Proposed Uses: The new zoning district would allow the following uses in your hamlet to be built or expand through a conditional use permit:

•          Gas station/convenience store

•          Restaurant or tavern

•          Retail shop

•          Small veterinarian clinic

•          Small office building

•          Brewery

•          Temporary outdoor events and sales

The Live. Learn. Earn. Housing workgroup is interested in your thoughts and opinions about the affordability of housing in the Scott County area.  Please take a moment to answer a few short questions that will help frame the discussion about housing policy throughout our larger community – and thank you!

The Live. Learn. Earn. Workforce Readiness workgroup is interested in your thoughts and opinions about what kinds of employment opportunities Scott County and its communities should help foster.  We ask you to please take a few minutes to answer a few simple questions to help us determine where to focus our efforts – and thank you!

Help Scott County and the University of Minnesota collaborate on more than a dozen multidisciplinary projects that advance community resilience -- a key component of the 2040 Comp Plan Update:  Visit "Speak Up, Scott County!" here:  https://www.opentownhall.com/portals/165/Issue_6587

For those of you who want to participate on any of the three "Speak Scott County" topics regarding the County Road 21/Highway 13 project prirorities, use, and project alternatives and haven't yet, please plan to do so before 12:00 midnight on Sunday, October 15.  Thank you!

The third joint work session with the Prior Lake City Council and Scott County Board was held on Thursday September 7, 2017 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at Prior Lake City Hall. At this meeting, the potential project alternatives were presented for the CH21 Downtown Prior Lake Improvement Project.

Click here to go to the new Trunk Highway 13/County Road 21 project survey!

Interested in hearing about the potential alternatives for the Trunk Highway 13/County Road 21 reconstruction project? There's a joint workshop with the Scott County Commissioners and the Prior Lake City Council at 5:00 PM on Thursday, September 7 at Prior Lake City Hall (4646 Dakota Street SE, Prior Lake). All are welcome!

Live, work, or play around downtown Prior Lake or the Highway 13/21 intersection? Or do you travel through this area often? We want to know how you use, get to, and move through the corridor.

Scott County, in coordination with the City of Prior Lake and the Minnesota Department of Transportation, is planning intersection improvements on County Highway (CH) 21 and State Highway (TH) 13 in downtown Prior Lake.  This intersection was identified as needing improvement due primarily to mobility concerns, but also in regard to traffic safety concerns associated with the existing and forecasted traffic. The project will evaluate potential improvements to intersections in close proximity to the CH 21/TH 13 intersection, in particular CH 21 and Main Avenue.  It will also take into consideration traffic impacts on surrounding streets, including impacts on pedestrian safety and accessibility. Be sure to watch this short video here.    The focus of this effort will be on downtown Prior Lake, with a corridor visioning exercise completed for the longer segment of CH 21 from CH 82/154th Street to Franklin Trail.  The Corridor Visioning Study will help to identify how the intersection restoration project can holistically fit into the future vision of the corridor and its surroundings.    To learn more about the rcconstruction project, visit the project website at www.movingforward13-21.com. 

How do you feel about the project's goals and priorities?  Add your thoughts and perspectives here!

If the County's Customer Service area had the capability, with the number of existing staff, to change its hours of operation, which option(s) do you think would be most effective in meeting your needs?

As the County embarks on its next long-range comprehensive plan, it’s a good time to think about what this place should look like 25 years from now. So what should Scott County look like in the year 2040?

Should Scott County allow rural farmsteads and farm wineries to become destinations for large scale weddings and events? If no, tell us why. If yes, what types of restrictions do you support to lessen impact to neighboring landowners and the community at large?

There are 40 days left to comment.

Should Scott County allow rural farmsteads and farm wineries to become destinations for large scale weddings and events? If no, tell us why. If yes, what types of restrictions do you support to lessen impact to neighboring landowners and the community at large?

Should Scott County allow community solar gardens on private rural properties as a permitted land use? If yes, what types of restrictions, if any, do you support to lessen impact to neighboring landowners and the community at large?