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Stark County planning commission recommends vacation and rezonings to let landowner combine lots for agriculture
Summary
The Stark County Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 30 recommended approval of a subdivision vacation, future land‑use map amendment and two rezonings for parcels in the Norwegian Creek replat so applicant Jared Kessel can assemble acreage to rezone to agriculture; all items go to the County Commission on Nov. 4.
The Stark County Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 30 recommended approval of a package of actions that would let landowner Jared Kessel combine multiple platted lots in the first replat of Norwegian Creek subdivision so they can be rezoned to agricultural use.
Kessel addressed the commission during a public hearing and said, “My name is Jared Kessel, and I guess I'm looking at getting it rezoned from industrial to to agriculture. I got land a half mile away and just like to fence it off and graze it.” County Planner Steve Josephson told commissioners the parcels were originally part of a platted subdivision; Kessel must assemble a contiguous area that meets the…
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