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Applicant withdraws St. Joseph Riverway variance after DNR withholds written consent
Summary
David Swanson withdrew a request to expand and renovate a nonconforming dwelling in the Lower St. Croix Riverway after county staff disclosed a Wisconsin DNR letter saying the agency would not provide required written consent for variances under Wis. Stat. 30.27.
St. Croix County Zoning Board of Adjustment members heard a public hearing March 27 on David Swanson’s request to expand a nonconforming house in the Town of St. Joseph, then accepted Swanson’s request to withdraw the application after staff said the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources would not provide written consent required for the variances.
Land use administrator Mike Wozniak summarized the proposal and the county’s review. The application sought to enlarge a dwelling at 1466 Pine Tree Lane on a 7.15-acre parcel, increasing an existing footprint of about 1,232 square feet to 2,548 square feet—roughly 548.6 square feet beyond the 2,000-square-foot limit for nonconforming structures—and to reconstruct a deck that would extend roughly 9 feet into the slope-preservation zone. Wozniak told…
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