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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning & Zoning 10-23-02y AMENDED AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Clarence Malick, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Art Jensen, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee DATE: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 TIME: 7:00 p.m. hearing LOCATION: St. Croix County Government Center, Hudson, WI (Lower Level — Community Room) CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL: ADOPTION OF AGENDA: DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES: UNFINISHED BUSINESS: OTHER BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS: 1) James and Margaret Woodruff to rezone approximately 13.5 +f acres of land from Agriculture to Ag /Residential. Location: The SE ' / 4 of the NE %, Section 21, T28N -R19W, Town of Troy. 2) * Zoning Contract Position POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: St. Croix County Zoning Office * Amended Items DATE: October 22, 2002 COPIES TO: County Board Office Committee Members County Clerk News Media/Notice Board Y MINUTES St. Croix County Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee October 23, 2002 St. Croix County Government Center, Hudson, Wisconsin Committee members present: Supervisors Art Jensen, Linda Luckey, Lois Burri, Veronica Anderson and Jan Zoerb. Staff present: Steve Fisher and Deb Zimmermann Chairman Jensen called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. A motion was made by Zoerb, seconded by Burri and carried to adopt the agenda. The next meeting will be November 6th at 7:00 p.m. for a rezoning hearing. Jensen explained the hearing process and opened the hearing. James and Margaret Woodruff: Fisher read the notice into the record. The request is to rezone approximately 13.026 acres of land from Agriculture to Ag/Residential. Location: A parcel of land located in the SE 1 /4 of the NE 1 /4 of Section 21, T28N, R19W, Town of Troy, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Louie Filkins, Ogden Engineering, Highway 29, River Falls, Wisconsin, is the engineer representing the Woodruffs. He went over the aerial photo map of the property, pointing out the location, and explained the proposed layout of the plans for this request. The soil tests have been completed and the soil perks for a conventional system. Filkins has worked with the Town of Troy and believes this complies with their plan. Jim Woodruff, owner of the property, agrees with statements made by Filkins, and asked the committee to consider approving their request for rezoning. There was no opposition to the request. Fisher went over the staff report with the committee. Staff has worked with Filkins on this request to get to this point. Staff believes this request does comply with the Town Plan, and the Town Plan Map shows that the long -range plan for this property is Ag/Residential. Fisher handed out the LESA map on this property, and believes that the 50150 Farm Plan and the Town Plan is compatible with this map. The rezoning request is also consistent with the County Plan, and the staff recommends approval of this request. The Town of Troy has recommended approval and has considered State Stat. 91.77 in making their recommendation. There was no opposition. Motion by Zoerb, seconded by Luckey and carried to close the hearing. Discussion held on this request. Motion by Jensen, seconded by Zoerb and carried to recommend approval of this request and to forward on to the next County Board meeting for their approval, based on the following findings: 1. The parcel is in the rural planning area and is an appropriate use. 2. None of the site is in an environmental corridor. 3. Surrounding land uses include agriculture to the north, west and northeast and subdivision to the south and southeast. 4. The site has access to town roads to the north and east. 5. Proposed use is one immediate lot and a 6.5 -acre area, which will have a conservation easement to prevent further development. The applicant states that at this time the site will be a hobby farm. 6. The site has been laid out for a second lot in the future. The proposed conservation easement is located between the two lots to create a buffer. 7. The conservation easement area has been configured to allow a 200 -foot driveway separation between the driveway access for the future second lot and an existing driveway to the west. 8. Potential development of the site is two lots. 9. The applicant states that the Town of Troy did not require this rezoning to meet the whole farm plan requirements for the additional acreage across the town road. 10. The applicant states that site was reviewed under the Town of Troy's 50150 Whole Farm Plan provisions in the subdivision ordinance. 11. Town of Troy has reviewed the rezoning and recommends approval, stating that they have considered §91.77. Staff will forward to County Board for their approval. Zoning Contract Position: Fisher informed the committee that the money budgeted for the contract septic position is close to being depleted. There is enough in the budget to run for possibly another month. Fisher would like to see zoning keep the person hired for this until the end of the year. He asked the committee to authorize a transfer of $5000 from line item 8130 (New Equipment) to line item 2990 (Other Contractual Service). This transfer would allow zoning to keep the septic contract position until the end of the year. The septic inspectors have been working non -stop, as it has been another very busy year. The excess money in "new equipment" was money available to purchase an Arc Pad for the