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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
One-line summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended changes for cannabis cultivation in RRA zoning and approved a planning-and-zoning fee amendment setting a $250 administrative fee plus actual postage costs.
8 items as recorded in the packet and minutes.
1Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance
Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance: 7:00 p.m.
The meeting was called to order and the pledge was recited.
2Roll Call
Roll Call
Roll call was taken.
3Approve/Amend Agenda
Approve/Amend Agenda
The presented agenda was approved.
4Approve July 22, 2025, Meeting Minutes
Approve July 22, 2025, Meeting Minutes
The July 22, 2025 minutes were approved, although the minutes section heading says June 24, 2025.
5Public Hearings
Public Hearings
This was the agenda heading for the two public hearing items that followed.
5aAmendment to Zoning Ordinance re: Cannabis Cultivation
Amendment to Zoning Ordinance re: Cannabis Cultivation
The commission voted to recommend approval with added requirements: 20-acre minimum, owner occupation, 500-foot property setbacks, micro licensing only, and removal of the agricultural tax classification requirement.
5bAmendment to Fee Ordinance
Amendment to Fee Ordinance
The commission approved the fee amendment as a $250 administrative fee plus actual postage costs assessed to the applicant.
6Adjournment
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 8:01 p.m.
What this meeting did about specific topics, organized by issue rather than by document.
Routine meeting business
The commission opened the meeting, took roll, approved the presented agenda, approved the July 22, 2025 minutes, and adjourned at 8:01 p.m.
Agenda: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6. Motions: M1, M2, M5. Speakers: Ames, Pearo, Bies, Carlson, Haapala.
Cannabis cultivation zoning amendment
The commission held the public hearing on the Paradise application to allow cannabis cultivation as an interim use in the Rural Residential Agriculture zoning district. After discussing acreage, licensing, owner-occupancy, setbacks, agricultural tax classification, and the need for a later interim use permit, the commission carried a motion recommending approval with a 20-acre minimum, owner occupation, 500-foot property setbacks, micro licensing only, and removal of the agricultural tax classification requirement.
Agenda: 5, 5a. Motions: M3. Speakers: Planner Nash, Rhiannon Paradise, Mr. Paradise, Chairman Ames, Commissioner Bies, Commissioner Pearo, Commissioner Haapala.
Planning and zoning fee amendment
The commission considered the fee ordinance amendment for planning and zoning applications. Instead of keeping a separate upfront public hearing charge, the commission carried a motion for a $250 administrative fee plus actual postage costs assessed to the applicant.
Agenda: 5, 5b. Motions: M4. Speakers: City Clerk Johnson, Commissioner Haapala, Commissioner Carlson.
5 motions on the record. Split votes are highlighted.
M1MOTION BY COMMISIONER PEARO, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BIES TO APPROVE PRESENTED AGENDA.
moved by Pearo, seconded by Bies
M2MOTION BY COMMISIONER PEARO, SECONDED BY CARLSON TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JULY 22, 2025.
moved by Pearo, seconded by Carlson
SIX (6) AYES. MOTION PASSED.
M3MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEARO, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BIES TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR CANNABIS CULTIVATION WITH THE NOTES REGARDING 20- ACRE MINIMUM, OWNER OCCUPATION, PROPERTY SETBACKS OF 500 FEET, MICRO LICENSING ONLY, AND REMOVING THE AGRICULTERAL TAX CLASSIFICATION REQUIREMENT.
moved by Pearo, seconded by Bies
M4MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HAAPALA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CARLSON TO APPROVE THE FEE AMENDMENT WITH A $250 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE PLUS ACTUAL POSTAGE COSTS TO BE ASSESSED TO THE APPLICANT.
moved by Haapala, seconded by Carlson
SIX (6) AYES. MOTION CARRIED.
M5MOTION BY CARLSON, SECONDED BY HAAPALA, TO ADJOURN.
moved by Carlson, seconded by Haapala
Each figure links back to the document it came from. When the council voted on the amount, the motion is shown.
F1
Staff memo said the current base fee for zoning applications requiring a public hearing was $200.
fee · Current planning and zoning administrative fee
$200
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Council approval status: not yet on record.
F2
The staff memo proposed a $250 base fee, and the commission motion approved a $250 administrative fee plus actual postage costs.
fee · Proposed planning and zoning administrative fee
$250
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F3
The packet said an additional $50 was intended to cover public hearing mailing postage, but the final motion changed this to actual postage costs.
fee · Proposed postage component
$50
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Council approval status: not yet on record.
F4
City Clerk Johnson said the city had been collecting a separate $250 public hearing fee upfront in addition to the administrative fee.
fee · Current public hearing fee collected upfront
$250
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Council approval status: not yet on record.
When someone tried to remember earlier business, we cross-reference the corpus and write a short related-history note.
Discussion ensued about whether the current RRA restriction limited cannabis cultivation to indoor only, with commissioners remembering the previous discussion but not the final outcome. Nash indicated she would need to check the ordinance.
— Commissioners
What this is about
Commissioners were trying to recall the prior cannabis ordinance discussion and whether the current RRA restriction was indoor-only.
The records show a relevant discussion at the March 24, 2026 meeting during a public hearing on what Planner Nash described as Nowthen’s first cannabis cultivation permit. The applicant described cultivation occurring only during the growing season, approximately May through October, with security measures such as 24-hour monitoring, electronic access controls, and inspections. Nash clarified that the ordinance limited such operations to properties of at least 20 acres, with cultivation at least 200 feet from property lines and 500 feet from residences, schools, and daycare facilities. The excerpts found do not show Nash saying the RRA restriction was indoor-only; if anything, the March 24 discussion appears to have contemplated seasonal outdoor cultivation subject to acreage, setback, and security requirements. However, the search results provided do not include the original ordinance adoption discussion or a recorded final vote resolving the “indoor-only” question, so this is a partial match rather than a complete history of the ordinance decision.
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