City of Greenville Planning Commission met March 24

Lisa Stephens, Councilwoman | City of Greenville Website

By Philip Gonzales

Apr 22, 2025

City of Greenville Planning Commission met March 24.

Here are the minutes provided by the commission:

1. PRIOR TO THE MEETING

2. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6PM

3. ROLL CALL

Committee Members Present: Planning Commission Member Brent Shaw, Planning Commission Member Eugene Holt, Planning Commission Member Jack Chism, Planning Commission Member Jo Keillor, Planning Commission Member Nate Wieland, and Planning Commission Scott Darnell

Committee Members Absent: Planning Commission Member Chance Vohlken

Staff Present: City Manager Jo Hollenkamp, Code Enforcement Officer Jeff Ketten, City Clerk Jody Weiss, GIS Director Brad Iberg

Public Present: Samantha Pawlin, Suzanne Ford, Mark Sargis, Bill Schottel, Jeff Leidel, Doug Ratermann (HMG), Kyle Littlefield, Blake Knox

4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

5. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

5.1. February 24, 2025 Minutes

Motion by Brent Shaw, seconded by Jo Keillor, to approve the February 24, 2025 minutes.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Brent Shaw

SECONDER: Jo Keillor

AYES: Brent Shaw, Chance Vohlken, Jack Chism, Jo Keillor, Nate Wieland, and Scott Darnell

ABSENT: Eugene Holt

6. PUBLIC HEARING

6.1. Open the Public Hearing

Motion by Jo Keillor, seconded by Brent Shaw, to open the public hearing at 6:08 PM.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Jo Keillor

SECONDER: Brent Shaw

AYES: Brent Shaw, Chance Vohlken, Jack Chism, Jo Keillor, Nate Wieland, and Scott Darnell

ABSENT: Eugene Holt

6.2. Rezoning proposal for the City of Greenville code.

Motion by Jo Keillor, seconded by Scott Darnell, Motion to recommend to the city council to adopt the new proposed zoning code with the modifications as recommended at the last meeting.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Jo Keillor

SECONDER: Scott Darnell

AYES: Brent Shaw, Chance Vohlken, Jack Chism, Jo Keillor, Nate Wieland, and Scott Darnell

ABSENT: Eugene Holt

Mark Sargis, of 1302 Lake Shore Drive, does not live in the city but has rental properties in the city commented that the zoning changes are hard to follow. He said he had 3 different pages he wanted to reference, Page 383, Page 1151, but could not remember the third one. He feels the city needs to explain things clearly to the public. He did not see a staff report that summarized the changes, and Hollenkamp stated they did not ask the engineer for one.

Chism asked how concise should we be? Ratermann said going from 1 Residential to 4 Residential Zoning is the biggest change, and the majority of the properties have virtually no change.

Bill Schottel of 1004 Ridge is currently Resource Protection as there is farmland and livestock in the area. He does not want to see Commercial come in to his area. Ratermann said no city has agricultural anymore. Schottel does not want hotels, gas stations or nursing homes in his area. Ratermann said it would be hard to do for someone to bring that in as they would have to throw a lot of money at to get water, sewer and streets.

Samantha Pawlin of 623 South Ave is very glad that Ratermann attended this meeting as he was very insightful and explained things to where she could understand.

Sargis suggested a need to revise or update the Comprehensive Plan. He asked about a subdivision code and Ratermann said they have gone back to something that fits the size of our city.

6.3. Close the Public Hearing

Motion by Jo Keillor, seconded by Scott Darnell, to Close the Public Hearing at 7:00 PM.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Jo Keillor

SECONDER: Scott Darnell

AYES: Brent Shaw, Eugene Holt, Jack Chism, Jo Keillor, Nate Wieland, and Scott Darnell

ABSENT: Chance Vohlken

7. CONSENT AGENDA

7.1. All items listed on the Use Matrix will be listed in the definition

7.2. Use Matrix Change-See below:

Accessory apartments and Accessory Dwelling Units will be combined. The new name is Accessory apartments/Accessory Dwelling Units.

Churches, temples, synagogues, mosques, and other religious facilities will be a permitted use in all zones

Manufactured house, other is being removed from use matrix

Manufactured housing, residential design is being added as a conditional use in commercial general

Radio, television, or wireless transmitter this use being deleted

Weather stations or transmitters is being renamed to Weather stations or transmitters (non-residential), and in the definitions it will be listed as: A facility for taking, recording, and reporting meteorological observations (other than home, residential use).

Mobile Home Parks now conditional use only in R4

Playground Equipment now being labeled Commercial Playground Equipment for public use

7.3. Approval of Consent items

Motion by Jo Keillor, seconded by Brent Shaw, to approve items 7.1 through 7.2.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Jo Keillor

SECONDER: Brent Shaw

AYES: Brent Shaw, Eugene Holt, Jack Chism, Jo Keillor, Nate Wieland, and Scott Darnell

ABSENT: Chance Vohlken

8. MATTERS OF CONSIDERATION

8.1. Change parcel 05-10-14-234-001 to R1 in the proposed zoning code - Not recommended by staff due to spot zoning violation

Motion by Brent Shaw, seconded by Nate Wieland, to deny this request.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Brent Shaw

SECONDER: Nate Wieland

AYES: Brent Shaw, Eugene Holt, Jack Chism, Jo Keillor, Nate Wieland, and Scott Darnell

ABSENT: Chance Vohlken

8.2. Change parcel 05-10-10-404-003 to R1 in the proposed zoning code – Not recommended by staff due to spot zoning violation

Motion by Nate Wieland, seconded by Brent Shaw, to deny this request.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Nate Wieland

SECONDER: Brent Shaw

AYES: Brent Shaw, Eugene Holt, Jack Chism, Jo Keillor, Nate Wieland, and Scott Darnell

ABSENT: Chance Vohlken

8.3. Change parcels 05-10-12-329-001 and 05-10-12-149-001 from R3 to R2 in the proposed zoning code this is recommended by staff since it would reflect “stair step” zoning which is desirable

Motion by Scott Darnell, seconded by Jo Keillor, to change the proposed zoning for parcels 05-10-12-329-001 and 05-10-12-149-001 from R3 to R2.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Scott Darnell

SECONDER: Jo Keillor

AYES: Brent Shaw, Eugene Holt, Jack Chism, Jo Keillor, Nate Wieland, and Scott Darnell

ABSENT: Chance Vohlken

8.4. Rezoning proposal for the City of Greenville code.

Motion by Jo Keillor, seconded by Nate Wieland, to recommend to the city council to adopt the new proposed zoning code with the modifications as recommended at the last meeting.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Jo Keillor

SECONDER: Nate Wieland

AYES: Brent Shaw, Eugene Holt, Jack Chism, Jo Keillor, Nate Wieland, and Scott Darnell

ABSENT: Chance Vohlken

9. ADJOURNMENT

Motion by Scott Darnell, seconded by Brent Shaw, to adjourn the Planning

Commission Meeting at 7:15 PM.

RESULT: Carried

MOVER: Scott Darnell

SECONDER: Brent Shaw

AYES: Brent Shaw, Eugene Holt, Jack Chism, Jo Keillor, Nate Wieland, and Scott