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Resident raises dispute over accessory-dwelling treatment and assessor records; county to follow up

5808922 · September 17, 2025
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Summary

A resident told supervisors he was advised the county would not treat his existing bunkhouse as an accessory dwelling under new state law and said assessor records and prior guidance conflict; supervisors said they would review the matter.

At the public-comment portion of Thursday's Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting, resident Bill Bosch of R57 Highway said county staff had told him he could not list or sell a back-lot house because the structure lacks plumbing and therefore was not a dwelling under county practice. Bosch asked the board to apply the recently passed Iowa accessory-building law (Senate File 592) to his property and said assessor and…

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