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Stearns County board grants variance for sunroom and deck at Great Northern Lake

Stearns County Board of Adjustment · December 12, 2025
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Summary

The Board of Adjustment granted a variance allowing a porch/sunroom and deck lakeward of the established building line at a Fairway Shores property on Great Northern Lake, finding the project largely reestablishes a prior permitted footprint and will not increase lakeward encroachment beyond historic conditions.

The Stearns County Board of Adjustment granted a variance on Dec. 4 to allow a proposed sunroom and deck for a Fairway Shores property on Great Northern Lake to be constructed lakeward of the established building line, after staff and the applicants said the design largely follows the prior permitted footprint.

Staff noted the property was platted in 1969 and that a previous porch/deck configuration was permitted when the original dwelling was built. The current project, presented by Joseph…

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