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City of Cem Lake Planning Commission Meeting --April .11,.2023 Meeting Minutes Planning Commission Chair Joshua. Patrick called the meeting to. order at TOO p.m. Commission Members Don Cummings, Stephanie Farrell and Art. Pratt were present. Not present was Commission Member Derek Wippich. Also.present: City.Attorney Kevin Beck, City Planner Evan .Monson, Acting City Clerk .Melissa .Lawrence, White: Bear Montessori Head of School Marnie NV cPhersori, Justin McPherson, City Counc.ilmember Ii n..Lindner and Resident Dan Mader. April IL 2023 Agenda A motion was made. by Commissioner Cummings to accept the agenda, seconded by Corrimission&Pratt. Voice vote taken, all. voted yes, motion passes, agenda accepted.. Minutes A motion was. made by Commissioner Pratt to approve the March 14, 2023, Planning Corn rnission. Meeting minutes, seconded by Commissioner Farrell. Voice vote taken, all voted yes, motion passes, minutes are:approved. Public "Hear nos R"ttested.Ordinance Amendment`to the Consolidated Lane Use. Ordinance —White Bear Montessor[School The: White Bear Montessori School (WBMS) operates at .120I County Road E Cast. at the southwest corner of the city.. The parcel is zoned Executive Residential (RX),.and is also. identified as .being within the Institutional. Overlay zone {the20.17.zoning map refers to the Institutional Overlay as a `Conditional Use Instiitutional'). The Consolidated Land Use Ordinance states in:Section 15..1. that the purpose. of the Institutional Overlay is for permitting uses that'serve the pub] ic,.ahi that are providing uses on a nonprofit basis. Section .152 lists `religious institutions' and `private child care and education facilities' as uses. that are'perinitted within the zone;. Sections 15.3 and 15.4 lists.accessbry and conditional/interim uses permitted 1n the: overlay. the: over] ay zone establishes IimiIations on uses within the zone. WHIMS. would be considered as a `private child care and education facilities' use in the ordinance. WBMS.is considering improvements to their facility, and is requesting changes to the.ordinance.that would alloriw f& an increase in students, as well as. potential expansion. of their existing facilities. The requested. increase in students would be to establish -a new max iinunn of.182. The applicant has: also. requested allowing structures an the site to occupy .up to 30% of a lot in .the .Institutional Overlay, and that the. minihtuni.amount of gremspace.on. a kit in the Institutional. Overlay be. reduced from 25.% o.f the lot to 200/o. Marnie McPherson. shared that the school as is right now..can hold. I.46 students if they changed: the common room that they have into a classroom,. but the school would prefer to Jeep itas a common room. Commissioner Cummings introduced.a motion•to open the public hearing on the matter at 7:07 p.m., Commissioner Pratt.seconded the.mot i6n. Ail in favor, motion carried. Cou ne il in embe r Jim Lindtie r.sbared that th e. bui I d i rig used to beA church before it .was turned into a school. Councilmember Lindner feels that.fronq a resident's perspective these -changes should have been made a long time ago and. sees. notlting wrong with the. plan. Head .of School Marnie McPherson shared that the school has never grown beyond 1:20 students and does have 'a wait Iist.about a year and a half but. .Currently there are 11.5. students enrolled. Thc.school is hoping to exparid. tlteir elementary program and leave the presc40a1 as :is. Cornm.issior} Chair Patrick. asked those in attendance if anyone:else had any cornments on the matter.. The public had no other comments.