PLAN
COMMISSION MINUTES
August
22, 2005
Chairman Ed Sedor called the August 22,
2005 meeting of the Town of Peshtigo Plan Commission to order at 6:33 p.m.
Plan Commission members attending were
Bob Cerrato, Ed Malechuk, Ed Sedor, Dick Seils and Karen Sylvester. Absent were Bruno Brysiewicz and Tom
Fetterly. Also attending were Jerry
Kobishop, Doug Wagner, Lou Ellen Stiebohr and her business associate, one Town
resident and Dave Thibodeau of the Peshtigo Times.
A motion was made by Seils and seconded
by Malechuk to approve the agenda as printed.
The motion carried with all in favor.
A motion was
made by Malechuk and seconded by Cerrato to approve the minutes of the
July 14,
2005 meeting as printed. The motion
carried with all in favor.
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The next Joint Plan
Commission meeting is scheduled for September 15th
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Wagner is requesting a zone
change so that he would be able to put in a pond on his property. The property is currently zoned R-1 and does
not allow ponds
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Wagner explained he has
placed Restrictive Covenants on the development that does not allow farm
animals so he is not concerned about being zoned agricultural at this time.
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Wagner does have a meeting
with Marinette County and WDNR on September 7 for approval on the pond as it
falls within a wetland area and is in close proximity to a creek. According to Wagner, on preliminary inquiry Rosenberger
from the WDNR sees no problems but suggested leaving a part of the proposed
pond as a wildlife pond.
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Wagner must complete a Conditional
Use Permit application to obtain a pond permit.
He would like to begin work on the pond hopefully at the end of October
or the beginning of November.
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Sylvester reported that the
Town Board is revising their current pond ordinance that would allow ponds in
all zones by conditional use She
suggested that Wagner wait to see if that is passed in which case he would not
have to change his zoning but just obtain a Conditional Use permit
A motion was made by Sylvester and
seconded by Seils to recommend approval of the conditional use to the Town
Board for a pond on Lot 6 of CSM 2703 contingent upon the Town Board’s passage
of the new pond ordinance and approval from the WDNR and Marinette County. The motion carried with all in favor.
Jerry
Kobishop – Pond and Zone Change Request
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Kobishop is requesting a zone
change so that he would be able to put in a pond at Countryside Estates. The property is currently zoned R-1 and does
not allow ponds.
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Kobishop distributed a sketch
of the proposed pond and a letter from Cleveland Gombar an engineer working on
the project.
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Seils wanted clarification on
wording on page 2 of the Conditional Use Permit application which reads: “Build an approximate 2.3 acre pond and fill
to stay on site at this time”. The words
“at this time” were crossed out and initialed by Kobishop as he stated the fill
would stay on the land and not be removed at any time.
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Sylvester reported that the
Town Board is revising their current pond ordinance to allow ponds in all zones
by conditional use. She suggested that
Kobishop wait to see if that the new pond ordinance is approved by the Town
Board which would permit him to build the pond on the property. This would allow Kobishop to keep his current
zoning at R-1 which could keep people from buying two or more lots and then
permitting them to keep farm animals if the parcel was zoned agricultural Kobishop wants to keep this an exclusive
residential area.
A motion was made by Sylvester and seconded
by Seils to recommend approval to the Town Board on the Conditional Use for a
pond This is contingent upon the Town Board passing the new pond ordinance. The motion carried with all in favor.
Group
Home
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Lou Ellen Stiebohr is seeking
approval of a conditional use permit to allow one additional person to live in
the new group home located on Shore Drive.
The property is currently zoned as R-1 which allows up to eight
residents in a home. Stiebohr finds that
one of the bedrooms in the home is large enough to allow an additional resident
and for that reason she is seeking a conditional use permit which would allow
nine residents instead of eight.
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Her original application also
asked to move a sign so it would not be in the middle of the driveway however she
has since purchased an additional six acres of land to the north so she will
now be able to comply with the sign ordinance.
Stiebohr and Sedor both made the deletion of the sign request on the
original application and initialed the change.
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Stiebohr is currently working
with the state to receive certification for twelve residents.
A motion was made by Seils and seconded
by Malechuk to recommend approval to the Town Board on the Conditional Use Permit
for one additional resident for a total of nine at the Group Home contingent
upon state approval. The motion carried
with all in favor.
Discuss
Pond Ordinance
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The Commission reviewed the
draft of the Pond Ordinance and made several revisions.
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Sylvester checked with the
WDNR on the definition of a wildlife pond.
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The WDNR is supposedly paying
landowners $10,000 to build wildlife ponds.
A motion was made by Cerrato and seconded
by Malechuk to recommend approval of the Pond Ordinance to the Town Board. The motion carried with all in favor.
Discuss
Zoning Ordinance
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A meeting is set for
September 8th at 10:30 a.m. with Attorney Allan Harvey to work on
the Code of Ordinances. This will
include the pond and subdivision ordinances.
The next meeting will be held on Monday, September
19, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.
A motion was made by Cerrato and seconded
by Malechuk to adjourn the meeting at 8:38 p.m.
The motion carried with all in favor.
Respectfully submitted,
Cindy Hagert
Administrative Assistant