-LEGAL ADVERTISING- GREATER BEMIDJI AREA JOINT PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS & MEETINGS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on Thursday, February 27, at 6:00 p.

Published February 15, 2020 at 1:01 AM

-LEGAL ADVERTISING-
GREATER BEMIDJI AREA JOINT
PLANNING COMMISSION
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARINGS & MEETINGS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on Thursday, February 27, at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, the Greater Bemidji Area Joint Planning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers of the Bemidji City Hall, 317 4th St NW, Bemidji, MN, on the following requests:
City of Bemidji: V/CUP-20-80.02706.00 – Construction, Consulting, Inspection & Services, LLC (CCIS) is requesting multiple variances in order to redevelop on a substandard lot of record for a mixed-use structure within the (B-2) General Commercial Zoning District located at 2201 Irvine Avenue NW in the City of Bemidji. A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is required for the mixed-use building, which will consist of professional offices on the main level with residential rental units placed on the upper level. The variances being requested are as follows:
1. To build on a substandard lot of record as lot width is sixty (60) feet, not meeting the minimum seventy-five (75) feet in width;
2. Reduction in front yard setback (south) of twelve and one-half (12 ½) feet of the required thirty (30) feet;
3. Reduction in the rear yard setback (north) of nine and two-tenths (9.2) feet of the required twenty (20) feet;
4. Reduction is front yard greenspace of one hundred and eighty-six (186) square feet or
four percent (4%) of the required two thousand five hundred and fifty-six (2,556) square
feet or fifty percent (50%) of coverage;
5. Reduction in parking area setback of one and seven-tenths (1.7) feet of the required five
(5) feet from the south property line; and
6. Reduction of five (5) feet from the required forty (40) feet for the separation of an approach access from an intersection.
Northern Township: Northern Township: Z-20-31.00183.00 – David Baker of DDB Properties, LLC is requesting a rezone from (R-2) Suburban Residential to (B-1) Low Density Commercial. This property is located at 9504 Irvine Avenue NW within Northern Township. The purpose of the rezone is to
expand commercial opportunity within the area.
City of Bemidji: V-20-80.01153.00 – Labraaten Properties, LLC is requesting two (2) variances in order to expand and install new vestibules on an existing building located at 700 Bemidji Ave N in the City of Bemidji. This property is located within the sewered (R-6) Multiple Family Zoning District and the Shoreland Overlay. The requested variances are as follows:
1. A reduction in front yard setback of six (6) feet from the required thirty (30) feet per Section 402; and
2. To expand on a substandard lot of record as the existing parcel does not meet the minimum lot size or width requirements per Section 901
City of Bemidji: – IUP-20-80.00351.00: Bemidji Fire Department is requesting an interim use permit to conduct hands-on fire department training at their storage and training location on the east end of the wastewater treatment plant parcel in the Lake Oriented Commercial (LC) district located at 427 Irving Access Loop SW within the City of Bemidji.
Northern Township: Plat/V-20-31.02927.00; 31.02928.00; 31.02929.00; 31.02930.00; 31.02931.00; 31.02932.00 & Groveland Court NE, Plantation Estates – Darwin Wiebolt is requesting to replat the subdivision along with eliminating the proposed frontage road of Groveland Court NE off of Highway 71 within Northern Township. In order for the replat to be recorded, the Applicant is requesting variances for Lots 4, 5, & 6 as flag lots with either
be created or reduction in the lot widths.

All interested parties are encouraged to attend the Hearing, visit the Joint Planning Office at 317 4th Street NW, or call the Greater Bemidji Area Joint Planning Board Office at (218) 759-3579, or visit our web site at: www.jpbgba.org for more information.
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