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Minot planning staff recommends variance to reduce setback for pump-station equipment
Summary
At a June 25 special meeting the Minot Planning Commission heard staff present Case 2026-32, a city request to reduce a required 40-foot front-yard setback to 25 feet to place an electrical equipment structure at the Sixth Street Southwest pump station; staff recommended approval with conditions, and no vote was recorded in the provided transcript.
MINOT, N.D. — Planning staff told the Minot Planning Commission on June 25 that the city is seeking a variance to relocate an electrical equipment box for the Sixth Street Southwest pump station and recommended the commission approve a reduced front-yard setback.
At the special meeting, the clerk introduced Case 2026-32 as a public-hearing request by Jason Sasonson, identified in the record as public works director representing the City of Minot, to place a structure housing public utilities infrastructure on Block 2, Lot 4 of Ecrams Addition. The property’s street address is listed in the record as unassigned.
A staff presenter reviewed aerial photos and site plans, saying the site is in central Minot, just south of the public library and adjacent to the police department. The staff report notes the current zoning in the area is M1 (light industrial) and the city’s future land-use designation for the parcel is light industrial. The staff presentation also displayed a 300-foot notification area around the site.
Planning staff told commissioners the required front-yard setback from Sixth Street Southwest, a minor arterial, is 40 feet and that the city’s application asks to reduce that requirement to 25 feet to accommodate the proposed equipment structure and associated stormwater infrastructure. "Staff is recommending that the planning commission adopt staff finding fact and approve a variance to the front yard setback on Ecrams Addition Block 2 Lot 4 with the following conditions," the staff presenter said, summarizing the written report.
The staff recommendation includes conditions that the property be developed with the reduced 25-foot front-yard setback, that the development accommodate the proposed stormwater infrastructure described in Exhibit 3, and that construction closely conform to the submitted site plan.
The transcript of the provided segment ends with staff standing for questions; no public comments, commissioner questions on the variance, motions, or votes on Case 2026-32 are recorded in the material provided. Earlier in the meeting the commission recorded a unanimous vote to approve the May 12, 2026 meeting minutes (motion by Commissioner Goodman; second by Commissioner Trudeell).
If the commission takes up the variance, its options would typically include approval, denial, or approval with conditions; the staff recommendation described above urges approval with conditions. The record provided does not include further deliberation or a final decision on Case 2026-32.
