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Iron County Zoning Committee considers ordinance

By ZACHARY MARANO

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HURLEY — The Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee considered a request from Wayne Riebe, of Mercer, to change the definition of a lot in Iron County’s shoreland ordinance at its meeting Tuesday.

Riebe wants to expand his property, the Gateway Lodge and Resort, past a public right-of-way in Mercer. However, the county defines a lot as a continuous parcel of land not divided by a public right-of-way.

Land and Zoning Administrator Erika Roeder said that if Riebe makes this expansion, it will divide his parcel in two. She said th...