Posted: 9/12/06
Three conditional use permits OKed
By David Heiller
Argus News Editor
County commissioners approved three conditional use permits at its September 5 meeting.
They were for Nelson Properties in Money Creek Township for rezoning from Ag to General Business District; Isidore Loeffelholz in Winnebago Township to construct a manure basin; and Verdon and Ramona Olson in Wilmington Township to relocate a cabin on property in an agriculture district.
The board added stipulations to all of them. For Nelson, it requires that owner Harland Nelson add an 8' screen, either man-made or vegetative, along Highway 76, and that both the Minnesota Department of Transportation and county highway department approve the access to the property. Nelson will be doing metal fabrication there. The business had been located at 230 South Third Street in La Crescent.
For Loeffelholz, the board required a filter strip below the basin in case the 200,000-gallon basin should overflow.
For the Olsons, commissioners stipulated that the cabin be moved to a spot that is not in the floodplain. The cabin is 384 square feet, which is more than the 200-square foot definition of a cabin that the county now uses.
Commissioners also approved an extension for a mining permit for Jim and Tom Welscher for removal of topsoil.
16 zoning permits approved
The board also approved the following 16 zoning permits. The county planning commission approved them on August 24.
ï Jim Bromeland ñ Money Creek Township, build horse barn (34' x 60');
ï Root River SWCD/Houston County ñ Spring Grove Township, conduct land alteration for erosion control structure;
ï Milton Burroughs ñ Caledonia Township, build a sunroom (12' x 16');
ï Ruth Boyum ñ Houston Township, build carport ñ open sided (20' x 26');
ï Keith Nedegaard ñ Union Township, move storage structure ñ 2 story (16' x 20');
ï Steve Reiman ñ Winnebago Township, build addition on garage (20' x 26');
ï Cory Vickerman ñ Spring Grove Township, build house (32'x 24') (12' x 12'), garage (26' x 24'), porch (10' x 32');
ï Donna Buckbee ñ Yucatan Township, build swimming lane (32' x 6') addition to barn (24' x 24') shed (20' x 24');
ï Donald and Sharon Burroughs ñ Mayville Township, build addition on garage (14' x 24');
ï Terry Nelson ñ Caledonia Township, build yard shed (12' x 20');
ï Steve Popplewell ñ Black Hammer Township, build garage (28' x 36'), porch (8' x 45') and (8' x 28', pole shed (26' x 72'), addition on lean-to (6' x 62');
ï Robert Solum ñ Spring Grove Township, build 2 grain bins (48' diameter x 37' high);
ï Mark and Tami Klinski ñ Caledonia Township, build house (50'x 42'), garage (36' x 34'), porch (8' x 30');
ï LeRoy and Margie Rud ñ Caledonia Township, build attached garage (16' x 26')
ï James Douglas Thompson ñ Mound Prairie Township, build barn (60' x 40');
ï Raymond Pat White ñ Crooked Creek Township, install home (28'x') sunroom (16' x 14'), deck (8' x 10'), deck (14' x 14').
The county board of adjustment also approved a variance on August 24 for Kevin Unnasch, Sheldon Township, of 24' to meet the required 65' setback from a township road to build a shed.
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