COUNTY SCHEDULES MEETINGS ON PLANNING AND ZONING

The Cape Girardeau County Planning Commission will hold 10 hearings to discuss plans for countywide planning and zoning.

The issue is on the April 4 ballot. The Planning Commission developed the proposed zoning, subdivision and mobile-home-park regulations that would be implemented if voters approve the ballot measure.

Hearings will be at 7 p.m. and held in each township prior to the election, beginning Feb. 24 and running through March 16.

The schedule by township:

Byrd, Feb. 24, County Administrative Building; Whitewater, Feb. 28, Millersville Elementary School; Shawneetown, Feb. 29, Trinity Lutheran Church Meeting Hall at Shawneetown; Apple Creek, March 2, Oak Ridge High School; Liberty, March 6, Bethlehem Baptist Church at Crump; Kinder, March 7, Burfordville Baptist Church Meeting Hall; Hubble, March 9, Christ Lutheran Church Meeting Hall at Gordonville; Cape Girardeau, March 13, place to be announced; Randol, March 14, Nell Holcomb School; and Welch, March 16, Delta High School.

Roger Arnzen, director of mapping and appraisal for the county, said commissioners plan to attend a number of the hearings.