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Y' <br /> From: Self<DC CCB 1/BHS1> <br /> To: KKESTERS@m—ail.state.wi.us <br /> Subject: RE: (Fwd)Re: petition 7110 <br /> Date sent: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 14:03:09-0600 <br /> > Brian- looks good to me! Would Ken be able to live with a <br /> > condition <br /> >that says flat out that things should wait until the ordinary high <br /> >water mark is established? it seems that the cost of that is less <br /> >than having a home you can't sell because you can't do anything with <br /> > it! <br /> When I talked to Ken about this, he wasn't thrilled. He claims he <br /> plans on putting new mobile homes in along the shore within the next <br /> two months or so. Ken says he would rather live with the <br /> nonconforming restrictions than have to wait until a new highwater <br /> mark is set. He argues that mobile homes are unlikely to be expanded, <br /> anyway. <br /> Ron Grasshoff of the DNR tells me they hope to establish a new <br /> ordinary highwater mark for Fish Lake as soon as the ice is out <br /> (March/April?). <br /> As I see it,the ZNR has three choices: <br /> 1.) Do nothing. This would mean any mobile homes placed within 75 <br /> feet of the new ordinary highwater mark(once established)would <br /> become nonconforming structures. Expansions of, or additions to, such <br /> structures would be limited to 50%of their assessed value, and they <br /> could not be reconstructed if more than 50% destroyed. If the water <br /> level of Fish Lake rose substantially, there is a slight risk that <br /> such structures could become flood hazards in the future. <br /> 2.) Allow structures to be placed using the current highwater mark, <br /> but deed restrict them so that owners would be alerted that they may <br /> have to move them in the future if they became flood hazards. This <br /> would be more restrictive than the County Floodplain Ordinance, which <br /> allows certain nonconforming structures to remain in a floodplain. <br /> 3.) Require that a new ordinary highwater mark be set before any <br /> structures are placed along the shore. This would obviously provide <br /> the greatest margin of safety and the best resource protection, but <br /> could hinder Ken's plans. If the new highwater mark were set so that <br /> standard water and road setbacks could not be met, a variance would <br /> have to be obtained before a structure could be placed or built. <br /> I think there is enough evidence to support any of these conditions. <br /> How far you want to push the issue is, of course, something for the <br /> ZNR to decide. <br />