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Scheduled public hearing on utility structures in parks canceled after neighborhood pushback
Summary
Staff told the commission a scheduled public hearing advertised in the Hastings Journal on a minor zoning change (defining utilities and service facilities such as pump and well houses and their placement in parks) was pulled after a neighborhood meeting on July 16 raised objections.
John, a staff member, reported that the public hearing advertised in the Hastings Journal concerning a minor zoning code change for "utilities and service facilities" — specifically whether well houses could be sited within parks — was removed from tonight's agenda after neighborhood pushback following a July 16 meeting. "We were contemplating putting a well house within a park. We got some pushback on that," John said.
John said staff and neighborhood participants agreed to look at alternatives and that the hearing is canceled for tonight; no action was necessary from the planning commission. He indicated the item could return in the future if an alternative approach is identified for consideration and noted the commission should expect public hearings when zoning code amendments are formally proposed.
