Flandreau City
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An eight-plex being built in the south part of Flandreau is not in violation of an issued variance and meets the lot requirements, City Attorney Corey Bruning has told the city council.
In addition, complaints about issuing a building permit for the building improperly went to the city council when it should have gone first to City Administrator Jeff Pederson, Bruning said. If no resolution is reached, the issue then goes to the planning and zoning commission, he said.
The parcel drawing complaints from neighbors has three duplexes on it for six units. The eight-plex would increase the units to 14, which need a lot size of at least 31,350 square feet. The footprint of the entire parcel is 40,740 square feet, Bruning said.
Complaints first surfaced Sept. 3 when Curt and Jeff Weigel, father and son, spoke at a city council meeting, saying the buildings were too large and there wasn’t room for required off-street parking. They also complained that neighbors weren’t notified when the building permit was issued, a permit they said should not have been allowed.
A few days later, Pederson said it hadn’t occurred to him to look at the zoning ordinance. He also had said the city’s lawyer would be asked to review the issue.
In his report, Bruning said that the property’s developer, Bruce Allen, intends to comply with the requirement of having two parking spaces per unit and within 400 feet of the entrance to the buildings.