Chapter 10 Revision Task Force
The Task Force for Prioritized Revision of Chapter 10 (Zoning) is seeking your ideas and
suggestions to improve the Dane County Zoning Ordinance.
On this webpage you'll find information and resources related to the work of the Task Force. The Task Force would appreciate your
ideas and insights to improve the Dane County Zoning Ordinance. Please utilize the comment
form on this site or feel free to contact staff by phone or email.
Thank you for your participation.
Zoning Task Force identifies 4 priority code changes
The Chapter 10 Task Force has identified the following 4 priority zoning code changes following public
hearings held in January and April of 2010.
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Consider amendments that address recent changes in WI Farmland Preservation Law ("Working Lands Initiative"). (Table ID #7 - 25 points)
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Review and possibly revise Adult Entertainment Overlay District (sec 10.151 DCCO) (Table ID# 13 - 19 points)
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Strengthen consideration of aesthetics in the building of communication towers / Require more stringent "collocation" requirements when siting cell towers to limit proliferation (Table ID#s 8/24 - 15 points)
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Revise the zoning ordinance to address Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations ("CAFOs") (Table ID# 23 - 15 points)
The Task Force will begin working on the code changes in the coming months.
Related documents:
Current Zoning Amendment Priorities
The task force will be working to develop ordinance amendments for the following five priority revisions in 2009:
- Expand LC-1 uses, including CUP for Limited Rural Business. (View draft of proposed changes.)
- Develop an ordinance regulating wind energy systems.
- Revise accessory structure regulation to eliminate differences between residential, agricultural, and farm accessory structures.
- Revise commercial zoning districts including to support mixed residential / commercial uses and neighborhood-scale small business uses.
Members
| Patrick Downing | Chair | County Board Supervisor | downing@co.dane.wi.us |
| Paul Dombrowski | Member | Citizen |   |
| John Hendrick | Member | County Board Supervisor | hendrick@co.dane.wi.us |
| Gerald Jensen | Member | County Board Supervisor | jensen.gerald@co.dane.wi.us |
| Renee Lauber | Member | Citizen |   |
| Topf Wells | Member | Citizen |   |
| Jim Welsh | Member | Citizen |   |
| Tom Wilson | Member | Citizen |   |
Staff
| Majid Allan | Senior Planner/ Planning & Development | allan@co.dane.wi.us |
| Kristine Schutte | Assistant Zoning Administrator/ Planning & Development | schutte@co.dane.wi.us |
| Todd Violante | Director/ Planning & Development | violante@co.dane.wi.us |
Task Force Sponsored Ordinance Amendments (Approved)
Links
Contact Us
Feel free to submit your suggestions in the attached form or contact either of our staff members listed below.
Your Comments and Suggestions:
Revised: May 24, 2010