NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS

This is to notify the public that the regular meeting of the Pope County Board of Adjustment will take place on Thursday, December 21st, 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 November 16th, 2023 BOA meeting

• Old Business

• New Business

o Variance hearing on the application by Jason Hagen, if granted would allow applicant to locate a commercial structure addition at a reduced setback from the side yard line, where 20 feet is the minimum setback standard, in a Commercial (C) zoning district per section 8.3.1.A.2. of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as: Part of the Northwest Quarter (NW¼) of the Southeast Quarter (SE¼), Section 8, Township 125 (Glenwood), Range 37, Pope County, Minnesota.

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

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

Dec. 4