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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning & Zoning 09-27-06 s t , AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Clarence Malick, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Wally Habhegger, Chairperson COMMITTEE TITLE: Planning and Zoning Committee DATE: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 TIME: 7.00 p.m. LOCATION: St. Croix County Government Center, Community Room, Lower Level, Hudson, WI CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL: ADOPTION OF AGENDA: DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES: UNFINISHED BUSINESS: OTHER BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS: REZONING APPLICANT: Tom & Tony Dallman. LOCATION: NE 1 /4 of SW %4 Section 31, T28N, RI 7W, Town of Pleasant Valley, ADDRESS: 1519 County Road M, River Falls REQUEST: pursuant to Section 17.72 of the St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance to rezone approximately 9 +/- acres of land from Agricultural to Agricultural - Residential. APPLICANTS: Valley Land Co. Inv. Partnership LLC LOCATION: SE' /4 of NW ' / 4 Section 27, 728N, R19W, Town of Troy ADDRESS: 576 Troy St., River Falls REQUEST: Pursuant to Section 17.72 of the St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance to rezone approximately 42.19 +/- acres of land from Agricultural to Agricultural - Residential. APPLICANTS: Kerry Licht LOCATION: The SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 31, T28N -R17W, Town of Pleasant Valley. ADDRESS: 76 158 Street, River Falls REQUEST: Pursuant to Section 17.72 of the St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance to rezone approximately .63 +/- acres of land from Agricultural - Residential to Agricultural. POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: St. Croix County Zoning Office * Amended Items DATE: September 21, 2006 COPIES TO: County Board Office Committee Members County Clerk News Media/Notice Board A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The St. Croix County Planning and Zoning Committee will be conducting a public hearing on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, at 7 :00 p.m. at the St. Croix County Government Center, 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin, to consider the following petition(s): REZONING APPLICANT: Tom & Tony Dallman. LOCATION: NE %4 ofSW V4 Section 31, T28N, R17W, Town of Pleasant Valley, ADDRESS: 1519 County Road M, River Falls REQUEST: pursuant to Section 17.72 of the St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance to rezone approximately 9 +/- acres of land from Agricultural to Agricultural- Residential. APPLICANTS: Valley Land Co. Inv. Partnership LLC LOCATION: SE %4 of NW V4 Section 27, T28N, R19W, Town. of Troy ADDRESS: 576 Troy St., River Falls REQUEST: Pursuant to Section 17.72 of the St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance to rezone approximately 42.19 +/- acres of land from Agricultural to Agricultural- Residential. APPLICANTS: Kerry Licht LOCATION: The SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 31, T28N -R1 7W, Town of Pleasant Valley. ADDRESS: 76 158' Street, River Falls REQUEST: Pursuant to Section 17.72 of the St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance to rezone approximately .63 +/- acres of land from Agricultural- Residential to Agricultural. Information on this petition may be obtained from the office of the Planning and Zoning Department, Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. In the case of cancellation of this hearing, such notice will be announced on WIXK and WEVR Radio Stations, or call the Planning and Zoning Department at 715- 386 -4680 before 5:00 p.m. Wallace Habhegger, Chair Planning and Zoning Committee Q � i MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE ST. CROIX COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, HUDSON WI September 27, 2006 Present: Committee: Supervisors Wally Habhegger, Lois Burri, Ron Troyer, Gene Ruetz Staff: Bob Bezek Call to Order: Chair Habhegger called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., Adoption of Agenda: Motion by Burri, 2" d by Ruetz to adopt the agenda. Motion carried. Date of Next Meeting: October 10, 2006, 8:30 a.m. in Hudson. Action on Previous Minutes: None Hearings: Tom and Tony Dallman• Rezone approximately 9 acres from Agricultural to Agricultural Residential in the SW ' / 4 of Section 31, Town of Pleasant Valley. Bezek presented the staff report. The applicants were in attendance. Reutz identified that the pond had been there since the 50's. Chairman Habhegger opened the public hearing. No one spoke in favor or against the proposal. Habhegger closed the hearing. Motion by Ruetz, 2 nd by Burri to approve the request based on the following staff findings and condition (item 5): 1. The Town of Pleasant Valley 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 consistent with the surrounding neighborhood, countryside or terrain. d. The proposed use has minimal potential to adversely impact stormwater management and can be easily managed. 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 consistent with policies to preserve woodlands, prairie remnants, unique open spaces, or environmental corridors. J. The proposed use is generally consistent or not in conflict with the St. Croix County Natural Resources Management Plan. 3. The proposed use can comply with applicable County Land Use Ordinances. 4. The request is consistent with the spirit and intent of applicable County Land Use Ordinances, 5. Prior to the issuance of a building permit or occupancy permit for a use on the rezoned parcel, the landowner shall cause a certified survey map to be made of the property and filed with the register of deeds. No discussion followed, the motion passed unanimously. Valley Land Company: Rezone approximately 42 acres from Agricultural to Agricultural Residential in the NW V4 Section 27, Town of Troy. Bezek presented the staff report. Jon Sonnentag from S &N Land Surveying represented the client and added to the presentation and discussed the soil suitability of the site. Chairman Habhegger opened the public hearing. Michael Albert, who lives on Bjerstad Lane provided a handout with concerns and discussed them briefly. Bezek read a letter into the record from an absentee neighboring landowner identified as the Lewinski family. Their letter expressed concerns with seeing agricultural land being converted for residential purposes. Habhegger closed the hearing. A motion was made by Troyer, 2 nd by Burn to approve the request based on the following staff findings and condition (item 4): 1. The Town of Troy has recommended approval. 2. The proposed use is in compliance with WSS 91.77. 3. 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 consistent with the surrounding neighborhood, countryside or terrain. d. The proposed use has minimal potential to adversely impact stormwater management and can be easily managed. 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 consistent with policies to preserve woodlands, prairie remnants, unique open spaces, or environmental corridors. j. The proposed use is generally consistent or not in conflict with the St. Croix County Natural Resources Management Plan. 4. The request is consistent with the spirit and intent of applicable County Land Use Ordinances. Some discussion followed regarding the Town's vote and their deliberations on the issue. Ruetz commented that where there are already houses to the north is more valuable habitat than what would be destroyed by this proposal. The motion passed unanimously. 2 Kerry Licht: Rezone Approximatel 0.63 acres from Agricultural Residential to Agricultural in the NE 1 /4 of Section 31, Town of Pleasant Valley. Bezek presented the staff report. The applicants were in attendance. Chairman Habhegger opened the public hearing. No one spoke in favor or against the proposal. Habhegger closed the hearing. Motion by Burri, 2 nd by Ruetz to approve the request based on the following staff findings and condition (item 5): 1. 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 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 consistent with policies to preserve woodlands, prairie remnants, unique open spaces, or environmental corridors. j. The proposed use is generally consistent or not in conflict with the St. Croix County Natural Resources Management Plan. 2. The request is consistent with the spirit and intent of applicable County Land Use Ordinances. 3. The proposed use is in compliance with WSS 91.77. 4. Prior to the issuance of a building permit or occupancy permit for a use on the rezoned parcel, the landowner shall cause a certified survey map to be made of the property and filed with the register of deeds. No discussion followed, the motion passed unanimously. Meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted: Robert J. Bezek, Code Administrator Stan Krueger, Secretary 3