Does anybody have their mics on tonight? Does anybody have their mics on tonight? >> Good. Good. >> Like to call to order the City of Long Beach Planning Mission Commission meeting Thursday, July 23rd, 2026 at
7:00 p.m. Let's go ahead and stand and do the Pledge of Allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. >> All right. Moving along to roll call. >> Mike Canu. >> Present. >> Mike Harding. >> Present. >> Reagan Anderson. >> Present. >> Mr. Chair German. >> Present. >> And Council Member Bosega.
>> Present. >> Tim Cash got a hold of me late last week and said he was was not attending tonight's meeting. >> All right. So, everybody have a chance to review the agenda?
Any adds, deletions, modifications? If none, I'll take a motion. >> Motion. >> Motion made by Reagan. >> Second. >> Second by Mike. All in favor? >> I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Approval of the minutes last
last month's. Uh anybody have any changes, adds, see any discrepancies? If none, I'll take a motion. >> Motion. >> All right, motion made by >> Second. >> Second by Mike Conyers. All in favor? >> I. >> I.
>> Any opposed? All right, no public hearings. Uh there's no presentations. Approval of the consent agenda, none. Old business, none. New business, review and consider approval of land use application 2026-03,
Lonsdale Mini Storage expansion. >> Uh thank you, Mr. Chair, and good evening, Planning and Zoning Commission. Uh we do have Andrew King here, who's the applicant of land use application 2026-03 tonight.
Um I'm going to go through our my staff report here, and then we'll invite Andrew up to the podium for any question or any follow-up questions. Uh so thank you, Mr. Chair. The applicant, Hank's Mini Storage LLC, Andrew King has submitted land use
application 2026-03 for the addition of a 40 by what 200 uh foot mini storage building east of the existing center building at 836 Industrial Park Drive Southeast. The subject property is guided shown as I2
medium industrial. According to city code 153.040, zoning districts I2 medium industrial, uh special requirements, all applications for building permits in the case of a new construction, and then in our case, expansion,
or certificate of vacant occupancy in the case of existing facilities for improvements within the I-2 district shall be subject to submission to complete building plans including landscape designs to the planning commission. The planning commission shall review and
approve before a built before a building permit and certificate of occupancy may be issued. The landscape design must identify and size of all and screening. Within 60 days of submission of such plans and designs, planning commission
shall recommend approval or disapproval of such plans and designs to the city council. Uh gentlemen, I I do want to make a special note that Andrew wants to get going and I want I want to take this to the the city council meeting next uh Thursday night. Okay. Uh which will make the final
determination as to approval or disapproval. With the construction of phase 1 8,000 square foot building in 2014, 56 square foot addition in 2016, 8,000 square foot addition 2008. Uh I'm sorry, 2018 and 5,600 square foot
addition connecting north to the east building 2025. Yeah, we just saw Andrew last summer. Uh he's constantly expanding his mini storage building or a business. Proposed phase 3 8,000 square foot addition, as I mentioned earlier, will
be used as mini storage units. The proposed improvements will also include and secondary driveway. Uh the width is 29.6 feet in width. Um and uh a 28-ft by 142-ft
uh or basically a 3,976 square foot by two minutes area in the northwest corner of the property. It's currently crushed aggregate. Uh zoning, as I mentioned, the subject property is I-2 uh medium industrial uh permitted use mini storage.
Uh the standards uh, with his new expansion, he's up to 68% out of that max coverage of 75. He's meeting all of the setbacks, height requirements. He's going above, uh, the requirements for trees, uh, as far as his landscaping,
uh, plan goes. Um, and then the driveway access with the curb cut, as I mentioned the staff staff report is 29.6 ft. The We just covered this and our, um, uh, in our review of a previous city
code for driveways and access, so the 30 the max is 32-ft max. Uh, building design and construction materials, the proposed the building addition will match previously approved mini storage buildings. Uh, utilities, the site is served by the
city sanitary sewer and water, uh, and as currently proposed a property uh, use may not utilize available services unless an office or restrooms eventually go in. Uh, grading and storm water meets our,
uh, is in compliance with our city engineer. And the my all right, my recommendation tonight is to, based upon the zoning requirements, uh, staff are recommending the commission to consider approval of land use application 2026-3,
uh, and then moving it forward, uh, for city council approval next Thursday night, which is July 30th, 2026. Uh, in your packet tonight, we have the land use application, uh, with a with the location, uh, or the land or the beacon aerial
photo map, uh, land use application 2026-03, site plan application 2026-03, uh, just for your reminder, I-2 medium industrial zoning district, and then city codes for site plans, landscaping and turf establishment, and tree
woodland preservation. And last but not least in the the last uh handout or a support documentation is the survey with the site plan. So, gentlemen, I am going to invite Andrew King up here. Uh if you have any
questions about uh his proposed project. So, Mr. Chair. >> Yeah, I don't congrats. Um I like to see the expansion. Um business must be doing good, so that's good good news. Um I don't personally have any questions. >> No.
