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Kossuth County board approves first reading of ordinance limiting hazardous-liquid pipeline transport
Summary
The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors approved the first reading of Ordinance No. 300B on June 9, 2026, to amend county zoning rules that regulate hazardous-liquid pipeline transport and suspended the usual two-meeting consideration requirement; no written or in-person objections were recorded.
The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors approved the first reading of Ordinance No. 300B on June 9, 2026, an amendment to County Zoning Ordinance No. 300 to regulate and restrict use of land for the transport of hazardous liquid through pipelines. Chairman Carter Nath read the proposed ordinance into the record and the board recorded no written or in-person objections.
The vote to approve the first reading carried on a unanimous roll call (Joshua Waechter, Amber Garman, Kyle Stecker, Howard Haas and Carter Nath voting yes). The board then voted unanimously to suspend the requirement in Iowa Code 331.302(6)(a) that an ordinance be considered at two meetings prior to final passage, which allows the board to consider final adoption without waiting two meetings. The transcript does not record a final-adoption vote on Ordinance No. 300B.
Proponents framed the measure as an update to zoning rules to regulate hazardous-liquid transport; no members of the public filed written objections and no in-person opposition was recorded in the minutes. The ordinance’s first reading and the suspension of the two-meeting rule were recorded as formal motions and roll call votes.
If the board proceeds to final adoption, a subsequent meeting record would be required to show final passage. The ordinance as presented would change county zoning standards related to hazardous liquid pipelines but the minutes do not record any text changes beyond the ordinance title and stated purpose.
