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Dollar General rezone approved by County Board T BY
Kellen Olshefski
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he Walworth County Board of Supervisors voted 8-1 in favor of approving the rezone request for the Norman L. Brummel and Jean A. Brummel Trust at its meeting on March 10. Supervisor Charlene Staples was the sole supervisor to cast a vote against the motion to approve the rezone, while Supervisor Tim Brellenthin recused himself from the discussion and vote. There was
Fun for a cause At this year’s Nick Van Dyke Shamrock Shuffle on March 14, which congregates at Lauderdale Landing in Elkhorn, hundreds of people showed up to support the cause. Above: Members of the Van Dyke family show off the special shirts created for this year’s event in honor of Nick’s mom, Mary Van Dyke: Cailin Peterson, Kyle Peterson, Megan McCormick, Jen Van Dyke and Brook Lile. Right, from the left: Becky Brandenburg, Tonya Ryan, Tess Dongarra and Renee Kaczorowski help out in the registration area.
no discussion between supervisors following the motion by Supervisor Rick Stacey. In addition, a qualified protest petition on file required a 3/4 majority vote in favor for approval at the March 10 meeting. Land Use and Resource Management Director Michael Cotter noted on the record that the counsel for the applicant had filed a dispute over the protest petition as well, though as it stood at this time, the Board would proceed with the super majority vote. In October 2019, the Sugar Creek Town Board voted 3-0 in
favor of approving the rezone request, which is intended to allow for the construction of a Dollar General retail store on the property, roughly located across from Tibbets Elementary School and the Mobil Gas Station off of County Highway A in the Town of Sugar Creek. Both the Sugar Creek Plan Commission and Town Board approved the rezone, noting that the Comprehensive Plan already calls for the land to be rezoned to B-2 and that if it were to not approve the rezone, the Town could face legal action.
Numerous concerns had been listed by residents at previous meetings as well as the Feb. 20 County Zoning Agency meeting, such as traffic, potential for burglaries and crime, a potential decrease in home values, the safety of children at the nearby school, and whether or not Dollar General was the best fit for the location. At the Feb. 20 meeting, residents also provided members of the zoning agency with a petition opposing the rezone with signatures from 550 sugar creek residents and 220 residents from surrounding areas,
including Brellenthin, who recused himself from the discussion and vote at the meeting as well. In addition to echoing concerns listed in previous meetings, residents also noted a landowner’s protest on file and that they do not want and will not patronize the store, if it is constructed. It is expected that representatives of Dollar General will have to return to the Town of Sugar Creek Plan Commission in the future for the approval of other documents in the future, such as a site plan and any conditional use permits.
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