IOWA NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL v. VAN ZEE

No. 52931.

158 N.W.2d 111 (1968)

IOWA NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL, Appellant, v. Allen VAN ZEE, Homer Boyd, and Wilber Van Zee, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Fred Hendrickson, and Larry Seckington, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Life, Davis & Life, Oskaloosa, for appellees.


LARSON, Justice.

Subsequent to the enactment of what is now chapter 455A of the Code of 1966, one of the defendants, Allen Van Zee, constructed certain levees and made channel changes on the land owned by defendants. It is alleged that at least portions of these structures were within the flood plain of the North Skunk River. Chapter 455A of the Code requires the approval of the plaintiff, Iowa Natural Resources Council, and a permit from it before such structures...

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