HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2007 (764) AMENDMENTS TO ST. CROIX COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES
LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 17 ZONING
Section 17.72 Rezoning Amendments
Ordinance No. — 7 b u � a
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
The St. Croix Coun Board of Supervisors does ordain as follows:
WHEREAS, Ruby Schiefelbein applied to St. Croix County Planning and Zoning Department to
rezone approximately 53.82 acres in the SE '/4 of the NE '/ and the NE '/4 of the NE '/ of Section 9,
T3 IN, RI 9W, in the Town of Somerset, from Agricultural to Ag- Residential; and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Planning and Zoning Committee held a public hearing on the
rezoning request on November 28, 2007 in the St. Croix County Government Center, 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 Somerset 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 may be an appropriate use.
b. The proposed non - residential use is currently consistent with the rural character of
the area and is otherwise essential to the area.
c. The request is generally consistent with the surrounding neighborhood,
countryside or terrain.
d. The proposed use has some potential to adversely impact stormwater
management.
e. The proposed use has some potential to adversely impact water resources with
sedimentation resulting from erosion.
f. The proposed use has some 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 generally consistent with restricting development on slopes in
excess of 20 %.
i. The proposed use is consistent with policies to preserve woodlands, prairie
remnants, unique open spaces, and is not consistent with policies to preserve
environmental corridors.
j. The proposed use is 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 consistent with the goal to protect and enhance surface waters
and wetlands to preserve their ecological functions and recreational and scenic
values.
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1. The proposed use is 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 consistent with the goal to preserve agricultural land for crop
production, scenic values, and wildlife habitat.
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 St. Croix County Zoning
Ordinance.
THEREFORE, the following described parcels are hereby rezoned from Agricultural to Ag-
Residential:
SEC 9 T31N R19W 40A NE NE, and
SEC 9 T3 IN R1 9W SE NE EXC CSM 7/1910 EXC PT TO CSM 15/4246
This Amendment offered by the Planning and Zoning Committee on December 18, 2007.
YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE
❑ ❑ ❑ Wallace Habhegger
❑ ❑ ❑ Lois Burri
❑ ❑ ❑ Stan Krueger 2�
❑ ❑ ❑ Eugene Ruetz r
❑ ❑ ❑ Ronald Troyer
This Ordinance Amendment was enacted by the St. Croix
Reviewed by Corporation Counsel on County Board of Supervisors on e��z r 18c7(3
Greg Timmerman, Corporation Counsel Cindy Campbell, County Clerk
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