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Planning commission recommends approval of Burshan Shores third edition minor subdivision and zoning map amendment
Summary
The Lake Elmo Planning Commission on May 27 recommended approval of a four‑lot minor subdivision and a zoning map amendment for property held by trustees Jean and Janet Burchins, concluding there were no public objections and forwarding the matter to city council on June 3.
The Lake Elmo City Planning Commission on May 27 voted to recommend approval of the Burshan Shores third edition minor subdivision and an associated zoning map amendment for property owned in trust by Jean and Janet Burchins.
City planning staff said the site at 957940 Fifth Street comprises four PIDs and is about 134 acres, currently guided in the comprehensive plan for rural area development and zoned rural residential, with a shoreland overlay on one parcel. Staff said the application would reconfigure existing land into four parcels (two north of 40 Fifth Street and two south of 40 Fifth Street) and correct a mapping error that left one parcel zoned “public facility” after a planned public-works site moved in 2005.
Planning staff presented three findings supporting the requests: that the minor subdivision and map amendment are consistent with the city comprehensive plan and future land use map; that the proposal meets the rural residential zoning district standards; and that the minor subdivision fits the city’s exceptions for minor subdivisions. Staff also recommended six conditions of approval, including obtaining required permits, coordinating parcel addresses with the city, resolving a plat opinion by the city attorney, ensuring accessory‑building allowances conform if farming ceases or ownership changes, satisfying or transferring existing special assessments tied to a street project, and meeting the standard 180‑day plat expiration.
Staff said the application was circulated for agency review (public works, city engineer, fire department, city attorney and Valley Branch Watershed District) and that the Valley Branch permit remained in process. Notices were mailed to adjacent property owners April 29, remailed May 12 after a publishing error, and published in the local paper on May 16; staff reported no public comments had been received.
Commission discussion was limited. A commissioner asked whether the land was slated for development; staff replied it currently remains rural residential and the application was for estate planning rather than immediate development. A motion to recommend approval was made and seconded; the commission voted to approve the recommendation and staff said the item is slated for city council consideration on June 3.
No members of the public spoke during the public hearing.
The motion that passed read on the record as: “move to recommend approval of the Burshan Shores third edition minor subdivision and zoning map amendment requested based on the findings of fact and conditions presented in the staff report.”
