The City Zoning Administrator is appointed Zoning
Administrator for the purpose of administering and enforcing this
chapter. The Zoning Administrator shall have the following duties
and powers. The Zoning Administrator shall:
A. Advise applications as to the provisions of this chapter
and assist them in preparing permit applications and appeal forms.
B. Issue permits and inspect properties for compliance
with this chapter.
C. Keep records of all permits issued, inspections made,
work approved and other official actions.
D. Have access to any structure or premises between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of performing these
duties.
E. Submit copies of decisions on variances, conditional
use permits, appeals for a map or text interpretation and map or text
amendments within 10 days after they are granted or denied to the
appropriate district office of the Department.
F. Investigate and report violations of this chapter
to the appropriate City planning agency and the District Attorney,
Corporation Counsel or City Attorney.
The City Council, by resolution, shall establish
fees for the following:
C. Legal notice publications.
F. Certificates of compliance.
Where a zoning permit or conditional use permit
is approved, an appropriate record shall be made by the Zoning Administrator
of the land use and structures permitted.
Where the conditions of a zoning permit or conditional
use permit are violated, the permit shall be revoked by the Board
of Appeals.
The City Council may alter, supplement or change
the district boundaries and the regulations contained in this chapter
in accordance with the requirements of § 62.23(7)(d)2, Wis.
Stats., Ch. NR 117, Wis. Adm. Code, and the following:
A. A copy of each proposed text or map amendment shall
be submitted to the appropriate district office of the Department
within five days of the submission of the proposed amendment to the
City planning agency.
B. All proposed text and map amendments to the shoreland-wetland
zoning regulations shall be referred to the municipal planning agency,
and a public hearing shall be held as required by § 62.23(7)(d)2,
Wis. Stats. The appropriate district office of the Department shall
be provided with written notice of the public hearing at least 10
days prior to such hearing.
C. In order to ensure that the shoreland protection objectives
in § 281.31, Wis. Stats., will be accomplished by the amendment,
the City Council may not rezone a wetland in a shoreland-wetland zoning
district, or any portion thereof, where the proposed rezoning may
result in a significant adverse impact upon any of the following:
(1) Stormwater and floodwater storage capacity;
(2) Maintenance of dry season stream flow or the discharge
of groundwater to a wetland, the recharge of groundwater from a wetland
to another area or the flow of groundwater through a wetland;
(3) Filtering or storage of sediments, nutrients, heavy
metals or organic compounds that would otherwise drain into navigable
waters;
(4) Shoreline protection against soil erosion;
(5) Fish spawning, breeding, nursery or feeding grounds;
(7) Areas of special recreational, scenic or scientific
interest, including scarce wetland types and habitat of endangered
species.
D. Where the district office of the Department determines that a proposed rezoning may have a significant adverse impact upon any of the criteria listed in Subsection
C of this section, the Department shall so notify the City of its determination either prior to or during the public hearing held on the proposed amendment.
E. The appropriate district office of the Department
shall be provided with:
(1) A copy of the recommendations and report, if any,
of the municipal planning agency on the proposed text or map amendment
within 10 days after the submission of those recommendations to the
City Council; and
(2) Written notice of the City Council's action on the
proposed text or map amendment within 10 days after the action is
taken.
F. If the Department notifies the municipal planning agency in writing that a proposed amendment may have a significant adverse impact upon any of the criteria listed in Subsection
C of this section, that proposed amendment, if approved by the City Council, may not become effective until more than 30 days have elapsed since written notice of the City Council approval was mailed to the Department, as required by Subsection
E of this section. If, within the thirty-day period, the Department notifies the City Council that the Department intends to adopt a superseding shoreland-wetland zoning ordinance for the City under § 62.231(6), Wis. Stats., the proposed amendment may not become effective until the ordinance adoption procedure under § 62.231(6), Wis. Stats., is completed or otherwise terminated.