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Residents object to Warder rezoning; commission approves REZ-2026-002
Summary
Multiple nearby residents opposed rezoning request REZ-2026-002, citing environmental risk, increased density, and loss of rural character. The Carlton County Planning Commission approved rezoning for PINS 86-030-5080 and 86-030-5090 on a unanimous 6-0 vote.
The Carlton County Planning Commission approved rezoning REZ-2026-002 for properties identified as PINS 86-030-5080 and 86-030-5090 despite multiple public objections. The motion to approve passed on a roll-call vote with all six members present voting yes.
Several residents spoke against the request during the public hearing, raising concerns about environmental impacts, potential increased fire risk near a trout stream, higher population density, and loss of rural character. According to the hearing record, Laurie Carlson and neighbors Tom Eull, Bryan Erickson, Dale VanGuilder, Mike Dahl, Sharon Carlson, Charles Carlson, Kevin Koecher, Christine Carlson and Troy Westendorf registered objections or voiced concerns about the change in density and environmental effects. The record also includes written correspondence from the assessor and other nearby landowners supporting those concerns.
Outside the meeting record, local landowner Randy Lenz submitted an email urging denial and arguing that “Agricultural/Forest zoning is not a holding category or placeholder—it is an intentional land-use designation designed to preserve productive soils, viable farm and forestry operations, and the critical mass of land needed for them to function.” Mike and Nancy Huddleston submitted a separate email stating their opposition and asking that their comments be entered into the public record.
Staff identified Robert Warder as the applicant; the application and public comments were discussed before the commission took its vote. The minutes record no motion to table or amend the rezoning; the action recorded is “MOTION TO APPROVE REZONING PINS 86-030-5080 AND 86-030-5090.” The roll-call vote recorded six yeas and no nays.
The approval concludes the county-level rezoning decision by the Planning Commission for REZ-2026-002. The record does not state subsequent steps (if any) such as county board review or appeal deadlines; those steps were not specified in the minutes.
