Planning committee forwards two rezoning requests to Marquette County Board

The Marquette County Planning & Zoning Committee voted to forward two rezoning requests to the County Board for final consideration.

The committee opened a public hearing for an application submitted by Randall requesting rezoning from Prime Agriculture (A-1) to Agricultural Residential (A-35) and a Farmland Preservation Overlay (FPO) covering roughly 95.65 acres across two tax parcels. The Town of Buffalo reviewed the application and approved it; the committee moved, seconded, and approved forwarding a resolution to the June County Board for action.

A second public hearing considered a request from Christy and Martha Mast to rezone approximately 47.75 acres from Prime Agriculture (A-1) to Agricultural Residential (A-35) with an FPO designation for two tax parcels in the Town of Newton. The town of Newton reviewed and approved the application (the town’s minutes were included in the packet but did not list a vote tally). The committee moved and seconded to forward that resolution to the County Board; the motion carried.

Why it matters: forwarding the resolutions places each rezoning on the County Board’s June agenda, where final zoning changes and overlay designations would be adopted or rejected. Town boards had recommended approval; County Board action is the next procedural step.

What’s next: Each item is slated for the County Board’s June meeting on the consent agenda. If adopted there, the parcels’ zoning designations will change per the requests. The committee recorded no substantive on-the-record objections; town approvals were the primary supportive evidence noted in the record.