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Williams County approves suite of oilfield-related land-use permits after debate over beachfront subdivision
Summary
The Williams County Board of County Commissioners on May 6 approved a variance that will allow two newly created 2.07-acre lots to remain in the county’s Agricultural Zoning District and also approved three oilfield-related land-use permits after public comment and technical presentations.
The Williams County Board of County Commissioners on May 6 approved a variance allowing two newly created 2.07-acre lots to remain in the county’s Agricultural Zoning District and also approved three related land-use actions for oilfield infrastructure and mining after staff presentations and public comments.
Michelle Haugen, county planning staff, told commissioners the minor subdivision (LU-0006-25) divides a roughly 78.95-acre parent parcel in Houghland Township into three lots, including a 74.93-acre lot that will remain in agricultural zoning and two 2.07-acre lots for future homes. Planning and Zoning recommended approval, 8–0, and recordation of the plat was made contingent on approval of the requested variance.
At the public hearing ExxonMobil representative Kevin Reichling urged commissioners to deny the variance, saying the proposed lots fall within a currently permitted well-pad area tied to the company’s Grinnell Bakken Unit (GBU) plans and arguing that approval would create “negative impacts” for the mineral…
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