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Waupaca County board denies shoreland setback variance for Peotter deck

Waupaca County Board of Adjustment · March 1, 2026
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Summary

The Waupaca County Board of Adjustment on July 16 denied a variance request from Ted R. and Joanne M. Peotter to retain a side deck within the shoreland/100-year floodplain, finding the application did not meet the three legal variance criteria; the board set a six-month window to correct the violation.

The Waupaca County Board of Adjustment unanimously denied a shoreland variance July 16 for Ted R. and Joanne M. Peotter of N11344 County Road P after finding the application failed to meet statutory criteria.

The Peotters testified that they built a small deck on the side of their cottage to provide safer access and maintenance during frequent spring flooding, saying the deck sits above the 100-year floodplain. “The floodwaters seem to be rising every year,” one applicant said, and the deck was described…

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