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Minnetrista council discusses expanding notice for ag uses, favors converting farm-winery CUPs to IUPs
Summary
Council members reviewed public-notice radii after two residents missed a 500-foot conditional-use notice; staff ran parcel-count examples and members favored converting farm-winery CUPs to interim-use permits (1,500-foot notice) rather than raising notice for all CUPs.
Minnetrista City councilmembers reviewed whether the city should expand public-notice distances for certain land-use applications after two property owners said they were not included in a 500-foot notice for a farm-winery conditional use permit. Mayor Lisa Whalen opened the work session and turned the matter over to city staff to explain options.
City staff member David Abel told the council that the state-standard notice for CUPs is 500 feet, and that the planning commission had extended notice to 1,000 feet in the contested farm-winery case.…
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