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Resident asks Shakopee council to restore 'agriculture' to rural-residential zoning; staff says removal may be a scrivener's error
Summary
Victoria Ranawal told the council May 6 she bought property at 5284 Eagle Creek Boulevard expecting agricultural uses to be allowed. Staff said the 2020 zoning-table change likely dropped 'agriculture' inadvertently and will research the history and return with findings.
A Shakopee resident asked the City Council on May 6 to reconsider the removal of agriculture as an allowed land use in the rural-residential zoning district, saying the change prevents her from restarting a beekeeping and small-orchard operation on her property.
Resident Victoria Ranawal, who identified her address as 5284 Eagle Creek Boulevard, said she bought the property in 2020 in part because it was zoned rural residential and she believed agricultural activity was permitted. “I want to be a beekeeper and have an apple orchard,” she told council. She said the zoning table was changed in 2020 and that the removal of “agriculture” effectively bars farm uses she had expected to be allowed.
Staff told the council the change likely occurred when the zoning table was moved into the municipal code in 2020 and said it may be a Scrivener’s error. A staff member identified Note 46 — which allows roadside stands with conditions — and said officials would check the code and report back. Council asked staff to research the ordinance history and email the council with findings.
Why it matters: the outcome affects what owners of rural-residential lots in Shakopee may lawfully do on their land and whether small-scale food production and beekeeping can proceed without conditional-use permits.
Ending: Staff committed to research the 2020 code change, clarify whether an administrative error occurred, and notify the resident and council of the results.
