Commission passes pipeline restrictions, but reduces setbacks for dwellings

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By Dave Baumeister

County Correspondent

            SIOUX FALLS – By a 4-1 margin, this week, the Minnehaha County Commission passed an amendment to the county zoning ordinance that deals with “transmission pipelines.”

            While the amendment does address all pipelines in the future, it was written specifically to give the county leverage in dealing with the Summit and Navigator pipelines currently being proposed.

            The lone vote against came from Commissioner Gerald Beninga, who seemed to be protesting because he disagreed with an earlier vote that reduced the setbacks provided in the original amendment.

            This pipeline amendment was first addressed at the May 23 commission meeting, when Commission Chairperson Jean Bender was absent.

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