Oneida County Board of Adjustment grants conditional variance for second stairway at Minocqua property

The Oneida County Board of Adjustment voted 5-0 on April 23 to grant a variance allowing a second stairway at 8279 Bassett Road in the Town of Minocqua, provided the property owner submits acceptable documentation to support a reasonable accommodation for a disability, the board said.

The variance addressed Appeal No. 25-007, filed by the Angela Levin Revocable Living Trust and represented by attorney Timothy Melms, which appealed the Planning and Zoning Department's denial of an after-the-fact permit for a second stairway near the ordinary high water mark. The denial followed issuance of other after-the-fact approvals related to shoreland alterations; Planning and Zoning staff issued an after-the-fact permit, a shoreland alteration permit and a mitigation plan for replacement of a…