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Planning Division
Duties
The Planning Division prepares and implements the comprehensive plan, which guides land use, zoning, municipal utilities, transportation, and community facility improvements or anticipated changes, as well as interpreting and enforcing the zoning, subdivision and sign codes, environmental planning, and GIS.
Staff members prepare reports and make recommendations to the Planning Commission and City Council for decisions regarding land development within the City. They also prepare special reports and studies for economic growth, redevelopment, and long-range plans.
Planning Documents
Administrative Home Occupation | License for Home Occupations that meet the Administrative Home Occupation Ordinance. |
Administrative Subdivision | Lot boundary line adjustments Base lot subdivisions Simple lot splits |
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) | Authorize and regulate uses and conditions |
Document - Comprehensive Plan Application | Get a hard copy of the Comprehensive Plan |
Document - Zoning Ordinance Application | Get a hard copy of the Zoning Ordinance |
Document - Zoning Verification Letter or Certificate of Zoning Compliance | Zoning Verification Letter or Certificate of Zoning Compliance |
Grading 500-1,000 cubic yards Permit | Altering between 500 to 1,000 cubic yards of earth |
Interim Use Permit (IUP) | Authorize and regulate uses and conditions |
Joint Application Form for Activities Affecting Water Resources in Minnesota (wetlands) | Initiate review of proposals that may affect a water resource |
Mining - Minor | Altering between 1,000 to 5,000 cubic yards of earth |
Mining - Major | Altering more than 5,000 cubic yards of earth |
Metes and Bounts Split | The description of the boundaries of a parcel by distances and angles of bearings from designated landmarks, including simple fractional or quantity parts of a full government subdivision or a lot which is part of a subdivision plat |
Outdoor Entertainment | Required for private gatherings of 250 people or more or for commercial gatherings of 500 people or more |
Planned Unit Development (PUD) | Allow flexibility and variation from conventional ordinance standards in exchange for higher standards of development design and creativity, architectural control, natural resource protection, landscaping, public parks, public and private open space protection, pedestrian access, and multi-use corridor opportunities. The PUD provisions are also intended to promote the efficient use of land and promote cost-effective public and private infrastructure systems |
Site Plan Review | Review procedure that will assist in achieving safe, functional, and attractive development. Required for uses prior to issuance of a building permit for new construction or additions to commercial buildings greater than ten percent of the existing building footprint, and is required in conjunction with an application for a: 1) CUP/IUP; 2) Plat; 3) Commercial development; 4) Variance; 5) Rezoning; and 6) PUD |
Subdivision | Regulations for platting and subdividing of property within the city |
Temporary Seasonal Sales Permit or Certificate of Compliance | Sales in a detached temporary structure on a commercial property for up to 120 days a year and/or Compliance Certificate |
Temporary Sign Permit Application | Non-permanent signs in commercial districts |
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) | Divert future property tax revenue increases from a defined area |
Vacation | Vacate right-of-ways and public ways |
Variance | Deviations or variations from the City Code/Ordinances in instances where their strict enforcement would cause practical difficulties because of circumstances unique to a individual property |
Zoning Map Amendment | Amendments to the official Zoning Map |
Zoning Text Amendment | Amendments to the text of the Zoning Ordinance |