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Panel approves Airborne Road rezoning to allow landfill expansion after landowner raises water‑seepage concerns
Summary
The commission recommended rezoning roughly 126.7 acres near the Damaskill landfill to Heavy Industrial with conditions to allow future cell expansion; an adjacent owner opposed, citing potential water seepage and property devaluation, and engineers described multi‑agency permitting and modern liner and leachate systems.
The Zoning Advisory Commission voted May 6 to recommend rezoning six parcels near 101 Airborne Road from agricultural to Heavy Industrial (with conditions) to permit expansion of the Damaskill sanitary landfill.
Kenneth Miller, Solid Waste Agency Administrator for the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency, told the commission the parcels are contiguous with the existing landfill and that rezoning now will simplify permitting for a future cell expansion. "We're doing this in conjunction with permitting for future cell expansion," Miller said, adding the agency seeks to preserve local…
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