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Stearns County Board of Adjustment approves several lakeshore variances, denies impervious pavers at Cedar Island Lake
Summary
The Board granted variances to correct historic lot lines and permit replacement or repair of existing structures at properties on Pearl Lake and Cedar Island Lake, and granted a septic setback variance; the board denied a request to add 375 sq ft of impervious patio pavers at a Bertram property, citing shoreland protections.
The Stearns County Board of Adjustment on Aug. 14 approved multiple variances affecting lakeshore properties and denied one request to increase impervious surface within a shore impact zone.
At the start of the meeting the board granted a variance to Trustee Pamela Larkicki that will attach an existing Quonset building to a 32.3-acre farm tract and reduce an adjoining lake lot to 29,117 square feet, a departure from Stearns County Land Use and Zoning Ordinance No. 439 minimums. Planning staff told the board the Quonset was constructed before shoreland rules and that the change is intended to correct a long-standing survey/title discrepancy. "The intent of this request is to attach the existing Quonset building to the farm site tract," staff said. The board answered the required findings in the affirmative and voted to grant the variance.
The board also approved a variance for Marine Blank to replace a failed septic tank and associated soil treatment area that would infringe on standard setbacks because of site topography and an unpermitted deck. Staff explained the drain field…
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