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Serves the public by helping to insure the quality of your food, water and property.

The Environmental Health Department is governed by the County Board of Health

while the Zoning Department is governed by the County Board of Supervisors

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P.O. Box 301                    Storm Lake, Iowa  50588

Phone (712) 749-2555                                                                         Fax(712) 749-2566

E-Mail - kjohnson@co.buena-vista.ia.us

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Programs administered by this office include:
         wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)  Private well water testing free Nitrate and Coliform Bacteria
           wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)   Well closings - County will pay up to $400.00 to properly plug abandon wells.
         wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)   Hotel/Motel licensing and inspections - Click here to view inspections or to register a complaint.
         wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)  Well construction permits
         wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)  Junkyard licensing and inspections
         wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)  Septic system permits & Time of Transfer Inspections
         wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)  Food and food service establishment licensing and inspections - Click here to view inspections or to register a complaint.       Temporary Food       Guidelines                  Hand washing                   log book
         wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)  Nuisance complaints (health issues) - Nuisance Ordinance  - Dangerous Building Ordiance
         wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)  Zoning and Subdivision in the unincorporated areas of the County
           wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)         Zoning Ordinance     Zoning Forms      Subdivision Ordinance         Subdivision Forms
         wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)  Tanning facilities inspections, Tattoo establishment inspections, Public Swimming Pool Inspections
         wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)  Iowa Smoke Free Air Act
               wpe25.jpg (803 bytes)  Buena Vista County Comprehensive Plan

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