ALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP
Alexandria, Minnesota 56308
Minutes of the meeting of June 23, 2025
A regular meeting/public hearing of the Planning Commission of Alexandria Township was held on the 23rd day of June, 2025 at the Township Conference Room, 324 Broadway, and via teleconference.
Roll Call: Commission members present were Shad Steinbrecher, Larry Steidl, Linda Dokken-McFann, Jessica Fettig and Julie Haar. Also present were Bonnie Fulghum, Administrative Assistant/Deputy Clerk, and Ben Oleson, Township Zoning Administrator. As said members formed a quorum and the meeting was called to order by Chairman Steidl at 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: Steinbrecher, seconded by Haar, made a motion to approve the agenda as written. Motion carried unanimously.
Minutes: Steinbrecher, seconded by Fettig, made a motion to approve the minutes of the 4/28/2025 meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously.
Chairman Steidl recessed the meeting and opened the public hearing on the interim use request submitted by Jackie Corcoran. The request is to allow a beauty shop home business in the Urban Residential zoning district. The location of the proposed beauty shop is 3849 Co Rd 73 NE.
Public Hearing: Zoning Administrator Oleson reported the applicant and her husband are currently in the process of renovating an existing storage building and turning it into a residence. They are proposing to utilize one room in their home for a beauty shop business. The beauty shop would accommodate one client at a time and be serviced by a septic holding tank, which will also serve the proposed dwelling. By ordinance, a home-based business requires an IUP. The applicant has requested that the IUP be allowed for a minimum of five years. Oleson mentioned the beauty shop would be classified as a low-key type of business. He noted that the applicant operated the same type of business out of their previous home on West Lake Jessie Drive. Oleson said he has received no public comments other than at the site visit, where one resident expressed concern about potential commercialization of the area. Oleson reported the property is located within the sanitary district. The applicant and her husband had previously applied for a variance to exempt them from connecting to sanitary sewer due to the distance from the line. They were granted the variance on August 5, 2024.
Chairman Steidl opened the hearing to the public for comment. Hearing none, he closed the public hearing and resumed the meeting.
Oleson reviewed the staff recommendations. Haar, seconded by Dokken-McFann, made a motion to recommend approval of the Corcoran Interim Use request with the five recommendations outlined in the staff report and to incorporate with the first condition a termination date of five (5) years from the date of approval. Roll: Haar, Steinbrecher, Dokken-McFann, Fettig, Steidl – yes. Opposed: none. Motion carried unanimously.
New Business: none
Old Business: none
Zoning Administrator’s Report: Oleson updated the commission on zoning activities.
Adjournment: Being no further business Dokken-McFann, seconded by Steinbrecher, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted…
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Bonnie Fulghum, Administrative Assistant
Approved this ____ day of ___________, 2025
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Larry Steidl, Chairman