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Door County board approves zoning map changes in Town of Gibraltar, rezones roughly 19 acres
Summary
The Door County Board adopted Ordinance 2026-01 to amend the Town of Gibraltar zoning map, rezoning about 19 acres from light industrial to Heartland 3.5 and correcting a 0.31-acre parcel. The plan commission and town board had unanimously supported the petition; the ordinance passed 18–0 with three absent.
The Door County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 27 approved Ordinance 2026-01 to amend the Town of Gibraltar zoning map, rezoning approximately 19 acres from light industrial to Heartland 3.5 and converting about 0.31 acres from Heartland 3.5 to light industrial to correct parcel lines.
Travis Tyson, administrator for the Town of Gibraltar, told the board the Gibraltar Plan Commission interviewed the petitioner and unanimously approved the petition, followed by unanimous support from the Gibraltar Town Board. "Since the quarry has been predominantly closed and reclaimed, this represented a change in circumstances," Tyson said, urging the county to support the request to improve zoning consistency and avoid spot zoning.
Supervisor Zettel moved to approve the ordinance; Supervisor Fisher seconded. Because this is an ordinance, the board conducted a roll call vote that passed 18 yes, 0 no, with 3 absent. The clerk announced the tally before the meeting moved on to other business.
The ordinance covers parcels historically associated with a legacy nonmetallic mine and aims to align zoning with surrounding properties in Heartland 3.5, plus a small parcel cleanup to make zoning contiguous. County staff had previously submitted a written report recommending acceptance of the plan commission's findings.
No motions to refer or amend were recorded during discussion. Public comment in support of the rezoning came from Tyson, who described local review and the commission’s unanimous findings; no public opposition was presented on the record.
The board took no additional immediate implementation steps beyond adoption; any future site-specific permits or compliance reviews will proceed under the updated zoning classification.
