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Planning Commission approves two annexations and two land-use/zoning map amendments; one vote 4-1
Summary
The commission recommended approval of multiple ordinances: Tavares Santiago CPA and ZMA, Nona Townhomes annexation and comprehensive plan amendment; a Friars Cove Lane item was withdrawn and will return next month.
The St. Cloud Planning Commission voted to recommend approval on several land-use and zoning matters during its meeting, including comprehensive plan and zoning map amendments for the Tavares Santiago property and annexation and future land-use changes for the Nona Townhomes site. A separate item for Friars Cove Lane was withdrawn by the applicant and postponed to next month.
Ralph Keith, associate planner with the community development department, presented two related cases for the property known as Tavares Santiago: a comprehensive plan amendment (CPA 24-00011) tied to ordinance number 2025-11 and a zoning map amendment (ZMA24-00010) tied to ordinance number 2025-09. Keith said the parcel is 1.13 acres, has a county future land use of low-density residential and county zoning RS-2 residential, and that the applicant proposed city designation low-density residential and R-1 single-family dwelling zoning. Staff review completed on or before 01/25/2025 recommended approval. The commission took a motion to recommend approval of ordinance 2025-11 (CPA) and ordinance 2025-09 (ZMA); both motions were seconded and approved by voice vote.
The commission then considered two ordinances for the Nona Townhomes project: ordinance 2025-12 (annexation, ANX24-6) and ordinance 2025-13 (comprehensive plan amendment, CPA24-00009). Keith described the combined site as 17.64 acres, comprising one parcel to be annexed and three parcels already within city limits, and said the applicant proposed a city future land-use designation of medium-density residential. Cameron Hindle, representing the applicant, explained the site's relationship to nearby approved and proposed developments, including the Exchange Apartments directly to the south, and noted that Puffin Road improvements would be required as part of subsequent site development processes if the project proceeds.
On a motion to recommend approval of ordinance 2025-12 the commission voted by voice and the motion passed unanimously. On ordinance 2025-13 the motion to recommend approval carried 4-1 (one commissioner recorded a no), as reflected in the meeting record.
Earlier in the meeting Dagmarie Sagara, deputy director for community development, said the Friars Cove Lane item (ordinance 2025-03, ZMA20Four-00014) was being withdrawn by the applicant and would be brought back on next month's agenda with new public notices; staff said no commission action was required for that withdrawal.
The commission's chair reminded members that motions on land-use matters should verbalize that the 16 findings of the land development code were considered; motions approving the ordinances referenced those findings.
Votes at a glance: ordinance 2025-11 (Tavares Santiago CPA 24-00011) recommended approval (voice vote); ordinance 2025-09 (Tavares Santiago ZMA24-00010) recommended approval (voice vote); ordinance 2025-12 (Nona Townhomes annexation ANX24-6) recommended approval (voice vote); ordinance 2025-13 (Nona Townhomes CPA24-00009) recommended approval 4-1; ordinance 2025-03 (Friars Cove Lane ZMA20Four-00014) withdrawn by applicant, no action required.
The commission did not receive public comment on the Tavares Santiago or Nona Townhomes items at the meeting.
Minutes of the meetings show staff and applicant representatives available for questions; no additional conditions or amendments to the ordinances were recorded at the time of the votes.
