COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – No action was taken by the Branch County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday after the second of two public hearings was conducted on a request from a property owner to annex nearly 40 acres of land from Quincy Township into the Village of Quincy. There was also no action on a separate request to de-annex property in the village to Quincy Township. Five persons spoke against the annexation on Tuesday. Among them was Quincy Township Zoning Administrator Matt Ashenfelter who said such things as a preliminary site evaluation has not been conducted yet.
The Quincy Township Board voted in opposition during a special meeting last month after there were concerns raised about possible cannabis businesses on the property in the future. Quincy Township is on record against marijuana operations while the village allows those facilities.
Property owner Ian Bernard said during the Thursday public hearing he bought the property several years ago strictly for development purposes long before the laws regarding marijuana were passed. He stated that he doesn’t have any specific plans for the property and there are no plans for a cannabis operation. Bernard added it would be beneficial for the property to be in the village for the availability of village utilities.
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