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Weekly Blast!: Something historic happened this week…Wait – did you think I was going to talk about baseball? Well of course, that was amazing! Milwaukee and all Wisconsinites have a lot to cheer. But I’m talking about the unanimous decisions by the Portage County Planning & Zoning Committee to approve the changes to our Zoning Ordinance to include the revised solar overlay map and rationale, and changes to our Comprehensive Plan to include our definition of data centers, prohibit them in all zoning districts, and create a “floating zone” which would require a zoning change with public input and the ability to say yes or no to that kind of development in our community. The Town of Grant becomes one of only a handful of municipalities in the state of Wisconsin that has used this land use change for their future planning. We the Town have had independent zoning for decades and times like these demonstrate the relevance of our independence. It was warming to hear members of the P&Z Committee congratulate the Town of Grant and thank us for “leading the way”. It has indeed been a historic week. Congratulations. Happy Halloween, Sharon

Notice of Public Hearing

The Town of Grant will conduct a Public Hearing to solicit citizen’s input on a request from Gary Getzloff for the rezoning of the northeastern section of parcel number 018-22-0734-01.06. The five acre section is located at the intersection of Griffith Avenue and County Road F, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494.  The request is to rezone the parcel from Transitional Agricultural to General Agriculture for the purpose of allowing a residence on a 5 acre parcel after the current parcel is divided into two separate parcels. General Agriculture and Agricultural Transition are designated as compatible on Table 9.1: Town of Grant Zoning/Land Use Plan Compatibility Table. The Town of Grant Plan Commission voted 4 to 1 on September 4, 2024 to recommend approval of the requested change in zoning from Transitional Agricultural to General Agriculture for the five acre parcel. No change in zoning is requested for the remaining 22.82 acres of parcel number 018-22-0734-01.06. The Hearing will be at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at the Town Hall, 9011 County Road WW. Written comments can also be submitted to the Town Clerk until 6:30 pm the day of the hearing.

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