Warren County supervisors deny rezoning of roughly 37-acre parcel near G50 Highway

Warren County supervisors voted 3-2 to deny a request to rezone about 36.89 acres along G50 Highway from A1 Agricultural to M1 Light Industrial for a proposed precast concrete manufacturing facility.

The proposal would have allowed construction of a roughly 40,000-square-foot precast concrete plant and related site work; the applicant’s attorney said the project would be privately funded and could initially employ 10–15 people, with a longer-term goal of 40–50 jobs and capital investment in excess of $10 million. The county zoning staff and the applicant’s representative told the board the site is shown as light industrial on the county’s long-range plan and that surrounding parcels already include M1 zoning.

County zoning director Lindsay (staff) told the board the applicant, identified in the record as Steven Jorgeson, purchased parcel number 0700-019-0220 in October and applied to rezone it from A1 to M1. Zoning staff recommended approval and placed the applicant’s packet into the record. The Warren County Planning and Zoning Commission had a split…