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Zoning committee approves Korman rezone in Town of Media to add pasture for cattle
Summary
The Sawyer County Zoning Committee approved a rezone of roughly 76.29 acres from Forestry‑1 to Agricultural‑1 to allow pasture for beef cattle on property owned by Matthew and Steven Ann Korman.
The Sawyer County Zoning Committee approved a rezone request for approximately 76.29 acres in the Town of Media, allowing two Forestry‑1 parcels to convert to Agricultural‑1 so the owner can pasture beef cattle.
Applicant Matthew Korman told the committee he purchased the land about a year ago and that it had been logged before his purchase. “I bought this land a year ago, and it was logged when I bought it, and I wanna use it to pasture my beef cattle,” Korman said during the public hearing.
Zoning staff presented the application and noted the parcels (Tax ID 3996839967) are adjacent to an existing agricultural parcel owned by the same landowner and would continue a pattern of pasture use. The Town of Media recommended approval at its board meeting and sent no opposing comments; staff reported 11 adjacent property owners were notified and no comments were returned.
A motion to open the public hearing, a public hearing with the applicant and a supporter on record, and the committee’s subsequent motion to approve the rezone passed by roll call. The committee approved the rezone with findings of facts and the recommended conditions as outlined in the staff report.
Why it matters: The rezone converts Forestry‑1 land to Agricultural‑1 to allow continued agricultural uses and reflects staff and the town board’s recommendation that the change would be a continuation of existing pasture land use in the immediate area.
