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Board approves feedlot zoning changes, adds well-monitoring and conditional-use process for large operations
Summary
The county approved amendments to the feedlot zoning ordinance that require water-well baseline testing and annual monitoring for new feedlots above a size threshold and that rely on conditional-use review for many large operations.
The Becker County Board of Commissioners voted on Dec. 31 to approve changes to the county's feedlot zoning ordinance that add site-specific requirements and an annual water-well monitoring program for newly permitted large feedlots.
Under the adopted language, new feedlots with more than 1,500 animal units (the threshold discussed at the hearing) will be required to install or identify an on-site monitoring well, obtain baseline water-quality data before operations begin, and submit annual samples for analysis to county and state agencies. The board also affirmed that the ordinance applies to new operations and does not retroactively require existing permitted feedlots to add monitoring wells.
Why it matters: Public commenters and planning commissioners spent substantial time debating…
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