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The council’s action allows the applicant to convert an existing pole barn into the primary worship space with a 760-square-foot expansion, to use an on-site house as an accessory building, and to operate weekend services and limited weekday ritual activity. The project as approved limits regular services to about 25 people, caps regular attendance at 35 and allows up to 75 people only for a few holidays each year; the site plan shows 21 parking stalls on the lot.

Staff recommended approval after finding the proposal meets the city’s conditional-use standards for places of worship in the rural-residential district, but the planning commission had recommended denial. The council’s approval includes several amendments added during deliberations to address neighbor concerns.

Councilors and staff said the main technical issues were noise from early-morning ritual activity, headlight and glare from parking, and whether on-site parking and a gravel access would protect nearby residences and the rural character. City staff said the pole-barn expansion and the existing house would be required to meet the city’s residential building-materials standards and property-maintenance code.

Key conditions attached to the approval require that the temple comply with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) residential noise standards; provide reasonable access for city staff to inspect for compliance when complaints are received (and periodic inspections as described in the CUP); reduce or eliminate proposed exterior building-mounted lighting to the minimum needed for safety and make remaining lights motion- or timer-activated; and submit a chloride (de-icing) mitigation plan for the parking area.

Council members also added a requirement that the parking area be screened to limit headlight glare: the applicant must provide either a fence around the parking lot, an additional row of shrubs, or plant at least 30% of the new plantings at a larger size (exact sizes and species to be determined with staff). Staff will confirm landscaping and screening details as part of final permit approvals.

Applicant and congregation representatives told the council they intend all regular services and ritual instruments to be inside the pole barn and that the temple will be insulated to reduce sound. The applicant’s presenter said the congregation currently anticipates about 10–12 cars for typical weekend services and stressed that weekday activity would usually be one or two people at dawn and dusk.

Several nearby residents opposed the project during the public-comment period, citing concerns about vehicle traffic on narrow gravel roads, visibility and sight-line safety at the Trailhaven/County Road 10 intersection, early-morning noise and long-term precedent for nonresidential uses in the rural-residential district. One neighbor told the council she had heard music and instruments from the property during prior maintenance visits and that car headlights from evening gatherings had shone into nearby bedroom windows. City staff said the police and code office had no formal recorded noise complaint tied to services at the property before the application.

The council’s conditions also require all parking to be contained on-site (no use of Trailhaven Road or County Road 10 for overflow parking), screening of exterior trash and storage, and continued compliance with the city’s property-maintenance code for both structures on the parcel. If the temple exceeds the approved attendance or other conditions, staff may pursue the CUP revocation process set out in city code.

The project’s approval was the outcome of multiple amendments and votes: the council first debated and added planting/parking screening and inspection/noise provisions, and after further discussion approved the amended resolution by a 4-1 vote. The planning commission had recommended denial; staff had recommended approval with conditions.

The council’s action allows the applicants to proceed with building and permitting but requires submittal of final material and lighting specifications, a chloride mitigation plan and demonstration of compliance with the noise standard before full occupancy of expanded uses.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Corcoran City Council Meeting May 22, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Corcoran City Council on a 4-1 vote approved a conditional-use permit and site plan for the New Haven Temple at 8750 Trailhaven Road, a 5.65-acre property in the city’s rural-residential district, adding conditions intended to limit noise, lighting and parking impacts on nearby homes.","taxTitle","Corcoran City, Hennepin County, Minnesota","taxId",71421,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6206150,"Council rezones Chastick Family Farm site to RSF-3 and approves preliminary plat; debate over Maple Hill Road improvements continues",2499,9185000,11684000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3764035-0b1d40a282e09905e0a2bbc1fed59adc&start=9185&end=11684","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3764035-0b1d40a282e09905e0a2bbc1fed59adc/thumbnail_9185000.jpg","/articles/6206150/Corcoran-City/Hennepin-County/Minnesota/Council-rezones-Chastick-Family-Farm-site-to-RSF-3-and-approves-preliminary-plat-debate-over-Maple-Hill-Road-improvements-continues","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6206150-50b3adc2165e1a8b70e98686ac50cc61/orig.mp4?Expires=1771170884&Signature=nENHeLPLlN~04Mz8dAW~henCUHAkTsJbK~qJFavJ4WQH4grgQxIyfTTI2o~6-WO9VHDjugG2Wvyg7-BwlU7vRe3QeJHWWtjG1mmn9IVCI5i68u6FMxe0HsAz3XtR4DBY9Lq0a6rZM35Rkm8gcPbHvt1L3ZwqVRIStl-qrJr9wsiNAO9LO5yd06D-nP-b6JCj0fT1QEGwZLZvDU2O0ZEBtJtZNUfYpfbHLVJ2S56~DtBUmzoW5wvmOjzoavxpcfUvqmPnmTi-YDhkTJvDLTJY50N2md6qWs6KU~0j3eK83t0uCMfvhcW9E0TNHQ9nQJuUePQ8rvnilqbYMf0GKDJafQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Corcoran City Council voted 4–1 to rezone the Chastick Family Farm property at 7600 Maple Hill Road from RSF-2 to RSF-3 and to approve a preliminary plat for 104 single-family lots, while leaving road-improvement financing and final trail alignment unresolved.

