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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommunity Development Management & Zoning Ordinance 03-21-1996AMENDED ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Robert Boche, St. Croix County Board Chairperson FROM: Chairperson Tom Dorsey COMMITTEE TITLE: County Development Management Plan and Zoning Ordinance Steering Committee DATE OF MEETING: March 21, 1996 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: St. Croix County Government Center, Hudson, Wl, Room 1281/1282 CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL: ADOPTION OF AGENDA: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES: UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Project Status Report 2. Community Surveys 3. Zoning Ordinance Review* NEW BUSINESS: 1. Open House Reports 2. April loth Program a Alternative Development Pattern* 3. Any Other Business DATE & AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE: ADJOURNMENT: (This agenda not necessarily presented in this order) Submitted by: St. Croix County Planning Department Date: March 14, 1996 cc: County Clerk News Media/Notice Board Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTIONS ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Robert Boche, St. Croix County Board Chairperson FROM: Chairperson Tom Dorsey COMMITTEE TITLE: County Development. Management Plan and Zoning Ordinance Steering Committee DATE OF MEETING: March 21, 1996 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: St. Croix County Government Center, Hudson, Wl, Room 1281/1282 CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL: ADOPTION OF AGENDA: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES: UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Project Status Report 2. Community Surveys 3. Consultant Attorney RFP NEW BUSINESS: 1. Open House Reports 2. Any Other Business DATE & AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE: ADJOURNMENT: (This agenda not necessarily presented in this order) Submitted by: St. Croix County Planning Department Date: March 6, 1996 cc: County Clerk News Media/Notice Board Committee Members I MINUTES DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN & ZONING ORDINANCE STEERING COMMITTEE MARCH 21, 1996 GOVERNMENT CENTER, HUDSON PRESENT: Chairperson Tom Dorsey, Carolyn Barrette, Jan Hinchman, Cyril Cernohous, Bill Peavey, Ron Raymond, Jack Breault, Jim Winzer and Linda Luckey. Staff: Ellen Denzer, Dave Fodroczi, Tom Nelson, and Jim Janke. WCWRPC staff: Jay Tappen and Mark Sybota. Guests: Kris Belling and Scott Counter. ABSENT: Dick King and Kermit Thompson. Chairperson Dorsey called the meeting to order at 9:15 a.m. Motion by Breault, seconded by Raymond, to adopt the agenda, motion carried. Motion by Breault, seconded by Cernohous, to approve the February 15, 1996 minutes, motion carried. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 18, 1996 at 9 a.m. Meeting was rescheduled to Wednesday, April 24, 1996 after the meeting. Project Status Report Jay Tappen reported that they have received the soil data they have been waiting for and have begun the pilot project on environmental corridors in the Town of Warren. The five digital orthophoto quarter -quads are still missing and they cannot finalize the land use analysis without them. There will be a final version of the trends analysis for review soon. Community Surveys Report Planner Ellen Denzer and Extension Agent Jim Janke reviewed the survey results. Copies of the results from the development and elected official categories and preliminary results from the public were mailed to the committee. Ninety percent return rates have been achieved in the elected official and development categories and is very likely in the environment and conservation category as it is at 89 percent. However, Denzer and Janke both indicated that they do not feel it will be attainable in the agriculture and general public categories. Agriculture returns are at 83 percent and general public is at 79 percent and very few surveys have been received lately. Staff felt that the overall rate of return, 83 percent, is tremendous and Janke indicated that having exceeded the average rate of 78 percent in all categories is exceptional. Janke stated that the results indicate a consensus among all three groups concerning the top five issues, which included environmental protection and property rights. However, there was a distinct difference between the development group and the other two as to the degree of problem associated with the issues. Generally the development group felt that the problems were much less severe than the elected and general public indicated. Staff hope to have a more thorough analysis of the survey results for all five groups for the next meeting and plan to do cross -tabulations of the data. Committee members indicated that they would like to see cross -tabulations with the county broken into three sections, divided similarly to the splits seen in the socio-economic data maps. Open House Reports Denzer reported that there was good turn out at the open houses in New Richmond, 30-40 people, and Hudson, 60-75 people, but a poor turnout from the towns at Baldwin, 16 people. Overall response was very positive. People were very interested in the results and spent a lot of time studying the displays. Overall turnout was over 100 people and there were numerous repeats from the kickoff session in June. Staff plan to put the display materials up in the hallways outside Planning and Zoning Departments. About a half dozen County Board members attended. Dorsey recommended making a monthly report to County Board and requesting a 9:15 a.m, agenda time. He will pursue that after the reorganization meeting. April loth Program on Alternative Development Patterns Denzer reported that staff organized a presentation on alternative development patterns by University of Minnesota professors and graduate students for Wednesday, April 10 at WITC, New Richmond, from 7 to 9 p.m. The staff needed to organize this swiftly as the professors' grant funds to provide these programs free of charge runs out after April 15. This presentation will look at the environmental impact of alternative residential development and at six types of residential development. Both of these will be presented in a very visual mode using computer -generated images, models, plans, etc. Notice will be sent to all elected officials, planning commissions, technical committee and media. Zoning Ordinance Review Staff reviewed the zoning ordinance section by section for deficits and problems. Fodroczi provided and reviewed a handout summarizing the staff's comments. He requested that the committee members study this and be prepared to discuss at the next meeting. Brian Ohm, an attorney with UW-Extension-Madison, has offered to attend the next committee meeting to discuss ordinance design. Winzer commented that enforcement will be critical to create a good ordinance. If we have a strong ordinance which the courts can enforce, then over time, the ordinance will become easier to administer because it will have a tough reputation and there will be fewer challenges to it. Both zoning and the corporation counsel will require more staff to enforce the ordinance. Cernohous commented that more residential districts are needed with different requirements in each. For example, home occupations should be more strictly monitored in some parts of the county than in others and the districts should allow for that flexibility. He added that he would like to see the ordinance enforced on a blanket basis, not a complaint basis. Committee felt that mailing out ordinance revisions one section at a time to the towns would be a good way to get comments back. Motion by Raymond seconded by Breault to adjourn, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 11 a.m. Respectfully submitted: Ellen Denzer, Rec mg Secretary 2