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Commissioners reenact jurisdictional zoning around Laurel amid heated public opposition over Northwestern Energy plant
Summary
The board voted to enact historical jurisdictional zoning around the city of Laurel (Resolution 24‑116) after a staff presentation; the hearing featured widespread public opposition focused on Northwestern Energy’s methane-fired plant, with speakers raising air-quality, public‑process, and recusal concerns.
The Yellowstone County Board of County Commissioners on July 9 approved Resolution 24‑116 to enact jurisdictional zoning in the one-mile area around the city of Laurel, a move staff said simply reestablishes zoning that residents and property owners had long believed was in place.
Monica, a county staff member, told commissioners a legal judgment had shown a lack of records proving that previously believed zoning had been enacted; without action, land around Laurel remained unregulated. The presentation summarized historical maps (including a 1979 map), explained that staff sought to reenact historical Part 2 zoning administered by the county (not to rezoning individual parcels), and noted specific map clarifications: a parcel with mixed heavy industrial/agriculture/unzoned designations near Lindy Lane and Stroud Road; a Highway 212 parcel historically mapped as…
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