City staff and the applicant described the proposal as a 104-lot single-family subdivision whose lot widths meet RSF-3 standards (65-foot minimum frontage) and minimum lot sizes around 7,500 square feet. Staff said trunk sewer is available and that water pressure and supply were adequate based on an infrastructure feasibility study.

Staff told the council the development will require off-site improvements to Maple Hill Road and a 300-foot westbound right-turn lane on County Road 10 to safely serve the new traffic; staff also recommended that an eastbound left-turn lane not be required if the developer can provide an early connection to Fur Lane North. Staff and the planning commission said the project otherwise complies with zoning and design standards (façade, landscaping, wetland buffers and Shoreland Overlay requirements for certain lots).

The developer’s representative, Beth Houston, asked the council to consider a proportionate funding approach for the Maple Hill improvements rather than expecting the developer alone to pay for an off-site project. She said the Chastick and an adjoining development will generate a minority share of cumulative traffic and proposed a developer contribution (she indicated a $500,000 contribution as an example) with the city and other benefiting property owners picked up through a future assessment process. “We are not asking you to assess properties that are not benefited by the improvements,” she told the council, and urged a phased or district-level approach tied to the eventual downtown/town-center roadmap.

Several nearby residents and the Bass Lake Crossing homeowners’ association urged the council to hold developers strictly responsible for costs caused by construction and long-term road impacts. Speakers asked the council not to expose existing homeowners to a 4/29 improvement assessment that would allocate the bulk of a road project cost to residents who did not cause the additional traffic.

Council members expressed reluctance to depart from past practice, in which road improvements needed to support a subdivision are the developer’s responsibility rather than the city’s. Several councilors also noted an ongoing county corridor study and said the city should not front large road projects in advance of a more complete transportation plan. Staff suggested the parties could pursue private agreements to split or phase construction costs; staff also confirmed that if the Fur Lane North connection is not secured at the start of construction, an emergency access and corresponding Maple Hill improvements would be required.

The planning commission and staff recommended approval of the rezoning and preliminary plat; the council adopted two ordinances/resolutions (rezoning ordinance, a summary ordinance and resolutions with findings and preliminary-plat approval) and approved the measures by a 4–1 vote. Council members noted details — final road design, turn-lane specifics, and trail alignment through wetlands — would be addressed during final engineering, and the developer must comply with wetland-buffer and landscaping requirements in the staff report.

On trails, staff noted the 2040 comprehensive plan shows an off-road trail corridor along the north side of the property, but wetlands and on-site constraints would interrupt a continuous off-road experience. The staff recommendation — and the council’s direction — was to provide a standard sidewalk along the north side of the new local street to connect into the Fairway Shores trail system to the east, and to continue planning an off-road corridor where wetlands and future phases permit.

The council also adopted a summary ordinance for publication. The developer and staff will continue final design work on the plat, road improvements and stormwater measures as part of the final-plat and engineering-review process.","The council rezoned 7600 Maple Hill Road from RSF-2 to RSF-3 and approved a preliminary plat for 104 single-family lots, but declined to commit city funds for an off-site road upgrade. Developers proposed a capped contribution and a phased assessment; councilors urged private cost-sharing and left final road-design and financing to future steps.","actionData","errors"]

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Council approves New Haven Temple conditional-use permit for Trailhaven property with noise, lighting and landscaping conditions

Council rezones Chastick Family Farm site to RSF-3 and approves preliminary plat; debate over Maple Hill Road improvements continues