APPLYING FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT and PETITION TO REZONE

Applications for Conditional Use Permits (CUP) and Petitions to Rezone are considered by the Planning, Resources and Development Committee, which meets monthly.  In order to be considered at the next meeting, applications must be received complete in the Zoning, Planning and Land Information Office no later than NOON on:

(SEE SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS)

ALL applications must include:

1.       Application Forms, signed and dated, which are available at the Zoning, Planning and Land Information Office;

2.       Legal description of the property (survey required if no legal description exists);

3.       Filing Fee: (See Schedule 17.87)

4.       A summary of the impacts to surrounding properties, for example: noise, lighting, signage, health issues, safety issues, traffic (current and proposed increase), aesthetics, number of employees, number of customers.

5.       A site sketch to a minimum scale of 1” = 100’ indicating the location of all structures existing and proposed on the property, all roads, wells, sanitary sewers, stormwater drainage and any other pertinent information.

6.       A plan to a maximum scale of 1” – 100’ which shows proposed land use, configuration of lots, roads, drainage patterns, and all other improvements necessary for the proposed land use.

7.        All documentation of necessary federal, state and local agency approvals, including, but not limited to:

        Wisconsin DOT, Wisconsin DNR, Highway Department, Township, Land Conservation Department, County Surveyor.

CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS must ALSO include:

·         A description of the activity which requires the Conditional Use Permit;

PETITIONS TO REZONE must ALSO include:

·         The reason for the rezone request

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PLACED ON THE MEETING AGENDA.

A notice of the date and time of the hearing will be mailed to all property owners within 300 feet of your property.  Notice of the hearing is sent to the Town Board.  Zoning and Conditional Use changes require Town Board approval.  It is the applicant’s responsibility to contact Town Board officials to obtain the Town’s decision regarding the proposed rezoning.

Depending on the location of your property, notice of the public hearing will be sent to the County Highway Commissioner, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the County Land Conservation Department, the Department of Natural Resources, and the La Crosse Municipal Airport.

The property owner or representative must be present at the public hearing to present their application to the Committee and answer any questions the Committee may have.  Should an appearance not be made, or should insufficient information be presented, the Petition will not be considered by the Planning, Resources and Development Committee and will be deferred to be placed on the agenda for the next public hearing.  The petitioner will be required to pay the additional expense that is incurred because of the postponement of the hearing.