July 21st 2026 Planning Commission Agenda

Agenda items

• 1. Applicant must abide by the provisions of the Clay County Land Development and Subdivision Ordinance.
• 1. Approval is limited to a cattle feedlot not to exceed 999 animal units, representing a 700-AU expansion
  • Ranching & Livestock
  • General Contractor
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
• 1. Approval is limited to a cattle feedlot not to exceed 999 animal units, unless a new or amended
• 1. Call Meeting to Order
• 1. Call Meeting to Order
• 1. Exhibit A - County Location Map
• 1. Exhibit A - County Location Map
• 1. Exhibit A: County Location Map
• 1. Is granting the variance in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the Clay County
• 1. Permit shall terminate on December 31st, 2036.
• 1. Request Summary
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 1. Request Summary
  • Mining & Extraction
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Trucking & Freight
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 1. Request Summary
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • General Contractor
  • Plumbing
  • Electrical
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Painting & Flooring
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Real Estate Development
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
• 1. Support the long-term protection of the County’s strong and diverse agricultural economy.
• 1. The permit authorizes temporary agricultural employee housing in (a) the existing old farmhouse and (b) only
  • Carpentry & Cabinetry
  • Electrical
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Plumbing
  • Building & Industrial Supply
• 1. The property line must be accurately located by a licensed land surveyor.
• 1. The property line must be located by a licensed land surveyor.
• 10. Final construction plans shall verify drainage, construction erosion control, stormwater
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • General Contractor
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
• 10. Final construction plans shall verify drainage, construction erosion control, stormwater management,
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • Building & Industrial Supply
• 10. Installation and maintenance must control dust, mud, trackout, noise, and erosion. Disturbed soil must be
• 10. No increase in the combined number of units or beds, relocation of employee housing, conversion to
• 10. Operator shall provide parking, screening, lighting, drainage, and portable sewer facilities consistent
• 11. Any standby generator, battery system, HVAC equipment, or other mechanical equipment not described in
• 11. Before construction or operation of the expanded feedlot, the applicant shall submit a final site
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Ranching & Livestock
• 11. Before construction or operation of the expanded feedlot, the applicant shall submit a final site plan or
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Legal Services
  • Real Estate Development
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
• 11. Operator shall control all County and State listed noxious weeds in the mining areas.
• 11. Within 30 day s after approval, and before any further construction, occupancy, or use of the new shop,
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Title & Settlement Services
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
• 12. Operator shall maintain any and all haul roads, and promptly mitigate any spillage or tracking of
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • General Contractor
  • Ranching & Livestock
• 12. Operator shall maintain any and all haul roads, and promptly mitigate any spillage or tracking of
  • General Contractor
  • Electrical
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 12. Operator shall post a reclamation bond of $40,000 ($1000/acre) and reclaim mined out areas as mining
  • Mining & Extraction
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 12. The applicant must obtain and comply with all applicable federal, state, county, township, road-authority,
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • General Contractor
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • Electrical
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
• 12. Within 30 days after approval, the owner shall submit completed after-the-fact County and Oakport
  • General Contractor
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Legal Services
  • Government Authority
• 13. This Interim Use Permit does not legalize construction completed without required permits, waive the
• 14. The owner shall comply with the Clay County Land Development Ordinance, Oakport Township
• 2. An encroachment easement describing the degree of encroachment must be
  • Legal Services
  • Title & Settlement Services
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
• 2. An encroachment easement describing the degree of encroachment must be recorded against
  • Legal Services
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Title & Settlement Services
  • General Contractor
• 2. Before installation, the applicant must submit a final dimensioned site plan acceptable to the Planning
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Electrical
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 2. Exhibit B - Zoning Map
• 2. Exhibit B - Zoning Map
• 2. Exhibit B: Zoning Map
• 2. Is the requested variance consistent with the Clay County Comprehensive Land Use Plan?
  • Legal Services
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Farming & Crops
• 2. Land Use – Agricultural Goal: Recognize and protect the agricultural character of Clay County.
