Wayne City Council members have approved the rezoning of a 5.63-acre property on Cogswell to facilitate a $1.7 million investment in the city.
The property, zoned as Heavy Industrial has been conditionally rezoned to allow for the butchering/slaughtering of animals and retail sales as requested by Michigan Meats, a company proposing to construct three buildings on the site. According to the rezoning proposal, Michigan Meats is a USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) approved and monitored facility.
The company will invest $1.7 million in the construction of three buildings on the site at 8,000, 3,200 and 3,000 square feet in size, respectively. One of the buildings will be a small custom butcher shop for retail sales, according to plans submitted to the city.The meat processing operations will store all animals indoors and no animals will be stored outside the buildings, according to the plans. Waste materials will be stored and inside the buildings in drums kept in temperature-controlled areas. Waste will be picked up daily for disposal. Plans include the installation of a 4-yard size Dumpster on site to dispose of manure and straw.
Michigan Meats representatives have agreed to comply with all city noise and odor ordinances and claim that the loudest noise at the facility will be from the cooling compressors.
