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HARTINGTON - Cedar County Commissioners approved several building permits last week but spent much of the time at their May 13 meeting discussing a permit that had not been approved.
In order for utilities and other entities to use the roadway or the road right-of-way on a county road, they are first required to obtain a permit from the county, said Cedar County Highway Supt. Carla Schmidt.
Schmidt said the permits are needed so her office can map out what utilities may be buried in areas where the county may have to do work.
Cedar County Commissioner Dick Donner said that process was not followed recently on a road in the northwest portion of his district.
Three representatives from the Lewis and Clark Rural Water District came to discuss the project near the Robert and Tracy Mueller property.
Cedar Knox Rural Water Project Manager Scott Fiedler told the Board a late change was made while laying water pipe and he neglected to get the proper permit.
Donner was not pleased about the situation, however.
After a lengthy discussion all three Commissioners agreed CKRWP should have obtained the permit.
“I don’t think Rural Water is out to violate our rules. A mistake was made here, but it was an honest mistake,” Commission Chairman Dave McGregor said.
Donner then made a motion to approve the permit, adding that the group “better make sure and get the proper permits next time.”
Zoning Board administrator Tim Gobel presented the county board with six building permits, which were all approved by the Commissioners.
The permits were for: • Gary Wieseler, 50x150 livestock barn at his St. Helena area farm.
• Brian Lange to move a 9,000 bushel bin onto his property in Precinct 4.
• Ken Koch for a 48x72 shed on his property.
• Marcus Pappenhausen for a 48x56 shed on his property in Precinct 16.
• Larry Domina for a 60,000 bushel bin on his Coleridge area farm.
• Larry Lange for a 72x40 shed on his Brooke Bottom property. This permit also required variance to adjust setback change.
Gobel noted this is the fifth variance of the year, and most of them are for changes to setback rules to allow a building to be located closer to a road than current law allows.
The current code stipulates no building closer than 83 feet from the center of the road.
