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Davison County Board of Adjustment unanimously grants lot-size variance for Verna Hofer
Summary
On Nov. 13, 2025 the Davison County Board of Adjustment voted 5-0 to grant a variance allowing creation of a +/- 7.173-acre lot where the Agricultural District minimum is 25 acres; the Planning Commission had recommended approval and no public comments were offered.
The Davison County Board of Adjustment voted unanimously on Nov. 13, 2025, to grant a variance requested by Verna Hofer that will allow creation of a lot of approximately 7.173 acres in the Agricultural District where the minimum lot size is 25 acres.
The variance was described in the record as the division of +/- 17.827 acres from the NW1/4 of Section 13, T102N, R60 W of the 5th P.M., Davison County, South Dakota, creating the smaller lot for a residence. The board’s action followed a motion by board member Nebelsick and a second from board member Kiner, citing Section 12:06(b) and 3:07(5) of the Davison County Zoning Ordinance. A roll call vote recorded Claggett, Reider, Blaalid, Kiner and Nebelsick as voting “aye.”
The meeting record notes that the Planning Commission recommended granting the variance by a 5-0-2 notation; the transcript does not define what the "5-0-2" notation signifies. The county’s file lists the application as received on Sept. 24, 2025; the Daily Republic published notices on Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, 2025; posted signs were placed Oct. 24, 2025; and notices to the applicant and abutting property owners were dated Oct. 22, 2025.
Chairperson Randy Reider opened the Nov. 13 meeting at 9:15 a.m. and the board approved the agenda and Oct. 14, 2025 minutes before taking up the variance. The chair called for public input on non-agenda items and no members of the public spoke. The board adjourned at 9:19 a.m.
The meeting minutes cite the Davison County Zoning Ordinance (3:07(5) and Section 12:06(b)) as the legal basis for the variance; the record does not state an effective date for the variance or list conditions attached to the approval. Any follow-up actions, such as filing the variance decision with the county register of deeds or recording conditions, were not specified in the transcript.
