Adopted Text Changes

August 23, 2011

The following actions are not considered amendments to the multi-jurisdictional plan, and will not require review and approval by the Planning, Development & Extension Education Committee and County Board.

  • Minor lot line adjustments between two different, but adjacent, land use districts or categories that do not create substandard or nonconforming lots will not require an amendment to the multi-jurisdictional comprehensive plan.
  • Wetland/surface water delineations resulting in a change in boundaries will not require an amendment to the multi-jurisdictional comprehensive plan. Areas determined to no longer be wetland/surface water will acquire the land use category of those adjacent lands of that same parcel.
  • Primary Environmental Corridors, Secondary Environmental Corridors, and Isolated Natural Resource Area delineations resulting in a change in boundaries will not require an amendment to the multijurisdictional comprehensive plan. Areas determined to no longer be Primary Environmental Corridors, Secondary Environmental Corridors, or Isolated Natural Resource Area will acquire the land use category of those adjacent lands of that same parcel.
  • The addition and/or subtraction of street and highway right-of-way will not require an amendment to the multi-jurisdictional comprehensive plan. Areas of the subtracted street and highway right-of-way will acquire the land use category of those adjacent lands of that same parcel.

October 16, 2012 

The following actions are not considered amendments to the multi-jurisdictional plan, and will not require review and approval by the Planning, Development & Extension Education Committee and County Board.

  • Rezoning actions back to the original zoning for developments that were not constructed. Provided that no land division action (e.g. certified survey map, subdivision plat or condominium plat) is taking place.

Add Appendix X:

The addition of Appendix X – Multi-Jurisdictional Comprehensive Plan Amendments (see attached), which will be updated annually as part of the annual report process to include all approved land use plan map and text amendments to the multi-jurisdictional comprehensive plan as included in the annual report.

October 15, 2013

  • Amendment to the last paragraph on page 361, describing the County land use plan map. In addition to the text changes, Map 65 should be changed to remap stormwater basins shown as "Nonfarmed Wetlands Outside Environmental Corridors, Isolated Natural Resource Areas, Or Other Conservancy Land To Be Preserved" as "Surface Water":

The surface water category also includes stormwater basins. Stormwater basins that were created from pre-existing wetlands are regulated as wetlands, and stormwater basins that are six feet or less in depth may be considered "artificial wetlands" by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). In accordance with Section NR 103.06(4) of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, a person proposing to carry out work in an artificial wetland must notify the DNR at least 15 working days prior to initiating work. Unless notified by the DNR within those 15 days that the artificial wetland has significant wetland functional values, work on sedimentation and stormwater detention basins is exempt from wetland permitting requirements. Work in stormwater basins that were created from pre-existing wetlands must meet all wetland permitting requirements."

  • Amendment to the next to last paragraph on page 385, describing the Town of Somers land use plan map. In addition to the text changes, Map 80 should be changed to remap stormwater basins shown as "Nonfarmed Wetlands Outside Environmental Corridors, Isolated Natural Resource Areas, Or Other Conservancy Land To Be Preserved" as "Surface Water":

"The Town has prepared a series of neighborhood plans to help guide urban growth. Map J-2 in Appendix J is a composite of the neighborhood plans adopted by the Town in 2008. The Parkside East Neighborhood Plan, shown on Map J-3, was completed in 1993, and the Lakeshore Neighborhood Plan, shown on Map J-4, was adopted in 2010. Commercial and industrial development is planned to occur primarily north of CTH S between I-94/USH 41 and STH 31, and along the west side of STH 31. Mixed-use development, consisting of a combination of residential and business uses, would occur on the east side of I-94/USH 41 between CTH S and CTH E, within the Town Center/Somers hamlet, in the northern portion of the Town along STH 31, and at the northwest corner of the intersection of CTH E/12th Street and STH 32/Sheridan Road. Transit-oriented development is also recommended surrounding a proposed future transit station, part of the potential Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail service, at the intersection of CTH A/7th Street and the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way. In addition, environmentally sensitive areas are recommended to be protected along with preserving undeveloped floodplains and providing at least a 75-foot buffer, excluding preexisting buildings and pavements within this 75-foot wide strip, around existing wetlands within the planned sewer service area, except those within areas in the southern portion of the Town that are part of the cooperative boundary agreement between the City of Kenosha and the Town of Somers. The recommended land uses for these cooperative boundary agreement areas reflect planned land use categories shown on the City of Kenosha land use plan map since these areas will eventually become part of the City during the plan design period. Stormwater basins in the Town are shown as "Surface Waters" on the Townland use plan map. The 75-foot protective buffer does not apply to stormwater basins."

May 19, 2015

No text changes.

February 22, 2016

No text changes.

March 21, 2017

No text changes.

March 20, 2018

No text changes.