PLAN
COMMISSION MINUTES
March
21, 2005
The March 21, 2005 meeting of the Town of
Peshtigo Plan Commission was called to order by Chairman Ed Sedor at 7:00 P.M.
Plan Commission members attending were
Bruno Brysiewicz, Bob Cerrato, Tom Fetterly, Herman Pottratz, Ed Sedor and
Karen Sylvester. Ed Malechuk was
excused. Also attending were Naomi
Dumke, Pete Cramer, and Dave Thibodeau of the Peshtigo Times.
Motion by Pottratz, second by Sylvester
to approve the agenda. Carried.
Motion by Pottratz, second by Fetterly to
approve the minutes of February 7, 2005. Carried.
There was no public input.
The re-zoning change for the Vern Cramer
property (SE1/4 of Section 8, T30N, R23E) was briefly discussed however it was
quickly concluded that the needed information which the Zoning Ordinance
requires was not available to Commission members. Therefore the matter was tabled until the
April Plan Commission meeting. Sedor will
discuss the missing material with office staff on March 22nd as both Cramer and
Dumke informed the Commission members they had presented the needed material to
office staff.
Sylvester explained what she had been
told by Town Attorney, Kim Coggins regarding the issuance of building permits
on private roads and easements. The
Towns current Driveway Culvert and Highway Ordinances implies that building
permits and fire numbers will not be issued on private roads. Attorney Coggins considers this a taking of
property and has said that these permits must be issued until the matter can be
further researched. The Town Building Inspector has been informed. Attorney Harvey, who is preparing the Town’s
Code of Ordinance, will be addressing this item in the code. Sylvester will keep the Commission apprized
of his findings. In addition, Sylvester will draft a letter which will be given
to individuals seeking a building permit and whose property is accessed via a
private road or easement. The Commission
will modify the letter at the next scheduled Plan Commission meeting.
The Plan Commission members will be
provided with a copy of the rough draft Subdivision Ordinance which Sedor and
Sylvester had been working on several years ago. Each member is asked to review
it for the April meeting.
The Plan Commission developed the
following operational procedures for verbiage changes to the Zoning Ordinance
and zoning change requests.
1. Individuals requesting property zoning
changes or changes to the regulations of the Zoning Ordinance must comply with
Section 12.C.1., pages 73 and 74 of the Zoning Ordinance. All nine items must be presented, in writing,
when the request is made to the Plan Commission. In addition, the Commission must be presented
with a check for the fee or a copy of the paid receipt.
2. All information provided by the requestor
must be mailed or provided by hand delivery to members of the Plan Commission
one to two weeks before the meeting at which it will be discussed.
3. The Commission will handle zoning changes
and amendments twice per year in March/April and October/November unless the
request constitutes an Emergency. The
emergency must be for a bonafide reason and will be dealt with on a case by
case basis. The Commission must receive
a written explanation of the reason for the emergency.
Motion by Fettery, second by Pottratz to
approve the Operational Procedures.
Carried.
Sylvester discussed changes which need to
be made to the Zoning Code within the Code of Ordinances. Factory Farms must be defined as well as
Commercial Firework Sales. These items
are listed as requiring Conditional Use Permits in the Ordinance but they are
not defined and should be. Attorney
Harvey has been notified to include these items in the Code of Ordinance.
The next meeting is scheduled for Monday,
April 25, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.
Motion to adjourn by Pottratz, second by
Brysiewicz. Carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:55 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Karen M. Sylvester