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County holds public hearings on meat-packing definition and new agritainment rules; decisions deferred

3449705 · May 15, 2025
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Summary

Walworth County planners presented proposed ordinance amendments to define "meat packing" for A-4 zoning and to add agritainment and commercial stables language for A-1 zones. The committee took public input and asked staff to gather additional operational data before making decisions next month.

Walworth County staff presented two linked ordinance amendments at the May 15 meeting: (1) a definition for "meat packing" to clarify conditional uses allowed in the A-4 agricultural-related district, and (2) a broader set of proposed uses including "ag retainment"/agrutainment (corn mazes, pick-your-own, petting zoos) and commercial stables in A-1 prime agricultural districts.

Staff said the meat-packing definition codifies how the county has historically treated small-scale processing and custom slaughter…

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