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Faribault planning commission recommends city council approve Calvary Hill Commons subdivision, plat and variance
Summary
The planning commission voted to recommend city council approve the Calvary Hill Commons preliminary and final plats and a related right-of-way vacation, and it recommended a variance for an unusually long dead-end street, citing constrained site conditions and master-plan guidance.
The Faribault Planning Commission recommended that city council approve the Calvary Hill Commons subdivision after staff said the three related requests meet zoning and comprehensive-plan requirements.
Harry, a city planning staff member, told commissioners the owner (Jeff Jandrow through Jeff Jandrow Properties LLC) proposes to replat three parcels near 3105 Highway 60 West into five buildable lots, two stormwater lots and three future outlots. Staff asked the commission to forward: (1) a vacation of a partially constructed Calvary Drive right-of-way so the parcels can be replatted, (2) approval of the preliminary and final plat, and (3) a variance to allow a dead-end road roughly 2,050 feet long — about 1,400 feet longer than the 650-foot limit.
"The preliminary and the final plat does meet all of our requirements for zoning and subdivision standards, as well as a comprehensive plan," Harry said, urging the commission to forward the items to council.
Applicant Jeff Jandrow told the commission the site has been difficult to develop because of limited water and sewer in the area but that there is now market interest. "I think we have something that's gonna really benefit the area," Jandrow said.
Commission discussion noted historical plans to vacate part of the right-of-way as the area has evolved and observed that physical constraints — including a cemetery and limited opportunities for east–west connections and a state restriction on crossings of I‑35 — make the variance request reasonable in staff's view. The record includes a statement that the vacated former right-of-way will be converted to a drainage and utility easement to preserve existing utilities.
The commission voted on the three items separately and carried motions to forward the right-of-way vacation and the plat approval to city council and to recommend the dead-end-street variance, with discussion noting the variance is intended to be temporary and tied to future development and master-plan continuity.
Next steps: the commission’s recommendations will be transmitted to city council for final action; city staff will provide the council packet and any required easement language.
(Provenance: discussion and presentation: staff introduction SEG 048–SEG 177; applicant comment SEG 205–SEG 220; motions and votes SEG 226–SEG 289.)