department, but staff elected not to make that purchase at this time, as they were not happy with the hardware for this device, and plan to look elsewhere. Motion by Jensen, seconded by Burn to authorize zoning to transfer $5000 from line item 8130 to line item 2990 to allow the zoning contract position to work through the end of 2002. Motion carried on a unanimous vote. Fisher told the committee that he is in the process of updating the Zoning Technician job description and will bring the updated copy to them at the next meeting. He would like to have someone hired for the new Zoning Technician position, for septic inspections, by January 1, 2003. Motion by Zoerb, seconded by Burn to adjourn at 7:40 p.m. Debra Zimmermann, Recorder Lois Burri, Secretary MINUTES St. Croix County Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee October 23, 2002 St. Croix County Government Center, Hudson, Wisconsin Committee members present: Supervisors Art Jensen, Linda Luckey, Lois Burn, Veronica Anderson and Jan Zoerb. Staff present: Steve Fisher and Deb Zimmermann Chairman Jensen called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. A motion was made by Zoerb, seconded by Bum and carried to adopt the agenda. The next meeting will be November 6"' at 7:00 p.m. for a rezoning hearing. Jensen explained the hearing process and opened the hearing. James and Margaret Woodruff: Fisher read the notice into the record. The request is to rezone approximately 13.026 acres of land from Agriculture to Ag/Residential. Location: A parcel of land located in the SE' /4 of the NE' /4 of Section 21, T28N, R19W, Town of Troy, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Louie Filkins, Ogden Engineering, Highway 29, River Falls, Wisconsin, is the engineer representing the Woodruffs. He went over the aerial photo map of the property, pointing out the location, and explained the proposed layout of the plans for this request. The soil tests have been completed and the soil perks for a conventional system. Filkins has worked with the Town of Troy and believes this complies with their plan. Jim Woodruff, owner of the property, agrees with statements made by Filkins, and asked the committee to consider approving their request for rezoning. There was no opposition to the request. Fisher went over the staff report with the committee. Staff has worked with Filkins on this request to get to this point. Staff believes this request does comply with the Town Plan, and the Town Plan Map shows that the long -range plan for this property is Ag/Residential. Fisher handed out the LESA map on this property, and believes that the 50150 Farm Plan and the Town Plan is compatible with this map. The rezoning request is also consistent with the County Plan, and the staff recommends approval of this request. The Town of Troy has recommended approval and has considered State Stat. 91.77 in making their recommendation. There was no opposition. Motion by Zoerb, seconded by Luckey and carried to close the hearing. Discussion held on this request. Motion by Jensen, seconded by Zoerb and carried to recommend approval of this request and to forward on to the next County Board meeting for their approval, based on the following findings: 1. The parcel is in the rural planning area and is an appropriate use. 2. None of the site is in an environmental corridor. 3. Surrounding land uses include agriculture to the north, west and northeast and subdivision to the south and southeast. 4. The site has access to town roads to the north and east. 5. Proposed use is one immediate lot and a 6.5 -acre area, which will have a conservation easement to prevent further development. The applicant states that at this time the site will be a hobby farm. 6. The site has been laid out for a second lot in the future. The proposed conservation easement is located between the two lots to create a buffer. 7. The conservation easement area has been configured to allow a 200 -foot driveway separation between the driveway access for the future second lot and an existing driveway to the west. 8. Potential development of the site is two lots. 9. The applicant states that the Town of Troy did not require this rezoning to meet the whole farm plan requirements for the additional acreage across the town road. 10. The applicant states that site was reviewed under the Town of Troy's 50150 Whole Farm Plan provisions in the subdivision ordinance. 11. Town of Troy has reviewed the rezoning and recommends approval, stating that they have considered §91.77. Staff will forward to County Board for their approval. Zoning Contract Position: Fisher informed the committee that the money budgeted for the contract septic position is close to being depleted. There is enough in the budget to run for possibly another month. Fisher would like to see zoning keep the person hired for this until the end of the year. He asked the committee to authorize a transfer of $5000 from line item 8130 (New Equipment) to line item 2990 (Other Contractual Service). This transfer would allow zoning to keep the septic contract position until the end of the year. The septic inspectors have been working non -stop, as it has been another very busy year. The excess money in "new equipment" was money available to purchase an Arc Pad for the department, but staff elected not to make that purchase at this time, as they were not happy with the hardware for this device, and plan to look elsewhere. Motion by Jensen, seconded by Burn to authorize zoning to transfer $5000 from line item 8130 to line item 2990 to allow the zoning contract position to work through the end of 2002. Motion carried on a unanimous vote. Fisher told the committee