The January 12th, 2026
meeting of the Planning Commission of
Canon Falls will come to order. Roll
call.
>> Johnson
>> here.
>> Well, excuse me, Diane Johnson.
>> Yes. and Douglas
>> here. Nats
>> here.
>> Chad Johnson,
>> I'm here.
>> Novak
>> here.
>> Okay, the agenda is before us. Um,
motion to approve the agenda as
presented.
>> So moved.
>> Motion by Nobach. Second by
>> second.
>> Not any further discussion.
>> All in favor approving the agenda? I I
>> nay.
>> So moved. Approval of the minutes which
you had in your packet.
Hopefully everybody had a chance to read
them. Motion to approve the minutes as
written.
>> So moved.
>> Second.
>> Motion by Noach, second by Johnson. Any
further discussion? All in favor? I
>> oppose. Nay. So moved. There is no
public in input. So we will move on to
the public hearings. We have one public
hearing for the conditional use permit
for outdoor storage in I2 general
industrial Izzy.
So I'll just give a quick introduction.
So Canudson Construction is looking to
get a conditional use permit for outdoor
storage in I2. So up in our industrial
park. Um within I2 district, you do need
a cup um in order to do that. Um so
storing things, trailers, um buggies,
scaffolding, etc. construction
equipment. Um within that site, um
you're given aerial images and then the
plan for the site. Um they have
confirmed that they do meet all the
conditions for obtaining a CUP within
that district. So um fencing, the black
top, lighting, all of that stuff. they
will be working with the city when
they're ready to pursue the outdoor
storage once they're all settled if they
go through um to work with me and the
city to get all those things in. Um so
all of the conditions that were in your
packet have been met and they will be
working with us um to do that. So they
do meet all of those conditions. Um
within the packet, I'll just give you a
quick heads up. you have two resolutions
just so that you can resolution to
approve or deny um after tonight's
hearing. Um so just so you're aware of
that. So we'll open the public hearing
and then after that you can ask me any
questions and we also have some
representatives from Kudson here tonight
too if you have any direct questions for
them as well.
Thank you.
We will open the public hearing on the
conditional use permit for outdoor
storage and I2 general industrial at
6:33 p.m. Would anyone like to speak?
Make sure the mic's on.
It's got a green light. So, Aaron
McMahon, Hoffman Street, Canon Falls.
Um, I have no issue with this. I'm just
curious. They are. I did read that
they're going to be storing cranes. I'm
wondering how many stories high the
cranes are and then if there's going to
be a limitation for them to be able to
hang signs off cranes, you know, like
political signs,
flags, that sort of thing. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
» Other folks that would like to speak to
the at the public hearing.
>> Can I just say I think Not yet.
>> Well, with the cranes like Isn't that
freedom of speech?
>> We'll address it after.
>> Oh, okay. That's how that works. Okay.
>> Unless you're sitting out there, you
can't talk until after we're done.
>> I'll go out there.
>> Okay.
>> Anyone else from the public who would
like to speak at the public hearing?
Any further people wishing to speak? If
not, I declare the public hearing closed
at 6:34
p.m.
Now the on the agenda it's the
discussion from the planning commission.
Now you may speak Chad.
>> Uh with the cranes is that like you
can't we can't tell them you can't have
this you or that for [clears throat]
like say they have a sign up on their
business, right? That's the freedom of
speech, right? They they want to have a
flag up
>> the content. Yeah. So there would likely
still be potential for regulations on
the signs themselves. Time, place,
manner, contents of signs are freedom,
first amended, protected, freedom of
speech uh issue. So the what content is
on the sign or flag or hanging from from
a crane. That is something that we would
not be able to regulate.
>> Okay. All right. Just curious. It's not
even an issue. So all right.
Then I guess the the other question was
how tall are cranes or how many or is
that [clears throat] within the zoning?
» Uh good evening. Uh my name is Tom
Limer, senior vice president with Kudson
Construction. To answer your crane
question, most of ours are truck cranes.
They're not tower cranes. So the highest
that we'd ever have that up is fully
extended to maintenance it, but we're
not going to leave it up overnight. if
we ever did hang something from it would
only be at at that point of the of the
crane. So, these aren't tower cranes or
anything like that. They're more truck
cranes where they you'll see them drive
down the road.
