APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO REPEAL AND RECREATE SAUK CO. CODE, CHAPTER 26, MANURE MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, AND TO AMEND SECTION 20.07(13), CHAPTER 20, UNIFORM CITATION ORDINANCE (Petition XX-2017)

WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors of the County of Sauk does ordain as follows:

     WHEREAS, Wis. Stat. § 59.69 allows the Sauk County Board of Supervisors, by ordinance, to establish districts of such number, shape, and area, and adopt such regulations for each such district as the Sauk County Board of Supervisors considers best suited to carry out the purposes of this section, including the purposes of promoting the public health, safety, and general welfare; and,

     WHEREAS, the ordinance now in effect was originally passed on May 15, 1990; however, numerous new statutes have passed requiring an update of the ordinance to be consistent with state statutes; and,

     WHEREAS, the ordinance implements the Sauk County Land and Water Resource Management Plan and the amendments are required in order for the Sauk County ordinance to be consistent with the Sauk County Land and Water Resource Management Plan; and,

     WHEREAS, the proposed amendment has the effect of making consistent county agricultural performance standards and manure management regulations with state runoff management regulations, repeals Sauk Co. Code, Chapter 26, and incorporates said regulations under the newly created Sauk Co. Code, Chapter 26; and,

     WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Sauk Co. Code, Chapter 20, titled Uniform Citation Ordinance, to reflect changes made in Sauk Co. Code, Chapter 26; and

     WHEREAS, your Committee has considered the repeal amendments of Sauk Co. Code, Chapter 26 and believes that adoption of these amendments is in the best interest of the people of Sauk County.

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE FURTHER IT ORDAINED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors met in regular session, that Sauk Co. Code, Chapter 26, is hereby amended to read as attached hereto as Appendix A, and shall be effective upon passage.

     For consideration by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors on March 21, 2017.