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September 22, 2026
DOUGLAS
COUNTY PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTEE
PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Public Hearing – 9:00 a.m.; Regular Meeting to Follow
Government Center Board Room, 1316 North 14th Street, Superior, Wisconsin
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MEMBERS: J
oseph Moen, Chair Scott Luostari, Vice Chair Bill Fennessey
John Lohse Howard Hendrickson
A G E N D A
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Committee to maintain a two-hour meeting limit or take action to continue meeting beyond that time.
All action and public hearing items include attachments unless noted.
1. ROLL CALL
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. September 9, 2026 *
3. SUSPEND REGULAR MEETING
4. PUBLIC HEARING
a. Ordinance: Repeal & Re-Create Douglas County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance 8.3
1) Revised Douglas County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance
2) Floodplain maps: Part 1
3) Floodplain maps: Part 2
4) Floodplain maps: Part 3
b. Amendment to Douglas County Zoning Ordinance 8.0:
1) Petition No 26-8: Larry & Barbara Roecker
c. Recap of Zone Change Recommendations for County Board
5. RESUME AGENDA
6. DEPARTMENT REPORTS
a. Planning & Zoning
1) Permit Volume & Revenues
b. Register of Deeds
1) Retained Fees Account
7. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
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a. Review of Non-Metallic Mine #25985 Conditional-Use Condition #7*
b. Wetland Mitigation Credits
8. FUTURE AG
ENDA ITEMS
9. ADJOURNME
NT
*Attachment included
Notice i
s hereby given that a majority of the members of the Douglas County Board of Supervisors may be present at the meeting, and
although this may constitute a quorum of the County Board of Supervisors, the County Board will not take any action at this meeting.
cc: County Bo
ard Supervisors Other interested parties
NOTE:
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Posted: Superior Telegram, Government Center, Courthouse, Superior Public Library
N
ame Date
9/22/26______________________________________ ___
Zoning, 09/09/26 Page 1 of 3
PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTEE
PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING
Douglas County Board of Supervisors
Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 9:00 a.m., Government Center, Boardroom 201
1316 North 14th Street, Superior, Wisconsin
Meeting
called to order by Chair Joseph Moen.
1. ROLL
CALL
Pres
ent – Joseph Moen, John Lohse, Howard Hendrickson, Scott Luostari, Bill Fennessey (arrived 9:02) . Others
present – Terri Luebbe, Marissa Hanson, Robin Haasis, Mark Liebaert, Robert Martin, Shelley Nelson, Dave Sletten,
Andrew Hudacek, Danielle Hudacek, Sherry Amys, Lexi Klasen (Committee Clerk).
2. APPRO
VAL OF MINUTES
Motion by
Luostari, second Lohse, to approve minutes from the July 8, 2026, meeting. Motion carried.
3. SUSP
END REGULAR MEETING; ADJOURN TO PUBLIC HEARING
4. PUBLI
C HEARING
a. Ord
inance: Repeal & Re -Create Douglas County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance 8.3: Ordinance
changes sent to members, reviewed. Floodplain maps with Zoning department.
ACTIO
N (ORDINANCE): Motion by Luostari, second Lohse, to refer to future meeting. Motion carried.
b. Am
endment to Douglas County Zoning Ordinance 8.0
1) Peti
tion No. 26 -8: Larry & Barbara Roecker : Zone change from F1: Forestry zone district to R2:
Residential zone district for subdivision of property. Town held for future meeting.
ACTIO
N (ORDINANCE): Motion by Fennessey, second Hendrickson, to hold for future meeting. Motion
carried.
c. Con
ditional-Use Permit
1) And
rew & Danielle Hudacek: Conditional use for small-scale campground. No objections from Town
of Oakland . Recommended conditions from Zoning include campground not to be located within
wetlands, meet all horizontal setbacks of the F1: Forestry zone district , assigning address specifically
to campground, and follow approved sanitary facilities to accompany occupancy, the campground not
to exceed 8 RV sites, 8 camping cabin units under 400 square feet and not to be plumbed.