that he is in the process of updating the Zoning Technician job description and will bring the updated copy to them at the next meeting. He would like to have someone hired for the new Zoning Technician position, for septic inspections, by January 1, 2003. Motion by Zoerb, seconded by Burn to adjourn at 7:40 p.m. Debra Zimmermann, Recorder Lois Burri, Secretary FA MINUTES St. Croix County Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee October 23, 2002 St. Croix County Government Center, Hudson, Wisconsin Committee members present: Supervisors Art Jensen, Linda Luckey, Lois Burn, Veronica Anderson and Jan Zoerb. Staff present: Steve Fisher and Deb Zimmermann Chairman Jensen called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. A motion was made by Zoerb, seconded by Burri and carried to adopt the agenda. The next meeting will be November 6 th at 7:00 p.m. for a rezoning hearing. Jensen explained the hearing process and opened the hearing. James and Margaret Woodruff: Fisher read the notice into the record. The request is to rezone approximately 13.026 acres of land from Agriculture to Ag/Residential. Location: A parcel of land located in the SE 1 /4 of the NE' /4 of Section 21, T28N, R19W, Town of Troy, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Louie Filkins, Ogden Engineering, Highway 29, River Falls, Wisconsin, is the engineer representing the Woodruffs. He went over the aerial photo map of the property, pointing out the location, and explained the proposed layout of the plans for this request. The soil tests have been completed and the soil perks for a conventional system. Filkins has worked with the Town of Troy and believes this complies with their plan. Jim Woodruff, owner of the property, agrees with statements made by Filkins, and asked the committee to consider approving their request for rezoning. There was no opposition to the request. Fisher went over the staff report with the committee. Staff has worked with Filkins on this request to get to this point. Staff believes this request does comply with the Town Plan, and the Town Plan Map shows that the long -range plan for this property is Ag/Residential. Fisher handed out the LESA map on this property, and believes that the 50/50 Farm Plan and the Town Plan is compatible with this map. The rezoning request is also consistent with the County Plan, and the staff recommends approval of this request. The Town of Troy has recommended approval and has considered State Stat. 91.77 in making their recommendation. There was no opposition. Motion by Zoerb, seconded by Luckey and carried to close the hearing. Discussion held on this request. Motion by Jensen, seconded by Zoerb and carried to recommend approval of this request and to forward on to the next County Board meeting for their approval, based on the following findings: 1. The parcel is in the rural planning area and is an appropriate use. 2. None of the site is in an environmental corridor. 3. Surrounding land uses include agriculture to the north, west and northeast and subdivision to the south and southeast. 4. The site has access to town roads to the north and east. 5. Proposed use is one immediate lot and a 6.5 -acre area, which will have a conservation easement to prevent further development. The applicant states that at this time the site will be a hobby farm. 6. The site has been laid out for a second lot in the future. The proposed conservation easement is located between the two lots to create a buffer. 7. The conservation easement area has been configured to allow a 200 -foot driveway separation between the driveway access for the future second lot and an existing driveway to the west. 8. Potential development of the site is two lots. 9. The applicant states that the Town of Troy did not require this rezoning to meet the whole farm plan requirements for the additional acreage across the town road. 10. The applicant states that site was reviewed under the Town of Troy's 50150 Whole Farm Plan provisions in the subdivision ordinance. 11. Town of Troy has reviewed the rezoning and recommends approval, stating that they have considered §91.77. Staff will forward to County Board for their approval. Zoning Contract Position: Fisher informed the committee that the money budgeted for the contract septic position is close to being depleted. There is enough in the budget to run for possibly another month. Fisher would like to see zoning keep the person hired for this until the end of the year. He asked the committee to authorize a transfer of $5000 from line item 8130 (New Equipment) to line item 2990 (Other Contractual Service). This transfer would allow zoning to keep the septic contract position until the end of the year. The septic inspectors have been working non -stop, as it has been another very busy year. The excess money in "new equipment" was money available to purchase an Arc Pad for the department, but staff elected not to make that purchase at this time, as they were not happy with the hardware for this device, and plan to look elsewhere. Motion by Jensen, seconded by Burri to authorize zoning to transfer $5000 from line item 8130 to line item 2990 to allow the zoning contract position to work through the end of 2002. Motion carried on a unanimous vote. Fisher told the committee that he is in the process of updating the Zoning Technician job description and will bring the updated copy to them at the next meeting. He would like to have someone hired for the new Zoning Technician position, for septic inspections, by January 1, 2003. Motion by Zoerb, seconded by Burri to adjourn at 7:40 p.m. 1 1 �- Debra Zimmerm ,Recorder 4 , � " �1, �/,, �, Lois Burri, Secretary 2