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 24th, 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:  

• Review meeting minutes from March 27th, 2025 BOA meeting

• Old Business

• New Business

o Interim Use hearing on the application by Kevin Anderson, if granted would allow applicant to operate an extractive use mining operation in a Non-Intensive Agriculture (A-1) zoning district, per section 6.4.C. and 10.2 of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as being located in: Part of the Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of the Southeast Quarter (SE¼), Section 4, Township 125 (Minnewaska), Range 38, Pope County, Minnesota.

o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the application to operate an extractive use mining operation.

o Preliminary Plat Review hearing on the application by Ryan and Cheryl Fernholz, for a twelve (12) lot residential subdivision on property described as ± 19.5 acres, in the Shoreland-General Development (S-GD) and Residential (R) zoning districts, per section 10.25 of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcels are described as being located in: Part of Government Lot 3, Section 26, Township 125 (Glenwood), Range 38, Pope County, Minnesota.

o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the application to create a residential subdivision.

o Ordinance Amendment Consideration:

• Solid Waste Ordinance

• Land Use Controls Ordinance

• Section 10.15 Recreational Camping Vehicles (RVs)

• Section 10.30 Vacation Home Rentals (VHR)

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 by providing verbal comments in the Public Hearing portion of the Planning Advisory Commission meeting.

FOR LEGAL PUBLICATION 

Jessica Hill, Deputy Land & 

Resource Director / Zoning 

Administrator

Pope County Land & 

Resource Management

April 7