About the Program
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.
Presenters: Lynn Markham is a Land Use
Specialist with the Center for Land Use
Educa on (CLUE), a collabora ve effort
of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point and the University of WisconsinExtension. Patrick Goggin is a Lake
Specialist with UW-Extension Lakes.
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, lunch, and materials.
Handbooks: Par cipants may also
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
For More Informa on
Lynn Markham
ZONING BOARD
WORKSHOP
Center for Land Use Educa on
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
800 Reserve Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481
Telephone: 715-346-3879
Email: lmarkham@uwsp.edu
Website: www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue/
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.
Please do so as early as possible prior to the program
or acƟvity so that proper arrangements can be made.
Requests are kept confidenƟal.
April 14, 2014
10:00 AM - 2:45 PM
Lincoln County Service Center
801 N. Sales Street, Room 255
Merrill, Wisconsin
Sponsored by:
Lincoln County
Planning & Development
Registra on Form
Register online at hƩp://bit.ly/1curaWU
or mail the printed registraƟon form
to the Center for Land Use EducaƟon, 800
Reserve Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481.
RegistraƟon is due by Thursday, April 10.
Contact informa on:
Organiza on________________________
Name _____________________________
Address ___________________________
City, State, Zip ______________________
Telephone _________________________
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Zoning Board Workshop, Lincoln County
Date: Monday, April 14
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Fee: $25, includes lunch
Who should a end?
 New and con nuing zoning board of adjustment and appeals members
 Town, city, village, and county governments
 Elected officials and planning and zoning staff
 Others interested in zoning issues
10:00 AM
Introduc on & Par cipants’ Topics of Interest
10:10 AM
Roundtable Discussion about Zoning Board Procedures
 How do you let the public know what a zoning board does (and doesn’t do) at the
beginning of your mee ng?
 What are you allowed to talk about on a site visit? With whom?
 When should a zoning board member recuse himself or herself?
10:40 AM
Zoning Board Decisions - The Basics
 Role of zoning board is to act like judges
 Alterna ves
 Variances: the 3-step test
 Administra ve appeals
 Condi onal uses
11:15 AM
Roundtable Discussion about What Happens During the Zoning Board Hearing
and Decision-Making Process
 How do you keep applicants and others focused on the decision standards?
 Once tes mony is collected, how does the zoning board deliberate?
 Do all zoning board members explain the reasons that they feel the legal standards
for a variance are or are not met?
 Who fills out the zoning board decision form?
NOON
Lunch (catered)
12:45 PM
Shoreland Buffers and Discussion of County Requirements in Shoreland Zoning
1:30 PM
How Impervious Surfaces Affect Fish, Wildlife, and Waterfront Property Values
2:00 PM
Shoreland Variance Exercise: Would you grant the variance?
2:45 PM
Adjourn
Local government affilia on (circle one):
county| city| village| town of:________
Workshop A endees
Lunch (yes/no)
Total order for all a endees:
Workshop fee:
PC handbook:
ZB handbook:
Qty____$25 each
Qty____$15 each
Qty____$15 each
TOTAL: $_________
Method of payment (select one):
____ Check enclosed $____________
Payable to Center for Land Use EducaƟon
____ Bill local government unit