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Description
Board of Adjustment & Plan Commission Meeting - 10-24-2019
A
B
Owner
applicant
Jeffrey,
Lamont
representative
for
Watertown
lodging
Ventures
LLC
submitted
application
to
construct
a
hotel
on
this
3.4
acre
lot.
Zone
C
three
highway
commercial
district
and
gt1
gateway
overlay
district
said
development
site
located
at
2808.
A
Venusian
Yves
self
East
is
proposed
to
have
a
5-foot
grassed
landscaped
transitional
yard,
on
the
rear
north
property
line,
where
a
minimum
10
foot
transitional
yard
is
required.
Application
was
denied
based
on
ordinance
sections
2103
O
2,
which
prohibits
the
design
and
creation
of
non-conformities
and
21
5
411
transitional
yards
requirements.
B
The
applicant
now
appeals
these
requirements
of
the
current
zoning
ordinance
staff
finds
that
this
is
a
currently
an
undeveloped,
3.4
acre
c3
Zone
lot,
pending
the
development
of
a
fully
compliant
four-story
Hotel
structure,
the
Holiday
Inn,
Express
and
Suites.
However,
in
the
gateway
overlay
district,
a
commercial
use
which
is
located
adjacent
to
a
commercial
district
shall
also
have
a
minimum
10
foot
transitional
yard,
compliance
with
which
would
simply
Tail
the
relocation
of
the
north
11
of
the
96
proposed
parking
spaces.
B
B
C
Yes,
mr.
chairman
commissioner
keys,
there
would
still
be
minimum
Drive
aisle
with
required
Jill.
Do
you
have
the
information
you
off
top
your
head
on?
Why
that
is
her?
Brandee
I,
don't
I'm!
Sorry,
I,
don't
know
how
much,
but
it
is
typically
narrowed
up
a
little
bit
as
they
become
diagonal.
I
don't
know
as
though
it'd
be
five
feet,
though,.
F
C
G
B
G
E
F
E
F
C
E
G
B
D
B
D
Zone
at
this
time,
just
gonna
make
a
comment.
I
find
that
request
problematic,
that
we
are
looking
at
our
first
foray
into
this
area
in
the
gateway
overlay
district.
I
can
remember
that
when
the
Gateway
over
listed
district
was
created,
the
10-foot
transition
zones
were
their
intentional.
To
make
this
a
different
approach,
a
different
look
than
you
would
see
any
other
c3
zoning
district
in
the
commune
and
based
upon
you
know,
we
I
think
we've
all
understood
that
you
know
variances.
E
Do
you
think
this
is
something
to
that?
We
should
be
looking
at
holistically
kind
of
what
we
discussed
last
week
at
the
or
two
weeks
ago,
at
the
plant,
Commission
meeting
I
brought
this
situation
up
and
just
looking
at
the
rear
transitional
yard
as
a
whole,
and
the
fact
that
there
is
a
10-foot
requirement
is
that
something
that
could
be
lessened
and
the
a
five
foot
would
be
appropriate
because
otherwise
to
not
having
conjoining
driveways
between
properties
is
also
problematic,
that
it
would
create
islands,
and
is
that.
D
Necessary
part
of
the
intent
of
the
design
again
when
the
Gateway
overlay
district
was
to
have
that
separation,
so
that
we
weren't
pushing
traffic
from
one
lot
on
to
another
lot,
and
then
you
know
dumping
it
out
and
then
because
it
doesn't
fit
with
your
overall
transportation
flow
as
well,
because
if
we're
just
creating
a
pave
onto
paper
on
pavement,
we're
not
focusing
where
we
want
traffic
to
go,
it
can
go
anywhere
within
that
development.
And
by
doing
it
this
way
it
was
intentional.
D
D
If
you
allow
for
pavement
on
pavement
on
pavement,
people,
take
paths
of
least
resistance,
no
matter
how
you
design
or
where
you
think
their
access
points
should
or
shouldn't
be
again.
