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Planning commission recommends preliminary plat and CUP for retail lot with veterinary clinic and restaurants
Summary
The City of Blaine Planning Commission voted to forward a preliminary plat and conditional use permit for a retail lot encompassing a proposed 13,856-square-foot building that would allow retail, office, an animal hospital, and restaurants with outdoor dining to the City Council for final action on Jan. 5, 2026.
The City of Blaine Planning Commission recommended approval Wednesday of a preliminary plat and conditional use permit for a retail development on an 18.36-acre outlot, forwarding the proposal to the City Council for final action on Jan. 5, 2026.
Staff planner Sean told the commission the preliminary plat would convert an existing outlot into one lot and two outlots and place a 13,856-square-foot building on the eastern portion of Lot 1. The conditional use permit proposed uses including general retail, office, an animal hospital and two restaurants with outdoor dining; staff said parking, landscaping and building setbacks meet the applicable Development Flex and PVD plan-business district standards and recommended approval. "We recommend approval of the preliminary plat and of the conditional use permit for the development," Sean said.
Commissioners asked whether residential development was planned elsewhere on the parcel and whether tenants were known; staff said apartments or condos are planned to the south and that a veterinary clinic is a listed tenant while most other tenants have not yet been finalized. A commissioner moved to recommend approval with the staff-recommended conditions; another commissioner seconded and the commission approved the motion by voice vote. The commission recorded that the matter will go to the City Council on Jan. 5, 2026 for final review.
The commission's recommendation included a preliminary-plat approval tied to conditions (staff referenced eight conditions) and approval of the conditional use permit subject to staff conditions. The staff report included site-plan details showing 78 parking stalls on Lot 1 and an additional 20–25 stalls to the north to meet the overall parking requirement.
The action was a recommendation only; the City Council will make the final decision. The planning commission took no public testimony during the hearing and recorded no public comments opposing the application.
