CITY OF AMES v. STORY COUNTY

No. 85-1578.

392 N.W.2d 145 (1986)

CITY OF AMES, Iowa, Plaintiff, v. STORY COUNTY, Iowa, and Leslie T. Beck, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Klaus, Beth Ringgenberg, Ames, for plaintiff.

Robert A. Hutchison and Monte R. Hanson of Brown, Winick, Graves, Donnelly, Baskerville & Schoenebaum, Des Moines, and Mary E. Richards, Co. Atty., for defendants.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and HARRIS, McGIVERIN, LARSON, and CARTER, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

The city of Ames seeks to construct a waste disposal plant outside its corporate limits. The city and its proposed construction site are within Story County. The city's applications for construction permits from the county were refused and this litigation followed. The dispute, pitting one local government against another, presents the question of whether city-owned property is subject to county zoning regulations. Our answer is that it might or might...

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