Bethel Twp. officials accept feed mill operation land plan from Bell & Evans

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Bethel Township officials received a land development plan on Tuesday for a proposed feed mill operation for Bell & Evans that potentially could include construction of 175-foot tall silos.

How many silos would be that high is unknown after Alex Kinzey, an engineer with Steckbeck Engineering, told the township planning commission the plan is a work in progress. Additionally, a variance would have to be approved by the township’s zoning board at a hearing before those structures would be permitted to be constructed at that height.

In what was a five-minute presentation during a two-hour meeting, Kinzey offered a few highlights of the project on Legionaire Drive. The proposed operation will sit ad