>> Any of you guys do? >> I don't have any. I just appreciate you expanding in town. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, I appreciate it. Yeah. >> We're probably eventually going to look at buying some of this land up here. I'm assuming we keep filling that up. We're getting low on land over there as well. Maybe looking over there at some point. >> Okay. Nice. You have any questions for
us? >> No, I appreciate it. Great because I didn't bring it myself, so that's great. It's like you're reading off of what I sent, so perfect. >> Perfect. >> [laughter] >> So, gentlemen, we have them right here. I'm looking for a motion to consider approval of land
use application 2026-3. I want to make sure he goes home in a good mood tonight. >> Yep. >> So, Mr. Chair, I'm looking for a motion. >> Motion. >> Motion by Mike. >> Second. >> Second by Mike Conyers. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> None opposed.
>> Have a good night. >> Good night. >> Thank you. >> [laughter] >> Yep. >> You're enticing people to buy more stuff. >> Thank you. Have a good night. >> All right, moving on. Review and consider approval to schedule a public
hearing for ordinance 2026-348 and ordinance amending city code 153.003 definitions, section 153.040, zoning districts and appendixes
A and B to the chapter 153, zoning of Lonsdale city code, at the August 17th, 2026 meeting at 7:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter. >> Uh thank you, Mr. Chair, and I'm not going to repeat that. Uh Mr. Chair, we've been working on this
project for over a year now, and it's time to put the hammer down and and get our public hearing scheduled. Um the commission completed the review of city code section 153.003 definition at the June 15, 2026 meeting.
Shortly after the meeting, staff sent the recommended changes to the city attorney to make the updates to city code section which are the definitions, which also correlated into additional revisions to sec to our zoning districts. Based upon the commission's section 153.003
definition recommendations, the city attorney made the following changes to the redline version uh number six. So, gentlemen, in your hard copy here, you have the redline redline version. I know that was a lot. I did post it on
the website. I offered printed copies for for everybody because we are now into a novel as far as our work goes. Uh briefly, this is our this is where our revisions from our last meeting.
Addition of cocktail room. One the attorney says 153.04 has been revised. So, wherever microdistillery appears, it now says micro it now says microdistillery distillery with or without cocktail room. The
definition says it must be adjacent to microdistillery. The city attorney did not add it for distillery, but only for microdistillery. Uh the city attorney is requesting the commission to determine which zoning districts crematorium
will or not be permitted in. The redline versions have leave the definition of crematorium in 153.003 but do not include any reference to crematorium in the appendix of the 153.040 appendix A. The city attorney noted
funeral homes are allowed in the B1 district under the ordinance. Gentlemen, basically I know that our city administrator has mentioned this many of times and we did receive this. You have a handout with a pink highlight on it tonight. That 153.002
which the city attorney identified to staff here is that any use herein expressly permitted is hereby expressly prohibited. So, if it's not listed, it's prohibited. So, we need to follow up on the crematorium.
Are we permitting them and if so, where are we permitting them? >> I would say no. >> Are we permitting them? >> I was going to say that same thing. >> I would agree. I would >> almost say that we don't permit them. That's my thought anyways.
I don't know what the rest of you guys are thinking. >> Have some >> I've never had to live near one, so has anybody actually got experience there? >> Think it'd be like incinerators where they'd have to have air purification and air scrubbing where there shouldn't be
odor eliminated from the property. But I don't know what the regulations are on them. >> Cuz I'm pretty sure you could have fun >> putting it in I1. >> The the the most I've ever had to deal with that was my father's passing and he got cremated and I mean that was a in
the heart of the city when they did that. No issues. >> I I don't have a problem with with it being permitted. >> So, if we want >> Those that want to be cremated. >> Where? >> That There's a bigger question.
