Planning commission recommends rezoning and minor plat to allow detached shop on reconfigured lots

The City of Dickinson Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday recommended approval of a rezoning request and a companion minor subdivision plat that together would reconfigure parcels in the Decker's 3rd and South Fork Acres 2nd subdivisions to create the Madoona First Subdivision.

City planner Natalie Burczyk told commissioners the applicant seeks a zoning map amendment, REZ-007-2024, to change the south 207.04 feet of Lot 9 in Block 1 of South Fork Acres 2nd from Rural Residential to Low Density Residential (R1). Burczyk said the change is intended to match adjacent R1 zoning and is contingent on approval of the companion minor plat for the Madoona First Subdivision.

The applicant’s representative, identified in the meeting as Mr. Schrank, said the owner of the property to the west has purchased Lot 9 and wants to combine that south portion with existing lots in Decker’s 3rd so he can construct a detached shop behind his house. "He'd like to build a shop ... and he can't build that shop according to city code without combining that with his current residence because it has to have a primary residence first," the applicant said.

The rezoning request covers approximately 1.30 acres (the south 207.04 feet of the parcel), while the final minor plat application (FLP-020-2024) addresses roughly 6.08 acres as a replat of portions of Decker's 3rd and South Fork Acres 2nd in the city's extraterritorial zone. Burczyk stated approval of the plat would be contingent on the rezoning being recommended.

The commission opened public hearings for both items, provided a dial-in number for remote comment and received no public testimony. A commissioner moved to recommend approval of REZ-007-2024 on the basis it is consistent with the City of Dickinson comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance; the chair recorded the motion as carried by voice vote after calling for ayes. Separately, the commission moved to recommend approval of FLP-020-2024, finding it met the Dickinson Municipal Code requirements; that motion also carried by voice vote.

The record notes three absent commissioners at the start of the meeting: Schwab, Bush and Zeller (transcript also records an alternate spelling of Zeller as Keller). Meeting minutes and the commission’s recommendations indicate both items were forwarded as recommendations for approval. The transcript does not record a named second for the rezoning motion or provide a numerical roll-call tally for either vote; votes were recorded verbally and the chair announced the motions carried.

No public comments were offered on either item. With no further business, the commission adjourned.