APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO REPEAL AND RECREATE SAUK COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 8 SHORELAND PROTECTION ORDINANCE. (Petition 2-2016)

ORDINANCE NO. ____-2016

APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO REPEAL AND RECREATE SAUK COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 8 SHORELAND PROTECTION ORDINANCE.

(Petition 2-2016)

     WHEREAS, The County Board of Supervisors of the County of Sauk does ordain as follows; and,

     WHEREAS, this ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authorization contained in Wis. Stat. § 59.692 and Wisconsin Administrative Code NR 116.06(2)(b)1.a; and,

     WHEREAS, property affected by the ordinance change includes all shorelands of navigable waters defined in Wis. Stat. § 281.31(2)(d) in the unincorporated areas of Sauk County; and,

     WHEREAS, Sauk County has administered Chapter 8, Shoreland Protection Ordinance of the Sauk County Code of Ordinances since 1968, with the last comprehensive revision of this ordinance in March of 1986, with subsequent minor amendments since; and,

     WHEREAS, Sauk County has completed this comprehensive revision to its Shoreland Protection Ordinance, Chapter 8, using the State model ordinance as required by the State Administrative Rule Natural Resources #115 (NR115) and the State of Wisconsin; and,

     WHEREAS, this revision process began over a decade ago, and has included multiple extensions and multiple changes by the legislature through 2015, Wisconsin Act 55; 2015, Wisconsin Act 167; and 2015, Wisconsin Act 391. With the law requiring counties to adopt a shoreland ordinance that complies with state law by October 1, 2016; and,

     WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Conservation, Planning and Zoning Committee on August 23, 2016; and,

     WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Chapter 20, Uniform Citation Ordinance, to reflect changes made in Chapter 8 of the Sauk County Code of Ordinances; and,

            WHEREAS, your undersigned Committee has considered the repeal and recreation of Sauk County Code, Chapter 8 and the amendment to Chapter 20, and believes that adoption of these ordinances is in the best interest of the people of Sauk County.

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors met in regular session, that Chapter 8, Shoreland Protection Ordinance of the Sauk County Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as attached hereto as Appendix A, and shall be effective upon passage; and,

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Sauk County Code s 20.07(4) is hereby amended to read as attached hereto as Appendix B, and shall be effective upon its adoption.

     For consideration by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors on September 20, 2016.

Respectfully submitted,

CONSERVATION, PLANNING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE