ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MN
PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT
Government Services Center
Government Services Center
320 West 2nd Street, Suite 301
201 South 3rd Avenue West
Duluth, MN 55802
Virginia, MN 55792
(218) 471-7103
(218) 471-7103
LAND ALTERATION PERMIT APPLICATION
Your Contact Information.
If the information is not correct, you may need to update your contact information using the 'Maintain Contact Information' option once you have filled out this application.
Mark
Christensen
30556 Van Buren Ct. NE
Cambridge
MN
55008
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christensenmarkj@msn.com
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General - This application is used to apply for a Land Alteration Permit. Applicants will need to attach the appropriate worksheet(s) in order to process. Incomplete applications will be returned. Note that the 'clock' does not begin until after payment has been processed for the application. For more information, see our website at:
www.stlouiscountymn.gov/BuildingStructures
660-6000-53605
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Landowner
Mark Jon Christensen
30556 Van Buren Ct. NE
Cambridge
MN
55008
(763)444-6921
christensenmarkj@msn.com
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Mailing Address Information.
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Mark Jon Christensen
30556 Van Buren Ct. NE
Cambridge
MN
55008
christensenmarkj@msn.com
Site Information
If there is no site address, the application will be forwarded to 911/Communications to assign one.
Yes
5382 Otter River Road,
Duluth, MN 55803
Yes
US Forest Service
US Forest Service
MN DNR, Area Hydrologist
MN DNR, Area Hydrologist
MN DNR Land and Minerals
MN DNR Land and Minerals
St. Louis County - Duluth
St. Louis County - Duluth
Government Services Center
320 West 2nd Street, Suite 301
St. Louis County - Virginia
St. Louis County - Virginia
Do you have written authorization from the leased property owner?
If Yes, you must attach written authorization form.
How is the property accessed?
Enter Project Information.
If you answered 'Yes' to any of the questions below, it is required that you submit a copy of a septic permit to construct or certificate of compliance approval or municipal/sanitary district approval when applying for a land use permit.
Is this project on a parcel less than 2.5 acres?Yes
Is this project within 300 feet of a stream/river or 1,000 feet of a lake?Yes
LAND ALTERATION
Land Alterations: Filling, grading, or excavating, on shore land property requires a land alteration permit if the activity that you are planning exceeds certain limits.
1) Replace a failing cement block retaining wall that runs along the house with a boulder rip-rap retaining wall and add a brick patio between the wall and the house.
2) Place concrete chiseled-faced steps from just above the OWHL to yard level. The steps will total forty-six inches in height. Each step is 48" wide, by 18" deep by 5.75" high. Much of the area the steps will cover is bare, and the vegetation growing there currently is mostly comprised of canary reed grass and thistles.
MATERIAL REMOVAL
Use the Add Response buttons to list the type and number of trees and shrubs to be removed.
Types and Number of Trees
Type and Number of Shrubs
1
0
Gravel
13
Any grass or weeds that need to be cleared will be removed by hand.
EROSION CONTROL PRACTICES
Indicate the following erosion control measures that will be used (before, during and after) as part of your project.
Given the size and nature of this project I expect it to be completed in a few days, with the step project complete in one. While we will certainly install them if necessary, the contractor wasn't certain that they would be needed. I've included them in the plan, but if you feel they are unnecessary please let me know. In addition to the silt fence sand bags will be used to divert the water to the side of the step project. Once plantings around the steps are able to hold the soil in place the sand bags will be removed. Tarps will be used to cover the retaining wall project in the event of rain. Native plants, from Prairie Restorations, will be planted around the steps and around and amongst the boulders in the retaining wall and mulch used as necessary. Future projects include the creation of at least one rain garden, expansion of the riparian zone.
AUTHORIZING AGENCIES
Do you have approval from the following agencies? If Yes, please attach the appropriate approval form.
No
No
No
By submitting this application, I certify and agree that I am the owner or the authorized agent of the owner of the above property, and that all uses will conform to the provisions of St. Louis County. I further certify and agree that I will comply with all conditions imposed in connection with the approval of the application. Applicants may be required to submit additional property descriptions, property surveys, site plans, building plans, and other information before the application is accepted or approved. Intentional or unintentional falsification of this application or any attachments thereto will make the application, any approval of the application and any result invalid. I authorize St. Louis County staff to inspect the property to review the application and for compliance inspections. Furthermore, by submitting this application, I release St. Louis County and its employees from any and all liability and claims for damages to person or property in any manner or form that may arise from the approval of the application or any related plans, the issuance of any resulting permit or the subsequent location, construction, alteration, repair, extension, operation or maintenance of the subject matter of the application.
If your name, contact information or email address have changed, you should update your contact information in the portal by selecting 'Maintain Contact Information' at the top of this page.
Mark Jon Christensen
30556 Van Buren Ct. NE
christensenmarkj@msn.com
I have read and agree to the statement above.
