Snow Removal Policy 

With the predicted snow forecast, please remove all vehicles, trucks, trailers, and obstacles off the city streets or you may be ticketed and towed. 

CITY OF ELLSWORTH SNOW REMOVAL POLICY

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING & SPECIAL MEETING

APPLICATION FOR A

VARIANCE, CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST

NOTICE IS HERE BY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing will be held before Ellsworth City Council (also known as the Zoning & Planning Board) on Thursday, April 2^nd, 2026, at 6:00PM at Ellsworth City Hall, 322 S. Broadway Street, Ellsworth, MN  56129, to consider the following: 

•     Tyler & Darian Chapa has made a request for a Variance to demolish the existing commercial structure at 323 S. Broadway and construct a new 54’ wide x 100’ long x 23’ tall building attached to their existing structure on their property in the City of Ellsworth, 317 & 323 S. Broadway Street,  Lots 9, 10 & 11, 12, Block 11; parcel #25-0067-000 & parcel # 25-0066-000, Nobles County, Minnesota.

•      Chad & Tracy Schultz has made a request for a Conditional Use permit to install on the west side of their property an 8’ tall fence x 14’ long; a 36’ long x 4’ high chain link fence along the southwest side of the property; a new 4’ fence on the north east side of the property attaching to the northerly fence and the existing structure and a 6’ fence on the north east side of the property and attaching to the south east side of the existing structure and the deck, located at 301 N. Broadway Street in the City of Ellsworth, South ½ of Lot 6 and All of Lot 7, Block 8; and, a Variance to place a 9’ wide x 7’ long structure next to the north fence and a Variance for a 4’ x 10’ cement slab on the west side on his parcel of property #25-0221-000, Nobles County, Minnesota.

•     Chad & Tracy Schultz has made a request for a Conditional Use Permit to replace 120’ in length and 9’ tall fence to match the existing fence that blew down in the wind and obtain a Building Permit to place a roof 6’ wide and 36’ long between two storage boxes along the south side fence on this commercial property located in the City of Ellsworth, at 401b West Sherman Avenue, Section 29, TWP 101, Range-43; Tract 240’ x 405’ in NW ¼ SE1/4 formerly Railroad ROW; parcel #25-0314-400, Nobles County, Minnesota.  

Subject to Minnesota State Statute§462.357 and City Code #10, City of Ellsworth, will mail notices to all property owners 350’ of the areas included in each application.

Ellsworth City Council will take testimony from people wishing to be heard on these issues. Written comments may be sent to the City Clerk’s Office, PO Box 355, Ellsworth, MN 56129 by 6:00PM on Thursday, April 2^nd, 2026.

A SPECIAL MEETING WILL BE HELD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING to consider action on the above hearing items and award sealed bid for Multipurpose project.

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Sump Pump Discharge Notice:  Any resident with sump pumps draining their water into the sanitary sewer line and NOT disposing it properly out into the storm sewer drains on the street, may be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined up to $700 dollars or jail time. City Ordinance 910.07 Use of Public Services, Subd. 1, Unpolluted Waters.