NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE WOODBURY COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION ON SEVERAL ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS

The Woodbury County Zoning Commission will have public hearings on the following items hereafter described in detail on Monday, September 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM or as soon thereafter as the matters may be considered.

Said public hearings will be held in the Board of Supervisors’ meeting room in the basement of the Woodbury County Courthouse, 620 Douglas Street, Sioux City, Iowa. Copies of said items may now be examined at the office of the Woodbury County Community and Economic Development (Planning and Zoning), on the 6th Floor of said courthouse by any interested persons. All persons who wish to be heard in respect to these matters should appear at the aforesaid public hearings in person or call: 712-454-1133 and enter the Conference ID: 638 086 537# during the meeting to listen or comment.  However, it is recommended to attend in person as there is the possibility for technical difficulties with phone and computer systems.  You may forward your written comments by mail or email to: Woodbury County Community and Economic Development, 6th Floor, Woodbury County Courthouse, 620 Douglas St., Sioux City, IA 51101; Emails should be sent to Daniel Priestley at: dpriestley@woodburycountyiowa.gov.  Only signed comments will be considered and should be received no later than 10:00 AM on Friday, September 19, 2025.

SUMMARY: The Woodbury County Zoning Commission will consider recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on proposed amendments to Article 3, Section 3.03-4 of the Woodbury County Zoning Ordinance on Page 39. The proposed amendments would revise the Land Use Summary Table of Allowed Uses to change the classification of "Public service garage" from a prohibited use to a conditional use in the Agricultural Preservation (AP) Zoning District and/or the Agricultural Estates (AE) Zoning District. Specifically, the amendments would update the table by replacing the "--" (Prohibited use) designation with a "C" (Conditional use) designation in the AP Zoning District column for "Public service garage" and/or the amendments would update the table by replacing the "--" (Prohibited use) designation with a "C" (Conditional use) designation in the AE Zoning District column for "Public service garage."  

Explanation: This amendment would allow “Public service garage” as a Conditional Use in the AP Zoning District and/or the AE Zoning District, subject to review and approval by the Board of Adjustment in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Zoning Ordinance. 

The above content, including code and section references, is subject to change and/or correction in the draft and final ordinance versions.

SUMMARY: The Woodbury County Zoning Commission will consider recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on a series of Zoning Ordinance text amendments to: establish maximum and minimum dimensions for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and exempt the ordinance from Iowa Code 331.301(27)(a)(1) and other applicable Iowa Code sections, because Woodbury County has not adopted building codes for primary dwellings and structures—thereby aligning ADU building-code requirements with those for primary dwellings and structures that do not have adopted county building codes (to be addressed in Section 4.04 2 or another applicable location); add utility-scale solar energy systems, as provided in Section 5.08, to the public-notification subsection in Section 2.02 1 B(1)(e); correct the referenced subsection for telecommunication towers from “as provided in subsection 5.06 3” to “as provided in Section 5.05”; align telecommunication-tower requirements with state code by removing colocation references and requirements (Section 5.05 1 and Section 5.05 5 B); correct the road-use and repair agreement reference in the Utility-Scale Solar Energy Systems section (Section 5.08 9 B) from Section 6.1 to Section 5.08 9 A; and make other related corrections and housekeeping edits (grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence syntax) to improve clarity and align the ordinance with its intended purposes. The above content, including code and section references, is subject to change and/or correction in the draft and final ordinance versions.

Pursuant to Section 335 of the Code of Iowa, the Woodbury County Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider the application for a zoning ordinance map amendment (rezone) to the Woodbury County Zoning Ordinance and/or Map for the Unincorporated Area of Woodbury County Iowa by the LeFebvre Family Trust, 1650 Delaware Ave., Lawton, IA 51030.

The proposal is to rezone from the Agricultural Preservation (AP) Zoning District to the Agricultural Estates (AE) Zoning District for a 6.75-acre portion of the property located in the SW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 4, T88N R46W (Floyd Township) in the County of Woodbury and State of Iowa.  The property is known as GIS Parcel #884604100004 and is described as:

PART OF THE S.W.1/4 OF THE N.W.1/4 OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 88 NORTH, RANGE 46 WEST OF THE 5TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:  COMMENCING AT THE S.W. CORNER OF SAID S.W.1/4 OF THE N.W.1/4; THENCE N.89°08’24”E. ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID S.W.1/4 OF THE N.W.1/4 FOR 40.0 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF DELAWARE AVENUE; THENCE N.1°36’33”W. ALONG SAID EAST LINE FOR 406.46 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N.89°08’24”E. FOR 363.90 FEET; THENCE N.1°36’33”W. FOR 809.64 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID S.W.1/4 OF THE N.W.1/4; THENCE S.88°39’26”W. ALONG SAID NORTH LINE FOR 363.87 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF DELAWARE AVENUE; THENCE S.1°36’33”E. ALONG SAID EAST LINE FOR 806.58 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.  CONTAINING 6.75 ACRES. SUBJECT TO AND TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS AND COVENANTS.

NOTE:  THE WEST LINE OF SAID S.W.1/4 OF THE N.W.1/4 IS ASSUMED TO BEAR N.1°36’33”W.

Petitioner Applicant(s): LeFebvre Family Trust, 1650 Delaware Ave., Lawton, IA 51030.

The Woodbury County Zoning Commission will consider for a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors a PROPOSED MINOR SUBDIVISION: To be known as LeFebvre Addition. The LeFebvre Family Trust has submitted an application for a minor subdivision to Woodbury County. The proposed subdivision, named the LeFebvre Addition, seeks to divide a 6.75-acre parcel into two lots: Lot 1, consisting of 2.00 acres, and Lot 2, consisting of 4.75 acres, for the future construction of a residence. The subject property, identified as Parcel #884604100004, is located in Section 4, T88N R46W (Floyd Township), within the SW ¼ of the NW ¼ of the Agricultural Preservation (AP) Zoning District. The property is situated at 1650 Delaware Ave., Lawton, IA 51030, approximately one mile west of Lawton and 4.5 miles east of Sioux City, on the east side of Delaware Avenue, approximately 1,800 feet south of Highway 20. Additionally, the LeFebvre Family Trust has applied for a Zoning Ordinance Map Amendment to rezone the aforementioned property from the Agricultural Preservation (AP) Zoning District to the Agricultural Estates (AE) Zoning District. This rezoning is proposed to accommodate the future construction of a residence on Lot 1 of the LeFebvre Addition.