HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2001 (601) ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17
ST. CROIX COUNTY LAND USE ORDINANCE
REZONING LAND FROM AGRICULTURE TO AG - RESIDENTIAL
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WHEREAS, the Statutes of the State of Wisconsin provide for a Planning and Development Committee to act
in all matters pertaining to county planning and zoning; and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Board has established the St. Croix County Planning, Zoning and Parks
Committee; and
WHEREAS, at the request of the County Board this Committee is to review petitions, hold public hearings,
and present its recommendations for rezoning requests to the County Board for action; and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee held a public hearing on the
rezoning request of ROGER HILLEBRANDT on October 3, 2001 in the St. Croix County Agriculture Center,
Baldwin, Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee having considered all written
information and verbal testimony presented at the hearirg, and fmding that the request meets the requirements of Wis.
Statute 91.77, voted to approve a rezoning of the following described land:
SEE ATTACHED
Based on the following findings:
1. The Town of Star Prairie supports the rezoning request and certified that the provisions of §91.77 have been
met. The Village of Star Prairie certified no objections to the rezoning proposal under their extraterritorial review.
2. The request generally conforms to the County Plan.
3. The parcel is in the rural planning area and is an appropriate use.
4. The parcel is not identified on the potentially productive agriculture map.
5. The site features include heavily wooded slopes and a flat area.
6. The parcel is part of a larger 80 -acre site.
7. The site is not located on any roads.
8. The surrounding land uses include large acreages and small tracts and the Village of Star Prairie to the east,
approximately 1/4 mile away.
9. The owner proposes to sell the parcel to an adjoining landowner who wants to use the parcel to access two 40 -acre
parcels located diagonally from each other.
10. Tha parcel is too small for development.
11. The potential buyer states in the application that he does not intend further development on the two 4Gacre
parcels. He intends to create a trail to drive on for personal use. There is an area approximately 75 -feet wide
where the trail can be created without impacting the wooded slopes.
12. If rezoned, the owners should be aware of limitations of development on steep slopes and roadway standards.
13. Best management practices, erosion and sediment control and stormwater management should be utilized to avoid
impacts to the surrounding water bodies.
14. The St. Croix County Natural Resource Management Plan Goals II, III and W also encourages protection and
preservation of surface waters and wetlands; fish and wildlife habitats; and agricultural land and soils to preserve
ecological functions and recreational and scenic values and wildlife habitat.
THEREFORE, BE IT NOW ORDAINED by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors, meeting in regular
session, that the .67 +1- acre parcel is now rezoned from Agriculture to Ag - Residential.
Dated this 6 day of m CAN , 2001.
ST. CROIX COUNTY PLANNING, ZONING AND PARKS COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS DENIAL: RECO 1 , S PROVAL:
Ronald Raymond ' Ronal •°%ymond
Linda Luckey 1 Linda Luckey
C.W. Malick C.W. Malick
I', CROIX Gerald Larson
1, Sue E. Nelson, St. Croix 0 q „
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