Public Notices
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Effective July 1, 2025, Hitchcock County will no longer be recording in the hand written record books and will be going to digital recording. Copies may still be obtained through the Clerk’s office with the appropriate fees, or through the Nebraska Deeds Online website. The past recording books will remain in the Clerk’s office for research purposes.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
The Hitchcock County Planning Commission will be in session on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 commencing at 1:00 p.m. CT, in the Community Room, Hitchcock County Courthouse, 229 East D Street, Trenton, Nebraska. Said session will be open to the public and the public is invited to attend. The agenda for said meeting, which is kept continually current, is readily available for public inspection at the office of the Hitchcock County Clerk at the Hitchcock County Courthouse, during normal business hours and on the County’s website www.hitchcockcounty.ne.gov. Said agenda may be modified at said public meeting to include items of an emergency nature only.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Hitchcock County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. CT, or as soon thereafter as said hearing can be held, to hear the applicant and all comments thereon from the public in attendance and to receive evidence regarding the Amended Application for Conditional Use filed by Shane Rippen for an open feedlot confined animal feeding operation with aerobic waste handling facility, Category A Class III in Part of the W½ of the SE¼ Section 4, Township 3 North, Range 31 West, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. Said hearing will be held in the Community Room, Hitchcock County Courthouse, 229 East D Street, Trenton, Nebraska. Written comment will also be accepted at any time up to and including the public hearing. Said application is available for inspection at the office of the Hitchcock County Clerk.
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ZONING & RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT NOTICE
Pursuant to Section 804 of the Hitchcock County Zoning Regulations, no building, structure, or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, moved, or structurally altered without a Zoning Permit/Certificate of Zoning Compliance first being issued by the Zoning Administrator. Be advised that any of the above actions commenced prior to issuance of all required permit(s) or variance(s) in accordance with zoning regulations constitutes a violation of current Hitchcock County zoning regulations and is punishable by law. Applications for Zoning Permits or Certificate of Zoning Compliance are available at the Hitchcock County Zoning Administrator's office at the courthouse.
Be advised that an Application to Occupy Hitchcock County Road Right-of-Way must be completed, submitted and approved by the Hitchcock County Board of Commissioners before entering upon any Hitchcock County road right-of-way for the purpose of burying, maintaining and repairing of any underground utilities including waterlines. Applications for Right of Way permits are available at the Hitchcock County Clerk’s office.
Forms may also be obtained from the County’s website at:
http://www.hitchcockcounty.ne.gov .
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