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Buffalo County board refers proposed zoning and subdivision regulations back to planning commission
Summary
At a July 9 public hearing the Buffalo County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to send the proposed Zoning and Subdivision Regulations back to the Planning Commission for revisions including listed exceptions, a requirement that future subdivisions abut paved roads, a one-mile livestock setback and a 25-foot road abutment requirement.
During a July 9 public hearing, Commissioner Ronald Loeffelholz presented the Buffalo County Zoning Committee’s report and the Board of Commissioners voted to re-refer the county’s proposed Zoning and Subdivision Regulations back to the Planning Commission for revision.
The Zoning Committee recommended the Planning Commission re-examine several "Exceptions from Approval" (listed in the packet as Sections 5.12, 5.14, 5.32, 5.34, 6.6, 5.44, 5.52 and 5.54). The committee also recommended adding language to require future developments and subdivisions to occur along existing paved roads; amending Section 6.6(B)(2) to require livestock confinement facilities greater than Class I to be at least one mile from property comprised of no less than 20 contiguous acres zoned AGR-1 or AGR-2; and rewording Subdivision Regulations Section 1.05 to require a minimum 25-foot abutment to a dedicated and maintained public street or private street for any subdivision.
No members of the public addressed the board during the hearing. The motion to recommend re-referral was moved by Bill Maendele, seconded by Daniel Lynch, and carried on a roll call vote with Maendele, Lynch, Higgins, Kouba, Loeffelholz, Morrow and Klein voting “Aye.”
Why it matters: the recommended changes would affect where new subdivisions and livestock operations may locate in unincorporated Buffalo County, and would alter the county’s approval standards for future development.
Next steps: The Planning Commission is asked to revise the draft regulations in light of the committee’s recommendations before the Board considers them again.
