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AMENDMENTS TO ST. CROIX COUNTS' CODE OF ORDINANCES
LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 17 ZONING
Section 17.72 Rezoning Amendments
Ordinance No. b b'q (Q6 1 ? )
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
The St. Croix County Board of Supervisors does ordain as follows:
WHEREAS, Robert Sell applied to St. Croix County Planning and Zoning Department to rezone
approximately 55.61 acres in the NEl/4 of the SW 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 Section 34, T29N,
R1 6W, in the Town of Baldwin, from Agricultural to Agricultural Residential; and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Community Development Committee held a public hearing on
the rezoning request on October 20, 2011 in the Agricultural Service and Educational Center in
Baldwin, Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Community Development 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 Baldwin has recommended approval.
2. The request is consistent with the St. Croix County Development Management Plan
and the St. Croix 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 generally 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.
£ 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 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 improve
groundwater quality to supply clean water for drinking and recharging surface
waters and wetlands.
k. 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.
1. 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.
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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 Ordinance.
5. The request meets the requirements in WSS 91.48 (1).
TIEREFORE, the following described parcels are hereby rezoned from Agricultural to
Agricultural Residential:
SEC 34 T29N R16W THAT PT OF NE SW LYING S OF CO. RD BB
and
SEC 34 T29N R16W SE SW
This Amendment offered by the Community Development. Committee on November 1, 2011.
YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE
B❑ ❑ ❑ Steven Hermsen
Sharon Norton-
❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Bauman ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ James Stauffer E&lzl'-V~
R ❑ ❑ ❑ Richard Marzolf
❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ William Peavey'
❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Lorin Sather
❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Robert Shearer
This Resolution was adopted by the St. Croix County Board
Reviewed as to form on of Supervisors on ~2i~ue / o? 6 ll
t ~d
Greg Timmerman, Corporation Counsel Cindy Camppbb II, County erk
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