It certainly appears so, based upon their recent application to Boone County. The text change would allow wood mulch made from scrap pallets to be “stored or stock-piled” as a “special use” in A-1 Agricultural areas in the county.
The first meeting regarding the matter is tentatively scheduled for Regional Planning Commission on November 20, the Zoning Board of Appeals on November 27, then the county subcommittee PZB on December 5 and finally County Board on December 19.
Each of the county’s townships has the right to make recommendations regarding the issue. Contact your local township officials or attend the next meeting if you wish them to make recommendations. Their recommendations will be considered by the County Planning Staff when they write their findings and recommendations to the County Board.
Currently this type of land use is allowed only in the I-2, Heavy Industrial District. This is the first step in a tentative approval process. First the text must be amended and if that is approved a special use application could be submitted.
The actual paper verifying these items is shown below.
If you are interest in past articles regarding Northwest Pallet or the fire at their storage site on Woodstock Road and Route 76 go to the following. The last citation provides the most current legal status on the court case.
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2012/06/mulch-fire.html
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2012/07/update-on-thursday-7-5-2012-health.html
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2012/07/rockford-register-star-boone-county.html
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2012/07/boone-county-officials-examine-mulch.html
http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2012/10/current-status-of-mulch-fire-case.html
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