APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF MERRIMAC ZONING ORDINANCE BY CREATING SECTION 2.33 MOBILE TOWER SITING PERMITS

   APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF MERRIMAC ZONING ORDINANCE BY CREATING SECTION 2.33 MOBILE TOWER SITING PERMITS

            WHEREAS, the Town of Merrimac has been granted the authority to exercise village powers under Wis Stat. § 60.10(2)(c); and

            WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Merrimac amended the Town of Merrimac Zoning Ordinance on July 1, 2015, to clarify that the provisions of Wis. Stat. §66.0404 are hereby incorporated into the Town of Merrimac’s Zoning Ordinance and to establish tower siting permit fees; and

            WHEREAS, the Town of Merrimac Zoning Ordinance as amended is referenced under Appendix A of this Resolution; and

            WHEREAS, Wis Stat. § 60.62(3) states that no zoning ordinance or amendment to a zoning ordinance may be adopted unless approved by the county board; and

            WHEREAS, a public meeting was held by the Sauk County Conservation, Planning, and Zoning Committee on June 23, 2015, as requested by the Town of Merrimac, to consider the amendment to the Town of Merrimac Zoning Ordinance as referenced in Appendix A; and

            WHEREAS, your Committee, based upon the facts of the request, does recommend that the Town of Merrimac Zoning Ordinance, as referenced in Appendix A, be granted.

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors met in regular session, that Town of Merrimac Zoning Ordinance as referenced in Appendix A, be Approved.

            For consideration by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors on July 21, 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

CONSERVATION, PLANNING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE