Public Notice: Ordinance Amendment: Sauk County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance

NOTICE

     PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Conservation, Planning and Zoning Committee of the Sauk County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on February 26, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the County Board Room at the Sauk County West Square Building in the City of Baraboo to consider: 

I.    A.    Petition 5-2019 Ordinance Amendment. An amendment to the Sauk County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance to reflect a revised dam failure analysis for the Cazenovia Dam, Little Baraboo River, Richland County and to adopt a dam failure analysis for the Magruder Dam, Unnamed Tributary to Plum Creek, Sauk County.   

Testimony of persons to appear at the public hearing; any person so desiring will be given a reasonable opportunity to express their opinions on the matter before the Committee.

II.   A.    The amendment will adopt, as part of the Sauk County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance, official maps and supporting information that identifies lands within the hydraulic shadow (dam breach) should the Cazenovia Dam and Magruder Dam fail during a 100-year storm event and apply the provision of s.9.011 Floodway District.  Adoption of the Dam Failure Analysis for Cazenovia Dam is optional.  Adoption of the Magruder Dam Failure Analysis is required pursuant to Chapter 87.30 Wisconsin Statutes and Chapter NR 116.05, Wisconsin Administrative Code.

      B.    Any person desiring more information or to request copies of related maps and studies may contact the Sauk County Conservation, Planning, and Zoning Office, Brian Simmert, at the Sauk County West Square Building (Telephone 608/355-4834).  Copies of the proposed ordinance, maps and studies may be obtained from the Sauk County Clerk or the Conservation, Planning, and Zoning Office.

Date: January 31, 2019

SAUK COUNTY CONSERVATION, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE

BY:   Brian Simmert, Planning & Zoning Manager
         Sauk County Department of Conservation, Planning and Zoning
         Sauk County West Square Building   
         505 Broadway Street
         Baraboo, WI 53913

To be published February 7, 2019  and February 14, 2019

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