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Clay County board approves variance to replace nine grain bins with two within shoreland setback
Summary
The Clay County Board of Adjustment approved a variance allowing a farm operation to replace nine aging grain bins with two larger bins inside a shoreland setback, with a required 130-foot setback condition. Planners said the change would reduce the site footprint and runoff; the waterway’s status and past DNR mapping decisions were discussed.
Clay County planners and the Board of Adjustment approved a variance request allowing a farm to replace nine older grain bins with two larger bins within the shoreland setback of an unnamed tributary.
The applicant proposed replacing nine grain bins with a combined previous capacity of about 52,000 bushels with two new bins totaling roughly 130,000 bushels. Planning staff recommended approval on the finding that the consolidation would reduce the bin site footprint and impervious surface and could reduce runoff entering the public water.
The board record shows the subject water is listed in the county public waters inventory but was removed from the DNR buffer map in 2018.…
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