  • Legal Services
  • Business Consulting
• 2. Operate within provisions of the Clay County Land Development Ordinance, especially the specific
• 2. Potential Planning Commission Action
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Electrical
  • General Contractor
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 2. Potential Planning Commission Action
  • Mining & Extraction
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Waste Management
• 2. Potential Planning Commission Action
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Plumbing
  • Electrical
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Roofing
  • Painting & Flooring
  • Drywall & Insulation
  • Windows, Doors & Glass
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Real Estate Development
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
  • Utilities (Sub)
• 2. The applicant shall obtain and maintain all required MPCA/County Feedlot Officer approvals,
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Plumbing
  • Electrical
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Roofing
  • Drywall & Insulation
  • Painting & Flooring
  • Windows, Doors & Glass
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Real Estate Development
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Legal Services
  • Waste Management
• 2. The applicant shall obtain and maintain all required MPCA/County Feedlot Officer approvals, including
• 2. The approved housing facilities, collectively, shall contain no more than the number of dwelling units and
• 24. Most of the proposed project area is identified by aggregate potential mapping as slight gravel potential,
  • Mining & Extraction
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • General Contractor
  • Construction (Other)
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
• 3. Exhibit C - Area Land Uses and Haul Route through the Rodewald Property
• 3. Exhibit C - Prime Farmland and Wetlands Map
• 3. Exhibit C: Site Photo
• 3. Occupancy is limited exclusively to employees of the agricultural operation and their family members for no
• 3. Operator shall control dust and provide necessary maintenance on any/all gravel haul roads. Chloride
• 3. Subject Property and Proposal
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply
• 3. Subject Property and Proposal
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Mining & Extraction
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Real Estate Development
• 3. Subject Property and Proposal
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Painting & Flooring
  • Roofing
  • Drywall & Insulation
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Real Estate Development
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
  • Utilities (Sub)
• 3. The building and gravel pad must be located substantially in the northwest portion of the parcel as shown on
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • General Contractor
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 3. The facility shall be constructed and operated substantially consistent with the submitted
  • General Contractor
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • Building & Industrial Supply
• 3. The facility shall be constructed and operated substantially consistent with the submitted site/building
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • General Contractor
  • Construction (Other)
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
• 4. Before occupancy, the owner shall submit the signed statement required by Section 8-8-2(D)(6) and shall
• 4. Conditional Use Permit Application
  • Mining & Extraction
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Real Estate Development
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Legal Services
• 4. Exhibit D - 2025 Variance Site
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Electrical
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Painting & Flooring
  • Plumbing
  • Roofing
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Real Estate Development
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 4. Exhibit D - Farmland and Wetlands
• 4. Interim Use Permit Review Criteria
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • General Contractor
  • Construction (Other)
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
  • Real Estate Development
• 4. Interim Use Permit Review Criteria
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Roofing
  • Painting & Flooring
  • Drywall & Insulation
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Real Estate Development
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
  • Waste Management
  • Utilities (Sub)
• 4. Operator shall provide proof of NPDES/SDS, Storm Water Management, and Air Quality Permits, as
• 4. The applicant must obtain approval from the Clay County Highway Department for any new or modified
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Construction (Other)
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 4. The covered 28-foot-wide manure storage area and outside west end manure stacking area shall be
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • General Contractor
  • Utilities (Sub)
• 4. The covered 28-foot-wide manure storage area and outside west-end manure stacking area shall
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 5. Before occupancy of either facility, the owner shall submit a final site plan and floor plans showing the
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Carpentry & Cabinetry
  • Roofing
  • Painting & Flooring
  • Drywall & Insulation
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Real Estate Development
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
• 5. Citizens To Be Heard
• 5. Citizens To Be Heard
• 5. Exhibit E - Required Setback Map
• 5. Exhibit E - Site Photos, May 15 and July 9, 2026, including evidence of construction after the
• 5. Operator must comply with State of Minnesota Noise Pollution Rules.
