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Planning commission backs ordinance to allow some permanent hoop structures in industrial and institutional zones, recommends excluding equipment
Summary
After extended discussion and public comment, the commission voted 6‑1 to recommend a zoning amendment to clarify where permanent hoop structures are allowed, limit their use to outdoor supplies, and asked staff to add explicit exclusions for equipment and to clarify cover material standards.
The Inver Grove Heights Planning Commission on June 3 recommended approval, 6‑1, of an ordinance amendment to clarify rules for hoop structures — frequently called hoop houses — and to allow permanent hoop structures in certain nonresidential districts under specific limits.
Staff presentation traced the item to an August 2024 variance denial for a hoop structure on industrial property and said the City Council asked staff to research code changes. Under current code, permanent and temporary hoop structures are generally prohibited in residential, public and industrial districts but are allowed with conditions in agricultural E‑1 and E‑2 districts on lots meeting a size threshold. Staff proposed changes to (1) tie exemptions to the…
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