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Board of Adjustment report: six meetings, eight applications in 2024; mixed outcomes
Summary
The committee received the Board of Adjustment annual report showing six meetings and eight applications in 2024; several variance requests were denied and a few were granted.
The committee received the Polk County Board of Adjustment (BOA) annual report for 2024. Staff said the BOA held six meetings and processed eight applications across several towns.
Staff summarized outcomes: two requests involving the Blue Rock Quarry were part of public discussion and one appeal; a couple of reduced shoreline setback requests (one for a garage and one to enclose a deck on a nonconforming structure) were denied; a reduced side‑yard setback for an attached garage was also denied. A reduced state highway setback for accessory buildings and a relocation and vertical expansion of a principal structure/deck within a shoreline setback were granted; an appeal concerning a cell tower in the Town of Farmington was denied. Staff told the committee the BOA report will be transmitted to the county board via the meeting minutes.
