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Silver Creek planning board approves lot-division variance for Millstone Lake parcels
Summary
The Silver Creek Township Planning and Zoning board approved a variance Sept. 3 allowing an altered lot division on two Millstone Lake parcels that would contain 5.7 acres of prime soils (2.5-acre limit) and 285 feet of lake frontage (300 feet required); the vote was 7-0.
Silver Creek Township Planning and Zoning approved a variance at its Sept. 3, 2024 meeting to allow an altered lot division on two properties on Millstone Lake.
Planning and Zoning Chairman Chris Klein called the meeting to order. After a presentation, buyer Kelsea McCormack and seller Rod Hebrink explained the requested change to two existing divisions at 9571 and 9611 Endicott Ave NW, part of Government Lot 2, Section 17, Township 121, Range 26, Wright County. The board heard that one resulting parcel would contain 5.7 acres of prime soils, above the ordinance maximum of 2.5 acres, and would have 285 feet of lake frontage, short of the 300-foot requirement.
The request cited relief under Section 155.026 and Section 155.048(B) of Chapter 155, Title XV, Land Usage & Zoning of the Wright County Code of Ordinances. Planning and Zoning member Mike Helman moved to approve the variance; member Brandon Geyen seconded. The motion carried, 7-0.
Why it matters: the parcels lie on Millstone Lake and the variance alters limits the code places on prime soils acreage and shoreline frontage. The board's approval allows the parties to proceed with the revised division under local zoning relief; the minutes do not record conditions attached to the approval or subsequent county-level review steps.
Votes at a glance - Variance for 9571 & 9611 Endicott Ave NW (Hebrink/McCormack): motion by Mike Helman, second by Brandon Geyen; outcome: approved 7-0.
Attendance and next steps The minutes show seven Planning and Zoning members present and two absent. The minutes note that the buyer and seller "gave explanation" of the request; no direct quotes or additional conditions were recorded in the minutes. The record does not specify any further county administrative steps or appeal periods in the minutes. The meeting was adjourned later in the agenda.
(Reporting based on the Sept. 3, 2024 Silver Creek Township Planning and Zoning minutes.)
