Judge Overturns Smithfield Plant Permit
A Minnehaha County judge has overturned the conditional use permit for a new Smithfield Foods pork processing facility in Sioux Falls. The ruling states the city failed to follow proper zoning requirements, returning the project to the City Council for review.
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A South Dakota judge halted a conditional use permit for SMITHFIELD FOODS INC's $1.3B pork plant in Sioux Falls on Thursday, citing procedural zoning flaws. The reversal stalls the largest business investment in the history of the United States state. The project's future now returns to the City Council for review.
