Making An Impact: Community Development October 2021

  • “… and thank you for being such a fountain of information today! Impressive.”
    – Rural property owner

    Analyzed zoning maps and documentation over the past 10 years in the Town of Lima to assist a landowner in determining when and why her property had been rezoned from A-2 to A-5. The information discovered will help the landowner make future decisions regarding land use on the property.

  • Answered questions and provided resources for a local town resident with a shared well who is concerned about an elevated well water arsenic test result. The information and resources provided about arsenic, retesting options, and treatment options will enable the well owner to take appropriate steps to begin to address the issue.
  • Technical assistance to a local town clerk and plan commission on the procedure for reviewing a pair of land divisions, conditional use permits, and rezones in a certified farmland preservation zoning district. This enabled the town to properly review the proposals, ensure appropriate siting of two future residences, and promote the preservation of farmland.
  • Technical assistance to a local town zoning administrator and plan commission on the procedure and sequence of approvals when the purchase of a new lot to be created by a certified survey map is dependent upon extraterritorial platting approval and rezoning approval. This enabled the town to properly review the proposal and potentially prevented the lot buyer from owning a lot unsuitable for his plans.
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