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County adopts code change allowing heavy machinery sales and service in industrial areas as conditional use

Polk County Board of County Commissioners · September 16, 2025
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Summary

On second reading the board approved LDCT 2025‑16 to allow heavy machinery equipment sales and service in industrial areas as a conditional use level 2; Planning Commission recommended approval 7–0 and staff recommended adoption.

Shonda Bennett presented LDCT 2025‑16, a second‑reading text amendment to Chapter 4 (neighborhood plan) to allow heavy machinery equipment sales and service in industrial areas as a conditional use level 2. Bennett said the change mirrors how the use is regulated in other code tables and that staff and the Planning Commission recommended approval 7–0.

No members of the public signed up to speak on the expedited second reading. The board approved the amendment by voice vote, aligning Chapter 4 provisions with the county’s other use tables for industrial zoning.