During the Princeton City Council meeting on Thursday, Aug. 8, the council voted to introduce an amendment to its hunting ordinance and firearms map for the city.
The ordinance, ordinance 858, relates to the regulation of the discharge of firearms in the city.
The amendments to the ordinance will update two sections of language that restrict what weapons can be used in certain preapproved locations within the city.
The first update adds language that will allow the use of bows and arrows only in red cross-hatched areas on the map attached to the ordinance available in the City Council’s agenda packet for Aug. 8 on its website.
The second update adds language that will require property owners looking to have their properties added to the map of allowable hunting areas within the city to notify all adjacent property owners of the request.
As the first reading of the amendments, the council introduced the ordinance and the changes to be made. Additional changes could take place prior to the second reading and final vote of the updated ordinance.
The second reading is expected to take place during the Princeton City Council meeting on Thursday, Aug. 22.
To learn more about the amendments, visit https://www.princetonmn.org/services/agendas_and_minutes/city_council.php and view the Aug. 8 agenda packet.
The Princeton City Council also conducted the following business during the meeting on Thursday, Aug. 8.
Consent agenda
The Princeton City Council approved the following items on its consent agenda:
- Step increases for the following city employees: City Clerk Shawna Jenkins, Community Development Zoning Specialist Mary Lou Dewitt, Community Development Planner Stacy Marquardt, police officer Drew Scharber, and police investigator Matt Mullins.
- A gambling permit for Christ Our Light Church for a raffle in October.
- A premises gambling permit for Youth Hockey at Clyde’s Wood Fired Grill.
- The first pay voucher in the amount of $1.088 million to Larson Excavating for the Seventh Avenue North reconstruction project.
- Calling for a public hearing for the implementation of a TIF district related to the construction of town homes and twin homes on the Pontious property located off 100th Avenue near 18th Street. A second public hearing was also approved for the same property for the implementation of a TIF district for a senior living facility. Both public hearings will be held at approximately 7 p.m. at Princeton City Hall during the Princeton City Council meeting.
Open forum
During the open forum portion of the council meeting, Princeton resident Greg Anderson approached the council to ask a question and voice a concern about the plans for the Pontious property and the developments that are planned for it. Anderson asked how the council plans to extend city water and sewer to the property now that it has been annexed into city limits, and he asked if it would have to go through his property, since his property neighbors the Pontious property. Mayor Thom Walker said that it will not be going through his property.
Zoning map amendments
The Princeton City Council approved two zoning map amendments. The first was for a property located off 18th Street near 21st Avenue North neighboring the Princeton Dental Center. This property was zoned as an A-1 Agricultural District and the request was to rezone as a B-3 Business District to match the neighboring property. The second property, at 1300 Seventh St. N., was to rezone from a B-3 General Commercial Business District to a R-3 Multiple Family Residential District. The property has had a single-family residence on it for many years, and the owners requested the zoning map reflect that.
Donation
The Princeton City Council approved a $250 donation from Princeton Youth Baseball and Softball Association for a free splash park day on July 20.
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