AMENDING CHAPTER 9, FLOODPLAIN ZONING ORDINANCE, AND AMENDING CHAPTER 20, UNIFORM CITATION ORDINANCE (Petition 15-2015 )

Committee Status: 
Approved
Budget Status: 
External Source
Decision Impact: 
Routine
FTE Impact: 
No
Funding Source: 
Grant

Purpose

Amend Chapter 9 and Chapter 20 to be compliant with the updated FEMA floodplain maps and requirements.

Resolution Files: 
PDF icon Draft Resolution
PDF icon Final Resolution with Updates for County Board
Supporting Files: 
File Appendix A
Microsoft Office document icon Appendix B
Budget Status (Other/External Sources): 

Fiscal Note:  Failure to adopt may have significant, negative fiscal impacts upon the County including being suspended from the National Flood Insurance Program.

Resolution Body

AMENDING CHAPTER 9, FLOODPLAIN ZONING ORDINANCE,

AND AMENDING CHAPTER 20, UNIFORM CITATION ORDINANCE

(Petition 15-2015 )

 

 

     WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Sauk County have received the revised Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) floodplain maps for the southern portion of Sauk County along the Wisconsin River; and,

 

     WHEREAS, Wisconsin Administrative Code Chapter NR 116 of Wisconsin’s Floodplain Management Program requires that Wisconsin counties develop, adopt and administer a County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance that incorporates official maps developed by FEMA; and,

 

     WHEREAS, Sauk County is aware that by not approving the County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance and subsequent maps the citizens of the County and the County itself will no longer be eligible for:

 

  1. NFIP flood insurance policies;
  2. Federal grants or loan for development from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Small Business administration;
  3. Federal disaster assistance will not be provided to repair buildings located in flood hazard areas;
  4. Federal mortgage insurance or loan guarantees will not be provided in identified flood hazard areas by the Federal Housing Administration and Department of Veteran Affairs;
  5. Conventional lending institutions must identify those applications for home loans for property in a flood hazard area is not eligible for Federal disaster relief; and,

 

 

     WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Conservation, Planning and Zoning Committee on July 28, 2015; and,

 

     WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend ch. 20, Uniform Citation Ordinance, to reflect changes made in ch. 9 of the Sauk Co. Code of Ordinances; and,

 

            WHEREAS, your undersigned Committee has considered these amendments to ch. 9 and ch. 20 and believes that adoption of these amendments is in the best interest of the people of Sauk County.

 

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors met in regular session, that Sauk County Code Chapter 9, Floodplain Zoning 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 ORDAINED, that Sauk Co. Code § 20.07(5) 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 August 18, 2015.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

CONSERVATION, PLANNING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE

Requested Board Review Date: 
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Committee Review 1: 
Pending
Committee Review 1 Date: 
Conservation, Planning and Zoning Committee (CPZ)
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