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West Central District
Report
Submitted by Doug
Clary
The West Central Zoning Administrators met on
The main discussion revolved around the McGinnity/Ziervogel vs. Washington County, which was to be heard by the State Supreme Court on the following Thursday. The main arguments where (1) In determining whether to grant a variance, is the local board of adjustment required to first consider whether the requested variance conflicts with the public interest underlying the zoning law at issue before applying the "no reasonable use" test? And (2) Does a strictly vertical expansion of a residence on a property with a legally non-conforming shoreland setback conflict with the public interest underlying the setback requirement?
The WCZA will be scheduling a zoning support staff-training day for sometime in June/July of 2004. Preliminary ideas centered on having speakers from Safety and Buildings and the local technical college. This program will probably run concurrent to the WCZA’s meeting in June/July.
The WCZA reviewed the public comment sheets for the revision to NR 115 and tried to come to some type of consensus on the revisions. This was an interesting process due to the fact that we had consensus on some issues, but others the opinions ranged from yes, no, maybe, who cares, etc.
So, the meeting ended with the final fireworks of the
elections. I was re-elected (must be
doing an excellent job – or is it that I was the only one nominated, hmmmm??)
as president and Nate Sampson,
Hope to see all of you at the Spring Conference. From the looks of it, the Executive Board has come up with a great agenda, once again.
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Congratulations
to Matt Mrochinski (
Northwest District
Greetings from the Great Northwest. Winters in days gone by were times to catch up, reflect back, and plan for the future. It seems those days are forever gone. Even when temp’s are below zero and three feet of snow is on the ground the continual onslaught of conditional use, rezone, text amendments, and now the compatibility issues between land use plans and the zoning ordinances keeps us busy and honing our multi-tasking skills.
Our district has met almost every month. We have new ZA’s Mark Steward in Rusk Co and Webb Macomber I Washburn Co. New sanitary code people and are seeing a turnover of staff in our line of work. To better serve all the members of the district our meetings have been work sessions to share the knowledge and work experiences we deal with on a daily basis. The issues such as discussion regarding revisions of NR115, NR116, implementation of NR135 the what and how NR216 will be administered by the DNR, collaborating on COMM83, condo campground issues, pending legislation, what to do with the Uniform Dwelling Code, and how to survive in the future, keeps discussions lively.
These meetings were a tremendous
resource to me when I first became involved in the zoning world and my goal is
to continue to provide a strong nucleus and network of dedicated and educated
individuals to effectively deal with the ever increasing challenges we all face
in being responsible for land use issues and the development of our individuals
counties. It’s still
Information Requested for WCCA 35th Anniversary Celebration
CeCeTesky is seeking information from all counties regarding past and present employees. She will assemble theinformation into a booklet, with the intention of distributing it at the Spring Seminar. If you haven’t received a copy of the form, contact your District Representative. CeCe is asking for replies no later than MARCH 1. Here’s a chance to show off a little and share in WCCA history.
EPA Regulations for Wastewater Discharge from Vehicle Maintenance Areas
The EPA Underground
Injection Control rule that regulates discharges into soil absorption systems
does not have a permanent grandfather clause but it does have a delayed date
for existing facilities to get into compliance. The rule was effective in April
of 2000 with a 7 year compliance date for existing facilities. It is still not
clear exactly what EPA will require an existing facility to do. A separate
holding tank to serve the vehicle maintenance area is one way to comply. Note that it is vehicle maintenance
activities that cannot be connected to a soil absorption system. Catch basins
from garages that only wash the outside of vehicles and/or park vehicles can
legally be connected to a soil absorption system with DNR concurrence. If you have any questions about this topic,
contact Jerry Rodenburg at 608.266.7715.
SPRING SEMINAR 2004
Holiday
Inn/Mosinee-Wausau, WI March
25 and 26, 2004
1.
