Planning commission backs special‑use permit for gravel operator; county staff urge master‑plan update before A‑2 text changes

Oct 23, 2026

Planning and zoning staff reported that the planning commission conditionally approved a special-use permit for High Grade to expand gravel operations, recommended denying a countywide A‑2 text amendment pending a master‑plan update, and said the county received a $50,000 MISTA grant to support the master planning process.

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Miles, the county planning and zoning presenter, briefed commissioners on two items forwarded by the planning commission: a conditional approval recommendation for a special use permit for High Grade (a gravel operator expanding onto two parcels in Greenbush Township) and a text-amendment request from the public to allow certain business uses in the A‑2 district that the planning commission recommended denying.

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