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Stearns County Planning Commission approves rezoning of 20-acre Main Prairie Township parcel to R-10
Summary
On March 27 the Stearns County Planning Commission voted to rezone an approximately 20-acre parcel in Main Prairie Township from Agricultural-40 to Residential-10, adding one building entitlement; the township recommended approval and no public comments were received.
The Stearns County Planning Commission on March 27 approved a request to rezone roughly 20 acres in Main Prairie Township from Agricultural-40 (A40) to Residential-10 (R10), county staff said. The change will add one additional building entitlement to the parcel if implemented.
The parcel is described in the application as part of the NE Quarter of the NE Quarter, Section 31, Main Prairie Township, with an address transcribed in the hearing record as “20826120 Fifth Avenue, Cold Spring, Minnesota.” The applicant, Brandon Willard of Rice, Minnesota, told the commission his plan was to split the property with a new lot line running west to east; the new lot would access 200th and Tenth Street, a township road. County staff reported the site contains one house and a shed, is partly hilly and woodland with some grassland and wetland, and that there are about 14 homes within a half mile and no feedlots within a half mile.
County staff said the Land Evaluation Site Assessment (LESA) score for the parcel was 63.9, just below the county’s LESA threshold (reported in the packet as 65.5). The staff presentation noted the property is partly within a natural resource overlay on the south end and that it sits outside shoreland and other overlays. Maine Prairie Township reviewed the application and recommended approval, which staff included in the meeting packet. No written correspondence was received and no members of the public spoke during the public hearing; the commission opened and then closed the public hearing with no speakers.
Commissioners who reported visiting the site included members from several districts; one at-large commissioner said they had not visited. Following staff and applicant remarks, a commissioner moved to approve the rezoning request and a second was recorded. The chair called for the vote; the commission voted in favor and the motion passed.
The transcript does not record a formal ordinance number for final adoption, an effective date, or next procedural steps following the planning commission’s approval. No further administrative actions or appeals were described during the meeting record.