• 5. Planning Commission Motion Options
  • Mining & Extraction
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Legal Services
• 5. Planning Commission Motion Options
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Plumbing
  • Electrical
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Real Estate Development
  • Government Authority
• 5. Staff Analysis - Conditional Use Permit Review Standards
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Electrical
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Lighting & Low-Voltage Systems
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 5. The applicant shall implement the CMP and keep it current, including soil and manure testing,
• 5. The applicant shall implement the CNMP and keep it current, including soil and manure testing, manure
• 5. The telecommunications shelter may not exceed approximately 12 feet by 20 feet without prior Planning
  • General Contractor
  • Electrical
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply
• 6. Before occupancy of either facility, Clay County Environmental Health shall verify that the potable water
• 6. Exhibit F - Aggregate Potential and Wetlands
• 6. Interim Use Permit Application (separate attachment)
• 6. Manure shall be land applied only at agronomic rates and in compliance with all required
• 6. Manure shall be land applied only at agronomic rates and in compliance with all required setbacks from
• 6. Operations must comply with all provisions of Wetlands Conservation Act (WCA). Operator must
• 6. Potential Permit Conditions if Approved
• 6. Potential Permit Conditions if Approved
• 6. Public Hearing(s):
  • Solar Installation
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Electrical
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Real Estate Development
  • Building & Industrial Supply
• 6. Public Hearing(s):
  • Solar Installation
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Electrical
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 6. Recommended Action
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Electrical
  • Building & Industrial Supply
• 6. The building, doors, electrical cabinets, batteries, and other equipment must be secured against
• 7. Attachments / Exhibits
• 7. Attachments / Exhibits
• 7. Exhibit G – Site Photos
• 7. Existing vegetation outside the approved disturbance area must be retained where practicable. If the
• 7. Interim Use Mining Permit Application and Applicant Maps (separate attachment)
  • Mining & Extraction
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply
• 7. No manure-laden runoff or process wastewater shall discharge to Whisky Creek, tributaries, wetlands,
• 7. No manure-laden runoff or processed wastewater shall discharge to Whisky Creek, its
• 7. Off-street parking and access shall be provided and maintained in accordance with Clay County standards
• 7. Operator permitted a maximum of 39.5 acres for mining operations (excavation, screening, crushing,
  • Mining & Extraction
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Equipment & Vehicle Rental
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Waste Management
• 7. Proposed Conditions
• 7. Recorded Variance No. 856814 and 2025 Variance Letter (separate attachments)
• 8. Attachments / Exhibits
• 8. Facility may operate April thru December, Monday thru Friday, 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM, hauling only on
  • Mining & Extraction
  • Trucking & Freight
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
• 8. May 21, 2026 Notice to Cease Construction (separate attachment)
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Carpentry & Cabinetry
  • Roofing
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Real Estate Development
  • Engineering & Architecture
• 8. Mortality shall be managed in accordance with the approved mortality management plan and
• 8. Mortality shall be managed in accordance with the approved mortality management plan and applicable
• 8. Outdoor lighting is prohibited except where required for code, safety, or essential service. Any approved
• 8. The permit shall terminate upon the first applicable event in Section 8-11-8(D), including the stated expiration
• 9. If either approved housing location ceases to be occupied by agricultural employees for more than two
• 9. No outdoor storage, refuse accumulation, or public/customer activity is permitted. The building, gravel pad,
• 9. Operator shall present a mine plan to Planning Office indicating exact area to be mined, current
  • Mining & Extraction
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Waste Management
• 9. The existing open lot/feedlot area shall be discontinued, cleaned, stabilized, or otherwise
• 9. The existing open lot/feedlot area shall be discontinued, cleaned, stabilized, or otherwise managed as
• a. The applicant proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by
• b. Exceptional or extraordinary circumstances apply to the property that do not apply
• c. Granting the variance will not alter the essential character of the property's locality.
  • General Contractor
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply