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PCBOA approves Raguse/Foss variance at Kerwin Lake with demolition deadline, limits on vegetation clearing
Summary
The board granted variance 39‑V‑25 for the former Pixie Point resort property after negotiating conditions that retain two guest cabins, require demolition of one cabin (item E), prohibit additional vegetation removal and limit the recreational area size; the motion passed unanimously.
The Hubbard County Planning Commission / Board of Adjustment approved variance application 39‑V‑25, submitted for Government Lot 7 on Kerwin Lake, after attaching conditions narrowing the original request.
Applicant Austin Foss told the board the site was formerly Pixie Point Resort and described plans to retain two guest cabins, convert the lodge to the main structure, remove two cabins and repurpose one as a sauna. Foss said discussions with staff and the planning department led the applicants to pursue a variance rather than other options.
Commissioner Ken proposed a compromise limiting the number of retained guest cabins to two (units B and D on the submitted drawing), moving cabin E into the proposed‑demolition list, banning additional vegetation removal, and restricting a residential recreational area to 20 by 15 feet. Ken said the configuration would substantially reduce prior development density and preserved cabins B and D remain outside the shore impact zone. Ken offered the motion describing the change to the site plan (dated June 17, received Oct. 1) to list item E as proposed demolition. The board adopted staff findings of fact, added the stated conditions and set a demolition deadline (Sept. 1, 2026) for the removed structure.
Austin Foss confirmed the applicants no longer planned to pursue the vegetation removal portion of the application. Commissioners noted cabin B exceeded the 15‑foot height limit only marginally and that the proposed changes reduced the property's prior level of development. After a second by Timothy, the board voted by roll call: Timothy — aye; Ken — aye; Mike — aye; Veronica — aye; Larry Elsopodi (chair) — aye. The motion passed and the variance was approved with the listed conditions.
The board instructed staff to include the June 2017 (received Oct. 1) site drawing as part of the variance record, with the modification moving cabin E to demolition. The approval adopts staff findings and documents the conditions in the formal motion.
