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Nottawa Township officials voted Monday against re-zoning a 1.6-acre parcel from agriculture to commercial.
As a result, a plan for development of a Dollar General store in the community of Nottawa is derailed.
By unanimous vote, Nottawa Township Board of Trustees supported the township planning commission’s July 19 recommendation against re-zoning. The decision thwarts a proposal to develop a 10,000-square-foot Dollar General on the north side of M-86, east of Nottawa Lumber, have come to a halt.
The township board’s vote was applauded by more than two dozen people who attended the meeting. Those who addressed the board Monday were opposed to the project for a variety of reasons.
Supervisor Dave Peterson said the biggest concern was the lack of ordinances in the township’s master plan. Peterson said the fact an ordinance for the mixed-use corridor has not been established is nobody’s fault. Rather, it’s merely a part of the process that has not been addressed yet, he noted.
