Planning staff reports administrative approvals of several farm-related conditional-use permits; administrator announces upcoming departure

At the Aug. 7 meeting the Washington County Planning Commission recorded administrative reviews approving multiple conditional-use permits under the county zoning code. The items listed in the commission packet and described as approved administratively under County Zoning Regulations Section 6.14 and 6.18 included applications from Robert Wilkens & Sons (sludge application), Fitzgerald Farms (corn milling bio-solids), TBR, Inc. (long-term gypsum storage) and manufactured-home permits for farm hands at properties owned by Keith Saville and Lippincott Farms.

Planning & Zoning Administrator Shewchuk also told the commission he had 12 days left in his position and that the county’s six-member personnel group expected to extend an offer for his replacement before the end of the week. The transcript records that staff will continue to administer routine CUP reviews under the cited zoning regulations.

No formal commission action on these administrative reviews was recorded; the transcript characterizes them as approved administratively per the county zoning regulations.