HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning & Zoning 06-26-02AMENDED 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, June 26, 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) Douglas H. Rivard to rezone approximately 87 4 acres of land from Agriculture
to Ag /Residential. Location: The SW ' / 4 of the NE '/a and the NW '/a of the NE
'/4, all in Section 4,T31 N -R1 8W, Town of Star Prairie.
2) Tower Ordinance/ Moratorium Discussion
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
(Agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: St. Croix County Zoning Office
* Amended Items
DATE: June 25, 2002
COPIES TO: County Board Office Committee Members
County Clerk News Media /Notice Board
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MINUTES
St. Croix County Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee
June 26, 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 Luckey,
seconded by Burri and carried to adopt the agenda. The next meeting will be July 9 th at 9:00
a.m.
Jensen explained the hearing process and opened the hearing.
Douglas Rivard: Fisher read the notice into the record. The request is to rezone approximately
87 acres of land from Agriculture to Ag/Residential. Location: A parcel of land located in the
SW 1 /4 of the NE' /4 and the NW' /4 of the NE 1 /4, all in Section 4, T31N, R18W, Town of Star
Prairie, St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
Douglas Rivard, is the owner of the property and lives at 2286 100thStreet,New Richmond,
Wisconsin. He explained that he would like to rezone the property for future development. He
has had some requests by some of his neighbors to buy some of the property. He would like to
be able to sell the property off in parcels larger than the 2 -acre minimum, but cannot do anything
until this is rezoned. He said that this 87 -acres is located right next to a large subdivison, and
there is a stub road that could be used to connect the two properties. Rivard told the committee
that rezoning this parcel will not affect his farm operation, as he still has over 300 acres. This
acreage has been used for pasture and part of it is wooded.
Dick King, 1214 County Road H, New Richmond, Wisconsin, is a supervisor in Rivard's
district. King is in support of the rezoning, reiterating that this property has been used for
pasture, is hilly, and is not prime farmland.
Kathy Rivard, wife of Doug, stated to the committee that she is in support of the request.
Fisher and Rivard went over the map of the property with the committee showing the Rivard
property in relation to the existing subdivision to the east. Fisher then went over the GIS map,
pointing out the surrounding agriculture and ag /residential properties. He added that some of the
land is in an environmental corridor. Fisher then went over the staff report. Discussion held on
how Rivard intends to sell off parcels. At the present time, there is no set plan, but will be
working with a surveyor on that. Fisher stated that the Town of Star Prairie has recommended
approval of the request and has considered State Stat. 91.77 in making their recommendation.
There was no opposition to the request
Motion by Zoerb, seconded by Jensen and carried to close the hearing. Motion by Luckey,
seconded by Zoerb and carried to table this request to a future meeting. The committee would
like Rivard to submit a more detailed drawing on his intentions for subdividing the property, and
to address access issues.
Tower Ordinance /Moratorium Discussion: Buck Malick joined the discussion. The
committee discussed the possibility of imposing a moratorium on construction of cell towers in
St. Croix County until the new ordinance is in place. It was decided that a moratorium would not
be necessary, and the committee will set a date for a public hearing on the tower ordinance
amendment. The committee will look at holding the hearing on August 7 Will discuss at a
future meeting.
Motion by Zoerb, seconded by Bum and carried to adjourn the meeting at 7:50 p.m.
Debra Zimme , Recorder
Lois Burn, Secretary
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