Town of Fulton, WI General Provisions

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This chapter shall apply to all uses of land, water, and air, siting and construction of buildings and other structures and uses thereof, and all related activities (hereafter collectively "regulated activities") within the Town.

§ 425-2-2 Suitability.

Limitations and restrictions.

(1)

Regulated activities shall not occur in a manner the Town deems hazardous to life or property, including but not limited to those hazards related to fire, flood, disease, noise, soil, bedrock formation, topography, erosion, drainage, steep slope, and sewage treatment and disposal, water supply, and all other utilities, unless said hazards have been eliminated or adequate methods to correct said hazards are developed by the applicant or other applicable party to the satisfaction of the Town.

(2)

Certain soil types in the Town, as shown on the Rock County Standard Soils Survey prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (hereafter "NRCS"), have limitations for siting private on-site wastewater treatment systems resultant from one or more of the following:

(a)

High or fluctuating water table;

(b)

Flooding;

(c)

Groundwater contamination;

Silting;

Slow permeability;

Steep slopes;

Proximity to bedrock.

(3)

The Rock County Standard Soils Survey prepared by the NRCS is hereby adopted by reference as part of this chapter as a determining factor in zoning and land use decisions made by the Town under this chapter. If questions arise as to the accuracy of a soil mapping unit, an intensive soil survey of the site in question shall be requested from the Rock County Environmental Health Department, and/or a soil scientist from the NRCS, by the Town, applicant, or other applicable party.

(4)

The Town shall encourage regulated activities to occur in a manner which the Town deems will not significantly degrade or deplete, nor compromise the function or integrity, of any environmentally sensitive areas, cultural resources, priority agricultural lands, or woodlands. The location of environmentally sensitive areas, cultural resources, priority agricultural lands, and woodlands shall reflect the most current and best data and information available to the Town at the time of administration and enforcement of this chapter.

Determination of suitability. If the Town prohibits any regulated activities, the Town shall state this determination of suitability at a public meeting or hearing, or in formal correspondence, through an action of denial with findings of an application or other required document submittal for regulated activities, and forward the same in writing to the applicant within 10 business days of said action.