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Planning commission approves conditional-use permit for self-storage at Southgate
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The commission approved a conditional-use permit for commercial self-storage units at Southgate (Lot 3), with conditions including an approved stormwater management plan, screening from residential lots, a final site plan and a one-year void clause if construction does not start.
The Minot Planning Commission unanimously approved a conditional-use permit Thursday to allow commercial self-storage units on Lot 3 of the Southgate 3rd Addition.
Staff presented the application for a commercial self-storage component (Units 14–23) attached to a larger C-2 commercial building and recommended approval with conditions: a stormwater management plan, full screening of any outdoor storage from residential lots and rights-of-way, a final site plan compliant with the staff exhibit, and a clause that the permit becomes void if substantial construction has not occurred within one year.
Commissioner Kibler asked about the stormwater review process; planning staff (Diedrichsen) said stormwater management plans are administratively reviewed and approved by the engineering department and appeals would go to city council. The chair and staff discussed buffering: staff noted portions of the site were platted before 2013 but said engineers will apply recent buffer-yard amendments as appropriate and described the current requirement as a 20-foot-wide landscape buffer with a tree every 10 feet.
An adjacent resident expressed concern that drainage from the new development could interfere with an existing retention pond and questioned the amount of building relative to parking and snow storage. Assistant city engineer Emily Hittle said regional stormwater management plans cover the area and engineers will ensure the proposed designs meet the master plan and route stormwater appropriately.
The applicant representative (who identified himself as Wade Bogle) said Moore Engineering is preparing a master stormwater plan and expected to submit it to the engineering department the following week. Commissioner Kibler moved to approve based on staff findings; the commission recorded unanimous yes votes and the motion carried.
Staff will administratively review the stormwater plan and landscaping details during the building-permit/site-plan review, and the permit contains the condition that it will be void if substantial construction does not occur within one year.
