The Town Square Programing Commission shall consist of seven
voting members and shall be staffed by the Director of Parks and Recreation
and the Programming Events Coordinator who shall be non-voting members
of the Commission. All members shall be appointed by the Mayor, with
the approval of the Common Council. One member shall be designated
by the Watertown Chamber of Commerce, one member shall be designated
by the Watertown Redevelopment Authority, one member shall be designated
by the Watertown Tourism Commission, one member shall be designated
by the Watertown Main Street Program, the remaining three members
shall be selected by the Mayor with approval of the Common Council
provided that one member on the Commission shall be an Alderperson,
one member shall be a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission,
and one member shall reside within the boundaries of the Watertown
Unified School District.
The terms of office for each member of the Commission shall
be three years, except that the Aldermanic member of the Commission
shall be appointed annually by the Mayor. All terms shall commence
effective May 1 of the year of appointment. Except that the initial
members of the Commission shall serve reduced terms as follows:
A. The designees from the Watertown Chamber of Commerce and Watertown
Redevelopment Authority shall serve an initial term of May 1, 2023
to May 1, 2024;
B. The designee from Watertown Tourism Commission and the Mayor's
appointment of a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission shall
serve an initial term of May 1, 2023 to May 1, 2025; and
C. The designee from Watertown Main Street Program and the Mayor's
appointment of a member who resides within the boundaries of the Watertown
Unified School District shall serve an initial term of May 1, 2023
to May 1, 2026.
The duties of the Commission shall be as follows:
A. Solicit community input regarding programs the community would be
interested in seeing held at the Bentzin Family Town Square.
B. Provide guidance to the Programming Events Coordinator regarding
types of entertainment bookings and event programing the City is interested
in seeing held at the Bentzin Family Town Square.
C. The Commission shall exercise broad responsibility for the maintenance
and improvement of the Bentzin Family Town Square to better serve
the City.
D. The Commission is authorized to create and appoint advisory groups
to make studies and to disseminate information on all of its activities.
Such groups shall serve without compensation.
E. The Commission shall transmit to the Common Council a report annually
highlighting the activities at the Bentzin Family Town Square, and
also such additional reports as the Commission deems in the public
interest.
The Common Council finds that runoff from land-disturbing construction
activity carries a significant amount of sediment and other pollutants
to the waters of the state in the City of Watertown.
It is the purpose of this article to further the maintenance
of safe and healthful conditions; prevent and control water pollution;
prevent and control soil erosion; protect spawning grounds, fish and
aquatic life; control building sites, placement of structures and
land uses; preserve ground cover and scenic beauty; and promote sound
economic growth, by minimizing the amount of sediment and other pollutants
carried by runoff or discharged from land-disturbing construction
activity to waters of the state in the City of Watertown.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ADMINISTERING AUTHORITY
A governmental employee or his/her designee that is designated
by the City of Watertown to administer this article.
AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL
A typical calendar year of precipitation as determined by
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for users of models
such as WlnSLAMM, P8 or equivalent methodology. The average annual
rainfall is chosen from a department publication for the location
closest to the City.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE or BMP
Structural or nonstructural measures, practices, techniques
or devices employed to avoid or minimize soil, sediment or pollutants
carried in runoff to waters of the state.
BUSINESS DAY
A day the City Hall is routinely and customarily open for
business.
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
A court-issued order to halt land-disturbing construction
activity that is being conducted without the required permit.
CONSTRUCTION SITE
An area upon which one or more land-disturbing construction
activities occur, including areas that are part of a larger common
plan of development or sale where multiple separate and distinct land-disturbing
construction activities may be taking place at different times on
different schedules but under one plan.
DESIGN STORM
A hypothetical discrete rainstorm characterized by a specific
duration, temporal distribution, rainfall intensity, return frequency
and total depth of rainfall.
DIVISION OF LAND
The creation from one parcel of four or fewer parcels or
building sites of one or fewer acres each in area where such creation
occurs at one time or through the successive partition within a five-year
period.
EROSION
The process by which the land's surface is worn away
by the action of wind, water, ice or gravity.
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN
A comprehensive plan developed to address pollution caused
by erosion and sedimentation of soil particles or rock fragments during
construction.
EXTRATERRITORIAL
The unincorporated area within three miles of the corporate
limits of a first, second, or third class city, or within 1.5 miles
of a fourth class city or village.