I
would
say
the
bigger
question
is:
do
we
do
we
amend
or
we
variance
an
ordinance
on
the
first
crack
that
you
have
something
that
doesn't
quite
fit
or
do
we
say
timeout
and
you
take
a
look
at
it
from
from
an
overall
policy
standpoint.
I
I
That
time
he
didn't
have
to
be
the
ordinance
stated
that
all
the
chuck
was.
The
majority
voted
those
seven
people
to
pass
that,
and
that
was
done
again
the
fast
track.
So
people
wouldn't
have
to
spend
two
months
going
through
the
process
to
get
something
done
that
made
sense
in
the
long
run,
because
this
was
a
new
and
infinite
design
that
hasn't
been
tried,
because
we
haven't
had
that
many
people
out
there.
So
is
this
the
best
use
or
not
so
again,
we're
just
getting
back
to
is
this?
I
H
C
D
D
D
F
D
Wasn't
only
for
stopping
flow
of
traffic,
it
was
also
for
filtration
of
no
water
coming
off.
The
property
was
also
used
just
to
have
green
space,
so
that
you
am
I
driving
down
Willow
Creek
Drive
and
through
the
gateway
overlay,
dursa
garage,
driving
down,
highway,
212,
81
or
20
I
mean
that's,
that's
the
difference.
H
Mike
Lawrence
randomly
saw
this
today,
so
I
thought
I'd
come
up,
thought
it
was
exciting
that
we
have.
Somebody
wants
to
finally
build
on
that
gravel
pit
out
there
that
eyesore
of
coming
into
Watertown
I
saw
this
project
and
I
read
in
on
the
five
feet
like
like
they
were
saying
it's
in
a
zone
that
we
have
constantly,
even
even
with
Trav's.
We
had
to
change
things
in
the
zone.
It's
a
new
zone,
a
lot
of
times
with
new
zones.
That's
some
of
the
issues
who
you
come
up
with
is
hey.
H
We
wrote
this
zone,
it's
untested.
As
you
see
here,
the
this
guy
is
coming
into
town
building,
one,
not
maybe
two
hotels
in
our
community,
and
here
we
are
arguing
over
five
feet.
On
the
back
of
a
building,
I
mean
this
guy's
wanting
to
spend
millions
of
dollars
and
bring
people
right
now
we're
sending
people
to
Brookings
to
get
hotels
well
when
they
go
to
Brookings
they
eat
at
cubbies.
When
they
it's
just
it's
just
like
the
ice
rink.
We
don't
want
to
send
them
out
of
town
I,
just
kind
of
think.
H
The
difference
between
five
foot
and
ten
foot
when
you're
going
30
miles
an
hour
passes
behind
a
hotel
it.
It's
conversations
like
this
that
get
put
in
the
paper
and
other
developer
and
other
hotel
people
read
and
say:
Watertown
doesn't
want
us
there
because
of
five
feet.
He
has
a
citizen,
I,
look
at
five
feet
and
think
that's
shorter
than
me.
They're
still
gonna
be
ten
feet
between
them.
J
J
So
as
we
work
with
people
wanting
to
locate
to
Watertown,
especially
in
this
area
as
it's
going
to
be
a
high
traffic
pattern
once
the
bypass
and
all
the
development
happens
out
there,
there
are
people
waiting
for
a
development
out
there
and
the
hotel,
in
my
opinion,
is
the
first
piece
of
that
so
not
to
be
redundant
but
for
five
feet
for
a
multi-million
dollar
project
to
get
our
hotel
vacancy
rate.
So
we
can
have
people
stay
here
for
tournaments
and
do
that.
I
think
this
would
be
worth.
J
J
C
Chairman,
sir,
if
I
could
to
piggyback
on
to
mr.
Schill
Coons
comets
regards
I,
couldn't
agree
more
that
if
this
is
entertained
by
the
board
and
if
this
were
to
pass
for
staff
sake
and
the
board's
sake,
I
would
hope
that
we
would
entertain
an
amendment
of
this
segment
of
the
zoning
ordinance
and
maybe
consider
reducing
that
10-foot
rear
yard
transition
yard
to
a
five
foot.
