(a)

Conditional use permit required. A conditional use permit is required prior to the establishment of any migrant labor housing development.

(1)

The conditional use shall be reviewed annually by the Plan Commission for the first two years of operation to ensure that approval conditions are being met and additional conditions are not needed.

(2)

The conditional use is only valid while there is a business or industry within the City of Janesville requiring migrant workers. When the seasonal use is discontinued for a period of three consecutive years, all housing structures and common use facilities shall be removed from the property.

(3)

Violations to approval conditions may result in revocation of the conditional use permit upon a hearing held by the Janesville Plan Commission and such other relief as provided in this Chapter, in law, and/or in equity.

(b)

Seasonal migrant labor housing standards:

(1)

Migrant labor facilities and housing must meet all provisions of Chapter DWD 301, Department of Workforce Development, published under Wis. Stats. § 35.93, as from time to time amended or renumbered.

(2)

The maximum number of inhabitants allowed in the facility and in each room shall be specified and each habitable unit shall be defined. The occupant load shall be posted inside each building.

(3)

Only the first floor can be used as dormitory type of migrant labor housing and dormitory type housing cannot be used for non-migrant workers.

(4)

Basement and second floor rooms or apartments cannot be used for habitation unless specified in the conditional use permit.

(5)

The facility, and each room within it, cannot exceed the number of tenants specified in the conditional use permit. There shall be an inspection of the facilities by City of Janesville inspection staff if there are complaints about the number of individuals in the facility or its rooms.

(c)

Site specifics:

(1)

Seasonal migrant labor housing may only be established on the same or adjacent site and accessory to the industrial use being served.

(2)

Site plan review shall be conducted in accordance with Section 42-273.

(3)

The off-street parking standards described in Section 42-359, as from time to time amended or renumbered, shall be adhered to at all times. The required parking ratio for migrant labor housing is one parking stall per five migrant workers.

(4)

All permanent loading facilities and trash/recyclable storage areas shall be completely screened from view by an opaque vertical wall or fence that is a minimum of five feet in height or greater as necessary to adequately screen the trash enclosures. Said wall or fence shall be constructed of the same or complementary materials as the building that it serves. Loading and trash storage area shall be designed in consultation with professional service providers in order to accommodate all desired functions within the screened area. Loading and trash storage areas shall be proximal to the building they serve in order to provide convenience in access for employees using such facilities.

(5)

Each housing structure and common use facility within the migrant labor housing development shall be connected to municipal water and sewer service.

(Ord. No. 2019-769, § IV(18.24.085), 10-14-2019)