Door County Board of REALTORS® Local Government Affairs Newsletter
27 May 2008 Door County: County HH at Hwy 57 will be closed to through traffic from Tuesday, 27 May to Thursday, 29 May for placement of the concrete pavement for the southbound lanes. The contractor plans to pave the entire southbound lanes of Hwy 57 first. Therefore, additional three-day road closures will occur at the Co. Hwy D, C, and Y intersections. Sturgeon Bay City: If the city agrees to give $140,000 of annually collected room taxes to the Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center (SBVC), the members and directors agreed to join the countywide Tourism Zone Commission. The city would then come under the marketing efforts of the Door County Visitors Bureau (DCVB). Tourists visiting Door County in 2007 spent more than $404 million, according to the annual report from the WI Dept. of Tourism. This was a decrease of $16 million in spending or 3.89% from 2006. Door County is ranked 7th in the state in spending behind Milwaukee, Dane, Sauk, Waukesha, Brown, and Walworth counties. In WI, travelers spent an estimated $12.8 billion in 2007, a 0.39% decrease from 2006. The majority of that spending--$4.88 billion—was between June and August. (Source: Green Bay Press Gazette and Door County Advocate) Sturgeon Bay City: Third Ave. construction update: · All storm sewers have been installed, and rough grading
and the installation of some road base began Friday. · Sidewalk installation is still scheduled to begin the 1st week of June. There are plans to open portions of 3rd Ave. to traffic after 15 June, but only if it doesn't interfere with construction. (Source: Door County Advocate) Egg Harbor: Peninsula Shores Property Owners Association president Steve Schaefer vows to challenge further development of the design for a new Egg Harbor municipal marina before a WI DNR board meeting in Milwaukee on 27-28 May at the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District offices. In question is the length of the wall. Carrie Webb of the DNR said the lakebed is public property, not the adjoining property owners, once the water depth exceeds five feet. The use of the shallower waters along the shoreline is reserved for the adjacent property owner by riparian rights. (Source: Door County Advocate TOWN OF JACKSONPORT: ASSESSOR OFFICE HOURS Assessor Troy Zacharias will hold office hours on Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. at the Jacksonport Town Hall for anyone interested in reviewing their assessments. BOARD OF REVIEW NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of Jacksonport of Door County shall hold its first meeting on Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Jacksonport Town Hall. Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board: No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the Assessor to view such property. After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board's final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to, a member of the Board about the person's objection except at a session of the Board. No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of an intent to file a written objection by appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and files a written objection, that the person provides to the Clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the person's reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take. When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person's estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person's objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate. No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or subject or object to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method; unless the person supplies the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Sec. 73.03(2a), that the Assessor requests. The Town of Jacksonport has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph which provides exemptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Section 19.35(1) of Wis. Statues. The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone. Respectfully submitted, Town of Jacksonport, Eileen L. Phetteplace, Clerk Liberty Grove Town: The Plan Commission will meet Tuesday, 27 May at 7 PM in the Town Hall. Agenda items: · Conditional use permit: Art gallery and study &
bronze sculpture studio—Geoff Gialdini, manager, 12479 Hwy 42 · Comprehensive Plan Implementation: review remaining areas for changing of zoning to comply with Town Plan and consider setting date for public input from owners of the affected parcels Door County Resource Planning Committee: The RPC will hold public hearings starting at 7 PM on Thursday, 05 June in the Multipurpose Room, Room C-185 of the Door County Justice Center, 1201 South Duluth Avenue. · Baileys Harbor Town: The Town Board petitions for amendments to the text of the Door Co. Zoning Ordinance and to the detailed zoning maps of the Town as follows: A. Create within Section 3.02(3)(a), Footnote 9 applicable to the minimum lot area in the Countryside zoning district to read: 9. Minimum lot area in the Countryside (CS) zoning district in the Town of Baileys Harbor shall be 5 acres. B. Create within Section 3.02(3)(a), Footnote 10 related to minimum lot width in the Countryside district to read as follows: 10. The minimum lot width in the Countryside (CS) zoning district in the Town of Baileys Harbor shall be 200'. The Town Board further petitions to rezone the following properties as indicated: · McDonald – Tax Parcel No.
002-01-23302712B – CS to HL10 A map of the areas affected by this amendment is available for viewing and/or purchase from the office of the Door Co. Planning Dept. during normal business hours. Liberty Grove Town: The Town Board petitions for amendments to the text of the zoning ordinance and to the detailed maps of the Town as follows: 1. Within Section 3.02(3)(a) under the High Density Residential (HD) zoning district at the Planned Residential Development; increase "Max. Residen. Density, d.u./acre" from 3.00 to 3.50. 2. Delete and recreate Section 6.02(6) to read: 6. The minimum lot size for individual lots within a Planned Residential Development shall be 7,500 sq. ft. 3. Rezone Meadowwood Condominium located in Section 21, Town 32 North, Range 28 East, Town of Liberty Grove, also known as Tax Parcel No. 018-64 and 018-02-21322842E from Heartland-3.5 (HL3.5) to High Density Residential (HD). A map of the areas affected by this amendment is available for viewing and/or purchase from the office of the Door Co. Planning Dept. during normal business hours. Sevastopol Town: Marion Ciepluch requests a conditional use permit as required by Section 3.05(3)(a), 4.08(8), and 9.02. Ms. Ciepluch proposes to construct a new residence at the site of an existing multiple occupancy development as the expansion of a nonconforming use. The new residence would replace an existing cottage which would be removed. The site is located at 5080 S. Cave Point Drive in a Single Family Residential-20,000 (SF20) zoning district. Gibraltar Town: Ronald and Carole VandeWalle request a conditional use permit as required by Section 4.08(8). The VandeWalles propose to increase the residential living space of the owners' living space within a multiple occupancy development located at 3397 Hwy 42 in a General Commercial (GC2) zoning district. A regular meeting of the RPC will be
conducted following the hearings. Jim Adams
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