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Stearns County board approves after-the-fact variance for Hulsingers' attached garage
Summary
The Stearns County Board of Adjustment granted an after-the-fact variance allowing an attached garage built in 1984 to remain 5.5 feet from the side property line, reversing permit noncompliance after board members found removing the structure would be unreasonable.
The Stearns County Board of Adjustment on a September evening approved an after-the-fact variance allowing Thomas J. and Diana Holsinger to keep a 22-by-35-foot attached garage built in 1984 that sits 5.5 feet from the side property line, short of the required 10-foot setback.
Board members said the hardship of forcing the owners to remove or alter the garage outweighed the county interest in enforcing the 10-foot side-yard standard under the Stearns County Land Use Ordinance 4-39. The board voted to grant the variance after staff confirmed there were two written comments in support and that the applicants had applied for a construction site permit for a separate addition that cannot be permitted…
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