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Board of Appeals approves pole barn variance at 150 Norman Road
Summary
The Jones County Board of Appeals granted a variance allowing an accessory pole barn in the front yard at 150 Norman Road after the applicants described topography constraints and distance from the road.
The Jones County Board of Appeals approved a variance request from Ray and Jejune Mansholt to place an accessory pole barn in the front yard of their property at 150 Norman Road.
Joju (spelling in transcript) Mansholt explained the property is approximately 5.77 acres zoned agricultural rural and described steep terrain, boulders and dry creeks that limited suitable locations for a pole barn. She said the house was placed where county rules required it to face the road and that the pole barn site is the only practical location on the lot.
Board members asked about distance from the road; Mansholt said the barn site is about 200 feet from Norman Road and that trees separate the site from passerby views depending on season. After questions, a board member moved to approve the variance, a second was recorded and the chair called the vote in the affirmative.
The board’s approval allows the Mansholts to build the pole barn in the front yard subject to any permitting requirements. The board did not record additional conditions in the transcript; building permits and setback verifications remain subject to review by the county’s permitting office.
