Lakeville City Council — Transcript
Monday, August 3, 2026
Agenda Adjustment for Zoning Code Updates
Taste of Lakeville Event Presentation
Citizen Comments on Al Hadi Mosque Conditional Use Permit
215th Street Improvements Public Hearing
Palmer Crossing Preliminary Plat Approval
Ordinance Amending City Code (Titles 10 & 11)
Interim Use Permit for Non-Conforming Single-Family Home
Pavement Management System Work Session Update
Youth Advisory Commission Transition to Youth Academy
Votes (5)
Consent Agenda
Moved by Councilmember Burman [1:02:18] · Seconded by Unknown [1:02:22]
Routine items were approved from the consent agenda. Mr. Miller highlighted item 6C, a $200 donation from All Saints Catholic Church and School to the fire department for fire prevention efforts.
Public Hearing: Improvement for 215th Street Improvements (City Project 26-09)
Moved by Councilmember Burman [1:10:47] · Seconded by Unknown [1:10:55]
City Engineer Mr. Johnson presented the project for 215th Street, emphasizing its role in supporting long-term mobility and utility needs in an industrial corridor. The project includes constructing an industrial roadway, upgrading stormwater, and extending sanitary sewer and water, with an estimated total cost of $8.268 million. Councilmember Lee questioned the 10% contingency for hazardous waste, which Mr. Johnson confirmed was typical and not based on current findings of contamination. No public comments were made during the public hearing.
Palmer Crossing Preliminary Plat
Moved by Councilmember Wolter [1:16:35] · Seconded by Unknown [1:16:40]
Nick Paling presented the Palmer Crossing preliminary plat for a 24-lot single-family home development. City staff, Ms. Goodroad, detailed the project's location, zoning (RST-2), and density, noting it was situated south of County Road 50 and accessed via Gresham Way. Councilmember Wolter inquired about its exclusion from a recent moratorium, and Ms. Goodroad clarified it was submitted prior to the moratorium's adoption.
Ordinance Amending Title 10 and 11 of the City Code and Summary Ordinance of Publication
Moved by Councilmember Burmel [1:26:40] · Seconded by Unknown [1:26:55]
Daniel Lick presented annual updates to the city's zoning and subdivision ordinances, emphasizing their dynamic nature. Key changes included reducing elevated deck setbacks, providing flexibility for open decks on shoreland, adjusting off-street parking requirements (particularly reversing a previous limit that proved impractical for multi-tenant commercial uses), eliminating garage requirements for generational housing, and refining sign regulations. Additionally, changes were made to chicken and bee keeping rules, including increasing allowed chickens and simplifying bee permits. Data center regulations were explicitly excluded from this approval for further consideration at a later date.
20975 Howland Avenue Interim Use Permit
Moved by Councilmember Lee [1:34:03] · Seconded by Unknown [1:34:10]
Ken Pitcher requested an interim use permit to add 300 square feet to his 1920 home at 20975 Howland Avenue. City staff explained that the property, zoned RH-CBD (high-density residential in the central business district), originally had a non-conforming single-family use. The new interim use permit, enabled by the recently approved ordinance amendments, provides a mechanism to allow reasonable expansion of such homes, preserving naturally occurring affordable housing while acknowledging the long-term vision for redevelopment in the area. Councilmember Burman commended the flexibility demonstrated by the city in creating this solution.
Notable Quotes (9)
Uh it's 205th Street. Uh, there's two components I want to highlight. Uh, the street and the water is basically bordered on the west by Keats Avenue, uh, County Road 5, and Juniper Way, uh, County Road 70 in the east. Uh, there is a sewer extension that would continue west of Kendrick Avenue over underneath the under, sorry, the freeway to Keats Avenue. And the uh, the intent of the project is to support long-term mobility and utility service needs across this industrial corridor.
Project financing based upon the feasibility report, just over $4 million is proposed to be paid through special assessments to benefiting properties. The remaining funds you'll see the storm water sanitary sewer and water trunk funds would be used to serve for the capacity needs of the citywide structure. Total project cost at this point is estimated at 8.268 million.
Question related to there's a 10% contingency on the cost of cleaning up any hazardous waste as a because of apparently there's some known potentials for maybe higher than normal contaminations in this this area based on previous uses is 10% a typical contingency number or is that raised at all because of the potential risk with this project?
This is an annual process that the community development department undertakes. Zoning and subdivision ordinances are living documents. Things change over time, and it's necessary to review and update.
My biggest question was around the 125% rule with the parking lots because as stated in the packet, it the the ordinance as stated says that um it was impractical to administer. Can you talk more about that and maybe because the I think the purpose behind it is genuine. So, what part of it was impractical to administer?
Um our long city chicken nightmare is nearly over.
I'd like a interim use permit so I can have a room addition put on the house. It's a 1920 house, and it's very small.
Mr. Licht decided the best way to approach this was to create an interim use permit for single family homes. So it can exist legally... So that's what this item is all about. We needed to have it right after the zoning ordinance so the zoning was in place for that amendment.
I appreciate the flexibility and the creativity to address the needs of people that have homes in unique areas and that we aren't so rigid that, you know, we just put things in a box. So I really appreciate that creativity.
Ordinances & Resolutions (21)
Ordinance related to zoning code updates, with data center regulations removed for future discussion.
An ordinance under discussion for annual updates to the city's zoning regulations.
Type of permit being sought by Al Hadi community for the construction of a mosque.
Identifier for the 215th Street improvements project.
Resolution approved by council to move forward with the 215th Street project.
Preliminary plat application for a 24-lot single-family home development.
Single-family and two-family residential zoning district for Palmer Crossing.
A city ordinance adopted in April, from which the Palmer Crossing project was exempt due to prior submission.
Resolution approved by council for the Palmer Crossing preliminary plat.
City code section being amended, likely related to zoning regulations.
City code section being amended, likely related to subdivision regulations.
A living document that undergoes annual review and updates to ensure relevance and usability.
A living document that undergoes annual review and updates to ensure relevance and usability.
New permit type for keeping bees, replacing the previous conditional use permit requirement.
A permit type created for single-family homes in specific zoning districts to allow legal expansion of non-conforming uses.
High-density residential in the central business district zoning, relevant to the Howland Avenue property.
Document adopted by the council in approving the Interim Use Permit for Howland Avenue.
Program used to track pavement conditions and generate the Overall Condition Index (OCI).
A numerical index representing the condition of street segments within the community's pavement network.
Program used for sustaining the pavement management program for overall life cycle cost.
Long-term planning document which youth advisory commission members could provide input on.