PLAN COMMISSION MEETING
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE
Pursuant to Wisconsin State Statues 19.84 the Plan Commission of the
Town of West Point and the Comprehensive Planning Committee held a
joint meeting on Thursday, June 7, 2007 at the West Point Town Hall,
N2114 Rausch Road, Lodi, Wisconsin. The meeting was posted in three
places as required by law and on the town's web site. Kevin Kessler called
the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m. Members of the Plan Commission that
were present were: Kevin Kessler, Sheila Landsverk, Wayne Houston,
Nathan Sawyer, Ron Schoepp, and Gordon Carncross (town board
representative). Members of the Comprehensive Planning Committee that
were present were: Ron Grasshoff, Sheila Landsverk, Gabe Miller, Bud
Styer, Mike Bunch and Bob Ham (town board representative). Absent from
Plan Commission was Fred Madison. Absent from Comprehensive Planning
Committee was Karna Hanna. Dean Schwarz and John Miller Town Board
members and Edith Eberle, Town Clerk was also present.
Agenda #2 – Public Hearing for a Variance for Eric and Laura teDuits at
W12632 Pleasant View Park Road – Lot 7 – tax parcel #713.A – the
following variances are needed: Rear Yard; Substandard Lot; Structure
Alterations over 50% of Value for Wheel Chair Lift – Eric and Laura teDuits
were unable to attend the meeting – Ben teDuits (Eric's father) attended the
meeting in their absence. There were final plans for the proposed home
which will be set back 12 feet from the present home location that given to
the Plan Commission for review.. The teDuits own a lot across the road
which is were the septic will be placed. The garage will stay in the present
location, which will not be attached to the new proposed house, but the floor
of the garage will be brought up approximately 4 feet for the wheel chair lift.
The proposed new house will be approximately 4 to 5 feet taller than the
present home. Joan Neubauer a neighbor of the proposed home had some
questions about if there will be a walk out basement. Mr. teDuits stated that
it will not have a walk out basement.
The public hearing adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
Agenda #3 – Citizen Input – None
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Agenda #4 – Minutes from May 31, 2007 meeting – A motion was made by
Sheila Landsverk to postpone the minutes until the next meeting, 2nd by
Gordon Carncross – motion carried.
Agenda #5 - Variance for Eric and Laura teDuits at W12632 Pleasant View
Park Road – Lot 7 – tax parcel #713.A – the following variances are needed:
Rear Yard; Substandard Lot; Structure Alterations over 50% of Value for
Wheel Chair Lift – A variance application for Eric and Laura teDuits at
W12632 Pleasant View Park Road – Lot 7 – tax parcel #713.A was
presented to the Plan Commission for consideration. There are 3 variances
needed - Rear Yard; Substandard Lot; and Structure Alterations over 50%
of Value for Wheel Chair Lift. The Plan Commission members looked over
the proposed plan and asked questions of the teDuits. There was a question
on the basement and screen in porch. A motion was made by Gordon
Carncross to recommend approval of the 3 variances to the town board, 2 nd
by Ron Schoepp – a roll call vote was taken as follows: Gordon Carncross –
yes; Ron Schoepp – yes; Sheila Landsverk – abstained; Nathan Sawyer – no;
Wayne Houston – no; and Kevin Kessler – yes – the motion passed.
There was a 5 minute recess to organize the meeting room for the Joint
meeting with the Smart Growth Committee and the Plan Commission at
8:20 p.m.
Attorney S. Bryan Kleinmaier from Stafford Rosenbaum joined the Smart
Growth Committee and the Plan Commission.
Agenda #6 – Draft Comprehensive Plan – Each Plan Commission member
and Comprehensive Planning members received an email copy of all of the
red line proposed changes to the Draft Comprehensive Plan for their review
prior to the meeting. Sheila Landsverk gave a summary of the changes as
follows:
 For purposes of the Development Rights formula on the Land Use
Element, changed 50 acres to 35
 Utility District recommended - not required
 Walking Path recommended – not required
 Minimum lot size is 1 acre and maximum lot size is 5 acres for
agricultural land
 Put Industrial area as a Land Use Type on the Map 8-3
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 Add "Ice Age Trail" with a solid red line to Land Use Map 8-3
(keep dashed red line as the corridor)
 Increase Crystal Lake green Recreational area to the west to follow
section line south to the lake on Map 8-3
 Put a red commercial dot on peninsula in Crystal Lake on Map 8-3
as is shown on Map 8-1
 Include a purple Utility area in the upper northeast corner of
Section 11 in the area mapped as environmental corridor on Map
8-3
 On Maps 8-1 and 8-3 – add as single family residential and
conservation residential (yellow) for tax parcels 20.01, 20.02,
20.03, 20.04, 20.05, 20.C, 20.D, 20.E, 20.F and 20.G.
