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June 14,.2021 Planning Commission Recommendations Related to Truck Farming! Commercial Gardening in Residential Districts: First recommend the response to Daniel Me sembour 's al2l2lication be a CUP with conditions very specific to his lot and his specific organic garden operational plan. We agreed his lot situation was unique (street configuration, location, railroad, etc.), the current ordinance guidance is not perfectly clear, and his .neighbors were in favor of his plan. Thy, (quickly, in the next few weeks at the direction of the City Council. to the Planning Commission) fix the language In Land. Use Ordinance No. 131 to eliminate confusion by .making all forms of truck farming/commercial gardening a Conditional Use rather than Permitted Use.. That would help provide. (.Council/Patrick Kelly will probably direct us to do this at our next meeting with another public hearing.) Sample language to be considered for proposed changes to the City of Gem Lake. MN Land Use Ordinance No.131: Move From Section 5.1 Permitted Uses: "5.1.2 Truck gardening and other horticultural uses provided that only those products. produced on the premise be sold or offered fors ale. To Section 5.3 Conditional & Interim Uses: "5.3.8 Truck gardening and other commercial horticultural uses provided that only those. products produced on the premises be sold or offered for.sale," This gives the city better control over truck gardening and. other commercial horticultural uses. Also, by eliminating truck gardening and other commercial horticultural uses as permitted uses in any Residential Zone, the Garden Overlay District can be invoked (as currently intended) on lots over 10 acres or conditions can be established for similar uses. on smaller lots.. The discussion at the Planning Commission meeting indicated at least some concern about unintended consequences if truck farming/commercial gardening were to be allowed on other city lots Less than an acre. I the City Council wishes to limit truck gardening and other commercial horticultural uses to lots with enough size that garden fence setbacks can be reasonably met or that CUP conditions could adequately mitigate the impact on neighbors, then: Change in Section 7.3 Conditional & Interim Uses: 7.3.1 C) The.harboring and housing of agricultural animals .on lots greater:than one (1.0) acre." To: 7.3.1. C) Truck gardening and oth er. comm ercial horticultural. uses and/orthe harboring and housing of agricultural animals on lots greater than one (1.0) acre."