1.7 Creation of Land Use Districts and Zone Map
Unofficial copy. It may be out of date. Not legal or zoning advice. Zoning rules change, and only the city or county can say for sure what is allowed on a property. Confirm with the city or county planning department before you buy, sign or build.
The official Wallsburg code is at https://wallsburg.gov/development-code/.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
The chapters the town posts pre-date revisions it approved in June 2023, September 2023 and February 2024, which aren't posted as clean text. Check those changes with the town.
Tables (like use tables) may not copy cleanly, so check any table against the official code.
Confirm anything here with Wallsburg planning before you rely on it.
In order to carry out the purposes of this Code, land use districts have been established as set forth in the Town of Wallsburg General Plan and a zoning map has been established in Chapter 5 of this Code. The zoning map is adopted as a part of this Code and this Code is intended to be consistent with the zoning map. In interpreting the zoning map, the following standards shall apply:
1. The zoning boundary lines are intended to conform to existing property boundary lines when not in a public right-of-way, or to follow the center line of public rights-of-way (including prescriptive rightsof-way), unless the lines are located by specific dimensions, in which case the dimensions shall control. Where the zoning district lines approximately follow the lot lines as they exist at the date of adoption of this Code, the district lines shall be conformed to the lot lines.
2. Where the zoning district lines appear to have intentionally divided a lot or parcel between two or more districts, the applicable zoning for each portion of the lot or parcel shall be determined by using the scale shown on the map. If the placement of the district line cannot be determined, the standards of the zone allowing the less intensive land use shall be applied to the entire parcel.
3. Where the district lines are intended to follow natural land contours, such as the ridge tops, hillsides or waterways, the line shall be determined at the point at which the general slope of the land changes fifteen (15) percent in grade or in the case of waterways, the average centerline of the waterway. In the event of a dispute as to the location of the change in grade, the point shall be fixed with reference to
GENERAL PROVISIONS and PROCEDURES
topographic data submitted to the Town. Where land of less than fifteen (15) percent slope is
surrounded by land of fifteen (15) percent or greater slope, the Planning Commission may entertain an
application to rezone the land of less than fifteen (15) percent slope to a suitable residential use if the
Town Staff determines that the land is adequately accessible and not within a sensitive lands overlay
zone or designation.
4. If the Planning Commission, Town Board, or member of the public requests an interpretation of a zoning district the matter shall be forwarded to the Board of Adjustment for an interpretation.