>> I's O1 >> Probably. Yeah. >> O I I1 I2. >> Okay. All right, so repeat that. O I >> I1 O2 >> I1 >> I I1 I2
>> and I2. All right, uh the continuing on continuing on the definition for church has been updated to places of worship. Indoor entertainment has been removed and has been replaced with commercial recreation. In the existing code, indoor
entertainment appears in the B3 district as a conditional use and it was moved to permitted uses. The city attorney has deleted that term from the permitted uses and added commercial recreation in alphabetical order instead. Basically, the the
the attorney made the updates. The commission combined the definitions of research design facilities and research laboratory. The city attorney revised definition and changed 153.040 to add or to add or laboratory to all
three places where the research design use appeared. Uh the commission removed the definitions for side lot line, side yard, and use permitted. The cross-references were there. Uh was a difference between the listed
word and the cross-reference term was not changed. For example, cul-de-sac see streets and alleys. So, gentlemen, these were the changes these were the last changes that we made definitions. >> Mhm. >> Uh do we want to hit on that before we
continue on to 153.040? What are you guys' thoughts? You have seen the to review the the definitions. We've already done that. >> Yeah, uh everybody's had the chance to take a look at them uh from our last meeting. We the attorney did make all of our updates in that redline version six.
Uh just to give you the heads up. I just want to make sure that we are ready to move forward and bringing this this while it's bundled all together. It has to all go together uh to the to the public hearing. >> So,
>> I think we're >> Thumbs up? >> Yeah, I think I'm good with it. >> I think we're good. >> Yeah. >> I'm moving forward. >> Yep. >> It's amended. >> All right. So, I'm uh previously the commission held a public hearing for ordinance 2026-340 an ordinance amending city code 153.040
zoning districts at the February 23rd, 2026 meeting with the following recommend recommended updates. So, the reason we did have a uh public hearing for this, but there has been so many changes and now with the correlation of the definitions, we
are rebundling this together and having a new public hearing. Uh our changes for the zoning districts incorporation of cannabis-related businesses in appropriate districts addition of indoor fire firing ranges to
shooting ranges in several commercial and industrial districts addition of microbreweries and microdistilleries across multiple districts separation of butcher shop, meat market from livestock feeding yards, slaughterhouse
changing to building design construction material requirements increase in the maximum height for principal accessory structures to 45 ft in all commercial and industrial zoning districts. Hang on, I will come back to that one in a second.
Reduction in minimal dwelling size from 600 to 500 square feet, changing to lighting requirements, removal of trash enclosure requirements in all commercial and industrial districts. Uh those were our major changes.
Uh but I do I did receive a comment um in regards to um R1 R3 under permitted uses, there was a recommendation to insert agricultural uses limited to raising of crops and
forestry. Uh gentlemen Council member, do you want to expand on that one a little or not? >> Just to remain consistent with all the other Rs. R1A, R2, R2A, R4 RR
>> But that the larger the upper Rs or the medium and large lots and these are basically the regular lots, but are we more or less referring to gardens >> or planting fields? >> Gardens. >> Okay. I just want to make sure because gardens are permitted right now.
>> Yep. >> So, you guys okay with adding that change? >> Yep. Yep, that's fine. >> Uh It we have a um and
recommended change. Not all the 40-ft Not all of the 40 the height heights were changed or maximum heights were changed. So, we're missing one at We're going to change or I'll have the attorney go through this again and make sure that all of them are
45 ft. And then how are prohibited uses uses going to be addressed moving forward? Are we going to use a chart that was made in all the districts that's in your appendices? That has been identified. And also, I just want to clarify and I know our city
administrator has done a really good job advocating or providing the facts at council, even at the park board, that the city attorney already recognized in city code 153.002 rules,
if it's not listed and prohibited, it's or if it's not permitted, it's prohibited. >> Yeah. >> So, I want to make sure that we are all clear and this is how we operate. If it's not listed, permitted, it's not permitted. >> Is that correct?
>> Yeah, absolutely. >> Isn't that in conflict with the Ninth Amendment to the US Constitution? Which states that there are rights that we haven't listed that you still have as a citizen. >> Well, I'm not an attorney. I can verify
with the attorney, but the the attorney did bring this forward that we already have this in our city code. So, I can verify and I'll have an answer at the public hearing. So, gentlemen, I'm not going to read you this tonight. >> Okay. Good.
>> And what's going to stop laughing, guys? >> Charles is going to read it? >> Yeah. >> [laughter] >> Done. >> So, gentlemen, I I'm looking for a recommendation. So, what's going to happen is I'm going to send our changes back to the the attorney. She's going to make the final changes
and then we're going to bring this to a public hearing at the next meeting. >> Okay. >> And then I want to get this approved. We've been working on this. We put a lot of time and a lot of expenses gone into this. >> Mhm. >> And I want to get it to the hopefully the last city council meeting in August
to to finally show the council all of our work that's gone into this big big project. So, um, Chair, I am looking for um uh consider approval of the schedule
public hearing for ordinance 2026-348, an ordinance amending city code 153.003 definition section 153.040 zoning districts and appendices A and B to the chapter 153 zoning of Lonsdale
City Code at the August 17, 2026 meeting at 7:00 p.m. or shortly after. >> So, it's a motion to move it to a public >> said, yep. >> Okay. I'll make that motion. >> Second. >> Motion by Reagan, second by Mike Conlin. >> All in favor?
