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Planning commission recommends permit to reopen historic Watkins tavern as eating-and-drinking establishment; outdoor music set aside
Summary
Members recommended approval of a conditional-use permit to reopen Lukin's Bar in the St. Nicholas townsite with conditions on accessibility, parking, septic monitoring and signs; commissioners removed authority for outdoor music in the permit and said the applicant may return later to request it.
The Stearns County Planning Commission recommended approval of a conditional-use permit enabling Mike Ludkin to reopen the ground floor of a long-standing building in St. Nicholas as an eating-and-drinking establishment (Lukin's Bar).
Staff said the building dates to about 1900 and that prior permits (2017) authorized conversion of the upper level to living quarters. No exterior expansion is proposed. The property sits in the county shoreland overlay near School…
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