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City of:Gem Lake Piarining Commission Meeting— October I.0, 2023. Meeting Minutes Planning.Comm ission Chair Joshua.Patrick called: the meeting is order at 7:00 p.m. Cotnlnission. Members Art Pratt,. Derek. Wippich and Don Cummings were present. -Not present was Stephanie Farrell..Also present: City Planner Evan Monson, City Attorney Kevin Beck, Acting. City Clerk Melissa Lawrence, Barnett Companies General Manager Jack Mayeron, Barnett Compalties Owner and President Bruce Barnett, .Barnett Ilia General Manager Michael Barnett; Architectural Consortium Architect Elliot Stendel, Elan. Lab CiviI Engineer Steve Johnston, Stinson L.LP Attorney. Steve Mayeron, and residents Dick Bosak, Paul Elneott and iVikki and Ted Pax:. October 10, 2023 A. motion was made by Commissioner Pratt to accept the agenda, seconded by Commissioner Wippich. Voice vote taken; all voted yes, motion passes, agenda accepted. Minutes A.motion was made by Commissioner Pratt to approve the:August 9;.2023, Planning Commission Meeting tninutes,: seconded by Commissioner Wippich. Voice vote taken, all.voted Yes, motion passes, minutes are.approved. Public Hear inEs Interim Use Permit First Year Review for Goats at3044 Scheuneman Road City Planner Evan Monson summarized the request.The applicants.proposed having goats on their property last year, and to use an existing barn located on their property. The City. reviewed their request and approved two goats on the property through an interim use permit. (I UP}. Said IUP would. run. for one:year and would haveto be renewed.. The one=year period: was chosen to allow the City to see..if issues would. arise with the proposed use, as farm aninials are not a common occurrence in the city nowadays. The Planning Commission reviewed and recommended .approval at the September 2022.Planning Commission meeting, and the City Council approved the. request per tlie.co)nmission's reconunendation.at. their September ?0; 2022, meeting. The:applicantIM's submitted an application to renew their IUP for two goats on their property, with an .add 6d.request to allow two additional goats on the prop0rtyfor a total of four goats. T.he city's Consolidated Land.Use 0rdinancc perm its. both housing. of farm all imats and agricultural. structures for housing of farm aniina19 through either a Cpnditionai Use Permit (CUP), or an Interim Use Permit (IUP). Conditions of approval can be added to both types of.per. ntits; an 1..UP can also have an end date for the use, in which the applicant would have.to reapply to continue the interim use. The applicant are proposing to continue.using.An existing barn on the site to house two goats, and would Iike.to house twa.additional goats as well. A fenced in.area for the goats.of 82 feet by 103 feet (8,446.SF) was installed east ofthe.barn. The existing barn is approximately 430 SF in size, and was. previously used under previousowners for housing farm animals (horses) as :well. The applicant also has some chickens on 1110,property, chickens and. fowl are regulated :by Ordinance # 141. The.Consolidated Land Use ordinance outlines what uses are permitted in each zoning district.. Section 7.3.1 notes that a CUP or.1UP can be issued for "the harboring and housing%of agricultural animals on lots greater than one (I.0) acre". The applicant'sproperty is over the one acre in size, so this:requirement'is met. Section 7.3.3 notes that agricultural. structures'are able to be permitted to house: farm.aniinals, such.as.goats.. The site already has an existing barn that was previously used for .hausing farm animals. The barn does not conform to the .agricultural building setback of 10O feet from property lines or neighboring dwellings, as required'in.7:3:.3(B); so it is nonconforming. While the structure can continue as a nonconforming agricultural structure; it would not. be able: to expand in size. Th0 1 U P last..year permitted the barn can be used to. house goats but could not..be enlarged dire toits nonconforming status. City of Gem Lake Planning Commission meedn�.Minutes October 10, 2023