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Traverse County adopts Interim Use Permit time limit and repeals 2009 wind-power ordinance
Summary
The County Board approved adding an 18-month expiration to Interim Use Permits and unanimously repealed the 2009 Wind Power Management Ordinance after a Planning Commission recommendation; both actions were passed on motions recorded in the minutes.
The Traverse County Commission approved two zoning-related actions recommended by the Planning Commission: an Interim Use Permit (IUP) rule with an 18-month expiration and repeal of the county's 2009 Wind Power Management Ordinance.
Zoning Administrator Ben Oleson told the Board the Planning Commission recommended adding Section 14A to the Zoning Ordinance, which would cause Interim Use Permits to expire after 18 months unless an extension is applied for and granted by the County Board. "Nelson made a motion to approve the Interim Use Permit Ordinance as recommended by the Planning Commission, seconded by Schmidt, and approved unanimously," the minutes record. Commissioners then approved, by motion (Metz, seconded by Nelson), repealing the 2009 Wind Power Management Ordinance.
The actions were recorded as unanimous. The minutes do not record debate beyond the Planning Commission recommendation. Because the minutes record the Board vote and the ordinance change, the IUP expiration and the repeal are now on the county's zoning record pending any further codification steps.
