{"id":9557,"date":"2023-11-15T09:14:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=9557"},"modified":"2023-11-18T15:20:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T20:20:13","slug":"delayed-decision-on-development-near-decatur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/15\/delayed-decision-on-development-near-decatur\/","title":{"rendered":"Delayed decision on development near Decatur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Adams County Commissioners have delayed a decision regarding a zoning change for a proposed large housing development northwest of Decatur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picture: Shown is the plot of land in question, which saddles Winchester Road just north of 900 N. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developers want to build the Holly Ridge Estates on a 145.9 acre plot near County Road 900 North &amp; Winchester Road, but area farmers have objected. The county Plan Commission voted to forward the change in zoning needed by developers to the commissioners, but without a recommendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icav.us\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Innovative-Concepts-Logo-Final.jpg?resize=640%2C285&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Innovative-Concepts-Logo-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C456&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Innovative-Concepts-Logo-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C134&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Innovative-Concepts-Logo-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C342&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Innovative-Concepts-Logo-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Innovative-Concepts-Logo-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C912&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Innovative-Concepts-Logo-Final-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Innovative-Concepts-Logo-Final-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioners President Stan Stoppenhagen told WZBD&#8217;s Ed Thurman that the commissioners also don&#8217;t feel comfortable at this point of making such a decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/702_0692.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>WZBD&#8217;s Ed Thurman with County Commissioner Stan Stoppenhagen. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The commissioners do agree that additional housing in needed in Adams County, but said such a major development like Holly Ridge may need further work before they can give it final approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure why we have a comprehensive plan,&#8221; said one farmer present after the meeting concluded, &#8220;if all we are going to do is give away farm ground each time there is a request.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to public tax records, the property was once a family farm owned by the Holle family, but was purchased KESL Farms LLC in 2018 for just over one million dollars. KESL Farms LLC has a mailing address of 112 E 1000 N, the same address as Fleming Excavating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commissioners have 90 days to decide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Adams County Commissioners have delayed a decision regarding a zoning change for a proposed large housing development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15,21],"class_list":["post-9557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Export.jpg?fit=1570%2C732&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}