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Planning commission recommends approval for Renaissance projects, plats, rezoning and a home-based grooming permit
Summary
Dickinson’s Planning & Zoning Commission on July 9, 2025 recommended approval of two Renaissance Zone rehabilitation projects, two plats, a rezoning, a home-based dog-grooming special-use permit and a zoning text amendment raising agricultural minimum lot size from 5 to 10 acres.
The Dickinson City Planning and Zoning Commission on July 9, 2025 recommended approval of multiple land-use actions including two Renaissance Zone rehabilitation requests, final and minor subdivision plats, a rezoning and a home-based business permit.
Steve Josephson, city/county planner, told commissioners staff recommended approval of the Renaissance Zone request for 716 Villard Street — a rehabilitation project by Ludwig and Jones LLC, dba Pop Soda Shack — and described the project as exceeding the city's assessed true value, justifying an eight-year tax-exemption request. Commissioner Chamber moved to recommend approval; the commission approved the recommendation in a roll-call vote in which six members voted aye and Chairman Friedrich…
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