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Stearns County board grants variance to expand Mittenorf feedlot to 477 feet from nearest residence
Summary
The Stearns County Board of Adjustment approved a variance allowing the Mittenorf family to add a new barn and open-lot feed area that will sit 477 feet from a neighboring residence, 133 feet closer than the county’s 700-foot standard. The board found all required findings in the affirmative and approved the request by roll call vote.
The Stearns County Board of Adjustment voted to approve a variance that lets Robert and Nancy Mittenorf and Reed Mittenorf Stock Center expand a registered animal feedlot to a location 477 feet from a residential structure, short of the county’s 700-foot setback requirement.
The application, presented by environmental services staff, said the proposal is for a 32-by-96 barn with an attached 32-by-96 open lot that would house about 69 slaughter steers on the west side of the existing feedlot. Staff reported the current permanent feedlot is already nonconforming and sits approximately 610 feet from the residence; the new construction would be 133 feet closer than that existing distance.
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