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Contentious Rainy Lake permit: board allows small well/pump house inside 50-foot shoreline setback
Summary
After a lengthy debate over whether a 2001/2022 conditional use permit’s 120-foot setback applied only to RV sites or to accessory structures, the board voted to grant the Rainy Lake RV operators a permit for a small well/pump/compost house within the normal 50-foot setback.
A lengthy, sometimes heated exchange at the Sept. 23 Gucci County meeting ended with the board granting a permit that allows the Rainy Lake RV operators (Cole and Carrie Robin) to construct a small well/pump/compost house within the standard 50-foot shoreline setback.
The dispute centered on interpretation of conditions attached to a 2001 conditional use permit (CUP) and a later 2022 amendment that limited North RV sites to no closer than 120 feet from the west shoreline. Planning staff — relying on advice from the county land-use attorney —…
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