Planners urge rejection of heavy industrial zoning for East Kent Street storage yard

By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot & Review Wausau planners are urging city leaders to reject heavy industrial zoning for a 5.45-acre storage yard on East Kent Street, calling the request spot zoning near homes and soccer fields. “This would be a case of spot zoning, whereby a parcel’s zoning differs significantly from the surrounding area to favor the owner of a particular property and is not consistent with long-range community planning,” Assistant City Planner Carrie Edmondson wrote in a report to the Wausau Plan Commission, which takes up the request Nov. 17. David Sether of Revi Design, a Wausau landscaping company, is asking to rezone 317 E. Kent St., just east of Grand Avenue, from Urban Mixed-Use to Heavy Industrial. According to the application, Sether wants to expand the equipment and material yard on the site and build a storage building with an attached office. The stakes reach beyond one business.

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