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Board approves two minor subdivisions and schedules zoning hearings to classify borrow pits as conditional use
Summary
The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors approved final plats for the Washmore and Washburn Additions, and on the consent agenda scheduled three public hearings to consider a zoning ordinance text amendment to classify borrow pits for earth materials as a conditional use in the Agricultural Estates (AE) district.
The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors approved final plats for two minor subdivisions—Washmore Addition (three lots) and Washburn Addition—and scheduled three public hearings to consider zoning ordinance text changes to classify borrow pits in the Agricultural Estates (AE) district as a conditional use.
Danley Priestley, planning and zoning, presented the zoning commission’s recommendation to approve the Washmore Addition final plat; he said the subdivision is consistent with the property’s Agricultural Estates zoning and was approved under extraterritorial review where applicable. Supervisors voted 5-0 to accept the commission’s recommendation and approve the final plat.
On the consent agenda the board also approved scheduling three public hearings for zoning text amendments to the Woodbury County zoning ordinance (section referenced in the agenda as section 3.3.4). The public hearings were scheduled for June 17 at 4:45 p.m., June 20 at 4:45 p.m., and July 1 at 4:45 p.m. The proposed amendment would revise the land-use summary table to classify borrow pits for earth materials as a conditional use in the AE zoning district.
Why it matters: Final plat approval allows the minor subdivisions to proceed under county land-use rules. The zoning text amendment, if adopted after public hearings and required approvals, would change how borrow pits are permitted in agricultural estate areas and require conditional-use review.
Outcome: Both final plats were approved unanimously; the board placed the ordinance text amendment on three public hearing dates as part of the consent agenda.
