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Planning commission denies rezoning request for Halsey Avenue property after debate over drainage and land‑use standards
Summary
Wright County Planning Commission split 4–3 Tuesday on a request to rezone roughly 48.5 acres on Halsey Avenue from agricultural to suburban residential, citing unresolved questions about whether the parcel meets the county’s 'rare and unique' standard and concerns about drainage, road impacts and tile drainage to neighboring fields.
The Wright County Planning Commission voted 4–3 on April 16 to deny a request to rezone about 48.49 acres at 158 Halsey Ave SE in Rockford Township from General Agriculture (AG) to Suburban Residential‑a (R‑2a).
Staff and the applicant’s engineer described a concept for a five‑lot subdivision and preliminary stormwater work, including a proposed basin near Halsey Avenue intended to control runoff. Scott Dahlke, the project civil engineer, told the Commission he had begun preliminary design and believed a basin could improve existing drainage conditions.
Neighbors and several commissioners, however, questioned whether…
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