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Board of Adjustment approves variance for Buddens to replace failing trailer at Spirit Lake address
Summary
The Dickinson County Board of Adjustment voted 5-0 to grant Troy and Linda Budden side-yard variances so they can replace a deteriorating 1977 trailer with a new manufactured home at 25489 Pasture Lake Drive; the Buddens said the old unit has structural and mold concerns and will be removed.
The Dickinson County Board of Adjustment on July 22 approved a pair of side-yard variances that will allow Troy and Linda Budden to replace an aging trailer at 25489 Pasture Lake Drive in Spirit Lake.
The board voted 5-0 to permit a 9-foot north side-yard setback where 25 feet is required (a variance of 16 feet) and a 16-foot south side-yard setback where 25 feet is required (a variance of 9 feet). Alex Oponski moved to approve the variance and Susan Clark seconded; the motion carried with votes from Chairman Jeff Ashland, Kirby Berhow, Clark, Oponski and Cami Wills.
The Buddens applied for the variance for property listed as Parcel Number 0315477701 (with the leased land Parcel Number 0315477004). Troy Budden told the board he has owned the 1977 trailer for 25 years and asked to replace it because "the floor is falling out," exterior light can be seen through the wall, and there is "a concern of mold inside." He said the existing trailer will be removed once the replacement is installed.
Pat Mohning, who prepared the site and drainage plan, told the board the lot is unusually shaped and tight, with three sides bordering platted roads. Mohning said the replacement manufactured home will be slightly shorter and wider than the current unit, will include a covered deck, and "won’t impede the lake or site lines for the road." Kardell said the project will eliminate two nonconforming uses on the lot, that the dwelling is not in the sanitary sewer easement area, and that the minimum building width would be 22 feet in the R-2 residential zone.
The board asked whether the existing trailer would be removed and whether a neighboring mobile home was related to the applicants; Troy Budden confirmed they will remove their trailer and that the other mobile home is unrelated to them. No written correspondence or public comment was received before the vote.
The Board's approval allows the Buddens to proceed with the replacement subject to any required building permits and other regulatory approvals; the meeting record indicates the applicants will remove the existing mobile home as part of the project.
