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Planning commission recommends variances and conditionally approves O'Gorman final plat in Cannon Falls

Cannon Falls Planning Commission · May 12, 2026
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Summary

The Cannon Falls Planning Commission voted May 11 to recommend approval of variances reducing lot-depth and a front-yard setback and to recommend the related final plat to city council, conditioned on a development agreement requiring alley improvements by whoever develops the lots.

The Cannon Falls Planning Commission on May 11 recommended approval of variances that would reduce lot depth and shrink a front-yard setback from 25 feet to 17 feet for lots in the proposed O'Gorman plat and recommended the related final plat to city council, conditioned on a development agreement requiring alley improvements by the eventual developer.

Planning staff made the presentation and said the variances are tied to the final plat and may be approved separately; staff explained the code requires alleys to meet city street standards when public infrastructure is created and that a development agreement would be required to accept the alley as public infrastructure. "The ordinance says in…

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