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Board of Adjustment

Power and Duties Include:

  • The Board of Adjustment has the authority to grant special exceptions related to nonconforming uses
  • Consider temporary uses and special uses in certain zoning districts
  • Interpret of the Zoning Map
  • Consider request for variances to zoning and subdivision regulations.

Board of Adjustment Members:
Name Term Ending
Harmon Dochterman
12/28/12
Mark Crooks
12/31/13
Steve Swafford
12/31/13
Randy Fry
12/31/11
Wallace Day
12/31/10
(5 Year Terms)




Planning and Zoning Commission


Power and Duties Include:

  • Review and make recommendations to City Council concerning zoning regulations, amendments, supplements, changes or modifications to the Zoning Regulations as provided by Chapter 414 of the Code of Iowa
  • Review and Comment on all plans, plats or re-plats of subdivision or re-subdivisions of land embraced in the City and within a two-mile jurisdiction of the City limits
  • Review and recommend updates to the City's Comprehensive Plan

Planning & Zoning Commision Members:
Name Term Ending
Mick Fletcher, Chairman
12/31/13
John Salvador
12/31/13
Blake Ruther
12/31/11
Steve Swafford
12/31/10
Jim Rouse, Vice-Chair
12/31/06
Karen Dewey
12/31/13
Ringo Covert
12/31/12
(5 Year Terms)