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Council members debate notice rules as zoning ordinance work lags

3764561 · May 6, 2025
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West Des Moines council members discussed whether property owners should receive additional notice when their zoning or comprehensive plan classifications are changed, and councilmembers reported that a vendor delay could push implementing zoning ordinances into 2026.

West Des Moines City Council members debated whether the city should expand notices to property owners when their zoning or comprehensive-plan classifications change, and heard that the city’s zoning ordinance that implements a 2022 comprehensive-plan update will likely be delayed by the vendor until 2026.

Councilman McKinney raised the notice issue after a development subcommittee discussed a proposed comprehensive-plan change at the southeast corner of I-35 and Grand…

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