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Commission recommends denial of 79.49‑acre reclassification in Poplar Township
Summary
The commission voted 7–0 to recommend denial of Roger Sirucek’s request to reclassify 79.49 acres from Agricultural Forestry to Rural Residential 10, citing potential farmland conversion and inconsistency with preservation elements.
Roger Sirucek asked the Cass County Planning Commission on April 13 to reclassify 79.49 acres in Poplar Township from Agricultural Forestry to Rural Residential 10. The county mailed 22 notices and received three comments including one from the township. After deliberation the commission voted unanimously to recommend denial, citing concerns that the reclassification could convert existing farmland and that the request failed to meet several preservation and land‑use consistency tests in the commission’s findings.
The motion to recommend denial was moved by Ken LaPorte and seconded by Tom Bisek; the minutes record the findings used to support the denial, including surrounding land classifications and the commission’s conclusion that the reclassification was not consistent with preservation of natural areas and existing ownership/development characteristics.
