Christensen Farms public hearing set for Sept. 26

Christensen Farms public
hearing set for Sept. 26
Notice of Public Hearing for Conditional Use Permit
For Christensen Farms & Feedlots Inc.
Notice is hereby given per Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 215, that Christensen Farms and Feedlots Inc. has made application to the State of Minnesota and the County of Rock for a permit to construct a feedlot with a capacity of 500 animal units or more.
Pursuant to the Rock County Zoning Ordinance, notice is hereby given by the Rock County Planning and Zoning Commission that a public hearing will be held at the Rock County Law Enforcement Center located at 1000 North Blue Mound Avenue, Luverne, Minnesota at 7:00 p.m., Monday, September 26, 2022. The purpose of this hearing is to rule on the application for Conditional Use Permit for the following:
 
Applicant
& Property Owner: Christensen Farms & Feedlots Inc. 
Location: SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 11 of Springwater 
Township, T103N, R46W, Rock County, Minnesota
Conditional Use: Operation of an existing feedlot over 1000 animal 
units
Zoning District: A-2, General Agriculture 
 
The existing feedlot consists of a total confinement barn with under barn manure storage (61’ x 395’ x 10’ deep) currently permitted to hold 1140 head (456 animal units) in barn, an existing total confinement barn with shallow channels (77’ x 410’) currently permitted to hold 560 head (224 animal units), and an existing total confinement barn with under barn manure storage (61’ x 377’ x 10’ deep) currently permitted to hold 1300 head (520 animal units). Total existing capacity is 3000 head of swine over 300 lbs., including litters with the sow is 1200 animal units.
The total number of head to be held in the existing barns shall be reduced from 3000 head (1200 animal units) to 2500 head (1000 animal units).
The expansion shall consist of a total confinement barn with under barn manure storage (62’ x 181’ x 10’ deep) with a maximum capacity of 500 head (200 animal units).  
There will be NO INCREASE in the number of animals to be housed on site. The total capacity will remain at 3000 head of swine over 300 lbs., including litters with the sow at 1200 animal units.
 
Dated: September 15, 2022
 
By Order of the Rock County Planning and Zoning Commission
Eric Hartman, Zoning Administrator
311 W. Gabrielson Road, Suite 4
Luverne, MN 56156
507-283-8862
(9-15, 9-22)