Roberts County Transmission Setback Decision!
Roberts County is about to decide how far a 345,000-volt transmission line has to stay from your house.
Tuesday, October 20, 8:30 AM. Planning and Zoning meeting, Roberts County Courthouse, 411 2nd Ave E, Sisseton. The transmission setback is the last item on the agenda, so figure 9:00 or a little after.
First District is finishing a study for the county on three distances: 500 feet, 1,000 feet, and 2,640 feet. 2,640 feet is a half mile. The commissioners asked to see all three. Whatever they land on that morning is the number that gets written into the county zoning ordinance.
A half mile is not a new idea in Roberts County. Our own zoning ordinance already requires 2,640 feet from the property line of a landfill to the nearest home, and 2,640 feet for larger feeding operations. The county also already tells a landowner he cannot build a house within three-quarters of a mile of a feedlot without a signed waiver on file. The number is already in our book.
And a setback on a transmission line does not restrict what you can build on your own land. It restricts where the towers go.
Three ways to be heard on the 20th.
Show up and speak. Public comment is taken on the item.
Call in. There is a speakerphone in the commissioners' room if you cannot drive in.
Write. Written comments sent to the zoning office ahead of time get presented to the board as part of the item.
Roberts County Zoning Office, 605-698-3205, rc-zoning@robertscosd.gov
Five commissioners, one morning, one number. If this line crosses your ground or your neighbor's, this is the meeting to be at.
Tuesday, October 20, 8:30 AM. Planning and Zoning meeting, Roberts County Courthouse, 411 2nd Ave E, Sisseton. The transmission setback is the last item on the agenda, so figure 9:00 or a little after.
First District is finishing a study for the county on three distances: 500 feet, 1,000 feet, and 2,640 feet. 2,640 feet is a half mile. The commissioners asked to see all three. Whatever they land on that morning is the number that gets written into the county zoning ordinance.
A half mile is not a new idea in Roberts County. Our own zoning ordinance already requires 2,640 feet from the property line of a landfill to the nearest home, and 2,640 feet for larger feeding operations. The county also already tells a landowner he cannot build a house within three-quarters of a mile of a feedlot without a signed waiver on file. The number is already in our book.
And a setback on a transmission line does not restrict what you can build on your own land. It restricts where the towers go.
Three ways to be heard on the 20th.
Show up and speak. Public comment is taken on the item.
Call in. There is a speakerphone in the commissioners' room if you cannot drive in.
Write. Written comments sent to the zoning office ahead of time get presented to the board as part of the item.
Roberts County Zoning Office, 605-698-3205, rc-zoning@robertscosd.gov
Five commissioners, one morning, one number. If this line crosses your ground or your neighbor's, this is the meeting to be at.