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Resident urges county to streamline permitting for rural ag buildings; staff cite state, FEMA and fire-code requirements
Summary
At the Dec. 11 Lea County Commission meeting a resident thanked commissioners for a school grant and urged a review of county permitting for agricultural structures, calling the process 'burdensome.' County staff said many requirements derive from state model codes and FEMA floodplain rules and offered to meet with the resident for a case review.
CJ Ken Solving, a Crossroads resident and trustee of Lea County Electric, used the public-comment period at the Dec. 11 Lea County Board of County Commissioners meeting to praise the commission for a $6 million contribution to Tatum schools and to urge changes to permitting for agricultural buildings in rural areas.
"For an ag building, my property, a metal building should not be treated the same as if I want to build a 5,000-square-foot home," Solving said, calling the current sequence of requirements "one step after…
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