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Board grants rear-yard variance for McClelland’s Beach cottage amid shoreline measurement issues
Summary
The Board approved a 10-foot rear-yard variance for a McClelland’s Beach lot after the applicant and surveyor said Beacon parcel imagery and historic plats produced inconsistent measurements due to shore erosion.
The Dickinson County Board of Adjustment voted 5-0 on Oct. 27 to allow Ann Bass to build a one-level home on Lot 89 at McClelland’s Beach at 24611 McClelland Drive by granting a rear-yard variance of 10 feet (15' rear yard where 25' is required).
Pat Mohning of Mohning Land Surveying told the board the applicants initially had incorrect parcel measurements from Beacon aerial imagery and that the original plats and shoreline erosion affect current rear-lot measurements. Applicant Ann Bass said she plans a one-level home to care for her mother and that utilities had been disconnected while clearing the lot.
A letter from neighbors Ron and Jan Mummert was read into the record; no one spoke in opposition at the meeting. The board approved the variance 5-0. Mohning said the survey used plats dating to the 1960s and noted erosion of the beach that affects distance from rear lot lines to the platted beach.
