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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2012 (810) AMENDMENTS TO ST. CR®IX COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 17 ZONING Section 17.72 Rezoning Amendments Ordinance No. - El L (2612 St. Croix County, Wisconsin The St. Croix County Board of Supervisors does ordain as follows: WHEREAS, Jason and Annette Connett applied to St. Croix County Planning and Zoning Department to rezone approximately 2.61 acres in the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 10, T29N, RI 6W, in the Town of Baldwin, from Agricultural District to Agricultural Residential District; and WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Conununity Development Committee held a public hearing on the rezoning request on March 15, 2012 in the Agricultural Service and Educational Center, 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 i l 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 minimurn lot size requirements in the rural planning area. c. The request is somewhat 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, but could be managed with appropriate erosion control measures. 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, but could be managed with appropriate erosion control measures. 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 consistent with the County's policy to favor agricultural uses over non-agricultural uses when considering land use conflicts. k. 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. 1. 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 m. 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. n. The request is generally consistent with the goal to preserve agricultural land for crop production, scenic values, and wildlife habitat. 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 Zoning Ordinance. 5. The request meets the requirements in WSS 91.48 (1). THEREFORE, the following described parcel is hereby rezoned from Agricultural District to Agricultural Residential District: A parcal of tmd to--afed in parE of Fhe SStuthwa.%r quarter of the Northeast quarter 0 Section 10, Totormblp 29 North, (wage Ifs Wcsh, Town of Baldwin, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, more ¢artit44rlp described as followse ' Commencing at tim North Quarter Carneir of said Secti4,rs V, thence °32'Ss , clang the north-snuith quarter tine of -old Sectlon TI. a distbnre Rf 1305.76 feet. to the Norihwe%i Corm-ar of the Southwest quarter of the MrtBraasl ;war ter of said Suctium 10: and trnitit of begihttk~j; fhgftt.e 9`55"E, a disEaace of 438,04 foot; thence SOV32511, a if-ist QE 150.25 feet; theh~e NOM155" 1, a r9stance of 170.30 feat; thence SDD"31 59-E, a distance of 104.54 feat; th©nct 14671,41'55"1'1, a distance of e6 M39 ftrri; thence NOV32'53"W, a: distance at 924.81 feet, to the paint of be, -Ining. 11Le describes; parcel conPairt 611,$ a square feet (2.61 acres]. attd is auls~-.ct to 05f mefirt, of etcflr'd and as stwW b.. This Amendment offered by the Community Development Committee on April 17, 2012. Offered b Community Develo ment Committee Yes No Abstain Absent This ordinance was enacted by the St. Croix County Steve Hermsen ❑ ❑ ❑ 0 Sharon Norton-Bauman ❑ ❑ ❑ Board of Supervisors on f~-i~d 1 1 c -2, Vacant ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Buzz Marzolf ❑ ~Y( ❑ ❑ Lorin Sather ❑ ❑ ❑ (Ci Robert Shearer ❑ ❑ ❑ Bill Peavey ❑ ❑ ❑ Cindy Campbel , County Jerk I verify that the vote shown above is true and correct. w- County Board Vote: Yes i No Chair, Commu ity Development Committee Abstain Absent 2