Story County approves ordinance allowing cabins on golf-course properties

The Story County Board of Supervisors on May 27, 2025, approved Ordinance No. 324, amending Chapters 85 and 90 of the Story County Land Development Regulations to allow cabins on golf-course properties and waived third consideration on the ordinance.

Marcus, a Story County staff member, said during the meeting that this was the ordinance's second consideration and that the county had "not received any additional public comments." The board opened a public hearing on the ordinance, heard no speakers, closed the hearing and proceeded to vote.

A motion was made and seconded to approve Ordinance No. 324 on second consideration and to waive third consideration. The motion passed on the roll call conducted in the meeting; members recorded as voting "aye" in the transcript were Merkin, Basil and Edens. No amendments or conditions were recorded during the meeting, and no effective date for the ordinance was specified on the record.

The change updates two sections of the Story County Land Development Regulations (Chapters 85 and 90) to add cabins as an allowed use associated with golf courses. County staff presented the item as a text amendment; no written or oral public comments were recorded during the hearing held at the meeting.

Because the board waived third consideration at the meeting, the ordinance moved from second consideration directly to approval. The transcript does not state whether additional steps (such as publication or an effective date) were required or were scheduled; those details were not specified during the meeting.

The board also handled routine business earlier in the session — minutes, personnel actions and a consent agenda — and received committee and liaison updates from supervisors, but no further follow-up or directions related to Ordinance No. 324 were recorded.