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Buffalo County approves Amity Hills final plat with multiple regulation relaxations
Summary
Following a public hearing, the Buffalo County Board of Commissioners approved the Amity Hills Subdivision final plat and granted a set of relaxations to county subdivision and zoning standards, noting that certain access easements will not be county-maintained.
The Buffalo County Board of Commissioners approved the Final Plat for Amity Hills Subdivision and granted multiple relaxations to county zoning and subdivision regulations at its Sept. 24 meeting.
The hearing was opened at 9:17 a.m.; Craig Bennett of Miller & Associates presented the final plat. After no members of the public addressed the board, members voted to approve the final plat by Resolution 2024-46. The resolution records earlier proceedings including a prior denial by the zoning administrator, subsequent approvals by the Board of Adjustment and the Planning & Zoning Commission, and a set of requested relaxations.
The board's approval includes relaxations of Buffalo County Zoning Regulations and Subdivision Regulations spanning requirements that residences abut an improved road, minimum lot frontage along a road, cul-de-sac length limits, road-design and grading standards, minimum street widths, and access via dedicated public streets. The resolution further notes that one or more access easements shown on the plat do not meet state or county standards for inclusion in the secondary road system and "will not be maintained by Buffalo County." The resolution includes legal descriptions of the affected tracts and identifies property owners named in the plat documents.
The action passed by roll call vote with Commissioners Morrow, Lynch, Higgins, Kouba, Maendele and Chairperson Ivan H. Klein voting "Aye." The minutes record that the Planning & Zoning Commission had provided a favorable recommendation for the preliminary plat and that several specific regulatory relaxations had previously been granted by the Board of Adjustment and by the Board of Commissioners at preliminary approval.
The board's action approves the final plat with the specified relaxations; the minutes indicate the county will not assume maintenance responsibility for nonconforming access easements shown on the plat.
