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Chapter 14 14.57 VARIANCES AND APPEALS. (1) construction site erosion control measures and Variances and appeals from the requirements of procedures (i.e., Ch. ILHR 20, administration and sections 14.50 through 14.55 may be taken to the enforcement, and s. ILHR 21.125, technical LCC by an applicant, property owner or other person requirements, Wis. Admin. Code) through this with a substantial interest, within thirty (30) days ordinance. after the zoning administrator's erosion control plan (6) Zoning administrator and county determination. The LCC may only grant variances conservationist. The county's zoning administrator and appeal requests when a specific fmding is made and county conservationist, who shall be state of no damage to water quality. certified inspectors pursuant to department of [History: cr., sub. 2 to OA 10, 1987-88, pub. industry, labor and human relations requirements for 09/14/87; am., Sub. 4 to OA 27, 1993-94, pub. this purpose, or other zoning and land conservation 09/30/94,eff. 01/01/95.] committee staff with appropriate state certified inspection status, shall administer this UDC [14.58-14.59 reserved for future use.] construction site erosion control ordinance. The zoning administrator shall maintain all records related 14.60 ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLING to UDC plan review, permit and inspection activity EROSION CONTROL. (1) Authority. Section for periodic DILHR review and performance audits. 14.60 is adopted under the authority of sec. 59.07(51) (7) Permit required No person shall cause soil to and sec. 101.65 of the Wisconsin Statutes. be disturbed for construction within the scope of this (2) Purpose. This ordinance serves as the county ordinance without first obtaining a permit for that erosion control ordinance for one- and two-family work from the zoning administrator. dwelling construction consistent with the Wisconsin (8) Permit fee. The fee for review of a UDC Uniform Dwelling Code ("UDC"). The county shall construction site erosion control plan shall be made exercise jurisdiction for UDC construction site payable to the county zoning administrator in the erosion control by plan review, permitting and amount of one hundred ten dollars ($110.00) upon inspections to promote public health, safety and submittal of an application. general welfare. (9) Violation and penalties. (3) Scope. This ordinance shall apply to all one- (a) Orders. The zoning administrator or his and two-family dwellings whose initial construction or her designee shall be empowered to issue written is commenced hereafter and new additions to pre- citations for violations of this ordinance. Violations existing dwellings. The county shall administer and shall be promptly corrected by the appropriate party. enforce this ordinance in any town, village or city The zoning administrator or his or her designee may __ within the County of Dane which has not adopted the also.issue "stop work" orders at construction sites Wisconsin UDC as well as any municipality in the when soil disturbance and erosion occurs. county which enters into an intergovernmental Construction activities may resume when the site is in cooperative agreement with Dane County pursuant to compliance with UDC rules and the zoning sec.66.30,Wisconsin Statutes,for this purpose. administrator or his or her designee authorizes (4) Adoption. Wisconsin Administrative Code resumption of obstruction activities. The zoning Chapters ILHR 20 through 25 are hereby adopted by administrator or designee shall inspect a site subject reference, incorporated herein and made a part of this to a "stop work" order to determine compliance with ordinance. Future amendments and revisions to the UDC rules within two (2) working days after Wisconsin UDC or successor provisions relating to receiving a request from a permittee or other one- and two-family dwelling construction site appropriate party. ' erosion control are also made a part of this ordinance (b) Penalties. Any person who violates, , by reference to promote statewide uniformity. Copies neglects or refuses to comply with or resists the of the Wisconsin UDC shall be kept on file in the enforcement of any of the provisions of this offices of the zoning administrator and county ordinance shall be subject to a civil forfeiture of not conservationist. less than$25.00 nor more than$500.00,plus costs of (5) Enforcement. The county shall only prosecution for each violation. An unlawful violation administer and enforce pertinent administrative and includes failure to comply with any standard of this technical sections of the Wisconsin UDC related to ordinance or with any condition or qualification Page 73 I Revised 4-30-97