NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS

This is to notify the public that the meeting of the Pope County Planning Advisory Commission (PAC) will take place on Thursday, October 26th, 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 September 28th, 2023 PAC meeting

• New Business

o Conditional Use hearing on the application by Alex Boike, if granted would allow applicant to construct a storage structure greater than 1100 square feet with sidewalls greater than 12 feet in a Shoreland-General Development (S-GD) zoning district per section 4.6.13.A.1 of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance.  Parcel is described as: Lot 1, Block 1 of Al’s Cove, Section 36, Township 125 (White Bear Lake), Range 39, Pope County, Minnesota.

o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the accessory structure.

o Proposed Land Use Controls Ordinance Amendments:

• Section 2.2: Definitions

• Section 4.6.2: Access Lots and Easements

• Section 4.6.13 & 5.6.1: Steel Buildings, Pole Structures and Other Dwellings

• Section 4-8 Zoning District’s Permitted & Conditional Uses

• Section 10.8: Guest Cottage & Guest Quarters

• Section 11: Administration

o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the proposed ordinance amendments.

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 Planning Advisory Commission prior to or during the meeting;

2) submit concerns and comments via Pope County’s Public Comment web map, go to https://www.popecountymn.gov, at the top of the page hover over Government, then under Board of Adjustment/Planning Advisory Commission, select Submit a Public Comment or type in the following link to access the Public Comment web map: (https://popecounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=22a203912a864a77b4cdabe672e35e3f) 

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

4) observe and/or participate in the proceedings of the Planning Advisory Commission meeting.

FOR LEGAL PUBLICATION 

Jessica Hill, Deputy Land & 

Resource Director / Zoning 

Administrator

Pope County Land & 

Resource Management

Oct. 9