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Linn County planning commission approves Montgomery final plat despite neighbor well concerns
Summary
The Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission approved a two‑lot final plat for Tracy Montgomery at 7105 Selzer Road. Staff said the owner plans to drill a private well after a neighbor raised concerns the community well is at capacity.
The Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission on April 21 approved final plat PF25-0003, Montgomery First Edition, a two‑lot subdivision for Tracy Montgomery at 7105 Selzer Road, by roll-call vote (aye recorded for DuBois, Coontz, DuBach and Brecht).
Staff planner Brad Weiland told the commission the 1.96‑acre property will split into Lot 1 (0.997 acre) and Lot 2 (0.969 acre), and that the parcel is zoned Urban Service Residential with a Metro Urban Service land‑use designation. Weiland said the property scored 204.05 points under the county’s land evaluation/site assessment and meets minimum levels of service and design standards after a Board of Adjustment variance allowing reduced road frontage was previously granted.
The case matters because the split relocates an accessory building and revises access: Weiland said Lot 2 will take access from a frontage road under Iowa DOT jurisdiction and that an existing access easement will be modified to move ingress off a neighbor’s property. He said staff recommends approval.
Neighbor Paul Patrick of 7201 Selser Road spoke at the meeting and raised a capacity issue with the community well that serves seven houses near the site. “The well is maxed out with the number of houses we have on there,” Patrick said, and added that if the plat proceeds, the new lot occupants “almost are gonna have to drill their own well.”
Weiland addressed the concern during the meeting: he said the owner, Tracy Montgomery, indicated at the technical review committee that the plan is for the new lot to have its own well and that the community well would not serve Lot 2.
With no other public comment and no commission questions that altered staff findings, the commission moved and seconded approval and the secretary recorded the aye votes. The final plat will go to the Linn County Board of Supervisors for final approval when all conditions are completed and two bound copies are filed with the Planning and Development Department, per the department’s filing requirements.
