1/10/2024 - Planning Commission - Regular - Agendas
CITY OF SPRING PARK
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
JANUARY 10, 2024 – 6:00 PM
SPRING PARK CITY HALL
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. July 12, 2023, Planning Commission Minutes
3. AS BUILT SURVEYS
4. MISCELLANEOUS
- Spring Park Flag (Mason)
5. ADJOURNMENT
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To: Mike Anderson, City Administrator
From: Lori Johnson, Consulting Planner, WSB
Date: January 10, 2024
Re: Ordinance Revision Regarding As-Built Requirements
WSB Project No. 021860-000
The City of Spring Park is proposing to amend Article III (Subdivision and Platting) of the city’s
Code of Ordinances by creating Section 42-104 (As-Built Requirements). This new section will
require all persons subdividing and developing property in the city to submit as-built surveys of all
required improvements associated with the subdivision. This will include the requirement to
submit as-built surveys prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for homes on each lot in
the subdivision.
Background:
Currently, the City of Spring Park does not require as-built surveys of lots where new homes are
being constructed. As-built surveys are a precise measurement of constructed improvements on
a site. They are conducted once all improvements are complete to ensure ordinance
requirements, such as building height, setbacks and impervious surface percentages, are met by
the new construction. Most cities require as-built surveys of residential lots with new construction
prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. This ensures that staff has the ability to
accurately determine if all requirements have been met. If requirements have not been met, the
applicant/homeowner must take measures to rectify the identified problem.
If, for some reason, an as-built survey identifies that a setback or height requirement has not
been met, the applicant or homeowner may need to apply for a variance or try and rework the
construction to meet requirements. If, for some reason, an impervious surface percentage
requirement is not met on an as-built survey, the applicant or homeowner would either need to
apply for a variance or remove some of the impervious surface on site.
The ordinance revision that is before you is one step in the process of requiring as-built surveys
to be submitted upon completion of residential construction. The new ordinance language reads
as such:
Sec. 42-104—As-Built Requirements
As-built drawings shall be furnished to the city by the subdivider of all required improvements
upon their completion and prior to a certificate of occupancy for each home /structure or building
addition that is part of such subdivision. Such as-built drawings shall be certified to be true and
accurate by the registered engineer responsible for the installation of improvements. As-built
surveys shall include the following:
• Shall certify the final topography of the site.
• Shall verify the drainage patterns existing upon completion of work.
As-Built Ordinance
January 10, 2024
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• Shall include the distance from average ground level to the highest roof peak for
individual residential buildings.
• Shall include calculations of setback information for all structures and hard
surfaces/groundcover.
• As-built surveys must be approved prior to placement of trees, sod, and lawn
irrigation systems.
• Shall include any additional information needed by the city to ensure compliance
with code.
It is my understanding that the City Council will be approached regarding the establishment of a
policy requiring as-builts for all new single family home construction. This ordinance pertains
specifically to subdivisions so if a property is subdivided in the future, these requirements will
provide another method of enforcing the as-built survey submittal requirement.
CITY OF SPRING PARK
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
SPRING PARK, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 24-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42, ZONING/SHORELAND ORDINANCE OF
THE SPRING PARK, MINNESOTA CITY CODE ADDING ARTICLE III SECTION 42-104
AND AMENDING THE SUBDIVISION CODE REGARDING AS-BUILT SURVEY
REQUIREMENTS WITHIN SPRING PARK MINNESOTA
SECTION 1: The Spring Park, Minnesota City Code Chapter 42, Article III, Section 42-104 is hereby
amended to add the following regarding as-built survey requirements in the subdivision code:
ARTICLE III. – SUBDIVISION/PLATTING
Sec. 42-104. –As-Built Requirements.
As-built drawings shall be furnished to the city by the subdivider of all required improvements upon
their completion and prior to a certificate of occupancy for each home/structure or building addition
that is part of such subdivision. Such as-built drawings shall be certified to be true and accurate by the
registered engineer responsible for the installation of improvements. As-built surveys shall include the
following:
1) Shall certify the final topography of the site.
2) Shall verify the drainage patterns existing upon completion of work.
3) Shall include the distance from average ground level to the highest roof peak for individual residential
buildings.
4) Shall include calculations of setback information for all structures and hard surfaces/groundcover.
5) As-built surveys must be approved prior to placement of trees, sod, and lawn irrigation systems.
6) Shall include any additional information needed by the city to ensure compliance with code.
SECTION 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its adoption
and publication.
ADOPTED by the City of Spring Park this 10th day of January 2024.
CITY OF SPRING PARK
By:
Jerome P. Rockvam, Mayor
ATTEST:
By:
Jamie Hoffman, City Clerk