>> Aye. >> Aye. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> All right. Moving on. >> That was much smoother than I expected. >> What's What's that? >> That was much smoother than I expected. >> [laughter]
>> Do you have anything else, Corey? So, now we're just moving on to other business? >> Well, I know that also I received another email just about data centers. >> Okay. >> Um, we're going through the budget process right now and and
and Joel and I have made a recommendation uh to the council in the planning and zoning for funding to update the comprehensive plan. And I just want to make sure that you're all aware of this. Our comprehensive
plan is from 2016. It's time for it to be updated. A lot has changed in in this town, a lot of growth. And you know, I'm just looking for your support to move forward with it. But Joel came up with a a great idea
about also having um we're leaning towards our city engineer Bolton & Menk uh for this project. They do this work. They're just wrapping up the city of Inver Grove Heights. They have the experience, the background, to also add in a
a study. We remember we have 1 year to provide a study to also help them with our state of base study. Uh they are the experts. Uh they have the special, I'm sorry, letters behind their their names on
their email addresses. And I think this would be a good opportunity to package all this in together. So, this is not a motion. This is just an update. >> Okay. >> I'm really hoping that we spend the next year working on the comp plan. I think that would be a great experience for
everybody. >> And was that what the email was about? Was about updating the comprehensive plan? Or was it >> You want to say it in a nutshell? >> Making it a hard no on the data centers.
>> Okay. >> Because >> [clears throat] >> Faribault just got sued. Inver Grove Heights got sued for a lot of money. Um my brother-in-law works for the city of Inver Grove Heights. They had him come in as security for the data center meeting cuz they
realized it was going to be that heated and they basically decided mid-project on a data center, we're going to moratorium. When you're that far in on a data center, it's a $130,000 a month income. They're getting sued for
millions of dollars. >> Yeah, that's not Faribault does not have millions of dollars. >> No. >> Right. >> I Faribault >> just actually worked in Faribault and talked to one of the city guys and they're doing their study now because the data center there
bought the property but hasn't started it yet cuz they're still trying to figure out if they can, you know, have enough resources with water, electric for the grid and that. >> Okay. >> Good news. >> So, it'd be nice to have that expertise
for to assist in formulating that. >> I agree. >> That that data. Uh >> Like you said, we have to have some backing or else it'll Well, end up like the other cities getting sued cuz we have no backing. Can't just tell them no, right? >> Well, we have the moratorium right now, so it is automatic no.
>> Right. But after that's done, right? >> Right. So, anyways, that's just an update. Um and that's what uh we have uh shared with the city council. I just want to make sure the planning and zoning commission is aware that, you know, I think this would be a great project the
comp plan that take on for the next year. So, I'm hoping we have council member Resendez support here and move forward with that. >> Yeah, it'd be good to get it updated, too, right? Like it hasn't been touched since 2016. It's 10 years. >> Mhm. >> So.
I agree. >> And then lastly on the under other business, gentlemen, you're all invited to the Harvest Pond Apartment groundbreaking event. I sent the meeting invite uh to all the planning or to the planning commission commissioners.
Just a reminder that is August 17th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. over on the site, the Harvest Pond Apartment site. So, they're just wrapping up their permits and they want to break ground on on April 10th.
>> August 10th. >> Or August 10th. Thank you. >> August 10th. >> I almost didn't say >> I hope it's not April. >> Guys, guys, guys, August 10th. >> I probably didn't want to mention that. >> [laughter] >> I did have one question on the definitions. Do we have anything in
there about the peacocks? >> [laughter] >> They are a beautiful animal and they roam half of Deca. >> And they roam. >> Gentlemen, let's not bring back the chicken city talk, okay? Please. >> I I seen like 50 memes about uh in the wild.
>> Somebody's been using AI, too. >> AI peacocks. >> The The roundabout. >> Yep. >> I petition to make a motion that we get a peacock statue on the roundabout. >> Yes, that's a winner. >> So, gentlemen, I know this is quick tonight, but uh you know, the bigger
meeting will be uh during our public hearing. All right? >> Agreed. >> So, I'm looking for a motion to adjourn the meeting tonight, please. >> Motion. >> Motion by Mike. >> Second. >> Motion by Mike. >> Harding. >> Or uh Harding. >> First motion by Harding. >> Second by Kanye. All in favor?
>> Aye. >> None opposed. >> Thank you, gentlemen. Have a good night. >> You too. >> I respect the foreign affairs. I would have almost made