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Board of Adjustment upholds appeal, lets Mueller property modify building envelope without CUP
Summary
The board reversed Environmental Services’ determination that a conditional use permit was required to move a designated 2‑acre building envelope; the board found the department’s interpretation ambiguous and upheld the landowner’s appeal.
The Stearns County Board of Adjustment on a September evening upheld an appeal from Susan Muller (trustee of the Susan Muller Revocable Trust) and reversed Environmental Services’ June 16, 2025 administrative decision that a conditional use permit (CUP) was required to place a proposed accessory structure outside an established 2-acre building envelope.
The board found the county’s reading of Stearns County Land Use and Zoning Ordinance 4-39 — specifically the application of section 7.33.1 governing when a CUP is required for an expansion of a building envelope — to be not clearly applicable to the Mueller request. The board concluded the county’s interpretation was…
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