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Perry council rezones JBS site to heavy industrial, adds water‑drainage and odor mitigation conditions
Summary
Perry City Council approved rezoning a parcel in the industrial park to heavy industrial to allow development of the JBS/Swift site, adding stipulations that prohibit rendering and require odor mitigation; public commenters urged a contract clause to protect farmer-installed drainage tile and JBS engineers said surveys and mitigation will address discovered tile.
Perry City Council voted on final reading to rezone a parcel southeast of the industrial park from an agricultural/edge classification to heavy industrial, a move staff said is intended to clear the way for the JBS (operating under Swift) facility. The council suspended its rules to take a third reading and approved the ordinance with stipulations including a ban on rendering and requirements for odor mitigation.
The vote clears a key zoning hurdle for the JBS/Swift site but drew public comment about subsurface drainage. At the open forum, resident 'Sued' asked the council to require in the development contract that JBS “preserve and do no harm to existing water drainages or when needed mitigate those drainages” and to address both known and unknown farmer-installed tile systems. “If they are going to cap the [tile], the clause needs to require mitigation and rerouting of those water flows,” the commenter said.
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