Door County Board of REALTORS® Local Government Affairs Newsletter
03 June 2008 Door County Sturgeon Bay City: The Board of Public Works will meet Tuesday, 03 June at 7:30 PM. Agenda item: Large item collection—construction materials. Sturgeon Bay City: The Common Council will meet Tuesday, 03 June at 8:00 PM. Agenda items: · Recommendation re: Create Section 7.15 of Municipal Code – Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV). The state has created a statute to allow NEVs if the municipality approves an ordinance. A NEV is any self-propelled electrically-powered motor vehicle, excluding golf carts, that has a max. speed of 20-25 mph and has successfully completed the NEV America Test Program conducted by the DOE, and that conforms to the definition and requirements for low-speed vehicles. Operation would be limited to streets with a speed limit of 35 mph or less and the vehicle must display a valid NEV WE license plate. · Consideration of shoreline improvements at 1304 Memorial
Drive for Jim & Mary Michaud · Second reading of ordinance re: Amendment to Section 20.41(19) relating to parameters of fiscal and economic impact analysis for large retail establishments. · Second reading of ordinance re: Annexing properties to the City known as the DeWitt property—3217 S. Duluth Ave., Ellenbecker Trust property—3167 S. Duluth Ave., Lagerman property—3203 South Duluth Ave., Hoffman property—3175 South Duluth Ave., HAI-LLC (Sherwin Williams paint store) property—3119 South Duluth Ave. The 5 parcels would generate about $5,500 in City tax revenue. Under state law, for 5 years the City must pay to the Town of Nasewaupee the town portion of the taxes paid in the year prior to annexation. This amounts to $675 for a 5-year total of about $3,375. · First reading of ordinance re: Zoning code amendment—Section 20.35(4) relating to the number of votes required for the Board of Appeals to decide an appeal. The ZBA hears and decides variances from the zoning code, along with appeals of zoning decisions. The ZBA amended their rules of procedure to only require a regular majority vote to decide an appeal. 4 votes are required for a variance. The zoning code itself would have to change. The rationale when they reviewed their rules of procedure was that a variance is asking to do something that normally isn't allowed. An appeal is usually an interpretation of the code. The zoning code amendment would change the number of votes from 4 to 3 for an appeal. The ZBA has 5 regular members and two alternates in case a member cannot attend the meeting or has a conflict of interest. · First reading of ordinance re: Zoning code amendment—Create Section 20.14(2)(m) residential use in the C-1 district. "Residential use, when incorporated in to a multi-use building and using not more than 50% of the available floor area." · City Plan Commission recommendation re: Amend Section 1.12(6) of the Municipal Code (General Government) and Section 21.05 (Subdivision Platting). This amendment involves changes for minor land divisions from one to four lots being created, also known as a certified survey map. This would reinstate staff to be able to approve and sign the CSMs, rather than the secretary of the Plan Comm., increase the time frame for reviewing CSMs from the current 5 working days to the 8 · City Plan Commission recommendation re: Approve revised final plat for Maritime Landing (4.8 acres) subject to conditions (referred to the Hopf property south of Sturgeon Bay). This would change the presently approved 6 multi-family lots to 5 larger multi-family lots which would accommodate the proposed 8-unit apartment buildings. The proposed lots conform to the R-4 zoning requirements and average lot size increases to 30,599 sq. ft. from 25,499 sq. ft. Grant Ave. will run between the 5th multi-family lot and lot 6, which is a commercial lot. One of the laterals that was installed for the 6 multi-family lots will be removed and capped off at the main at the developer's expense. A sidewalk will be installed along the north side of Sycamore St. A designated play area was requested by the commission 6 conditions from Marty Olejniczak's executive summary was included (see the 21 May Plan Commission minutes). Sturgeon Bay City: The Board of Review will adjourn until 17 September at 10 AM when the assessment roll will be ready for hearing objections. Gary Bellin was elected President and Ms. Welhaven elected as VP of the Board of Review. Sturgeon Bay City: CGI Communications, Inc. will produce a welcome video and 5 highlight videos featuring the City and will sell advertising to local