The Barton County Zoning Appeals Board held two public hearings on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. As a result of these public hearings, the board voted to grant two “after the fact” zoning variance requests to South Homestead Township relating to the building erected without permits or floodplain compliance in April 2015, Environmental Manager Judy Goreham said. The variances were granted because the township was able to bring the structure into compliance for their floodplain violation, obtain a 99-year lease agreement to allow the building to be on the landowner’s property and was granted the variance for their property line set back request.