FINAL STABILIZATION
That all land-disturbing construction activities at the construction
site have completed and that a uniform perennial vegetative cover
has been established, with a density of at least 70% of the cover,
for the unpaved areas and areas not covered by permanent structures,
or that employ equivalent permanent stabilization measures.
LAND-DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
Any man-made alteration of the land surface resulting in
a change in the topography or existing vegetative or nonvegetative
soil cover, that may result in runoff and lead to an increase in soil
erosion and movement of sediment into waters of the state. Land-disturbing
construction activity includes clearing and grubbing, demolition,
excavating, pit trench dewatering, filling and grading activities.
MEP or MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE
The highest level of performance that is achievable but is not equivalent to a performance standard identified in this article as determined in accordance with §
288-6 of this article.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
A narrative or measurable number specifying the minimum acceptable
outcome for a facility or practice.
PERMIT
A written authorization made by the City of Watertown to
the applicant to conduct land-disturbing construction activity or
to discharge post-construction runoff to waters of the state.
POLLUTANT
Has the meaning given in § 283.01(13), Wis. Stats.
POLLUTION
Has the meaning given in § 281.01(10), Wis. Stats.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY
The landowner or any other entity performing services to
meet the requirements of this article through a contract or other
agreement.
RUNOFF
Stormwater or precipitation including rain, snow or ice melt
or similar water that moves on the land surface via sheet or channelized
flow.
SEDIMENT
Settleable solid material that is transported by runoff,
suspended within runoff or deposited by runoff away from its original
location.
SEPARATE STORM SEWER
A conveyance or system of conveyances including roads with
drainage systems, streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches,
constructed channels or storm drains, which meets all of the following
criteria:
A.
Is designed or used for collecting water or conveying runoff.
B.
Is not part of a combined sewer system.
C.
Is not draining to a stormwater treatment device or system.
D.
Discharges directly or indirectly to waters of the state.
SILVICULTURE ACTIVITY
Activities including tree nursery operations, tree harvesting
operations, reforestation, tree thinning, prescribed burning, and
pest and fire control. Clearing and grubbing of an area of a construction
site is not a silviculture activity.
SITE
The entire area included in the legal description of the
land on which the land-disturbing construction activity is proposed
in the permit application.
STOP-WORK ORDER
An order issued by the City which requires that all construction
activity on the site be stopped.
TECHNICAL STANDARD
A document that specifies design, predicted performance and
operation and maintenance specifications for a material, device or
method.
WATERS OF THE STATE
Includes those portions of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
within the boundaries of this state, and all lakes, bays, rivers,
streams, springs, ponds, wells, impounding reservoirs, marshes, watercourses,
drainage systems and other surface water or groundwater, natural or
artificial, public or private, within this state or its jurisdiction.
Maximum extent practicable applies when a person who is subject
to a performance standard of this article demonstrates to the City's
satisfaction that a performance standard is not achievable and that
a lower level of performance is appropriate. In making the assertion
that a performance standard is not achievable and that a level of
performance different from the performance standard is the maximum
extent practicable, the responsible party shall take into account
the best available technology, cost effectiveness, geographic features,
and other competing interests such as protection of public safety
and welfare, protection of endangered and threatened resources, and
preservation of historic properties.
The fees referred to in other sections of this article shall
be established by the Common Council and may from time to time be
modified by resolution. A schedule of the fees established by the
Common Council shall be available for review in City Hall. The fee
shall cover all City and consultant costs to review the permit application
and perform the required site inspections.
If land-disturbing construction activities are being carried
out without a permit required by this article, the City may enter
the land pursuant to the provisions of § 66.0119(1), (2)
and (3), Wis. Stats. The City will inspect any construction site with
more than one acre of land-disturbing construction activity that holds
a permit under this chapter as required by the current Wisconsin Department
of Natural Resources Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit
or within the first two weeks of construction, at least once a month,
and again at the end of construction to ensure compliance with the
approved sediment and erosion control plan. If erosion and/or sediment
control best management practices (BMPs) are out of compliance during
inspections, the City may conduct follow-up inspections within seven
days, unless corrections are made and observed by the inspector or
verified via photographs submitted to the inspector. The costs of
these inspections shall be billed to the responsible party.