NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS

This is to notify the public that the regular meeting of the Pope County Board of Adjustment will take place on Thursday, July 27th, 2023 beginning at or about 6:00 pm or shortly thereafter in the Pope County Courthouse to consider the following agenda items:

• Review meeting minutes from June 22nd, 2023 BOA meeting.

• New Business

o Variance hearing on the application by Stryhn, LLC on behalf of Aaron and Jennifer Erickson, if granted would allow applicant relief from the minimum setback standard from a septic drainfield to a residential structure, in a Shoreland-General Development (S-GD) zoning district per Subdivision 3, Subpart 3.30 of the Pope County Subsurface Sewage Treatment System Ordinance. Parcel is described as: Lot 3, Block 3, Minnewaska Lake View Terrace, Section 31, Township 125 (Glenwood), Range 38, Pope County, Minnesota.

o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the application for relief from the minimum septic setback.

o Variance hearing on the application by Marvin Sandvig, if granted would allow applicant to locate a structure at 74 feet from the centerline of a Township road where 100 feet is the minimum standard setback in an Agriculture Protection (A-2) zoning district per section 7.6.D. of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as being located in: Part of the Southeast Quarter (SE ¼) of the Northwest Quarter (NW ¼), Section 32, Township 123 (Lake Johanna), Range 36, Pope County, Minnesota.

o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the application for relief from the minimum road setback.

Public participation by interested parties and citizens will include an opportunity to:

1) submit written concerns and comment prior to the scheduled meeting; All such communications will be shared with the Board of Adjustment prior to or during the meeting;

2) submit concerns and comments via Pope County’s Public Comment web map (https://popecounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=22a203912a864a77b4cdabe672e35e3f);

3) to review the staff prepared report via Pope County website;

4) observe and/or participate in the proceedings of the Board of Adjustment meeting.

FOR LEGAL PUBLICATION 

David J. Green, Director

Pope County Land & Resource 

Management

July 10