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Planning Commission - Jun 17 2025

Victoria City CouncilWednesday, June 18, 2025
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Adoption of meeting agenda

Approval of May 20, 2025 planning commission meeting minutes

St. Victoria Catholic Church variance request: front setback reduction

St. Victoria Catholic Church variance request: additional access from Victoria Drive

6407 Virginia Drive variance request: impervious surface coverage limit

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Votes (3)

Adopt the agenda

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Commissioner Riillas · Seconded by Commissioner Croth

Approve minutes from May 20, 2025

CarriedVoice vote

Moved by Commissioner Croth · Seconded by Unspecified

Approve access variance for St. Victoria with foliage conditions

Carried5-2

Moved by Unspecified Commissioner · Seconded by Unspecified Commissioner

Notable Quotes (3)

The first one being a reduction in the front setback from 30 feet to 5 feet for additional burial plots.

— Brian McCann
St. Victoria Catholic Church varianceDetailing the variance request for St. Victoria Church.

If you limit it to such an extent that everybody had to walk the trail and there's just elderly people that can't do it. You're going to have a lot more drop off and pickups instead.

— Chuck Beler
Church access and parkingArguing against restricting onsite parking at the church.

If we were to take the 25 and subtract out the 14 12, you'd be down to 11 12% which would be an extremely small home which might not be practical.

— Travis Briarley
6407 Virginia Drive varianceExplaining the difficulty of building on the Virginia Drive lot due to road encroachment.

People (5)

Brian McCannCity Planner

Provided staff report and analysis on the St. Victoria Church project.

Chuck BelerAttorney

Argued for the necessity of access and parking variances for the church cemetery.

2 quotes

“The project has been in the works for many years. There's been a lot of discussion with the city... and this plan was developed based on those discussions.”

Explaining the history of the church expansion proposal.

“The use is going to be fairly limited to that extent... averages out to about 13 a year or one a month.”

Discussing the frequency of burial services at the proposed site.

Travis BriarleyAssociate Planner

Presented the variance request for 6407 Virginia Drive regarding impervious surface coverage.

RiillasCommissioner

Moved to adopt the agenda.

CrothCommissioner

Seconded the motion to adopt the agenda and moved to approve meeting minutes.

Places Mentioned

Victoria Drive (County Road 11)Church LakeLions ParkVictoria Circle6407 Virginia Drive

Events & Meetings (4)

  • May 20, 2025: Previous planning commission meeting
  • June 10, 2025: Neighborhood meeting regarding church variances
  • June 23, 2025: Deadline for St. Victoria Church 60-day review period
  • July 15, 2025: Deadline for 6407 Virginia Drive variance 60-day rule
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