HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2010 (796) AMENDMENTS TO ST. CROIX COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES
LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 17 ZONING
Section 17.72 Rezoning Amendments
Ordinance No. - 9 (P ( _-)-C 1 C;)
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
The St. Croix County Board of Supervisors does ordain as follows:
WHEREAS, Marion Sinclear applied to St. Croix County Planning and Zoning Department to
rezone approximately 2.1 acres in the SW '/4 of the NE '/4, Section 2, T3 ON, R19W, in the Town of
Somerset, from Commercial (with conditions) to Commercial (without conditions); and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Community Development Committee held a public hearing on
the rezoning request on November 18, 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 Somerset 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 has been previously determined to be
an appropriate use.
b. The proposed use is consistent with minimum lot size requirements in the rural
planning area.
c. The proposed use has some potential to adversely impact stormwater
management.
d. The proposed use has some potential to adversely impact water resources with
sedimentation resulting from erosion.
e. The proposed use has some potential to adversely impact shoreland areas or
wetlands and closed depressions located in shoreland areas.
f. The proposed use has minimal potential to adversely impact closed depressions or
wetlands.
g. The proposed use is consistent with restricting development on slopes in excess of
20 %.
h. The proposed use is generally consistent with policies to preserve woodlands,
prairie remnants, unique open spaces, or environmental corridors.
i. The proposed use is generally consistent with the County's policy to favor
agricultural uses over non - agricultural uses when considering land use conflicts.
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 somewhat 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 somewhat 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 request is generally consistent with the goal to preserve agricultural land for
crop production, scenic values, and wildlife habitat.
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n. The proposed use is generally consistent or not in conflict with the St. Croix
County Natural Resources Management Plan.
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.
THEREFORE, the following described parcel is hereby rezoned from Commercial (with
conditions) to Commercial (without conditions):
That part of the South Half of the Northeast Quarter of
Section 2, Township 30 North, Range 19 West, Somerset
Township, St. Croix County, Wisconsin described as follows:
Commencing at the south quarter corner of said Section 2;
thence North, assumed bearing, along the North -South
Quarter line of said Section 2, a distance of 2750.00 feet;
thence East, a distance of 330.00 feet to the point of
beginning of the parcel to be described; thence continuing
East, a distance of 300.00 feet; thence North, a distance
of 330.00 feet; thence West to its intersection with the
centerline of the Apple River; thence southwesterly and
westerly, along the centerline of said Apple River to
its intersection with a line that bears North from the
point of'beginning; thence South, a distance of 300 feet,
more or less, to the point of beginning.
This parcel contains 2.1 acres, more or less, and is
subject to recorded flowage rights.
This Amendment offered by the Community Development Committee on December 7, 2010.
YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE
❑ ❑ ❑ Steve Hermsen
Sharon Norton -
❑ El El Bauman
❑ ❑ ❑ Buzz Marzolf
❑ ❑ ❑ Eugene Ruetz
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❑ ❑ ❑ Lorin Sather
❑ ❑ ❑ X Robert Shearer
❑ ❑ ❑ James Stauffer
This Ordinance Amendment was enacted by the St. Croix
Reviewed by Corporation Counsel on County Board of Supervisors on 1 er �n�c1
Greg Timmerman, Corporation Counsel Cindy Camp ell, County Clerk
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