That
would
just
be
my
recommendation
from
a
staff
perspective
that,
if
you
were
to
consider
approving
this,
that
we
would
follow
up
with
the
appropriate
amendments.
F
F
With
Scot
Engineering's
and
so
I'm,
representing
them
in
state
name,
please
Glen's
Druckman.
Thank
you.
I'm
I
think
it
may
not
be
entirely
a
make
or
break
situation,
but
they
do
it's
getting
ever
later
and
they
do
want
to
start
on
this.
This
fall,
so
it
will
definitely
stop
the
project
from
happening
this
year.
If,
if
the
weather
doesn't-
and
they
probably
would
have
to
completely
redesign
the
hotel,
because
if
we
don't
have
the
number
of
parking
spots
required,
they
probably
would
have
to
change
the
building.
F
So
they
chose
this
lot
and
they
designed
this
hoping
they
would
get
this
variance
approval,
knowing
that
they
were
not
going
to
meet
our
requirements
that
have
to
come
in,
for
a
variance.
Is
that
correct?
No,
they
didn't
realize
they
had
to
have
the
ten
feet.
They
were
under
the
understanding
that
they
would.
There
was
five
feet.
They
were
the
that
gate,
gateway.
Overlay
district
was
something
that
they
weren't
aware
of.
Did
they
ask
right?
I
mean
that
seems
very
I.
C
Yes,
mr.
chairman
I
can
chime
in
the
staff
encouraged
preliminary
discussions
on
this
project
and
for
whatever
reason
we
did
not
get
any
conceptual
or
preliminary
discussions
carried
out
with
the
applicant
or
their
agents,
but
typically
you're
exactly
right.
We
would
want
to
vet
the
requirements
fully
with
the
applicants.
C
They
would
know
what's
expected
upon
the
time
of
submit
all,
and
unfortunately,
this
was
not
caught
until
the
middle
was
received
by
the
building
official
and
the
urban
planner,
and
they
realized
quickly
that
the
gateway
overlay
district
requirements
were
not
met
and
that's
what
then,
for
this
discussion
and
this
application?
That's
before
you
today,.
E
At
that
point,
too,
is
when
looking
at
the
gateway,
overlay
district
and
not
being
here
when
it
was
adopted
or
being
looked
at.
I
did
I
questioned
the
10-foot
rear
yard
myself,
and
if
that
is
necessary,
I
mean
10-foot,
side
yard
and
rear
yard.
Transitional
yards
really
does
eat
up
a
lot
of
the
lot
space
for
somebody
it's
develop
on.
E
They
have
their
their
structure
set
back
still,
but
that's
just
you
know,
and
we
want
it
to
be
aesthetically
pleasing
and
to
have
the
green
space,
but
maybe
it's
something
we
can
look
at
to
where
we
went
amending.
If
we
would
amend
the
ordinance
that
we
would
have
additional
requirements
for
green
space
within
the
interior
to
make
up
for
that,
but
with
it
being
in
the
rear
yard.
It's
just
not
as
visible
anyway.
G
Lot
7
to
the
north
looks
like
it's
an
extremely
large
lot.
Is
there
any
plans
in
the
works
of
that
subdividing
somehow
or
a
street
going
through
there
I
mean
is
I
just
that
one.
It
just
doesn't
look
like
that
lot
will
be
completely
filled.
If
you
know
I,
just
almost
wonder
if
there
won't
be
more
green
space,
there
I
mean
not
that
that
really
affects
this
prop
this
particular
property,
but
it
just
I
was
wondering
if
there
was
any
streets
or
anything
else
that
was
gonna,
be
built
in
this
development.
I
guess
it's
my.
E
F
E
B
D
H
Necessarily
but
you're
gonna
be
gaining
ten
more
feet
on
the
other
side,
because
you
have
ten
foot
on
this
lot.
You're
gonna
have
ten
foot
on
the
next
slot,
so
but
I'm
splitting
one
lot
from
the
original
you're
actually
gaining
that
much
more
green
space
ten
feet
by
two
hundred
and
sixty
three
feet.
You
would
be
gaming
that
in
green
space,
but.
