Planning commission recommends approval for Ivy Brook outdoor vehicle storage at Highway 13

The Burnsville Planning Commission on June 23 recommended that the City Council approve Ivy Brook Parking LLC’s application for a conditional use permit, a concept-and-development-stage planned unit development and a preliminary and final plat to convert parcels at 1900 Highway 13 W into an outdoor vehicle storage lot.

The project is limited to surface parking because, as Associate Planner Connor Jacques told commissioners, “the only use, without remediating the soils would be a surface parking lot.” The commission’s recommendation was unanimous and the item will be considered by the City Council on July 22, 2025.

The site is zoned B-4 Highway Commercial and lies within the Gateway Overlay. Staff noted historic use of the property as a demolition/dump site and said Dakota County completed phase I and II environmental assessments during a prior tax-forfeiture process. Those assessments, staff said, identified soil contamination that restricts the parcel to non‑excavating uses unless remediation occurs.

The proposal combines two lots…