GOVERNMENTAL BODY: WAUPACA COUNTY SHORELAND ZONING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
TIME: 2:00 P.M.
1. Call Meeting To Order
Chair Dennis Kussmann called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m.
2. Roll Call
Shoreland Zoning Advisory Committee Members Present: Bob Underberg (Chain O’Lakes Property Owners Association), Terry Martin (Architect), Joe Udoni (Realtor), Chris Klein (Little Hope Millpond/Town of Dayton), Bruce Golding (Little Hope Millpond/Town of Dayton), Kay Ellis (Chain O’Lakes Property Owners Association) , Richard Mann (Lake Leader Representative), Tom O’Day (Waupaca & Wolf River), TJ Tooley (Pigeon Lake), Bob Van Epps (Lake Leader Representative/Weyauwega Lake), Terry Murphy (Iola Lake District/County Board/Planning & Zoning Committee), Dennis Kussmann (County Board/Planning & Zoning Committee), John Penney (County Board/Planning & Zoning Committee) and Bob Ellis (County Board/Planning & Zoning Committee).
Staff Present: Ryan Brown, Jean Gliniecki, Jeff Henneman and Jason Snyder.
3. Chair Kussmann read the Open Meeting Statement, “This meeting and all other meetings of this committee are open to the public. Proper notice has been posted and given to the press in accordance with Wisconsin Statutes, so the citizenry may be aware of the time, place and agenda of this meeting.”
4. Approve Agenda As Presented
John Penney motioned to approve the agenda as presented. The motion was seconded by Terry Murphy. Motion carried unanimously.
There was an introduction to the Shoreland Zoning Advisory Committee and Planning & Zoning Office staff.
It was decided that future meeting dates would be on Tuesday, February 26; Tuesday, March 12 and Tuesday, March 26 from 2:00 p.m. until approximately 4:00 p.m. in Room Lower Level 42.
Jeff Henneman gave an over view of the history of the Shoreland Zoning Ordinance and the changes that have been made. The current changes being made to the Shoreland Zoning Ordinance were changes made to NR115 (Wisconsin’s Shoreland Protection Program) and Act 170 (2011 Senate Bill 472, dealing with nonconforming structures).
5. The Committee reviewed a few of the proposed amendments to the Waupaca County Shoreland Zoning Ordinance.
Planning & Zoning Staff went over the summary sheet of important topics. The Advisory Committee agreed that in Section 5.55 the word patios need to be removed because this was addressed in the impervious surface standards.
A
landowner may level an existing brick or block walkway or patio
within the vegetation protection area. However, provided that the
dimensions of the walkway or patio are not cannot be expanded, it is located in the same footprint as
the existing patio/walkway and the same material is utilized after
leveling. The property owner
shall submit a photo of the site and inform the Planning and Zoning Department
Office of the date of proposed
reconstruction prior to commencing work.
The Committee discussed view corridor.
The Committee decided to
leave this sentence in this section: “Establishment of a single view corridor
on each lot containing a principal structure by selective pruning and removal
of trees and shrubbery.” But to strike this portion of the paragraph “The
removal of trees and shrubs in the vegetation protection area to create a
single access and viewing corridors,”
The Committee was not in favor of a view corridor being 200 feet wide because they felt that was too wide and they thought on the smaller lots it should be wider than 30 % of the width. A recommendation was made as follows:
Ø Lots less than 100 feet – maximum of 30 foot corridor (Could be mitigated)
Ø Lots greater than 100 feet – maximum of 50 foot corridor (Could be mitigated)
The Committee also discussed impervious surface standards and mitigation.
A recommendation was made in order to make better use of office time, to have the landowner provide annual photographs of the mitigation site from the water. The office would then only visit the sites that were questionable.
The next meeting date will be Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in Room Lower Level 42 at the Courthouse.
6. Adjourn
At 4:05 p.m., Terry Murphy motioned to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Bob Underberg. Motion carried unanimously.