businesses. Sturgeon Bay City: The Plan Commission has directed the staff to develop language for a procedure to initiate a public hearing for text amendment to be held before the Plan Commission, with recommendation to the Council. Background: for quite some time any proposed zoning map or text amendment went before the Plan Commission for recommendation and then went to the Council. If the Council rejected it, the matter died. If the Council approved the change a public hearing was then scheduled before the Council. The hearing would be held, followed by a first and second reading of the ordinance. That was recently changed regarding map amendments. Those hearings are now heard before the PC and then recommendation to the Council. Text amendments were not really talked about and have not been very consistent on how they were handled. Some hearings are being held by the PC and some are held at Council. The statutes do not specify the procedures. Clay Banks Town: The Town Board will meet on Thursday, 12 June at 8 AM in the Town Hall; corner of S. Shiloh Rd. and Co. Road OO. Agenda item: · Ordinance #1-2008 Wind Energy Conversion Systems Egg Harbor Town: A public hearing will be held Wednesday, 25 June at 7 PM in the Town Hall. Agenda items: · Application to discontinue that portion of Cedar Drive lying between the following Lots and Blocks of the "Original Plat of Horseshoe Bay" o Lots 10 through 12, Block 6 and Lots 10 through 12,
Block 7 Excluding those parts of Cedar Drive that form the intersection with 3rd Street, 4th Street, and 5th Street. Jim Adams 31 May 2008 Door County Liberty Grove Town: The Town Board will meet at 7 PM on Wednesday, 04 June. Agenda items: · Building permits—extensions · Sanitary District #1: request to add territory—set
hearing date · Resolution: designating hours for board of review Kewaunee County Kewaunee County: Notice of vacancy in Town of West Kewaunee; Ward 1, Town of Pierce; Ward 1, City of Kewaunee, Ward 1. If interested, submit a letter of interest along with a resume, to Edward J. Dorner, County Administrator at: Kewaunee Co. Administration Center, 810 Lincoln St., Kewaunee by 4 PM 26 June. Algoma City: The Common Council will hold public hearings on Monday, 02 June at 5:15 PM for: · Vacate a portion of Dier Ave. from County S to the SW corner of Lot 11, Block 1 and the SE corner of Lot 3, Block 2. · Removal sidewalk on the north side of Adams St. from Flora Ave. to Frank Ave. Town of Casco: A public hearing will held on Thursday, 12 June at 7:30 PM by the Casco Town Board of Appeals Committee with the on-site viewing of the property of Larry A. & Debra A. Heling. After viewing the property, the committee will meet at the Casco Town Hall. They are requesting to build a garage addition closer than town ordinance setbacks. Variance request is for approx. 62' from Co. Road C. Franklin Town: A public hearing will be held on Monday, 09 June at 6:30 PM in the Town Hall to hear: · A request by Steven Wochos to rezone a 5 acre parcel
from A-1 farmland to A-2 residential Kewaunee City: The assessment roll for the City of Kewaunee will be open for inspection from 09 June to 13 June from 8 AM to 4:30 PM at City Hall. The Assessor for the city will be present on Thursday, 12 June from 3 – 5 PM and Saturday, 14 June from 10 AM to 12 noon. Kewaunee City: The Board of Review will hold its adjourned meeting on Thursday, 19 June from 1 – 3 PM at City Hall. Lincoln Town: The Town Planning Commission will meet at 7 PM on Wednesday, 04 June. The will hear a request from Bug Tussel Wireless on behalf of Daniel Wautlet for a conditional use permit to construct a 300' high guyed tower. The tower would be used to support antennas for multiple users, primarily cellular companies. Pierce Town: The Town Plan Commission will meet on Tuesday, 17 June at 7 PM at the Pierce Town Hall. The commission will hear a request from the Town of Pierce to correct a mapping error, (Tax Parcel 31 016 19.028) The parcel needs to be rezoned from R-1 Residential to A-2 General Agricultural to be consistent with lot size requirement. Chris Halbur property. Other Small Wind Power Conference, 17-18 June, Holiday Inn & Convention Center, Stevens Point, by Midwest Renewable Energy Association. Includes updates, test results, what does it really Cost?; insurance, zoning and permitting process; problems, innovations, input from dealers and installers, certification. Registration: $150 (includes meals), 715.592.6595 or HYPERLINK "mailto:Kirsten@the-mrea.org" \o "mailto:Kirsten@the-mrea.org" Kirsten@the-mrea.org Jim Adams
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