City of Big Lake

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AN AMENDMENT TO CITY CODE SECTION 1062, I-4 INNOVATION 

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT 

You are hereby notified that the Big Lake Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider a request for a Zoning Code Amendment increasing the amount of outdoor storage permitted in the Innovation Industrial (I-4) zoning district. The hearing will be held in the Big Lake City Hall Council Chambers located at 160 Lake Street North on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at or about 6:00 p.m.

Applicant: Bob’s Towing and Recovery Inc., Nick Christenson, 22228 167th St NW, Big Lake, MN 55309

Owner: LGL Real Estate Investments LLC, Larry Palm, 8300 10th Ave N, Golden Valley, MN 55427

Location: South and west of HWY 10, east of 166th St NE and north of BNSF Railroad.  

Request(s): Amend City Code Section 1062 to allow outdoor storage at a 7:1 outdoor storage to building ratio. Current City Code restricts outdoor storage to 3.5:1 outdoor storage to building ratio.   

If you desire to be heard in reference to this matter, you are encouraged to attend the scheduled public hearing or submit written comments to City Hall prior to the hearing. Comments can be emailed to City Planner Lucinda Spanier at lspanier@biglakemn.org or mailed to City Hall at 160 Lake Street N. 

Lucinda Spanier

City Planner

City of Big Lake

(Published in the Patriot: 01/21/23.)