NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

This is to notify the public that the meeting of the Pope County Planning Advisory Commission (PAC) will take place on Thursday, April 25th, 2024 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 March 28th, 2024 PAC meeting

• Old Business

• New Business

o Conditional Use hearing on the application by Joshua & Melissa Douvier, if granted would allow applicants to locate a storage structure greater than 1100 square feet in a Shoreland-Natural Environment (S-NE) zoning district, per section 4.6.13.A.1 of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as being located in: Part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE ¼ SE ¼), Section 33, Township 124 (Bangor), Range 36, Pope County, Minnesota.

o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the application for a storage structure.

o Interim Use hearing on the application by Michael & Nikole Kostuch, if granted would allow applicants to locate a recreational vehicle (RV) for intermittent use greater than ninety (90) days in a Shoreland-Recreational Development (S-RD) zoning district, per section 10.15.B.3 of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as: Lot 11, Block 1, Les Kalina Fourth Addition, Section 2, Township 126 (Reno), Range 38, Pope County, Minnesota.

o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the application to locate an RV.

o Conditional Use hearing on the application by Nicholas Molitor, if granted would allow applicant to operate a dog boarding facility in a Non-Intensive Agriculture (A-1) zoning district, per section 6.3.R of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as being located in: Part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SE ¼ NW ¼), Section 27, Township 125 (Glenwood), Range 37, Pope County, Minnesota.

o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the application to operate a dog boarding facility.

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

April 8