Applicant with LOMA seeks setback variance; committee stresses floodplain permit limits

A property owner seeking a variance to reduce the setback from a neighbor's property line told the Iroquois County committee he has an elevation certificate (LOMA) showing his home is not in the floodplain and described plans to raise the building pad with porous rock and concrete.

Chair introduced the matter as CBA case 26 CBA and said the committee's review concerns only the requested setback, not the building plans. Julie said she had prepared signed findings of fact and reminded the committee that floodplain-related restrictions could limit how much nonporous material may be imported to the site.

Applicant Nathan Tenmeier said he obtained a LOMA/elevation certificate after arguing his home was not in the floodplain and that his proposed pad build-up (rock plus 5 inches of concrete) would place the finished floor above required elevations. “I finally went in and got an elevation certificate (LOMA) to prove that my home is not in the flood plain,” Tenmeier said, describing a plan to bring in stone and 5 inches of concrete to raise the pad by roughly 11 inches.

Julie and the chair clarified that the committee's action addresses only the setback variance; all floodplain compliance and building-permit approvals will be resolved during permit review and are not granted by the variance. The record shows the committee discussed the technical limits on bringing fill material from other floodplains and emphasized that building permits will be the stage when engineering and floodplain compliance are verified.

The transcript records discussion and clarifying questions but does not capture a formal roll-call vote on the variance within the provided segments.