Planning & Zoning Commission - Regular Meeting

long time. But smiling faces are Well, been such beautiful weather. I know. Bring a smile. That's right. How that affects people, doesn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Your mood is good. Yeah. Call the Washington Planning and Zoning Commission meeting to order for Monday, September 8th, 2025. Everyone ready? Michael Gonzalez here. Mark Lener here. Mark Pontek here. Tom Hmar here. Mayor Hagen here. John Borman here. Chuck Watson here. Chad Briggs here. Kellen Wood here. Mike Wood here. Aaron Beckman

here. Please rise for the pledge. Pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. First, I'd like to uh welcome Aaron Beckman, our new thing zoning department. Hello. Welcome. Yes. Thanks. Moving on to the minutes. Approval of the minutes from the August 11th, 2025 meeting.

You've had a chance to review those. I'll entertain a motion. I'll motion we approve. Second. All those in favor? I.

Any oppose? So moved. Moving on to item number three, file number 25901, preliminary plat 100 West 10th Street. So this is uh 100 West 10th Street, old uh industrial building here. Um it's being going to be rehabbed. So as part of that, they have uh two parcels here shown. Um and the property line kind of goes through uh the corner of the building here. So we asked them to um consolidate the lot there or move the move the line. So they decided to consolidate to one lot, but both those um had never actually been platted before. So that's why they're going through the subdivision process. Um so as part of that um we required a few easements, some utility easements, uh utility easement in here for maybe a future water line and then a storm drainage easement along the the creek here. So your preliminary plat and they plan on final platting at the same time. Any other comments, questions?

Couple questions I have. Is the zoning going to stay the same? So, it'll be the same type of building that's going there now. Yeah. M M2. Yeah. No reszoning. And here, if you got any questions for them as well. Okay. And I know from the fire protection standpoint, that building has always been a problem because there's only one hydrant. And I was just wondering if that's been addressed or if that will be looked at for access. And I see that the uh under the grading plan that the road goes all the way around and connects to uh 12th Street. Mhm. Or 13th. What is that? 12. 12th. Yeah. 12. So I'm assuming that there's going to be some significant improvements there.

Yeah. So they got a fire lane called out in the front. Um and then like you said, the the road it's up there that connects between 10th and 12th. And then they also have a fire lane that loops up to the back um as well. Uh so they got the fire lanes called out and then they are they went ahead and tested the hydrants. So going through the site plan process to see if another hydrant is required or not. They are adding one more at the building as well. Okay. Um next to the the FDC. So they ask. Thank you. Any other questions, comments by board? Anyone in the audience, would you like to come up?

Are you here for this? Oh, sorry. He's for something else. Okay, Bo, you want to say anything? Oh, unless there's Come on up. Come on up. Hi, Bo Reinberg uh with the ownership of the group or of the property. Any questions on it? I mean, we're we we own the adjacent property, the old Hazel building, and uh acquired this a couple years ago in part to kind of get things cleaned up and moving in the right direction. And um so we feel good about it. It definitely needs it, you think?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's moved a little. It's moving slower than we want, but there's um we're we're still working through some some um uh requirements from the EPA that we have to kind of continue to address for a number of uh years. So, there were some things that said they were done before that were not done before. And so, we're cleaning all of that up. Charles, I have one other question while I'm thinking about it because I saw an overflow. No, I'm going to regret coming up here.

I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I saw an overflow pipe and then I on the map and then I physically saw it today. Uh it's on the west side. What what does that overflow? Do you know? Um there's a low spot there um just in the grades. Technically that is in the flood plane because of that. So that's why that's in there. So it drains that that low spot there essentially. Any other questions? Well, how old is the building? May I ask? How old is the building? Did Paul's building a little older than me? Okay. Do you want us to guess then, Bo?

Well, you know, I I That's a good question, Mayor. I don't know. Uh I don't know. Someone Someone up here might have a better idea. You got burned 30 years ago about Well, I can't be responsible for that, can I? Wait a minute. Can I Can you uh can my insurance guy interview you for that? That was the original AB Chance. Yeah. Out there. Yeah. Didn't they build that? I don't know. It was before his time. Probably. Yeah. Because I mean, I've been here almost 50 years. Yeah. I remember it down there. Well, it's going to look a lot different. Yeah. Well, I have to say it ain't going to take much to get it looking a lot different.

All right. Any other questions, comments? Thank you. Great. Thanks. Thank you. Anyone else in the audience that would like to speak on this? Any further discussion by board? No. Entertain a motion. Motion to approve. Second. All those in favor? I. Any opposed? So moved. Thank you. Thank you. That's going to be a good thing to get cleaned up. That's for sure.

Moving on to item number four and five. File number 25903. 512 514 West 2nd Street, Preliminary Plat. And then we have file number 25904 512 514 West Second. Applicant is requesting reszoning from R2 overlay, two family residential overlay to R1C, single family attached residential. So, we've seen a few of these recently. Um, actually just just to the north of this on the other side of uh Second Street where there's existing duplexes and they want to reszone to R1C and subdivide the lot. So, there's separate ownership there with the the shared wall. Um, this one is a newer built property. It was just finished this past year. Um, but a duplex and they wanted to do the same thing. Uh, in this case, we don't need the variance. um they do meet the minimum lot size of 6,000. So um you don't got to do that, but you do need the subdivision and the reasonzoning. So everything else meets the code. So

and you recommend approving? Recommend approval. Yes. Any questions, comments? There's been no opposition against that, I guess, with the first building that went up, correct? No. Okay, good. Good. all the neighbors that did they get notified again or just uh Yeah, they they all got notified for the reasonzoning and no one's here. We haven't gotten any calls. I wouldn't see why because that looks really good there. Yeah, it's good. It's different, but that's all I have. It is. That's kind of stand out. Is there anyone in the audience that would like to speak on this?

Please introduce yourself. Aaron Wagner, BFA Land Surveying. Um, we did the ones across street. We did the ones on the other side of town and over by Walmart as well. So, again, this is uh just a zero lot line here. Run the property line down the wall so that uh they'll get a chip cheaper interest rate when they sell it when they get a bank loan is essentially why they're wanting to do this. So, same concept right across the street. We just did two in the last two months. So, any questions? Thanks. Thanks. Thanks, Aaron. Anyone else? So, we'll entertain the first one. 25903. Just a preliminary plat.

Motion to approve. All those in favor? I. Any opposed? We'll move. Then we'll do the second one. 25904 zoning. Motion to approve. Second. Second. All those in favor. Any opposed? Easy peasy. Any other business? You got to come up with something little nugget. His first meeting can't just be eight minutes. I'm excited to work with you all. Um, I uh Yeah. Hope hope I hope they'll all be this easy. So, yes.

Well, this one's a little long. I think last last month it was seven. Yeah. Whatever. Good thing we have those duplexes. Exactly. That's right. One final motion. Motion to uh adjourn. Second. All those in favor? I post. So moved. Excellent. Thank you. Thank you guys. Efficient. So this record was broke last month. Do a lot of meetings and that was the best. This is a good group. To a great group. Well, there's not a lot we uh have to deal