About the Program
Loca on
The workshop is designed for zoning
board members with varying levels of
experience. Other interested persons are
also encouraged to a end. The workshop
is intended to provide informa on about
the decisions made by the zoning board
and the procedures and legal standards
that apply.
Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center
29270 County Highway G
Ashland, WI 54806
ZONING BOARD
OF ADJUSTMENT
WORKSHOP
Presenters: Lynn Markham is a Land Use
Specialist with the Center for Land Use
Educa on (CLUE). CLUE is a collabora ve
effort of the University of WisconsinStevens Point and the University of
Wisconsin-Extension.
Topics of Interest: Please send
sugges ons for topics that you would
like to see covered at the workshop to
lmarkham@uwsp.edu.
Workshop Fee: The cost of the workshop
is $25, which covers the cost of the
workshop, materials, and lunch.
Handbooks: Par cipants may purchase a
copy of the Plan Commission Handbook
or the Zoning Board Handbook for $15
apiece. While they are not required to
a end the workshop, we recommend that
all members have access to a copy. The
handbooks may be viewed or downloaded
at no cost from our website: www.uwsp.
edu/cnr-ap/clue/
Bayfield County
Robert Schierman
Director of Planning & Zoning
Telephone: 715-373-6138
Center for Land Use Educa on
Telephone: 715-346-3783
Fax: 715-346-4038
Email: landcenter@uwsp.edu
Website: www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue/
February 20, 2015
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center
29270 County Highway G
Ashland, Wisconsin
Sponsored by:
Bayfield County Planning & Zoning
An EEO/AA employer, the University of Wisconsin
Extension provides equal opportuniƟes in employment
and programming, including Title IX and American
with DisabiliƟes (ADA) requirements.
Requests for reasonable accommodaƟons for
disabiliƟes or limitaƟons should be made prior to the
date of the program or acƟvity for which it is needed.
Center for Land Use Education
Registra on Form
Register online at hƩp://bit.ly/1yFI0yt
or mail the printed registraƟon form
to the Center for Land Use EducaƟon, 800
Reserve Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481.
RegistraƟon is due by Tuesday, Feb. 17.
Contact informa on:
Organiza on________________________
Contact Person _____________________
Address ___________________________
City, State, Zip ______________________
Telephone _________________________
Email _____________________________
Local government affilia on (circle one):
county| city| village| town of:________
Workshop A endees (First and Last Name)
Zoning Board Workshop
Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, Friday, February 20
Who should a end?
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New and con nuing zoning board of adjustment and appeals members
Town, city, village, and county governments and elected officials
Planning and zoning staff
Others interested in zoning issues
10:30 AM Introduc on & Par cipants’ Topics of Interest
10:45 AM Role of the Zoning Board
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Role of zoning board is to act like judges
When should a zoning board member recuse himself or herself?
11:00 AM Zoning Board Decisions - The Basics
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Variance 3-step test: unnecessary hardship, unique
property limita on, and no harm to public interest
Administra ve appeals
Condi onal uses
Once tes mony is collected, how does the zoning board deliberate?
What needs to be included in a zoning board decision?
Why are zoning board decisions appealed, overturned?
12:30 PM Lunch (catered)
Total order for all a endees:
Workshop fee:
Qty____$25 each
Plan Commission handbook: Qty____$15 each
Zoning Board handbook:
Qty____$15 each
TOTAL: $_________
Method of payment (select one):
____ Check enclosed $____________
Payable to Center for Land Use EducaƟon
____ Bill local government unit at the above
address
Return form to CLUE by Feb. 17.
1:15 PM NR 115 (WI Shoreland Protec on Program) and How It Has Changed
2:00 PM Shoreland Variance Exercise: Would you grant the variance?
2:45 PM Ques ons?
3:00 PM Adjourn