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Yankton County approves conditional-use permit for construction shop with road-maintenance and occupancy limits
Summary
The Yankton County Board approved a conditional-use permit allowing Ivan Schaefer to build a shop and temporary living quarters for construction staff, conditioned on a road-maintenance agreement with the highway superintendent and a limit of five unrelated occupants living on the property.
The Yankton County Board of Commissioners on June 4 approved a conditional-use permit (CUP) for Ivan Schaefer to operate a construction services shop and temporary living quarters on a parcel in an agricultural district, adding conditions intended to protect county roads and limit the scale of on-site housing.
Schaefer told the board he provides directional boring and cable-plowing services for utilities and plans to build a shop to store equipment and house staff. "It's a shop and a storage lot," Schaefer said, adding that a fully loaded cable plow can weigh about 35,000 pounds. He said he and a small crew travel for projects and would use the property to consolidate equipment and reduce hotel costs.
Commissioners raised concerns about potential damage to county roads from heavy, non-divisible loads and the proposal's living-quarter component. Commissioner Dan moved to approve the CUP with two written conditions: a road-maintenance agreement with the highway superintendent that requires the applicant to repair or pay for any road damage attributable to his operations, and a cap limiting unrelated persons staying on the property to five. The motion was seconded and carried.
Board members discussed how to phrase residency limits so the CUP remains a temporary accommodation for employees rather than a permanent residence. One commissioner recommended including a requirement that the road-maintenance agreement be in place before work begins; another suggested the cap be specific to "five unrelated employees." Schaefer agreed to the conditions on the record.
The parcel was reviewed under the county's zoning provisions cited during the hearing (articles and sections read by staff), and no additional formal appeals were recorded. The board moved directly from the Board of Adjustment hearing to a roll-call vote that produced the approval; the transcript records at least three affirmative votes and a recorded negative from one commissioner before the chair noted that the motion carried.
Next steps: the applicant must finalize any required road-maintenance agreement and obtain building permits that reflect the CUP conditions. The board did not specify an enforcement mechanism beyond the written condition and normal permitting processes.
Ending: The chair wished the applicant luck and thanked him for investing in the county.
