variances

Hubbard County and the owners of a 5th Crow Wing Lake resort have appealed a district court ruling in the case of a variance issued a year ago. The parties, defendants in a lawsuit, contend a March 2010 variance granted by the county's Board of Adjustment was correctly awarded initially,...

The Hubbard County Board of Adjustment continues to grant variances to lakeshore residents upgrading their properties, especially if they are moving structures further from the water's edge. And temporary board chair Jerry Cole issued a plea to the public gathered at Monday's meeting...

In the hotly contested legal battle against Hubbard County and its variance board, both sides came to an accord of sorts Thursday at a packed hearing in District Court: What are we doing here? And they agree the lawsuit and Thursday's summary judgment hearing isn't just about three...

An environmental association suing Hubbard County's Board of Adjustment formally asked that body to change its procedures Monday to include internal recommendations from the county's Environmental Services Offices in the public meetings. Attorney Chuck Diessner, one of the lawyers...

Thanks to a lawsuit and court decision, it just got a lot more difficult to get a variance in Detroit Lakes. In the case Krummenacher vs. City of Minnetonka, the neighbor of someone who was granted a variance challenged that variance, won, and changed the way of granting variances...

The beleaguered Hubbard County Board of Adjustment denied four variances that would have allowed encroachment on three of the county's most populated lakes, but COLA members are nevertheless pressuring the group to deny more. The board is being sued by the Coalition of Lake Associations...

If there's one lesson that came out of the Becker County Planning Commission Tuesday, it's this: For God's sake, people, don't try to build a retaining wall in the lakeshore impact zone. The planning commission rejected two requests for retaining walls, including one after-the-fact...

There may be a civics lesson in a case that appeared before the Board of Adjustment Monday: If you demand an answer, be prepared when it's not what you came to hear. In a contentious 50-minute hearing, Eleventh Crow Wing homeowner Jodi Gilyard, a Twin Cities woman who owns a lot...

The Menahga City Council has granted a variance to allow the construction of a building on a lot within the shoreland district. The property, owned by Keith and Jensine Kurtti, is located at 217 Aspen Avenue SW, near the city beach and tennis courts near Spirit Lake. The variance...