Planning & Zoning
Office Responsibilities: The Planning and Zoning Department administers and enforces the Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Ordinance, and Floodplain Ordinance for Plymouth County.
- Issue building permits and zoning permits.
- Perform zoning inspections by enforcing zoning ordinance.
- Handle requests for rezoning, variance, conditional use permits.
- Planning and Zoning Commission, Board of Adjustment and Board of Supervisors are decision makers for aforementioned requests.
- Handle all major and minor subdivision requests.
- Handle requests for home industry or home occupations.
Plymouth County Zoning
Plymouth County Courthouse Annex
215 4th Ave SE
Le Mars, IA 51031
Telephone: 712-546-7516
Fax: 712-546-8797
E-mail: zoning@plymouthcountyiowa.gov
Steven Chapman
Zoning Administrator
Hours:
Tuesday & Wednesday
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Closed For Lunch From 12:00 to 1:00 PM
Helpful Forms & Links
- Building Permit [PDF, 94.00 KB]
- Zoning Ordinance [PDF, 704.71 KB]
- Zoning Subdivision Ordinance [PDF, 661.96 KB]
- Zoning Fee Schedule [PDF, 213.59 KB]
- Comprehensive Plan [PDF, 32.81 MB]
- Zoning Map [PDF, 2.10 MB]
| Planning and Zoning Commission | |
|---|---|
| Randy Kroksh | Akron |
| Greg Schroeder | Le Mars |
| Jason Shoenrock | Hinton |
| Lowell Vos | Kingsley |
| Gregg Roepke | Kingsley |
| Peg Becker | Hinton |
| Bill Koopman | Le Mars |
| Elizabeth (Betty) Gorczynski | Le Mars |
| Board of Adjustment | |
|---|---|
| Dan Albert | Le Mars |
| Shirley Benson | Remsen |
| James Dennison | Akron |
| Nancy Anderson | Merrill |
| Don Mathews | Sioux City |