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MEETING MINUTES
Item #1 Rasmussen
called the meeting to order at
Item #2 Motion by Clausius, seconded by Wunnicke to approve the publication and agenda. Pedley stated that the agenda had been published in the Richland Observer for two weeks and also posted on the bulletin board on the first floor of the courthouse. Motion carried.
Item #3 Motion
by Wunnicke, seconded by
Start of Public Hearing
Item #4 The committee heard the petition of Keewaydin Family
Farms, owners and Mary Haucke, buyer, to rezone 2 acres from
Agriculture/Forestry to Residential-2 in Section 13 of Forest Township. Rufus Haucke stated that they would like to
sell 2 acres from the farm to their mother so she can build a home. She plans on building a 20 x 40 two story
home. Pedley stated that initially Mary
Hauke was going to build her home on the land owned by her children. Her bank wants the land and the house owned
in common. Therefore, a split would take
place and rezoning would be necessary.
Item #5 The committee heard the petition of Jonathan Rossing to
rezone 5.71 acres from Agriculture/Forestry to Agriculture/Residential in
Section 4, of
Approval from the town board was
received. Motion by Wunnicke, seconded
by Clausius to grant the rezone request of 5.71 acres from Agriculture/Forestry
to Agriculture/Residential in Section 4, of
Item #6 Eberle petition to rezone 10 acres from Agriculture/Forestry to Agriculture/Residential in two 5-acre lots in Section 1 of Dayton Township - Havlik stated that Eberle still has to attend the Dayton Planning Committee meeting so this petition was not taken off the table.
End of Public Hearing
Item #7 Rockbridge
Township Zoning Ordinance/Farmland Preservation – Pedley handed out copies of a
letter she received from Paul Benjamin, of the Department of Agriculture, Trade
& Consumer Protection. Because
Item #8 Comprehensive Planning – Pedley stated she has been in contact with Ron from Southwest Regional and is still planning on getting the town boards and the town planning commissions together sometime in February to go over all their plans and see how to incorporate their wishes into the county plan. Pedley stated she has received an opinion from Matt Stohr from Wisconsin Counties Association on what the relationship between a town plan and the county zoning ordinance is. The letter states that each plan is just that, a plan. They are not ordinances and should not be perceived as such. Pedley stated that it is important that all the towns and the county are aware of the authority of all the plans and ordinances so we can use them for the benefit of all.
Item #9 Discussion concerning creation of an additional zoning district – Pedley handed out a sheet with ideas for the committee to think about and make suggestions as to new agricultural zoning district. She is suggesting a district with a minimum and maximum acreage and specific uses that would result in allowable animal units. There needs to be something done as the Board of Adjustments has been getting a number of variance request for parcel sizes to the Agriculture/Forestry district. The result of these variances is smaller parcels with unrestricted animal use.
Item #10 Friends
of Richland County vs.
Item #11 Zoning Violations
a. Herbeck – Orion – Pedley stated she has looked at the court documents and the judge instructed Herbeck to get rid of everything that is not associated with his business and move it off site. Things had been cleaned up for some time but now there is getting to be a collection of junk in the area again.
b. Bannister
Property –
Item #12 Report from the zoning administrator
a. Recycling Committee/Junk Ordinance– Pedley stated that she attended another recycling meeting and a lot of the discussion was to have either a county wide or town-by-town junk car ordinance. The members of that committee seem to think an ordinance adopted by each town would be the preferred way to go.
Item #13 The
next meeting will be