The full
registration fee for this seminar is $100.00 for members and $115.00 for
non-members. This fee includes 3 meals,
all sessions, materials, door prizes and hospitality. If you are signing up for a half-day
registration, please circle which half-day you plan to attend. Meals are not included with this
registration.
2.
Registration
paid for after
3.
Spouses and
half-day registrants may pay for meals at registration.
4.
Room
reservations may be made by calling (715) 355-1111. Room rates are $62.00 for single occupancy
and $89.00 double occupancy. Let them
know you are with WCCA and whether you have a tax exemption for the sales tax
when you call.
5.
Reservations received after
6.
If you have any
questions, please call Richard Mace at (262) 548-7790 or Ken Christopherson at
(608) 831-4697.
County/Agency/Company:
Registration Fee Before
Member
Registrant Name:
$100 $115
$100 $115
Non-Member
Registrant Name:
$115 $130
$115 $130
Half-Day
Registrant Name: (circle which half-day to attend)
Thursday
AM
Thursday PM $30 $40
Friday
AM
Thursday
AM
Thursday PM $30 $40
Friday
AM
Total
(payment enclosed) $
Make the payment out
to
Return registration form
along with appropriate fee to:
c/o Vilas
330 Court
Street
WCCA Spring Seminar Agenda
Holiday Inn –
Wausau/Mosinee
Donald
Dittmar, Land Information Division, Waukesha County Department of Parks and
Land Use
Terry Fell, Chief, Floodplain Hazards
Identification and Risk Assessment, FEMA, Region 5
Gary Heinrichs, Floodplain
Management, WI DNR
DCOMM DNR-Shoreland NR-115
DATCP Floodplain NR-116
UWEX Joint Permitting
Round Table Discussions with
refreshments and snacks.
Nicholas
R. Patera, RLA, Senior Vice-President, Teska Associates,
Presentation, discussion and exercise in
conservation design by one of the
Onsite Waste Disposal Alternatives for Rural Conservation
Subdivisions
Bill Baudhuin, Civil Engineer and Surveyor,
specializing in rural developments.
Adjournment
At
the annual business meeting, the WCCA Executive Board decided to send out this
brief survey with the goal of determining how you, the membership, feel about
the following issues. We want to provide
you the services you want and will use this information when setting future
policies. Please take a few minutes to
complete this survey and return by
Thanks!
1.
The Board wants to know how you would like to receive the Decoder
newsletter. In the recent past, it has
been posted only on the WCCA website (www.wccadm.org)
and not mailed out in order to save costs.
Which of the following would you prefer:
Decoder sent by mail only.
Decoder posted to the
website only.
Decoder both mailed and posted
to the website.
2.
The Decoder content has always been dependent upon membership
contribution. The Board would like to
know what you would prefer for content.
Please rank in order of importance to you (1 = most important)
District reports
State agency updates
Articles from affiliated
organizations
Technical articles
Upcoming conference/meeting
information
3. Please list any content that
you feel is important to include in the Decoder newsletter. The Board wants it to serve your needs!
4. The Board created our
website with the intent of providing another avenue for providing information
and encouraging communication among the membership.
How often do you visit the
website?
Please provide any
suggestions you have that would make the website more useful to you.
5. The Board has decided to
provide a printed version of the WCCA directory again, however in a pocket-size
version that only includes membership information. The entire directory will continue to be
posted on the website. We hope this will
be a useful tool for all of you. Please
list any suggestions or questions you have regarding our organization and how
it operates.
Expenses:
NEWSLETTER $1,500
SEMINARS 20,000
DIRECTORY 500
SECRETARY/TREASURER 1,800
OFFICE SUPPLIES 400
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETINGS 1,600
LEGISLATIVE/EDUCATION 250
INSURANCE 212
TELEPHONE 30
AWARDS/CERTIFICATES 250
REFUNDS 400
POSTAGE 200
CONTIGENCY FUND 11,027
MISCELLANEOUS 150
WEB PAGE 150
WEB PAGE COORDINATOR 350
PROGRAM COORDINATOR 1,500