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Board denies highway-setback variance for Assemblies of God / Rhode property
Summary
The Waupaca County Board of Adjustment denied a variance request for structural alterations within highway setbacks at N1302 County Road E (Town of Lind) after staff recommended denial and the board’s on-site inspection; the vote was 5-0.
The Waupaca County Board of Adjustment on Sept. 23 denied a petition from Assemblies of God Wis & North Mich Dist and property owners Jason and Teara Rhode to allow structural alterations within the required highway setbacks at N1302 County Road E in the Town of Lind.
The Board and staff inspected the property Sept. 23 before the hearing. Applicant Jason Rhode appeared, was sworn, and read his written answers to the application questions; Kent Falstad testified in support. No testimony opposed the petition and the clerk reported no letters in the record. Candace Bauer read a staff report recommending denial.
During deliberations the Board applied the same variance standards as earlier in the meeting and found no unnecessary hardship and no unique physical property limitations that would warrant a variance. Members said the structure is nonconforming but the property’s buildable envelope allows expansion while meeting required setbacks, and that granting a variance would weaken ordinance standards.
On the motion to deny moved by B. Abba and seconded by Chair A. Richardson, the Board voted by roll call: Chair A. Richardson, yes; D. Stevenson, yes; P. Leder, yes; E. Abrahamson, yes; B. Abba, yes. The Board ordered the variance denied and closed the hearing at 10:50 a.m.
The petition covered a roughly 2.06-acre parcel identified in the record as part of POS #118997S (parcel reference prt parcel #12-18-34-9). The Board did not announce additional follow-up at the meeting.
