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Council approves variance, final plat and development agreement for Palomino Estates
Summary
Council granted a variance for accessory buildings, approved the final plat subject to pending wetland delineation and MnDOT comments, and approved a development agreement imposing required conditions and wetland buffers for Palomino Estates.
The council approved three related planning items for the Palomino Estates subdivision: a variance to allow existing accessory buildings to remain on smaller lots, a final plat approval contingent on two outstanding items, and a development agreement establishing conditions including wetland buffers.
Planner Nash described the accessory-buildings variance: existing accessory square footage exceeds the ordinance allowance (report cited 7,850 square feet versus a permitted 6,400), and the variance would allow those structures to remain until removal is required. Nash presented the final plat as "subject to" a pending wetland delineation (weather-dependent) and MnDOT comments on adjacent State Highway access; staff recommended council approve the plat subject to those conditions and permit final recording once items are resolved.
The developer (represented by Kyle Racer of HBH Midwest) told council the wetland delineation required a minor adjustment that staff and the applicant consider non-substantive, and said MnDOT comments were not expected to be significant because driveways and lots access off local roads. Council approved the variance, the conditioned final plat, and the development agreement that formalizes plat conditions and buffers.
Next steps: staff will finalize wetland delineation, resolve MnDOT comments and, once those conditions are satisfied, record the final plat and proceed under the development agreement.
