Brownsdale MN Acreage w/5 Bedroom Home and Building Site Auction

Terms of the sale are:

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD MOWER COUNTY BUILDING RULES FOR TRACT #2

A 2.5% buyer's premium will be added to the final bid price to establish the total sale price for each property.
The tracts will be sold individually and not recombined.
A non-refundable deposit of $10,000 for Tract #1 and $7,500 for Tract #2 is due on the day of auction when the successful bidder will execute a standard real estate contract.
Buyers shall provide a bank letter of credit in the amount of the deposit or through prior arrangements suitable to sellers and auctioneers. The remainder of the purchase price is due at closing on or about October 15th, 2021.
Sellers will pay transfer tax and provide a clear marketable title at closing. Real Estate taxes will be prorated to the date of closing.
The property is being sold “As is where is”.
Closing handled by Kris Gordon of Realty One Black Diamond of Lake Mills Iowa.
Buyers are responsible for performing their own due diligence regarding the value, condition, and fitness of the property. Sellers have the right to reject any or all bids. Statements on the day of the auction will take precedence over all prior communications, written or oral. The information gathered for brochures and website is from sources deemed reliable but cannot be guaranteed by Auctioneer or Seller. All acres are considered more or less.
Online Bidding
This is a Live Auction with Internet, Webcast bidding. Pre-bidding can be placed NOW. The catalog will go Live at 10:30 am Saturday, August 21st. Bidders can follow and bid live at the same time as bids are placed at the live auction. By participating in this auction, you acknowledge that there are inherent potential technical difficulties that may arise during the course of the live auction process. Bidders will hold the auction company, sellers, and their associates harmless if bids are not accepted due to technical difficulties, poor internet, or other reasons out of the auction company's control.

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This is a 10 acre parcel located in the Agricultural Zoning district.  Zoning districts are not the same as tax classification, but that is another topic.  There is a lot of information on our website, including contacts, for Zoning – Ordinances – setbacks, etc.
https://www.co.mower.mn.us/216/Zoning-and-Land-Use

In the Agricultural district;
Density standard is: one dwelling per quarter section.  There are two other dwellings already located in the NW quarter of section 13, the house on this property is the third.  For someone interested in building on this parcel, that’s important – a person has a right to build (re-build) if there is already a home on the property with a couple of caveats: 1) there can only be one dwelling per parcel, ie the other house has to come down, 2) the new house has to be permitted for construction (ie. zoning permit obtained) within 12 months of the old one being torn down or the right to re-establish is lost, and 3) the owner needs to have a licensed septic professional establish where the primary and secondary septic system sites will be in order to demonstrate the lot is sustainable for residential use.

Setbacks are: for structures to be constructed – 40 feet from front yard, 20 feet from side and rear yards.  Setbacks are also described in the Ag Zoning section.  There are also considerations for well setbacks and septic tank and septic drain field setbacks, more information here: http://health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/water/wells/construction/isolate.html
Your septic professional will help you to properly situate the proposed system.  Where do I find a septic professional, you ask?  Right here: https://webapp.pca.state.mn.us/ssts/business-search
Or on our website, there is a listing of local professionals: https://www.co.mower.mn.us/486/Septic-Systems
**Please note**: compliance inspections are required at the time of transfer of property, ie. at closing.  Without a compliance inspection, an escrow account is required to cover the cost of a new system.   A person can forego an inspection if they are willing to call the system failing, which will place it on a 10-month schedule to abandon or replace.

Land uses:
Permitted or Allowed uses include: agricultural use, conservation areas, home occupation business, and dwellings.  Other uses are “conditional”, meaning they require a Conditional Use Permit, such as commercial recreation, horse stables, campgrounds, alcohol stills, mini storage, mining, etc.
For a full listing of land uses, please see ordinance – Ag uses start on page 79: https://www.co.mower.mn.us/DocumentCenter/View/1168/Mower-County-Zoning-Ordinance-PDF
Feedlots are an allowed use the Agricultural district, however, they have to be located 1000 feet from any residence (except the owners), so – the proximity of the residence across the road to the west basically restricts this parcel from obtaining a feedlot permit.  A person can keep horses, a few cattle, “hobby farm” animals, so long as there is less than 10 animal units and no open lots are established (where vegetation cannot be maintained).  Specific rules regarding Feedlots are in the ordinance on page 42 (section 14-18.2).

This is not meant to be an all-inclusive, every situation covered list of considerations, rather is a guide – a starting point for interested parties.  Further, these are the standards as they are today; they are subject change if there is an ordinance revision.  Please direct people to contact Angie or myself with specific questions.  Angie is CC’d on the email – if there is something I’m missing.

Valerie Sheedy, P.G.
Asst. Supervisor, Environmental Services
Mower County Public Works
1105 8th Ave NE | Austin, MN 55912
Direct: 507-434-2639
Mobile: 507-460-9127