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Commissioners debate narrowing 'utility facility' definition, consider making utility facilities conditional uses
Summary
Yankton County planning commissioners discussed proposed edits to the zoning ordinance's definition of 'utility facilities' to limit what is automatically permitted and to allow conditional-use review for emerging infrastructure such as pipelines, battery storage, and large renewable projects; no vote was taken.
Commissioners on the Yankton County Planning Commission examined proposed edits to the county zoning ordinance intended to clarify what counts as a “utility facility” and how novel infrastructure should be reviewed.
The discussion focused on whether the ordinance’s current definition — which lists generation, transmission, delivery and storage of water, sewage, electricity, gas, oil and “electronic signals” — is too broad and could allow…
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