The Sandoval family in Sturtevant in Racine County were denied a permit to host popular Mexican themed cultural weddings, quinceñeras and other music business venues at a barn structure after neighbors complained local officials about loud noise, traffic congestion and littering on the road leading to the barn at the ranch.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
June 16, 2022
Sturtevant, Wisconsin - On Monday, the Village of Yorkville Board (VYB) and the Plan Commission (PC) in a joint meeting voted unanimously to deny a conditional use permit to Maria Sandoval, the owner of Rancho La Promesa (Promised Ranch) 14800 Braun Road, which would have allowed her to hold Mexican themed wedding celebrations, quinceñeras (15th Birthday parties for young girls in celebration of becoming young women) including other music venues in their barn, which the Sandoval family has already invested at least $30,000 in remodeling. The denial of a business permit to operate could also extend the prohibition for the Sandoval family to even hold their own family private gatherings and parties at the remodeled barn, according to the joint meeting ruling on June 13, 2022.
Last year, the Sandoval family began to host venues without permits until neighbors who are mostly White began to complain to local officials about the loud Mexican style of music venues including DJ's, which drew hundreds of people to the Rancho La Promesa.
Rancho La Promesa is located in a parcel of land zoned for general farming and residential II type of property.
Scott Williams reported on Wednesday in The Journal Times that the Sandoval family was basically enduring racial slurs..."Maria Sandoval and her supporters had expressed concern about anti-Hispanic attitudes and racial slurs from neighbors as they sought to overcome neighborhood opposition...Village Board members, however, found that the wedding barn events were too disruptive for neighbors and were too inappropriate for the rural countryside of western Racine County."
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