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CITY OF SPRING PARK
PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
OCTOBER 8, 2025 – 6:00 PM
SPRING PARK CITY HALL
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 6:00pm.
Commissioners present: Chair Hoffman, Commissioners Avalos, Homan, and Terryll.
Staff present: City Administrator Anderson and City Planner Lori Johnson
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Planning Commissioner Terryl motioned, being seconded by Planning Commissioner Homan, to approve the agenda as
presented. On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously approved.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Planning Commission Minutes – August 13, 2025
Planning Commissioner Homan motioned, being seconded by Planning Commissioner Terryl, to approve the Planning
Commission minutes from August 13, 2025. On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously approved.
4. PUBLIC HEARING – Adding/Amending Subdivision Language
a. A proposal to remove Article 111 – Subdivision/Platting from the Zoning Ordinance and
replace with a new subdivision ordinance and a new Chapter to the code to be known as
Chapter 43. The proposal will also include amending Chapter 42, Section 42 -63, of the
Zoning Ordinance, adding in the existing as-built requirement language.
Planning Chair Hoffman opened up the public hearing at 6:04pm. With no public comments received, the public hearing was
closed at 6:04pm. Planning Commissioner Homan motioned, being seconded by Planning Commissioner Terryl, to close the
public hearing at 6:04pm. On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously approved.
5. ADU DISCUSSION: City Planner Johnson reviewed the draft Ordinance she prepared for the Planning
Commission to review highlighting the areas and elements that were important to them such as allowing
detached units, that they must be occupied by a family member, they must be homesteaded, they still must
meet the impervious requirements, and they would be allowed over a detached garage. She mentioned
that a permit should be required for these units and recommended we put a cap on the size of the unit and
add design requirements. Discussion was had. The Planning Commission provided their
recommendations to City Planner Johnson - she will update the ordinance and bring it back to the Planning
Commission for review.
6. PARKING REQUIREMENTS: City Planner Johnson reviewed her memo which included a graph
showing the parking requirements for a few surrounding cities. Planning Chair, Hoffman stated that our
parking requirements appear to be too strict. City Planner Johnson will bring back some parking scenarios
specific to Spring Park for the Planning Commission to review. She will also update the # of parking stalls
required for all other categories and also provide a definition for the “services” category.
All meetings of the Spring Park Planning Commission are video recorded and available for viewing online at www.ci.spring-
park.mn.us or Spring Park | Lake Minnetonka Cable Commission (lmcc-tv.org). Meeting minutes are intended to be a general
synopsis of the meetings of the Planning Commission. Additional detail regarding discussions and policy considerations is
provided by watching the recording of the meeting.
7. TREE PRESERVATION: City Planner Johnson reviewed some tree ordinances in the surrounding area.
Tonka Bay doesn’t have one, Mound is widely open, and Wayzata is very restrictive. She pulled the
ordinance for Sunfish Lake which has a lot of trees and the intent of their ordinance is to preserve the
maximum # of trees. Discussion was had. The Planning Commission would like a more restrictive
ordinance so Johnson will bring back Wayzata’s for the Planning Commission to review.
8. MISCELLANEOUS; Planning Chair Hoffman asked City Administrator Anderson if we posted the open
Planning Commissioner position. He said he would check and let him know.
9. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further discussion, Planning Commissioner Avalos motioned, being seconded by Planning Commissioner Terryl,
to adjourn the meeting at 7:43p.m. On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously approved.
Respectfully submitted,
Jamie Hoffman, City Clerk