to replant as presented. Got a motion. Second by Darcus Johnson. Any further discussion about the flat of the cane deal edition hearing? None. All those in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes unanimously. That brings us to open public comment. Is there anybody that has anything to say? No words of wisdom to impart upon us. Words of wisdom. No. Uh, new business, selection of board adjustment and planning commission chairman and vice chairman. Uh, do we have any nominations for chairperson? Mr. Chair,

go ahead. Mr. Case, I would propose a slate of officers to include Liam Khane and the person. Who else would

vice chair? I wasn't sure. So, we have a nomination for We have a nomination for chair and vice chair. Any other nominations? Any other nominations? Any other nominations? How many times do I have to say it? Three. Thank you. Um, with that I'll close the nominations and we'll vote on the election of the chair unanimous and we'll Yes, we'll cast a unanimous ballot. All those in favor say I. Io same sign. Congratulations, Bill. Welcome back. Uh, any old business? No. Any need for executive session? Nope.

Then we are adjourned. Thanks, guys.