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Commission approves Partridge Creek 2nd edition recommendation with access conditions
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended approval of Partridge Creek 2nd edition (rezoning to RLD and preliminary/final plat) but required either a permanent second access or a temporary gravel access adequate for emergency vehicles; staff temporarily waived a permanent 28th Street access with conditions.
The Moorhead Planning Commission voted to recommend approval to the city council of a zoning map amendment and the preliminary and final plat for Partridge Creek 2nd edition, with explicit access conditions. Assistant city planner Bridal Cameron explained the developer’s proposal to reconfigure roughly 24 acres and extend lots to create residential parcels; staff said the proposal is compatible with surrounding land uses but that changes since the packet required addressing a second access for an area that will now contain a substantially larger number of lots.
Bridal Cameron told commissioners that staff updated conditions to prohibit a permanent single‑access development and that a permanent second access from 28th Street South is temporarily waived only if the developer provides either a temporary gravel road suitable for public safety vehicles (as approved by the city engineer) or a permanent access via the 23rd Street extension. City staff said earlier phases had been approved with waivers and that utilities were partially installed under prior editions.
Commissioners pressed staff on the durability of a temporary gravel access and who would maintain it; staff replied the temporary compacted road would be private and maintained by the developer but must be constructed to support the weight of fire trucks and other emergency equipment and would be reviewed by the city engineer. Commissioners also raised the subdivision code requirement for two access points and compared the proposal to other local examples, such as Tessa Terrace, where gravel temporary access has been used.
After discussion a commission motion to recommend approval of the zoning amendment (except for one block) and a separate motion to recommend approval of the plat contingent on the packet’s conditions were both moved, seconded and passed. The recommendation will be forwarded to city council for final action.
