The Lake County Planning Commission sat in session at 5:00 p.m. on this date and conducted hearings and other business.
I-26-023r– Motion by B. Ernest supported by Mayer to recommend to County Board 5-year approval with conditions of a renewal interim use application for a vacation rental home filed by Ryan & Keri Cavitt at 361 Scenic Drive, Two Harbors, MN 55616. The property is described as: All that part of Government Lot Two (2) lying northerly of Old U.S. Highway No. 61, Section Twenty-nine (29), Township Fifty-two (52) North, Range Eleven (11) West of Fourth Principal Meridian Together with any part of said Old U.S. Highway #61, but subject, however, to said Highway, Lake County, Minnesota. Abstract Property, 26.4 acres, zoned shoreland R-4/Residential in the NSMZ on Lake Superior (General Development), Unorganized Territory #2. PID: 25-5211-29480. Motion carried; Sve, Bathke, B. Ernest, Ellefson, and Mayer voted in favor; none opposed.
I-26-025r– Motion by Mayer supported by B. Ernest to recommend to County Board 5-year approval with conditions of a renewal interim use application for a vacation rental home filed by Cliff Pointe Ventures LLC at 1825 Cliff Point Rd, Two Harbors, MN 55616. The property is described as: East Two Hundred (200) feet of the West Six Hundred Fifty (650) feet, lying South of centerline of U.S. Highway No. 61 of Government Lot Three (3), Section Twenty-two (22), Township Fifty-Three (53), Range Ten (10) West, Lake County, Minnesota. Subject to mineral reservations of record. Subject also to road easements of record, 2.03 acres, zoned shoreland R-4/Residential in the NSMZ and Erosion Hazard Area 4 on Lake Superior (General Development), Silver Creek. PID: 29- 5310-22400. Motion carried; Sve, Bathke, B. Ernest, Ellefson, and Mayer voted in favor; none opposed.
I-26-024r– Motion by Ellefson supported by B. Ernest to recommend to County Board 5-year approval with conditions of a renewal interim use application for a vacation rental home filed by Tony Robb at 604 Old North Shore Rd, Two Harbors, MN 55616. The property is described as: 7.57 acres out of Gov Lot 2 as desc in doc no. A000173199, 7.57 acres, zoned shoreland RC/Resort Commercial in the NSMZ on Lake Superior, Unorganized Territory #2. PID: 25-5211-16850. Motion carried; Sve, Bathke, B. Ernest, Ellefson, and Mayer voted in favor; none opposed.
C-26-006– Motion by Ellefson supported by Sve to approve with conditions a conditional use application for a change to a CUP (C-25-006) to add commercial dog sled tours and accompanying increased use to existing kennel operations filed by Lost Key Sled Dogs at 4135 Hwy 3, Two Harbors, MN 55616. The property is described as: NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 & SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Lying S of Stony Creek in Section 23, Township 55, Range 10, 65 acres, zoned shoreland R-1/Residential (10-acre minimum) and FR/Forest Recreation (10- acre minimum) on Stony Creek, Silver Creek. PID: 29-5510-23790/23150. Motion carried; Sve, Bathke, B. Ernest, Ellefson, and Mayer voted in favor; none opposed.
Motion by Sve supported by Ellefson to approve the August 17, 2026, minutes as submitted. Motion carried; Sve, Bathke, B. Ernest, Ellefson, and Mayer voted in favor; none opposed.
Motion by Ellefson supported by Mayer to approve the September 21, 2026, minutes as corrected. Motion carried; Sve, Bathke, B. Ernest, Ellefson, and Mayer voted in favor; none opposed. Motion by Sve supported by Mayer to adjourn the meeting.
Motion carried; Sve, Bathke, B. Ernest, Ellefson, and Mayer voted in favor; none opposed. Meeting adjourned at 6:41 p.m.
Northshore Journal: October 23, 2026