 On Map 8-1 – Delete Farm Residential from the Land Use Type
key and delete all 'F's on the map
 Appendix II – Please add "Town of West Point Public
Participation Amendment" to the list of items and include the
document in the plan
 Appendix IV – Replace West Point Eagle Critical 1, Critical 2 and
Habitat 1 with a new Map on Eagle Critical Habitat areas.
Chairman Ron Grasshoff read a letter that was sent to a landowner from 11
people concerning our new Comprehensive Plan.
Copies of an email with additional changes to the draft comprehensive plan
were given to the committee/commission member for their review. Attorney
Bryan Kleinmaier explained that there are 3 areas that needs to be clarified –
they are:
1. Columbia County vs. the Town of West Point – acre – graduated scale
2. Columbia County parcel size
3. Parcel of Record or contiguous ownership
There was discussion on multi-splits – on how the remainder of land if deed
restricted – how would the Town of West Point know if the land was deed
restricted in the future and that is was not build able. Copies of Columbia
County 8.6 future Land Use Element were given to committee/commission
member for information In Columbia County development option #2 – all
portions of the "Contiguous Ownership" parcel outside the designated
building area are permanently restricted to agricultural or open space uses
and cannot be used to determine additional development rights. Columbia
County has an agriculture overlay district which is shown on the deed when
Planning and Zoning brings up that parcel. There was discussion on the
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Town of West Point having an agricultural overlay district. It was the
consensus that the Town of West Point would need an Ordinance for deed
restriction or Agriculture Overlay district. The Town Board would have to
do a definition on what is a parcel for the attorney to draft an Ordinance.
A motion was made by Gordon Carncross to keep the parcel of record as of
the date and add a paragraph as contiguous ownership similar to Columbia
County, 2nd by Bob Ham – after discussion the motion was amended as
follows: for purposes of the following table, parcel means contiguous land
under the same ownership as of the date the Land Division and Subdivision
Code becomes effective - motion carried. Under Goal 5 - Policies and
Proposed Programs (e) the words "a parcel of record" to be removed. (e)
which will read as follows – Allow owners of agricultural land to divide
parcel from 1-5 acres for residences in accordance with the following table,
providing that the remaining acreage assigned to the development right be
defined by a certified survey and legally restricted to agriculture in
perpetuity. A new (f) which will read as follows: For purposes of the
following table, parcel means contiguous land under the same ownership as
of the date the Land Division and Subdivision Code becomes effective.
The next discussion item was minimum and maximum acres for agriculture
land. All members of the Plan Commission and Comprehensive Planning
Committee agreed that the minimum residential parcel is 1 acre – there was
discussion on the maximum residential acres. A motion was made by Bob
Ham to change the maximum residential acre from 5 to 3, 2nd by Gordon
Carncross – a roll call vote was taken as follows: Gordon Carncross – yes;
Ron Schoepp – yes; Nathan Sawyer – no; Wayne Houston – no; Gabe Miller
– no; Bob Ham – yes; Mike Bunch – yes; Ron Grasshoff – no; Bud Styer –
no, Kevin Kessler – no, Sheila Landsverk – yes – motion was defeated by a
vote of 6 no – 5 yes. If the Plan Commission was voting the vote would
have been a 3 to 3 tie which means the motion was defeated.
Ron Schoepp would like a make a change to map 8-3 which shows 3.4
acres of commercial nodes on land that is currently being farmed and would
like the commercial nodes moved. A motion was made by Mike Bunch to
move the commercial 3.5 acres which is shown on the map south of State
Highway 188 – East of East Harmon Road to the south west quarter of
Section 11 across from Sunset Bay (3.5 acres), 2nd by Gabe Miller – motion
carried.
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The Plan Commission also removed the entire second paragraph
under Table 8-10 – starting with Commercial land acreage.
The Town of West Point needs to have Siting Ordinance similar to
Columbia County Siting standards for residential and commercial
development.
