Walmart May Face Stumbling Block With Land Use Plan
Walmart acknowledges differences between village and county planning documents, and an anti-Walmart group says the 182,000-square-foot store doesn't belong on a property meant for smaller retail establishments.
Walmart submitted plans in November for a proposed 182,000-square-foot store that would take up 22 acres on the corner of North Green Bay and 4 Mile roads, but there’s an issue. Racine County’s comprehensive planning document is inconsistent with the Village’s land use plan. Walmart wants the village to remedy the problem, but a group opposed to Walmart’s building location has repeatedly said it doesn't believe the location is consistent with the land use plan. Walmart wants Caledonia to rezone the two parcels from light industrial and office/urban residential to commercial, which is consistent with the village's land use plan because the area is designated as a village center. But the county’s comprehensive planning document only reflects…
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Caledonia Confused
9:56 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I am anxiously awaiting for a Marquette law student to write a brief on the Land Use Plan done by Caledonia. They could title it "The Conservancy Brief". I can see them looking at old meeting minutes and records, Also interview the participants. Is any of the paperwork (surveys, minutes, etc) still available to look at? What about Plan Commission and Village Board minutes? more ›