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Marquette County panel approves three residential rezones; items head to county board
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Summary
The Marquette County Planning and Zoning Committee unanimously approved three rezoning requests on April 2 to create small residential building sites out of farmland-preservation parcels; the applications will move to the full county board as resolutions.
The Marquette County Planning and Zoning Committee on April 2 approved three separate rezoning requests that would create small residential building sites while keeping the remainder of the parcels under farmland preservation overlays.
At the meeting, the committee voted to approve applications for Cheryl Selbach (N1081 County Road C, Town of Montville), James and Hope Spilner (6879 Willison Road, Town of Newton), and Dawson Vogelsang (W6965 Fern Road, Town of Pekwaukee). Each application proposed rezoning a small portion of a prime‑agricultural parcel to an agricultural‑residential classification (AG‑3 or similar) to allow one or two residential building sites, with the balance of land retained in a Farmland Preservation Overlay (FPO).
Jean, the staff presenter, said each request had been properly noticed and that the respective town boards had reviewed the proposals and signaled no objections. For Selbach, staff described a plan to rezone roughly 7 acres to AG‑3 and place 61.6 acres under FPO (about 68.6 acres total) to permit two 3.5‑acre building sites while preserving the remainder. The Spilners sought a minimum 4‑acre building site and 31.63 acres to FPO (about 35.63 acres total); staff said the town of Newton viewed the change as standard because the remaining parcel would exceed the town’s 10‑acre guideline. Vogelsang’s request described rezoning about 4 acres with 45.38 acres to FPO (about 49.38 acres total) to allow a single new residence near County Road M.
Committee members moved and seconded approval for each application; all three motions passed by voice vote. The committee did not record a roll‑call tally in the transcript; the proceedings show unanimous voice approval for each motion.
Next steps: if approved by the full county board, each rezoning will be adopted as a county board resolution. Staff discussed scheduling and indicated the items would appear at the upcoming county board meeting cycle (organizational meeting options on April 20 and the regular meeting on April 21 were discussed). The committee did not add conditions or amendments to the motions in the record.
The committee also confirmed that affected neighbors and the towns were notified before the hearing and that the parcels’ surveys/maps are in the meeting packet. The applicants did not raise substantive questions after staff’s presentation.
The committee then moved on to departmental reports and other business.
