Price County Zoning Committee Meeting Minutes of December 11, 2008

Price County Normal Building—UWEX Conference Rooms A & B

The meeting was called to order at 9:02 a.m. by Chairman Jim Robb.  Members present were Richard Schneider, John Vlach, Richard Kelnhofer, and Bob Rogalla. Staff present included Zoning Administrator, Kevin Krause.  Others in attendance included Tom Strobl, Ginny Strobl, Kathy Kascewicz, Russell Severt, and Tom Kiesgen.

Motion by Kelnhofer / Rogalla to approve minutes of the November 13, 2008 meeting.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

Motion by Vlach / Kelnhofer to approve the expenditures for November 2008. All ayes.  Motion carried.

The November finance report was presented to the Committee. 

Public Hearings:

There were no scheduled public hearings.

LAND DIVISIONS

Motion by Kelnhofer / Vlach to postpone the land division filed by Richard Biller to create two lots located in the SE ¼ SW ¼, Section 1, Township 39 North, Range 1 West, Town of Fifield, until the January, 2009 meeting.  All ayes.  Motion carried.     

MISCELANEOUS ITEMS

1.         Correspondence/Public Comment.

o        Correspondence was documented in the Monthly Report except for an email received from Kathy Kascewicz that was discussed during the meeting.

2.         Kevin discussed the enforcement action against Joe France.

Motion by Kelnhofer / Rogalla for Kevin to draft a letter for Jim Robb to sign and send to the County Board Chairman asking for his assistance to help move the process along with current corporation counsel or if necessary to contract with another attorney to expedite this case.  

3.         Motion by Kelnhofer / Schneider to send the resolution as presented regarding the increase in sanitary permits to the County Board for consideration.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

4.         No action taken on the proposed ordinance regarding windmills.  Kevin is to research micro-windmills and bring his findings back to the January meeting.

5.         No action taken on the proposed revisions to the zoning districts.  The ordinance will be addressed when findings on micro-windmills is presented.

6.         Motion by Kelnhofer / Vlach to conduct a public hearing on the proposed revisions to the density standard in the Zoning Ordinance.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

7.         Motion by Kelnhofer / Rogalla for Kevin to work with Kathy Kascewicz to draft a recordable CUP application that addresses the concerns that Kathy brought forward.  A draft will be presented at the January meeting.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

8.         Motion by Rogalla / Kelnhofer to revoke the CUP for Donald Peterson originally approved 8/10/2006 based upon the fact that Mr. Peterson failed to install a shoreland buffer as per the conditions of the original conditional use permit.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

9.         No bids were presented.  Motion by Kelnhofer / Rogalla to list the truck for sale in the Shopper with a purchase price of $3000 OBO.  Kevin has permission to sell the truck if anyone submits a purchase price >$2000.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

10.     Motion by Rogalla / Schneider to table indefinitely any discussion of comprehensive planning.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

11.     Motion by Rogalla / Kelnhofer to allow the Zoning Department to acquire the GPS coordinates of any newly assigned address in a city or village at the request of the 911 Coordinator or Tax Lister.  All ayes.  Motion carried.

12.     Kevin gave a brief staff report.

13.     The next meeting will be January 8, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.

Motion by: Kelnhofer / Vlach to adjourn at 10:43 a.m.   All ayes.  Motion carried.

Recorded by:  Kevin Krause, Zoning Administrator