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Planning commission backs recommended edits to Ordinance No. 69 on standalone garages
Summary
The Fergus Falls Planning Commission voted to send a revised version of Ordinance No. 69 (Section 154.031) to the city council, endorsing a 19-foot height cap (or not to exceed adjacent primary residential structures), keeping an outside-storage prohibition from council, and recommending application clarifications including site plans and exterior materials.
The Fergus Falls Planning Commission on a voice vote approved a package of recommendations to send to the city council on Ordinance No. 69, which would amend city code Section 154.031 to regulate standalone residential garages.
Commissioners said the revisions are intended to allow limited standalone garages while protecting neighborhood character and ease enforcement. The commission’s recap of changes endorsed changing lot-size references to square footage rather than dimensional minimums, restoring a numeric height cap of 19 feet while preventing garages from exceeding the height of adjacent primary residential structures, retaining the city council’s direction that outside storage not be allowed, and…
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