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Salem Lakes board authorizes petition to add 43 parcels to Sand Lake sewer service area
Summary
The Village Board voted to authorize staff to ask SewerPAC and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to amend the Sand Lake Sewer Service Area to include 43 parcels totaling 635.7 acres, a change staff said would allow future sewer extensions but does not obligate the village to build sewer lines.
The Village of Salem Lakes Village Board authorized staff to petition the Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SewerPAC) and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to add 43 parcels totaling about 635.7 acres to the Sand Lake Sewer Service Area.
Brad, a village staff member, told the board the parcels sit in sections 21, 202, 203, 206 and 27 of Township 1 North, Range 20 East, generally west of State Trunk Highway 83, east of Camp Lake, south of County Highway H and north of County Highway J. He said the amendment would remove an uncertainty for property owners and developers by allowing the village to extend sewer service in the future but stressed it would not require the village to build sewer lines. “This is about a 6 month process,” Brad said, noting SewerPAC meets quarterly and, if SewerPAC approves, the request then goes to the DNR for final review.
Trustee Dennis Faber moved the authorization and Trustee Hopkins seconded. Trustees debated whether to add so much land to the service area at once; one trustee said they were “kinda leery opening up so much more land up sewer” and favored a smaller amendment to retain leverage over future development. Brad replied that adding the parcels primarily fills voids in the existing service-area map and would not compel the village to approve future sewer extensions.
Board members also asked about parcel size and ownership; Brad said the largest parcel is roughly 72.27 acres and some parcels are about 3 acres. After discussion, the board voted to authorize staff to send the petition letter to SewerPAC.
The next steps are the SewerPAC review and follow-up information requests from the commission, and, if SewerPAC approves at a quarterly meeting, an application to the Wisconsin DNR. Brad cautioned the amendment process and back-and-forth with agencies will take several months and does not itself authorize construction or financing for sewer extensions.
Ending: The authorization removes a procedural hurdle for property owners considering development, but any actual sewer extension would require later, separate approval and funding decisions.
