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Bethany Home Front Entrance – BIG CHANGE!


Bethany Home started the week by shutting down its front entrance and then tearing off the old roof over the main entrance loading area. This is part of a major facility remodeling – improvement project that has been underway for over a year. A new roof is being constructed that will make the loading area much more user friendly. The facility is really looking good as more and more improvements are completed. Now is obviously a fun time to be on the Bethany board.

Thanks to a generous donation from the Bethany Foundation, the 1960’s main entrance canopy is being replaced with a more friendly “drive under” canopy.  The new canopy will protect guests from the rain and snow and will provide a wide, unobstructed, sidewalk into our main lobby.  The canopy is just one phase of the $1.25 million dollar renovation project at Bethany.  The project includes updates to every resident room and the addition of a new resident kitchen and dining room that will allow easy access to Bethany’s new front patio.

Dake Lake Property Sells

The fourth property sale on Waupaca Chain O’ Lakes has occurred on Dake Lake. This is obviously a very good start to the selling season on the Chain O’ Lakes. The Cleghorn Road property was listed for $235,000 and sold before the property appeared on the local Multiple Listing Service. The fair market tax assessment was $493,700. The property has 130 feet of frontage on Dake Lake, almost a 1/3 of an acre of land and the home/cottage has 2BR.

New State Legislation Will Impact Local Waterfront Property Owners

At the Closing Bell – The Wisconsin Legislature passed a few Wisconsin Realtors’ Association back items that will have an effect on waterfront properties in our area:

Nonconforming Structures and Substandard Lots (SB 472): Protects the ability of property owners to perform unlimited maintenance and repair on nonconforming homes and buildings; prohibits counties from enacting regulations that are more restrictive than the regulations found in NR 115 with respect to (a) expanding nonconforming structures and (b) building on substandard lots.

Then, the Legislator “Cleared Up” the State’s Pier Rules

From Wisconsin Real Estate Magazine: Ch. 30 Regulatory Reform (SB 326): Makes significant changes to Chapter 30 for the regulation of activities near navigable waterways, including (a) elimination of the pier registration requirement; (b) guaranteeing that all riparian owners have a right to place a pier; (c) grandfathering all existing piers that are not subject to DNR enforcement actions; (d) allowing new pier loading platforms to be up to 200 square feet, and (e) allowing unlimited maintenance and repair for nonconforming wet boathouses.

The above obviously has a big impact on Waupaca Chain O’ Lakes real estate owners as many piers on our lakes did not meet previous state guidelines and as a result, required the property owner to apply for a permit.