Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown Board of Adjustment voted 5–1 on Thursday to approve a variance allowing a large combined residential structure and attached garage on North Lake Drive, while simultaneously acknowledging potential gaps in city zoning code.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown City Council is reviewing an annexation and zoning request that would allow a local homeowner to bypass a county restriction and build an accessory structure on his property.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown City Council on Monday held the first reading of Ordinance No. 26‑25, a major zoning text amendment that would create an entirely new zoning classification: the CD Campus District. The proposal is designed to support large medical and educational institutions whose land‑use needs don’t fit neatly into existing zoning categories.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - A major zoning update aimed at supporting future medical and educational campus development will go before the Watertown City Council Monday night for its first reading.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - In a landmark meeting Thursday evening, the Watertown Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of four interconnected zoning ordinance amendments that would reshape how the city regulates large institutional campuses and student housing. The actions—Resolutions 2026‑28, 2026‑29, 2026‑30, and 2026‑31—now move to the Watertown City Council for final consideration.

Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - The Watertown City Council held the first readings of two ordinances designed to realign land use with the city’s long-term growth objectives.

Northeast Radio SD News - Watertown, SD - The Watertown City Council conducted a first reading tonight of an ordinance designed to “clean up” regulations for the city’s new Residential Storage District (R-S), adding strict design standards and a total ban on shipping containers within those areas.