Kenosha County committee approves appointments, land‑use changes and floodplain update

Kenosha County’s Land and Water Conservation Committee voted unanimously on several appointments and multiple land‑use items during its regular meeting.

The committee approved two appointments to county boards, accepted a withdrawal of an application, and recommended three related land‑use actions for a property in the Town of Paris: an amendment to the county comprehensive plan map, a rezoning, and a certified survey map. The committee also approved a text change to the county’s floodplain ordinance to reference a FEMA letter of map revision for the South Branch of the Pipe River; the county staff said the FEMA action becomes effective in July.

The most immediately consequential votes involved a request by the Marilyn M. Zirbel Revocable Trust to split a five‑acre parcel in the Town of Paris. Staff described three linked items — a comprehensive plan map amendment (from mixed‑use to rural density residential), a rezoning to add an R‑1 rural residential district with a planned unit development overlay, and a certified survey map to create the parcel — and the committee approved all three, subject to routine technical conditions. The staff presentation said the petitioners had resolved a prior access delay by working through the Kenosha County Highway Access Management Plan; staff noted the highway office had approved access and that Department of Administration comments were outstanding for final recording of the survey map.

Separately, the committee approved an amendment to the county’s floodplain ordinance "to amend section 4.02 0.13 c 1 a of the separately adopted floodplain ordinance and related to official maps and revisions to reference the FEMA approved letter of map revision associated with the South Branch Of The Pipe River." Staff said the FEMA action was completed after several years of study and would be "effective July 20 fifth of this year" and that local adoption makes the county ordinance consistent with the FEMA maps.

Routine personnel actions included the committee’s approval of the appointment of Robert M. Stoll to the county board of appeals and the appointment of a Paris‑area representative to the county zoning board of appeals (candidate name not fully specified in the record). The committee also accepted the withdrawal of an application (item listed as withdrawn by the petitioner).

All recorded motions in the meeting were announced as carrying unanimously. The committee’s chair and staff said items approved by the committee will be forwarded to the full county board where required (for example, comprehensive plan amendments). Staff indicated technical conditions remain on the certified survey map and that recording will occur after the surveyor delivers the final revised drawing and county signatures.

Votes at a glance - Appointment: Robert M. Stoll — Approved (motion carried unanimously). Motion recorded by committee; mover/second as stated in the meeting record. - Appointment: Paris‑area representative to Zoning Board of Appeals (name not specified in transcript) — Approved (motion carried unanimously). - Appointment: Supervisor Keith Grama to Kenosha County Land and Water Transformation Committee — Approved (motion carried unanimously). - Withdrawal: Acceptance of petitioner’s withdrawal (item 5) — Accepted (motion carried unanimously). - Comprehensive plan amendment (Marilyn M. Zirbel Revocable Trust, map 65, Town of Paris): Change from mixed use to rural density residential — Approved (motion carried unanimously); subject to county board action on the comp plan change. - Rezoning (same property): From A‑1 agricultural preservation and C‑1 lowland resource conservancy to A‑1, R‑1 rural residential, and C‑1 with PUD overlay — Approved (motion carried unanimously). - Certified survey map (same property): Approved subject to technical conditions and Department of Administration comments; will be recorded after final surveyor revisions — Approved (motion carried unanimously). - Floodplain ordinance amendment: Amend section cited to reference FEMA letter of map revision for the South Branch Pipe River — Approved (motion carried unanimously); staff said FEMA approval becomes effective in July.

Committee members and staff told petitioners how to complete technical steps after committee approval and said the chair will present applicable items to the full county board where required. The committee did not take any votes that failed or were tabled during the meeting.