Seneca Town Green Lake County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
Amendments
§ 350-72 Authority.
This chapter may be amended by the County Board in accordance with the procedure provided in § 59.69(5), Wis. Stats. An amendment shall be granted or denied by the County Board only after a public hearing before the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee and a report of its findings and recommendations has been submitted to the County Board.
§ 350-73 Initiation of amendment.
Amendments may be proposed by the County Board, a town board, the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee or by a resident or owner of property in Green Lake County.
§ 350-74 Fee.
[Amended 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017]
A fee shall be paid by the person filing the amendment to the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department to defray the cost of administration, investigation, advertising and processing of the amendment application. Refer to Article XII, Fee Schedule.
§ 350-75 Rezoning amendment standards.
[Amended 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2-2019]
A.
Rezoning lands out of the A-1, Farmland Preservation Zoning District shall be done in accordance with § 350-27B(1) through (5) of this chapter. For all other rezones, the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee and County Board shall utilize the following as criteria to guide their decisions about rezones:
(1)
The amendment is consistent with community land use plan (comprehensive plan).
(2)
The amendment will not be detrimental to property in the immediate vicinity or to the community as a whole.
(3)
The amendment will not have a significant adverse impact on the natural environment (i.e., air, water, noise, stormwater management, soils, wildlife, vegetation, etc.), or the impact could be mitigated by management practices on the site or in the immediate vicinity.
(4)
The amendment will not have a significant adverse impact on the ability to provide adequate public facilities or services (i.e., highways, streets, water, sewage, drainage, schools, emergency services, etc.).
(5)
The amendment allows a more viable transition to planned land uses on adjacent properties than the current zoning designation.
(6)
The amendment will not result in inappropriate spot-zoning (i.e., use is inconsistent with surrounding properties and serves only a private, rather than public interests).
B.
All rezone amendments that result in the creation of a new parcel or parcels shall be done by certified survey map in accordance with § 315-38 of the Land Division and Subdivision Ordinance. The rezone amendment shall not take effect until the certified survey map creating the rezoned parcel(s) is recorded in the Green Lake County Register of Deeds office. If the required certified survey map is not recorded within 12 months of the rezone amendment’s approval, the rezone amendment is void.
[Amended 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021]
C.
The County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee shall send or deliver written notice to the town board not less than 10 days prior to the date of any public hearing of any proposed zoning change within its town.