ACTIO
N: Motion by Luostari, second Fennessey, to approve conditional-use permit with conditions as
presented. Motion carried.
d. C
onditional-Use Permit Revision
1) Joshaw
a Essen : Revision of conditional -use permit #29342 to revise layout of small -scale
campground. No objections from Town of Solon Springs. Proposed conditions from Zoning include
campground not to be located within wetlands, meet all horizontal setbacks of the C1: Commercial
zone district, and not to exceed 22 camping site units.
ACTIO
N: Motion by Fennessey, second Hendrickson, to approve conditional-use permit revisions with
conditions as presented. Motion carried.
e. Reclam
ation Plans
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1) Alliance Steel Construction (operator) / Joanne Garcia (property owner): Update to reclamation
plan #R P-9064 for non- metallic mine ; plan and conditions included in application . N o objections
received from Town of Oakland.
ACTION: Motion by Fennessey, second Hendrickson , to approve reclamation plan with conditions
included in packet. Motion carried.
2) Douglas County Highway Department (operator) / Douglas County (property owner): Update to
reclamation plan #RP -16663 for non- metallic mine ; plan and conditions included in application. No
correspondence received from Town of Summit.
ACTION: Motion by Fennessey, second Hendrickson , to approve reclamation plan with conditions
included in packet, pending town approval. Motion carried.
3) Douglas County Highway Department (operator) / Douglas County (property owner): Update to
reclamation plan #RP -16782 for non- metallic mine ; plan and conditions included in application. N o
objections received from Town of Brule.
ACTION: Motion by Luostari, second Lohse, to approve reclamation plan with conditions included in
packet. Motion carried.
4) Alliance Steel Construction (operator) / Nancy Paine (property owner): Update to reclamation plan
#RP- 18223 for non-metallic mine; plan and conditions included in application. No objections received
from Town of Oakland.
ACTION: Motion by Fennessey, second Hendrickson , to approve reclamation plan with conditions
included in packet. Motion carried.
5) Solon Springs Concrete (operator) / Sean McCuskey (property owner): Update to reclamation plan
#RP-21616 for non- metallic mine, plan and conditions included in application. No correspondence
received from Town of Solon Springs.
ACTION: Motion by Hendrickson, second Fennessey , to approve reclamation plan with conditions
included in packet, pending town approval. Motion carried.
6) Steve Balcsik (operator) / Scotch Pine Partners LLC (property owner): Update to reclamation plan
#RP-22916 for non-metallic mine; plan and conditions included in application. No objections received
from Town of Wascott.
ACTION: Motion by Hendrickson, second Fennessey , to approve reclamation plan with conditions
included in packet. Motion carried.
7) Douglas County Highway Department (operator) / Douglas County (property owner): Update to
reclamation plan #RP -24032 for non- metallic mine ; plan and conditions included in application. N o
objections received from Town of Brule.
ACTION: Motion by Luostari, second Lohse, to approve reclamation plan with conditions included in
packet. Motion carried.
8) Lake Effect Construction (operator) / Lake Effect Enterprise LLC (property owner): Update to
reclamation plan #RP-25985 for non- metallic mine ; plan and conditions included in application. N o
objections received from Town of Solon Springs.
ACTION: Motion by Hendrickson, second Fennessey , to approve reclamation plan with conditions
included in packet. Motion carried.
9) Solon Springs Concrete (operator) / (Charles) Scott Garvey (property owner): Update to
reclamation plan #RP-27045 for non- metallic mine ; plan and conditions included in application. No
objections from Town of Solon Springs.
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ACTION: Motion by Hendrickson, second Fennessey , to approve reclamation plan with conditions
included in packet. Motion carried.
f. Recap of Zone Change Recommendations for County Board
1) No recommendation to the County Board.
Public hearing adjourned at 9:16 a.m.
