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V. i� INU"_'ES ^F THE 7RCCEEDINGS CF THE HUGO '_'L A?niING CCP' NISSI CN Er'T__' i'3ER 22 , 1976 Public Hearing - Thirteen Rezoning Requests The public hearing was called to order by Chairman Spitzer at 7:15P. M. :attending were Spitzer, Ehret, Peltier, and Rosenquist. Greger arrived 7:1 Q ". M. ''el oqu in rrived 8:15 P.M. Also attending were 3111 Schwab, Washington County Planner and Carl Sale, Hupo City r1anner. Chairman Spitzer read the official notice of the public hearing, not- ing the names of the property owners who have requested rezoning. He ex- plained that each parcel in cuestion has been examined by at least one member of the Planning Commission prior to the hearing. He asked each property owner, if present, to point out the location of his property on the zoning map, and also to gave the reason he is making this request, when his particular parcel or parcels are being discussed. Spitzer intro- duced Carl Dale whom he asked to tell what rrmific=itions each rezoning would have and also asked Dale to give his opinion of the requested rezoning. Carl Dale stated that in most cases the requests were to rezone land from Conservancy to Agricultural. He noted that there are a couple other different requests, but in most cases the requests are to rezone from Con- servancy to .--•.aricultural. He said that in order to properly rezone these areas, tre terms should be defined. The public should fully understand;. what wd,are talking about, he said. Under the conditions that we were given in the original zoning, and with the information we had available, it was quite &,eneral and there were some inaccuracies, he said. In fact, he added, we felt that some of the property owners might later request rezoninff based on more current information. we now have new soil maps which are extremely accurate. The older maps grave more general infor- mation; the information on the new soil maps is very accurate. Rig'.'.^.t now there are a lot of farm ponds which are described as lakeshore based on the information. This is one area which should be defined better. Many of these descrepancles could be cleared up this winter and a new tonin,,,_ map could be ready by #ring, he said. , He described land in Conservancy as land that should be preserved for the public interest. This could include water bodies, wet lands, flood plains, forest and woodlands, that is, mood woods, and land that has steep slopes; then there are the more fuzzy area - scenic views, rock formations,etc., he said. The Agricultural zoning falls in two categories, Dale Said. :^irst of all there is the commercial Agricultural lend that is .actually being farmed- crops, cattle, tree �rnr-s - ^nythina that makes an economic return to the farmer. The second category takes in the property which may not be farmed today for economic=al return but are out in the hinterlands and Dre zoned that way to control the populrtion density.