HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2010 (793) AMENDMENTS TO ST. CROIX COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES
LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 17 ZONING
Section 17.72 Rezoning Amendments
Ordinance No. '? q 3 (�41 G )
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
The St. Croix County Board of Supervisors does ordain as follows:
WHEREAS, Gregory Nelson applied to St. Croix County Planning and Zoning Department to
rezone approximately 1.5 acres in the NW 1 /4 of the SW 1 /4 and the SW 1 /4 of the SW 1 /4 Section 6,
T3 IN, RI 8W, in the Town of Star Prairie, from Agricultural District to Agricultural Residential;
and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Community Development Committee held a public hearing on
the rezoning request on June 23, 2010 in the Government Center in Hudson, Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Community Development Committee considered all written
information and verbal testimony presented at the hearing, and made the following findings in
support of the request:
1. The Town of Star Prairie has recommended approval.
2. The request is consistent with the St. Croix County Development Management Plan
and the St. Croix County Natural Resources Management Plan based on:
a. The parcel is in the rural planning area and is an appropriate use.
b. The proposed use is consistent with minimum lot size requirements in the rural
planning area.
c. The request is generally consistent with the surrounding neighborhood,
countryside or terrain.
d. The proposed use has minimal potential to adversely impact stormwater
management.
e. The proposed use has minimal potential to adversely impact water resources with
sedimentation resulting from erosion.
f. The proposed use has minimal potential to adversely impact shoreland areas or
wetlands and closed depressions located in shoreland areas.
g. The proposed use has minimal potential to adversely impact closed depressions or
wetlands.
h. The proposed use is consistent with restricting development on slopes in excess of
20 %.
i. The proposed use is generally consistent with policies to preserve woodlands,
prairie remnants, unique open spaces, or environmental corridors.
j. The proposed use is generally consistent with the goal to protect and improve
groundwater quality to supply clean water for drinking and recharging surface
waters and wetlands.
k. The proposed use is generally consistent with the goal to protect and enhance
surface waters and wetlands to preserve their ecological functions and recreational
and scenic values.
1. The proposed use is generally consistent with the goal to protect and restore fish
and wildlife habitats for native species, improved water quality, recreational
opportunities, and natural beauty.
m. The proposed use is generally consistent or not in conflict with the St. Croix
County Natural Resources Management Plan.
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3. It appears that the proposed use can comply with standards in the Land Use,
Subdivision and Sanitary ordinances.
4. The proposed use is consistent with the spirit or intent of the Ordinance.
5. The request meets the requirements in WSS 91.48(1).
THEREFORE, the following described parcel is hereby rezoned from Agricultural District to
Agricultural Residential to:
The east 49.00 feet of the west 424.00 feet of the south 330.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of
the Southwest Quarter and the north 116.00 feet of the west 424.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter
of the Southwest Quarter all in Section 6, Township 31 North, Range 18 West, St. Croix County,
Wisconsin. This parcel contains 1.50 acres, more or less.
This Amendment offered by the Community Development Committee on August 3, 2010.
YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE
M ❑ ❑ ❑ Steve Hermsen
Sharon Norton-
❑ E:] F-1 Sharon 6
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❑ ❑ ❑ Buzz Marzolf
❑ ❑ ❑ Eugene Ruetz
❑ ❑ ❑ Lorin Sather
❑ ❑ ❑ Robert Shearer
❑ ❑ ❑ James Stauffer
This Ordinance Amendment was enacted by the St. Croix
Reviewed by Corporation Counsel on County Board of Supervisors on A(,g.t 3 2016
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Greg Timmerman, Corporation Counsel Cindy Campbell, ounty Clerk
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