Ellsworth Plan Commission approves density variance, CSM to create 2.5‑acre lot

The Village of Ellsworth Plan Commission on Aug. 17 approved a density variance and a certified survey map (CSM) allowing Dennis and Debbie Olson to create a 2.5‑acre residential lot at N5697 730th Street for their daughter, leaving the remaining 37.5 acres and existing improvements intact. Staff advised the commission that the proposed division does not meet the Village’s extraterritorial density standard of one dwelling unit per 35 acres, which is why the applicants requested a variance, and that the applicants proposed two outlots on an adjoining parcel with a private road to satisfy frontage requirements.