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Isanti County Board of Adjustment unanimously approves three variances July 9
Summary
At its July 9 meeting the Board approved three variances (Hauge, Arendts, Bromwich), approved minutes from June 11, and adjourned at 9:31 a.m.; all variance motions passed unanimously with findings citing practical difficulties.
The Isanti County Board of Adjustment met July 9 at the Isanti County Government Center in Cambridge and unanimously approved three variance requests affecting three separate properties. The Board also approved the June 11, 2026 minutes and adjourned at 9:31 a.m.
Approved actions included: (1) a variance for Renae Hauge to build a 20' x 24' garage 77 feet from Blue Lake's ordinary high watermark (motion Jim Fridstrom; second Kathy Skiba); (2) a variance for Lucas & Nicole Arendts to add a 29' x 35' attached garage 104 feet from the centerline of County Road 16 (motion Kathy Skiba; second Dave Henderson); and (3) a variance for Cory & Anna Bromwich to construct a 30' x 40' pole building 28 feet from a side property line in Antler Ridge Estates (motion Dave Henderson; second Jim Fridstrom). All motions carried unanimously; the Board's findings repeatedly cited practical difficulties due to lot layout, prior zoning, or existing utilities as justification for the variances.
The transcript records technical comments from the Isanti Soil & Water Conservation District urging caution on shoreline encroachment and listing mitigation options for water-quality protection; the Board approved the Hauge variance despite those cautions. The meeting record does not include specific permit conditions tied to the approvals in the transcript. The Board was chaired by Valerie Marty-Anderson; county staff included Zoning Administrator Trina Bergloff and Assistant County Attorney Dave Kraemer.
