Monday, February 23 Village of Marathon Community Room, Marathon City Tuesday, February 24 Town of Easton Town Hall Wednesday, February 25 Town of Cleveland Town Hall Thursday, February 26 Town of Johnson Town Hall Monday, March 2 Mosinee Branch Library, Mosinee Wednesday, March 4 Room 5, 212 River Drive, Wausau
Tonight Residents feel their comments and concerns are heard Resident s comments are documented Zoning Comprehensive Revision A zoning code that all Towns find beneficial to them.
Honest Kind and Respectful
All Ideas will be considered and recorded We want to hear from everyone No personal attacks keep things general
Zoning in Wisconsin and Marathon County Relationship between Towns and County Text Amendments vs. Comprehensive Revision Short Exercise How to stay up to date on the Revision Process
Shoreland Floodplain General (Euclidian based)or Comprehensive
1920 First zoning ordinance- Milwaukee 1929 Authority to regulate all uses in rural areas 1933 Oneida County adopts first comprehensive rural zoning ordinance in U.S. 1968 - Local governments required to administer shore land and floodplain zoning regulations 1977 Farmland Preservation Law 1999 Comprehensive Planning Law
It is one of the tools to achieve community goals as identified in your comprehensive plans.
Comprehensive Plan: A Comprehensive Plan is a roadmap for community development. It answers the question of what we want the community to look like in the FUTURE as the preferred place to LIVE, WORK, VISIT, and DO BUSINESS.
18 County Zoned Towns 16 Town Zoned Towns 7 Towns with No Zoning All Towns are under Shoreland, Wetland and Floodplain Zoning, even if Town has not adopted General Zoning.
BRIGHTON February 5, 1972 SPENCER April 11, 1972 REID May 2, 1972 MARATHON May 8, 1972 HOLTON May 9, 1972 MC MILLAN May 9, 1972 WIEN June 12, 1972 GUENTHER July 10, 1972 HULL December 19, 1972 FRANKFORT February 5, 1973 HEWITT June 12, 1973 ELDERON June 9, 1975 GREEN VALLEY December 8, 1981 EAU PLEINE June 12, 1984 KNOWLTON August 22, 1988 DAY October 16, 1990 RIB FALLS January 19, 1994 HALSEY April 12, 2001
Town Planning Committee Town Board Processing (Zoning Staff) Land Conservation and Zoning Committee Board of Adjustment County Board
Restructure Code Conditional use permits instead of having to rezone Format friendly Hyperlinks Tables & Charts Illustrations No Pyramid Zoning Town/Citizen Involvement Workshops
Individual property rights vs. Community interests to create a healthy, safe and orderly living environment zoning also protects property rights, property value, use of property and protects against conflicting infringement from neighboring uses that may adversely affect the enjoyment of personal property.
START Marathon County adopts zoning ordinance and maps 1 MONTH LATER Town # 1 ratifies county zoning ordinance and town zoning map. New zoning code and map in effect. 1 YEAR LATER Town # 2 takes no action. No zoning in effect.
Town decides to have Zoning Town works with County to prepare Zoning map Town adopts a Resolution
Richard Duerr Town Of McMillan/LCZ/Chairman Arnie Schlei Town of Easton Keith Langenhahn Town of Marathon Richard Lawson Town of Wausau Joe Pyzyk Town of Bevent John Bujalski Town of McMillan Don Genrich Town of Elderon Marilyn Bhend Town of Johnson Dennis Dieringer Town of Spencer Jim Servi Town of Hamburg Laura McGucken Town of Rib Mountain/Vice Chair Kelly King Town of Wien
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Working on updating Zoning Maps Relationship between zoning and comprehensive plans Education to Town Boards on Decision making for rezones/permitting
Dean Johnson Zoning Administrator 715-261-6031 dean.johnson@co.marathon.wi.us Jeff Pritchard Planning Analyst 715-261-6042 jeff.pritchard@co.marathon.wi.us Lane Loveland Land Use Specialist 715-261-6030 lane.loveland@co.marathon.wi.us Rebecca Frisch, Director Conservation Planning and Zoning 715-261-6024 rebecca.frisch@co.marathon.wi.us Paul Daigle Land and Water Program Manager 715-261-6043 paul.daigle@co.marathon.wi.us