Petition 3-2013, Moratorium

                    OFFICE OF SAUK COUNTY CONSERVATION, PLANNING, AND ZONING
                                        SAUK COUNTY WEST SQUARE BUILDING
                                                         505 BROADWAY
                                                      BARABOO, WI 53913
                                                Telephone: (608) 355-3245

                                                                 NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Conservation, Planning, and Zoning Committee of the Sauk County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on January 22, 2013 at 10:00 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 3-2013 Addendum to Ordinance 4-2012. A petition to consider an extension of a temporary moratorium of development in the special flood hazard area identified in the dam failure analysis of the Lake Redstone Dam to expire on November 30, 2013 or with the adoption of Sauk County’s amended Floodplain Zoning Ordinance to include the 2012 FEMA maps and the Dam Breach Analysis, whichever comes first. Lands to be affected are located in the Towns of LaValle, Winfield and Reedsburg, County of Sauk, Wisconsin and are further described on a floodway map dated July 29, 2010 and titled, “Lake Redstone Breach Flood Zone.”

B. 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. Pursuant to the authority contained in Wis. Stat. § 59.69 it is in the best interest of Sauk County to adopt a temporary moratorium on development in the area of the Dam Breach Analysis as identified under Petition 3-2013 and enumerated as follows:
i. Floodplain map dated July 29, 2010, and titled “Lake Redstone Breach Flood Zone.
ii. Flood profile dated July 2010 and titled “100-Year Flood Profile with the Lake Redstone Dam Failing.”
iii. Floodway data table dated July 2010 and titled “Table 10: Floodway Data Table – The Dam Failing During the 100-Year Storm"

B. The Wisconsin DNR has indicated that it will accept a temporary extension to a moratorium and defer the adoption of the Dam Failure Analysis and associated zoning to allow FEMA maps to be finalized and be adopted as part of Sauk County’s Floodplain Zoning Ordinance. At that time, the County can adopt the Dam Failure Analysis and associated zoning thereby bringing the County into compliance.

C. For purposes of this Moratorium request, “development” shall mean any new building construction, placement of manufacturing or modular structures and recreation vehicles, substantial improvements or substantial repairs to existing structures over 50% of current fair market value, filling, paving, mining, excavating, dredging, and similar activities; utilities, levee, dike, or dam construction, and any other activity that may change the course of surface waters, which have not received a permit prior to the date of the moratorium ordinance.

D. Any person desiring more information or to request a copy of the floodway map dated July 29, 2010, and titled “Lake Redstone Breach Flood Zone” may contact the Sauk County Conservation, Planning, and Zoning Office, Brian Cunningham or Brentt Michalek at the Sauk County West Square Building (608/355-3245).

Date: January 3, 2013

SAUK COUNTY CONSERVATION, PLANNING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE

BY: BRIAN SIMMERT
Sauk County Department of Planning and Zoning
505 Broadway Street
Sauk County West Square Building
Baraboo, WI 53913

To be published January 10, 2013 and January 17, 2013
For office use only: Pet. No. 3-2013