Agenda #7 – Resolution Recommending that the Town Board adopts the
Draft Comprehensive Plan as the Town of West Point Comprehensive Plan.
A copy of a proposed Resolution #060607 recommending the Adoption to
the Town Board of the Town of West Point Comprehensive Plan was
presented to the Plan Commission for their consideration. A motion was
made by Sheila Landsverk to recommend the adoption of Resolution 060607
the Adoption to the Town Board of the Town of West Point Comprehensive
Plan along with the Attorney Bryan Kleinmeyer additional changes (see
attached), the sheet with "Other Changes to the Maps and Appendix, and the
other changes that are listed above that were made tonight, 2nd by Gordon
Carncross – a roll call vote was taken as follows: Gordon Carncross – yes;
Ron Schoepp – yes; Nathan Sawyer – yes; Wayne Houston – yes; Sheila
Landsverk – yes, Kevin Kessler – yes - motion carried.
Agenda #8 – Next Meeting Agenda – The next Plan Commission meeting is
on June 21st – Minutes, Review Proposed Ordinances, Adopt the
Comprehensive Plan as the Towns Master Plan, Appoint Plan Commission
officers and any other business that may legally added to the agenda by the
Town Clerk. There will also be a June 28th Plan Commission meeting which
will work on Ordinances.
Agenda #9 – Adjourn – A motion was made by Sheila Landsverk to adjourn
the joint Plan Commission and Comprehensive Planning Committee meeting
at 11:00 p.m., 2nd by Gordon Carncross – motion carried.
Respectfully Submitted By
Edith K. Eberle
Town Clerk
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Additional changes to draft comprehensive plan:
Housing Element. Goal 3, objective 6, paragraph l – Change “Require” to “Encourage”.
Transportation Element. Goal 1, objective 11, paragraph b – Add the following after
“developer”: “related to reviewing a development proposal’s effect on traffic.”
Economic Development Element. Goal 6, objective 3 – Amend to read: “Institute Town
ordinances that support the goals of the comprehensive plan and collect appropriate park
fees or require appropriate parkland dedication.”
Goal 6, objective 4, paragraph a – Delete this paragraph due to new language in Goal 3,
objective 10, paragraph a.
Intergovernmental Cooperation Element. Section 7.4.1.2, second line of second
paragraph – Delete “q” before “an”.
Land Use Element. Goal 5, objective 3, paragraph c – Delete this paragraph; this change
is no longer being made.
Conservation Residential Areas section, paragraph c – Change this paragraph to read:
“Encourage use of communal sewage sanitary systems in all major [four homes or more]
land divisions.”
Table 8-11: Add paragraph under the last table stating that Town anticipates that
industrial use (approximately 30 acres) shall remain the same through 2030.
Implementation Element. Page 21 in chart – Remove deletion of the following paragraph
and corresponding line: “Establish Impact Fees, where legally permissible, to ensure that
the costs associated with residential development is not unduly borne by current
residents.”
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Other changes to West Point Comprehensive Plan
June 6, 2007
Map 8-1: Existing Land Use, 2005
 Delete Farm Residential from the Land Use Type key
 Delete all 'F's on map
Map 8-3: Future Land Use, 2030
1. Under Land Use Type
a. Add 'Industrial' as Land Use Type
b. Add 'Ice Age Trail' as a solid red line to Land Use type [keep
dashed red line as the corridor]
2. In Section 35, increase green Recreational area to the west to follow
section line south to lake – finished piece will be flush with section
line that extends down from Gannon Road.
3. Put red commercial dot on peninsula in Crystal Lake as on Map 8-1.
4. Include a purple Utility area in the upper northeast corner of section
11 in the area mapped as environmental corridor – the large parcel.
Map 8-1 and Map 8-3:
Please add as Single Family Residential and Conservation Residential
[yellow] in the respective Maps above the parcels below near the south side
of Section 1 near Hwy 113 – Tax parcels 20.01, 20.02, 20.03, 20.04, 20.05,
20.C, D, E, F, and G.
Appendix II:
Resolutions – Please add 'Town of West Point Public Participation
Amendment' to the list of items and include the document in the Plan
Appendix IV:
Replace WP Eagle Critical 1, Critical 2 and Habitat 1 with new Map on
Eagle Critical Habitat areas.
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