>> Thank you.
>> Um I I got a question about the storage
containers. Is this kind of like what
they have at the mall where it's a bunch
of the self it said self storage
containers?
>> Yeah, they'll be like ConX boxes.
>> Okay. So, it's nothing containers.
>> Yeah. So to provide a little more
context why we wanted this approval, we are in a purchasing the purchasing
due diligence phase right now to buy
that building and one of the conditions
was we wanted to make sure that we could
do outdoor storage in the future. There
might not be any outdoor storage for a
year because there is a current tenant
but we want before we made this
investment we wanted to make sure that
we were aligned from the the uh
conditional use permit and what we would
be required to do if we stored outside.
We acknowledged everything that would be
required um through this application
process, but it might not be it could be
six months. It could be a year. I can't
tell you when we'll start storing out
there. We just want to know we have the
flexibility in the future.
>> Okay. I'm going to ask you. So, I'm
looking at the map here. So, there's the
red fencing basically going in for the
storage area. Zach, what's going in now?
Like when you come in this year, is that
the first phase? And I'm assuming like
you said, you wanted more area. I'm
assuming where the green area is, you're
hoping to expand in the future to cover
the whole property.
>> Uh it it's it potentially. So we once we
close on the property over the next few
weeks, if this is approved, uh we'll
master plan that entire site to know
what our future holds 3, five, and 10
years from now. It might start that that
early area is greatly reduced for
outdoor storage. It might be bigger
depending on what we um need day one,
but that'll all go through the planning
process and be submitted to the city
before we do any work. But yes, in in
potentially in 10 years, yes, it could
that entire green space could be um
storage.
>> Okay. So, but the red the red fencing is
basically your first step.
>> Correct.
>> That's where you're and everything that
you have will fit inside that storage
area. More or less.
>> More or less.
>> Okay. [snorts] Other
questions, comments from the planning
commission?
>> The only concern that I had was the the
concrete or the the pavement requirement
and it seems like that's being met. So,
I don't have any concerns.
» Further discussion. Do we feel ready to
vote?
>> I'll make a motion. I think it's
>> actually No, you got to look at the
resolutions.
Um, [laughter]
>> okay. That's at at the end you've got uh
a conditional use permit. So resolution
20 2601 is to approve.
Okay. So if you want to approve it, you
would say move to approve uh
conditionally or planning commission
resolution 20261
and recommend to the council.
2020 motion to approve planning
commission 202601.
>> Hey motion by Johnson. Is there a
second?
>> Second.
by not. Is there further
discussion on approving the conditional
use permit?
Any further discussion? All in favor? I
>> I nay. So moved.
Next meeting is January 20th.
No, next council meeting is January
20th. Next planning commission is
February 9th. And we should say an
official welcome tonight to all to Chad
Johnson, who is technically our
alternate member from the city council
to the planning commission. And until
such time as the vacancy is filled, I'm
assuming he's allowed to serve. Yes. Oh,
welcome.
>> Thank you, Diane. I hope we get some
citizens in here to fill it in. We need
citizen input. It's good.
>> So, now are you going to be full-time
alternate as far as if someone if we
need a quorum
>> and someone?
>> Yep. So, if any of you other have
conflicts with any other meeting nights,
he would be this during this year, he
will can serve as that alternate for any
other position, not just a vacant one
right now.
And again, uh, we do have that open seat
on the planning commission. If any
citizen is in interested in that, the applications are at city hall
hearing. Is anybody have anything they'd
like to add tonight? Dizzy,
John.
>> Uh, next next planning commission
meeting, are we going to have something
on the fairboard ordinance and all that
stuff?
>> I hope so. I just sent out the Yeah.
schedule for for opportunity for dates
to meet. I just got that out tonight.
>> Okay.
>> Awesome. We'll make that set and
>> bring something for the next meeting. I
hope.
>> Good. Anybody else have anything, Chad?
Is it
>> Thank you.
>> Okay. I declare the meeting adjourned at
6:40 p.m.
>> Motion approve or motion to
>> mo motion to adjurnn.
>> Yes. Uh so moved.
>> Second.
Moved by uh no box, second by
knots. All in favor to adjurnn say I.
>> I.
>> So moved.