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Council affirms revocation of Nory fence permit after lengthy appeal over easement condition
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing in which Eric Nory argued the city applied an unreasonable condition requiring notarized/recorded access easements from neighbors, the council voted to affirm its prior revocation of his conditional-use permit; the Norys said they will consider legal appeal.
A long public hearing and appeal over the revocation of a conditional-use permit for a backyard fence ended Nov. 19 with the Kasson City Council affirming its prior decision to revoke the permit.
Eric Nory, who paid the city’s appeal fee and spoke at length, told the council he had applied for a permit to build a fence a few inches off his property line. Nory argued the city’s prior practice — which staff described to him as requiring an "access agreement" with neighbors — was ambiguous and that staff and council later treated that phrase as if it required a notarized and…
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