NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public Notice | Published on March 6, 2023 at 3:32pm CST
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, March 23rd, 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 January26th, 2023 PAC meeting
• New Business
o Preliminary Plat Review hearing on the application by Micah Radach on behalf of Jason & Karin Tank, for a seven (7) lot residential subdivision on property described as a 192.17 acre parcel, in a Shoreland-Recreational Development (S-RD) zoning district per section 10.25 of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as being located in: Part of Government Lot 4, Section 35, Township 126 (Leven), Range 37, Pope County, Minnesota.
o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the preliminary plat.
o Conditional Use hearing on the application by Matthew Zempel, if granted would allow applicant to operate a commercial firearms manufacturing, sales, transfers and permit to carry instruction, in an Agriculture Protection (A-2) zoning district. Land use is permissible as a Conditional Use Permit as per section 7.3.C, 7.3.G. and 7.3.O of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as being located in: Part of the Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of the Northeast Quarter (NE¼), Section 4, Township 123 (Langhei), Range 39, Pope County, Minnesota.
o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the operation of a commercial firearms facility.
o Conditional Use hearing on the application by BIOGASCO RNG LLC, if granted would allow applicants to construct and operate an anaerobic digester/biofuel conversion facility associated with a dairy operation in Westport Township in an Agriculture Protection (A-2) zoning district per section 7.3.A. of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as being located in: Part of the Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of the Southwest Quarter (SW¼), Section 26, Township 126 (Westport), Range 36, Pope County, Minnesota.
o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the construction and operation of the anaerobic digester/biofuel conversion facility.
o Conditional Use hearing on the application by Tony and Dean Reichmann, if granted would allow applicants to expand an existing feedlot to a capacity of 700 animal units in an Agriculture Protection (A-2) zoning district per section 7.3.J. 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 16, Township 126 (Leven), Range 37, Pope County, Minnesota.
o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the expansion of an existing feedlot.
o Proposed Ordinance: A public hearing is scheduled for the purposes of gathering comments relating to a proposed Solid Waste Designation Ordinance for Pope County. All comments received will be prepared for consideration by the Board of County Commissioners.
o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the Solid Waste Designation Ordinance.
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 (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
David J. Green, Director
Pope County Land & Resource
Management
March 6
