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Linn County Zoning Plan Faces Public Hearing In June 1981
Thomas Jefferson’s ideal of small farms clashes with Linn County proposed zoning that would require a 50 dollar permit for land sales under 35 acres. The plan limits subdivisions, shifts final decisions to the Board of Adjustment, and raises red tape costs while critics warn it hurts family farms and freedom. Robert Lam, longtime Zoning Commission member, weighs in.
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Linn County
Iowa
Linn County Board of Adjustment
State of
Zoning Commission
Board of Supervisors
Linn County Commission
Anderson Consultants, Inc
Des Moines
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Robert Lam
Springville