Northwoods Paving Company denied asphalt plant permit

By TOM STANKARD

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BESSEMER — With guidance by city attorney Michael Korpela, the Bessemer City Council Monday evening denied Northwoods Paving Company’s special use permit request to put an asphalt mixing plant on Tamarack Avenue.

At a May 3 meeting, Eric Brye, of NPC, in Ashland, Wis., said the company applied for a special use permit to operate an asphalt mixing plant at Pat Steiger’s old sawmill plant, which is located within an M-1 district. He said the plant would also have been temporary, with plans to only operate for two-to-six weeks.

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