NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

This is to notify the public that the regular meeting of the Pope County Board of Adjustment will take place on Thursday, January 23rd, 2025 beginning at or about 6:00 pm or shortly thereafter in the Pope County Courthouse, 3rd Floor Board Room, to consider the following agenda items:

• Annual Organizational Meeting

o Election of Officers

o Selection of Site Team 

   Members

o Meeting Dates

o By-Laws

• Review meeting minutes from November 21st, 2024 BOA meeting

• New Business

o Variance hearing on the application by Daron and Janell Koehn, if granted would allow applicants relief from the structure to ordinary high water level setback standard as per section 4.4.4.A. of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as being located in: Part of the Southwest Quarter (SW¼) of the Northwest Quarter (NW¼) of the Northwest Quarter (NW¼), Section 7, Township 125 (White Bear Lake), Range 39, Pope County, Minnesota.

o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the application for relief from the ordinary high water level setback standard.

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, 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 by providing verbal comments in the Public Hearing portion of the Board of Adjustment meeting.

FOR LEGAL PUBLICATION 

Jessica Hill, Deputy Land & 

Resource Director / Zoning 

Administrator

Pope County Land & 

Resource Management

Jan. 6