Burnsville council approves planned unit development and conditional-use permit for long‑term care facility at 14400 Nicollet Court

Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and the Burnsville City Council on a 3‑2 roll call vote approved a planned unit development amendment and a conditional use permit to allow a long‑term treatment and residential care facility at 14400 Nicollet Court.

The council’s approval incorporated additional, more restrictive conditions requested by council and drafted by city staff and the city attorney, including a requirement that the conditional‑use approval be recorded against the property and incorporated into any future lease; a maximum on‑site client capacity of 134 (reduced from the originally proposed 149); and a binding start‑up and scaling operations plan that the selected operator must submit and implement during the first year of operation.

Why it matters: the proposal would convert the existing building to a higher‑level care model serving people with substance‑use and behavioral‑health needs. Council members and staff said the added conditions are intended to protect nearby uses, assure appropriate staffing levels and clinical oversight, and give future property owners immediate notice of…