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Chapter 15 Zoning Code Rewrite

The city is replacing its 40-year-old zoning code with a modern, user-friendly version featuring new downtown districts and stronger landscaping and buffering rules. It could take effect January 1, 2027, shaping what can be built where for decades.

6 mentions (2 this month)Last discussed Oct 28, 2026

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T.J. Potter Trucking second transloading yard on Viebahn Street

A trucking company wants to use 15.8 acres of gravel land at 26th and Viebahn as a second laydown and transloading site for big manufactured machinery — weekday daytime hours only. It's been industrial-zoned since 1925, and no neighbors objected.

2 mentionsLast discussed Aug 25, 2026