G
A
D
Understand
I'm
an
advocate
of
development
in
this
community
and
anyone
to
would
say
else
Weiss,
they
don't
know
me,
but
I
also
know
that
there's
intent
to
policy
that's
vetted
through
a
public
process
and
we
I've
always
talked
to
people
about
when,
when
is
a
variance
necessary.
When
is
a
various
required,
and
when
do
you
grant
variances
in
this
situation?
Here
it's
apparent
to
me
that
either
they
bought
too
small
of
a
lot
to
do
what
they
want
to
do
or
their
design
is
not
adequate.
D
Is
there
compromise
that
could
be
made
possibly
I
do
think
that
if
a
variances
get
granted
I
think
we
as
a
board.
We
owe
it
to
change
the
rules
to
not
have
to
hear
a
future
variance
requests,
because
a
variance
is
nothing
more.
They
call
it
a
relaxation
but
you're
bending
the
rule
to
make
something
fit,
and
in
that
it
might
be
alright.
In
this
situation,
would
you
put
up
the
sketch
plan?
Please.
D
Pylon
area
that
comes
up
on
the
east
and
west
of
the
north
parking
ramp
parking
area.
Could
you
point
to
those
where
you
got
the
cement
that
comes
out
on
the
coin?
Ten
we're
still
at
ten
or
at
ten
we're
at
ten
keep
going
keep
going.
What
stop
back
up
a
little
bit
to
the
east
there?
There
you
go
five
feet
all
the
way
to
there
five
feet,
but
then
we
got
ten
feet
on
the
other
ones,
so
you're
still
saving
some
face,
adhering
to
the
policy
allowing
the
developer
to
do
what
they
want.
D
A
D
Think
I
think
we
do
need
to
have
a
bigger
discussion
moving
forward
on
what
that
we
are
did
be
if
we're,
if
we're
comfortable
with
10
foot,
side,
yard
requirements-
and
you
have-
we
have
a
25
foot
front
yard
and
at
5
feet
on
both
joining
properties
gives
us
our
10
and
we're
fine
with
that.
That's
fine,
I
just
assume
do
it
more
through
a
legislative
process
as
opposed
to
administrative
quasi
judicial
process.
D
B
C
D
It
looks
like
it
is
to
the
east
and
west
of
the
pike.
The
parking
area
looks
like
there's
a
that.
Would
that
corner
there
would
that
would
end
up
being
a
little
bit
narrower
there
on
the
corner,
but
since
I'm
not
backing
out-
and
I
think
that's
probably
why
you
want
that
24
feet
when
they're
backing
out
more
than
traffic
going
to
different
ways
there
on
that
corner,
you
can
still
make
the
corner
unless
you
driving
a
semi,
I,
suppose.
D
F
Not
gonna
make
a
comment:
I'm,
just
gonna.
Ask
you
not
to
take
action.
The
economic
development
directors
talking
with
the
owner
on
the
phone
right
now
and
asked
you
not
to
vote
until
because
he
might
want
to
make
a
comment
and
it's
the
owner
couldn't
be
here
physically
today
to
speak
for
himself.
So
I
think.
D
D
J
J
Ten
feet
five
feet:
ten
yeah
and
so
I
ran
that
by
him
and
he
had
said
as
Glen
is
okay
with
that.
He
thinks
that
would
work
so,
but
if
not
like
what
Jeff
does
is
I
mean
they
have
projects
tacked
up,
and
if
this
one
misses
right
now
their
time
to
build
it,
then
it
could
be
a
couple
years
or
possibly
not
so.
D
F
C
D
C
Other
consideration
too
mr.
chairman
we
would
want
to
give
to
this-
is
access
for
fire
apparatus
and
things
of
that
nature.
We
would
want
the
fire
marshal
to
review
the
final
design
dimensions
as
well,
just
to
make
sure
that
any
circulation
around
the
site
that
he
may
need
is
appropriate
for
their
codes
as
well.
A
D
Will
make
a
motion
to
approve
a
modified
variance
request
where
the
applicant
will
adhere
to
the
10-foot
rear
yard
transition
transition
yard
requirement?
