HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2007 (759) AMENDMENTS TO ST. CROIX COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES
LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 17 ZONING
Section 17.72 Rezoning Amendments
Ordinance No. ,- SCj C 206
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
The St. Croix County Board of Supervisors does ordain as follows:
WHEREAS, Neil and Mary Jo Wilcoxson applied to St. Croix County Planning and Zoning
Department to rezone approximately 39.89 acres in the Northeast I /4 of the Northwest 1 /4 of Section
O1, T28N, R19W, in the Town of Troy, from Agricultural to Agricultural Residential; and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Planning and Zoning Committee held a public hearing on the
rezoning request on July 25, 2007 in the St. Croix County Government Center in Hudson,
Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Planning and Zoning 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 Troy has recommended approval and identified that the proposed use is
in compliance with WSS 91.77.
2. The request is consistent with the County Development Management Plan and the
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 somewhat consistent with the surrounding neighborhood,
countryside or terrain.
d. The proposed use has some potential to adversely impact stormwater
management but can be managed.
e. The proposed use has some potential to adversely impact water resources
with sedimentation resulting from erosion but can be managed.
f. The proposed use has some potential to adversely impact shoreland areas or
wetlands and closed depressions located in shoreland areas but can be
managed.
g. The proposed use has some potential to adversely impact closed depressions
or wetlands but can be managed.
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
enhance surface waters and wetlands to preserve their ecological functions
and recreational and scenic values.
k. 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.
1. The request is generally consistent with the goal to preserve agricultural
land for crop production, scenic values, and wildlife habitat.
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m. The proposed use is generally consistent or not in conflict with the St. Croix
County Natural Resources Management Plan.
3. The request is consistent with the spirit and intent of applicable County Land Use
Ordinances.
4. There is a future residential subdivision in the development stages immediately north
of this parcel.
5. A Transfer of Development Rights (TDRs) is being used in this development to
satisfy Town of Troy requirements and preserve agricultural land in other areas of the
Town.
THEREFORE, the following described parcels are hereby rezoned from Agricultural to
Agricultural Residential:
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
LOCATED IN THE NEl /4 OF THE NWl /4 OF SECTION 1, T28N, R19W, TOWN OF
TROY, ST. CROIX COUNTY, WISCONSIN; FURTHER DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE NIA CORNER OF SAID SECTION 1; THENCE S00 °2627 "E,
ALONG THE NORTH - SOUTH 114 LINE OF SAID SECTION, 1319.79 FEET TO
THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4 OF THE NW 1/4; THENCE S89 °46'01 "W,
ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, 1314.95 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID NE1/4
OF THE NW I/4; THENCE N00 °30'44 "W, ALONG SAID WEST LINE, 1321.47 FEET
TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE NW 1/4 OF SAID SECTION; THENCE N89 °50'23 "E,
ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, 1316.60 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
DESCRIBED PARCEL CONTAINS 39.89 ACRES (1,737,630 SQ. FT.) AND IS
SUBJECT TO ALL EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS AND COVENANTS OF
RECORD.
This Amendment offered by the Planning and Zoning Committee on July 25, 2007.
YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE
❑ ❑ ❑ Wallace Habhegger
❑ ❑ ❑ Lois Burri d. =� - L,4)-
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V ❑ El Stan Krueger
❑ ❑ ❑ Eugene Ruetz �.
❑ ❑ ❑ Ronald Troyer
This Ordinance Amendment was adopted by the St. Croix
Reviewed by Corporation Counsel on County Board of Supervisors on r L 1 2Ai-
Greg Timmerman, Corporation Counsel Cindy Campbdfl, County Clerk
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