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Planning commission approves Slocum plat splitting 17.97-acre building site
Summary
The commission unanimously approved 2026PLAT001, allowing Ida Slocum to plat a 17.97-acre existing building site from a 320-acre tract in the joint Brookings County/City of Brookings jurisdiction; the site lies in the Aquifer Protection Zone and rebuilding larger structures would require conditional-use review.
The Brookings County Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously to approve 2026PLAT001, a plat submitted by Ida Slocum to separate a 17.97‑acre existing building site from a 320‑acre holding in Section 28 (T110N, R49W). The building site includes a shelterbelt of mature trees, a house, barn, granary, two pole sheds, grain bins and other outbuildings and is located on 213th Street (County gravel road 18A).
Commissioner Tim Paulson moved to approve the plat and Commissioner Kyle VanderWal seconded; the roll-call vote recorded nine ayes and no nays. The staff report noted the site is in the Brookings County and City of Brookings joint jurisdiction area and within the Zone “A” (Wellhead) of the Aquifer Protection Zone. The minutes state that if existing buildings are destroyed or removed, the owner would have one year from destruction to apply for a conditional use to rebuild any structure over 120 square feet.