5. RESUME AGENDA
6. DEPARTMENT REPORTS
The following departments reported on departmental activities: Planning & Zoning and Register of Deeds.
7. ACTION ITEMS
a. Budgets
1) Land Conservation : Provided in agenda. Information updated to 37.5% increase due to revenue
increase and staff wage changes.
ACTION (REFERRAL): Motion by Fennessey, second Hendrickson, to approve proposed 2027 Land
Conservation budget with amendments as presented and refer to budget session. Motion carried
unanimously.
2) Surveyor/ Property Lister: Provided in agenda. Increase of 1.72%.
ACTION (REFERRAL): Motion by Lohse, second Luostari, to approve proposed 2027 Surveyor/
Property Lister budget and refer to budget session. Motion carried unanimously.
3) Land Records : Provided in agenda. Information updated to 31.33% decrease due to staff salary
changes and changes within health insurance.
ACTION (REFERRAL): Motion by Fennessey , second Luostari, to approve proposed 2027 Land
Records budget with amendments as presented and refer to budget session. Motion carried
unanimously.
4) Zoning: Provided in agenda. Decrease of 3.28% due to decrease in revenue and health insurance.
ACTION (REFERRAL): Motion by Lohse, second Luostari, to approve budgets as listed and refer to
budget session. Motion carried unanimously.
8. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
a. Wetland Miti gation Credits: County Administrator working with Land Conservation department to find
contract companies.
9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
None.
10. ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Luostari, second Fennessey, to adjourn. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:29 a.m.
Submitted by,
Lexi Klasen, Committee Clerk
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�"(·. PETITION FOR AMENDMENT TO DOUGLAS COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE
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TO THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ZONING COMMITTEE:
The Petitioner hereby petitions you pursuant to Wis Stat. § 59.69(5)(e)1, to amend the Zoning District Map of the Douglas
County Zoning Ordinance by reclassifying the property as shown and stated below:
1. Requested Zone Change:
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5. Petitioner requests this amendment for a proposed property use of:
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6. In making this petition, Petitioner gives permission for an inspection of the above-stated site by the Douglas County
Office of Zoning Administration and/or Zoning Committee, and will allow photographs to be taken of the same if
necessary.
7. This application is to be submitted to Douglas County Zoning Dept. Once the packet has been created by the Zoning
Dept., a copy will be sent to the Town Clerk, and they will be asked to place this application on the Town Board agenda
prior to scheduled Zoning Committee hearing as required by Sec. 59.69(5)(e)2 Wis Stats.
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Petition for Amendment to Douglas County Zon,ng Ordinance Rev01-2026
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DOUGLAS COUNJY
WISCO SIH
Permit Number
Permit Date
Location
Parcel Number
CUP-P-26-000022
06/16/2026
9346 E WASKO RD
SO0260083400 &
SO0260083801
Douglas County Conditional Use Permit
Applicant and Location
Applicant: Lake Effect Construction
Mailing Address: 9346 E Wasko Rd
Solon Springs, WI 54873
Le gal Description: W-1/2 NE NW 12-45-12; EX PCL TO HWY (.21A)
PT SW NW 12-4 5-12 LY'G E OF PRESENT US HWY 53
Work Type: Non-Metallic Mine Renewal
Work Description
Non-Metallic Mine# 25985 -- Five Year Renewal
Board Decision
6-10-2026: Douglas County Zoning Committee approved Five-Year Renewal of Conditional-Use permit#
25985 for Non-Metallic Mine, to expire 7-10-2031. The Town had Objections, dated 5-11-2026, received and on
file. All conditions associated with this permit shall be found on Pages 2 & 3. This permit shall be considered
incomplete without Pages 2 & 3 attached.
This is not a building permit. Check with your Town Chairman for information concerning township building
requirements or permits for any structure. The Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code requires that all towns
issue building permits for new dwellings and additions ot existing dwellings. Please contact the appropriate
town clerk for obtaining permits.
Interim Land Services Director
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Source: Douglas County website. First collected Oct 11, 2026.