With
the
exception
of
the
area,
note
eight
noted
between
the
northern
parking
spaces
on
the
map
in
question.
This
is
really
difficult
and
in
working
with
staff
to
find
a
gradual
transition
from
the
ten
feet
to
the
five
feet.
You
know
in
the
area
behind
the
parking
subsequent
to
fire
marshal
approval.
D
A
A
A
F
F
E
E
A
E
J
E
J
A
A
E
You
mark
so
this
is
the
plat
of
8th,
Avenue,
southeast
and
26th
Street
southeast
of
East
Park,
2nd
edition
so
you'll
remember
this
plat
has
came
through
before
as
East
Park
2nd
edition.
Actually
it
includes
the
lot
that
we
just
discussed
at
the
Board
of
Adjustment
meeting.
So
what
this
plot
is
doing
is
just
formally
dedicating
this
right-of-way.
It
formerly
existed
or
formerly
existed
as
H
Lots,
and
so
that's
when
the
streets
were
installed,
which
H
Lots
are
used
for
highway
purposes,
but
it
was
privately
owned.
D
E
C
And
mr.
chair,
if
I
may
just
back
back
up
from
Randy's
comments
again,
this
is
more
or
less
a
cleanup
item.
I,
don't
know
the
details
on
why
this
wasn't
plaited
as
right
away
initially,
but
for
whatever
reason
it
was
not,
it
was
plaited
as
aids
tracks,
as
Brandi
described,
which
then
we're
conveyed
to
the
city
by
deed
and
we've
now
obtained
through
the
City
Attorney's
Office,
and
this
just
kind
of
clears
things
up,
cleans
things
up
for
this
area
and
gives
us
the
formal
right
away.
E
I
just
put
this
on
here
as
the
2019
South
Dakota
planners
Association
recap:
we
had
our
conference
or
annual
conference
in
Brookings
last
week,
Wednesday
and
Thursday,
and
it
was
it-
was
a
great
conference.
Good
sessions,
I
think
that
anybody
that
attended
found
value
in
it
other
than
the
accommodations,
maybe
but
I
just
wanted
to
put
it
on
you,
guys's
radar
for
upcoming
dates.
We
will
be
foregoing
a
20/20
South,
Dakota
Players
Association
conference
and
then
instead
we're
going
to
join
with
the
western
planners
conference,
which
is
going
to
be
held
in
Bismarck
North
Dakota.
E
So
if
you
are
a
member
of
the
Association,
then
we
will
be
looking
at
doing
some
match
fees
or
not
are
actually
just
contributing.
Some
reimbursement
towards
people's
registrations
means
that
it
is
the
western
planner.
So
it
is
a
bigger
conference
of
more
entities,
so
it'll
be
a
probably
a
more
expensive
conference
but
we'd
like
to
support
them
so
we're
gonna
and
then
in
2021
we're
gonna
bring
it
back
to
Rapid
City
its.
E
D
It's
it's
a
conglomeration
of
everything
from
South
Dakota,
all
the
way
over
to
Washington
and
down
to
New
Mexico,
and
so
you
get
a
very
interesting
cross-section
of
what's
going
on
in
different
parts
of
the
United.
States
and
you'll
see
a
lot
of
commonalities,
but
you
also
get
to
see
some
interesting
differences
and
so
usually
about
every
three
years.
They
get
four
years
they
get
to
South
Dakota
North
Dakota.
So
it's
usually
a
very
good.
Very
well-run
conference.
Wasn't.
E
E
H
D
Just
like
to
instruct
staff
to
come
back
and
take
a
look
at
that
transition
zone,
maybe
piece
together.
Some
of
the
reasons
why
we've
got
it
maybe
come
back
with
some
recommendations.
If
for
us
to
consider
I
think
one
thing
is
I
I
would
still
like
to
see
some
green
in
there
because
we
developed
it
that
way
12
years
ago,
whether
it's
20
feet
of
green
space
back
there
or
if
it's
10
feet.
What
have
you?
Maybe
we
can
come
back
just
have
a
conversation
on
that.
So.