Town Hall-2354 County Rd N Stoughton, WI 53589-2873 Telephone: (608) 873-3063 Email: cttops@tds.net

Town Meeting Agendas and Posting Places:

A detailed agenda for each meeting is posted a minimum of 24 hours before the meeting date.

Posting Places are:

• Town Hall, 2354 County Hwy N
• Pleasant Springs Sanitary District Building, 2083 Williams Dr.
• East side of the Red Oak Court cul-de-sac

The 9 Step Process to Obtain a Rezone, Conditional Use Permit, Variance, Special Use Permit, Preliminary Certified Survey Map, Final Certified Survey Map - The time required to complete the process will vary per request. Some take 2-3 months, others 6 months or more. The extent to which you prepare and the schedules of government bodies & agencies are the two biggest factors affecting the length of the process.

# 1 Understand Your Request

• Define what you want to do.
• Review the Town Land Use Plan and the Dane County Code of Ordinances to understand how your request fits.
• Review your description of what you want to do.

# 2 Get Started with Your Request

• Obtain from the Town office (see bottom of page for address, phone number and hours):
  • application
  • site plan form
  • notice of required attachments, if any (Example: Property zoned A1-EX must obtain soil interpretations sheets from the Dane County Land conservation Office.)
  • your Town Planning Commission contact person information
• Get in touch with your Town Planning Commission contact person. This person will:
  • help you understand what you need to do
  • answer questions
  • probably, schedule a site visit to your property
  • make formal motions to the Town Planning Commission about your request
• Return your application and site plan (plus any other required attachments) to the Town office. The original plus 12 copies are required.
  • with the application fee (indicated on the application materials)
  • provide any other relevant information for consideration
  • deadline date is 3 PM Monday, three Mondays prior to the Planning commission meeting
  • upon receipt of all application materials your request will be placed on the next available Town Planning Commission agenda. (A maximum of nine (9) items may be placed on one agenda. Additional items are held over to the following meeting.
• You will be notified of the meeting at which your request will be first heard.

# 3 Preliminary Action by Town Planning Commission

• The current property owner is required to attend this meeting. You will be asked to explain your request and answer questions.
• If you bring information to the meeting, bring 12 copies for the commission members.
• The Planning Commission will review the request for consistency with the Town Land Use Plan.
• Actions the commission may take include:
  • table the request, pending receipt of additional information
  • vote to recommend preliminary approval to the Town Board
  • vote not to recommend to the Town Board

#4 Preliminary Action by the Town Board

• The property owner is expected to attend the next scheduled Town Board meeting. You will have an opportunity to explain your request and anser questions.
• The Town Planning Commission reports on the request and recommendation to the Town Board.
  • Actions the commission may take include:
  • Table the request, pending receipt of additional information 
  • Vote for preliminary approval by the Town Board
  • Vote not to approve the request

# 5 Public Hearing with Dane County Zoning

• File an application (and fee) with Dane County Zoning
• You will be given a public hearing date to appear before the Dane County Zoning and Natural Resources Committee
• Property owners within 1/4 mile of your request will be notified of the public hearing.

# 6 Final Recommendation by the Town Planning Commission
The County will send a Notice of Public Hearing to the commission. Your request will be put on the next available commission agenda.

• You will be notified of the commission meeting at which the request will be considered
• The property owner is expected to attend the commission meeting. You will have an opportunity to speak to the request and answer questions
• Actions the commission may take include:
  • table the request, pending receipt of additional information
  • seek deed restrictions related to the request
  • vote to recommend final approval to the Town Board
  • vote not to recommend to the Town Board

# 7 Final Action by the Town Board

• The property owner is expected to attend the next scheduled Town Board meeting. You will have an opportunity to explain your request and answer questions.
• The Town Planning Commission reports on the request and recommendation to the Town Board.
• Actions the commission may take include:
  • table the request, pending receipt of additional information
  • vote for final approval by the Town Board
  • vote not to approve the request
• The Town Board will notify Dane County Zoning, in writing of the final action taken.

# 8 Final Action by Dane County

• the Dane County Zoning Commission will review the action of the Town Board and approve or deny the request.

# 9 Your Follow-up Action

• if approved, you may implement your request
• if not approved, you may resubmit your request (with or without changes) one year from the date of final action by the town board
• if not approved, you may suspend your request
• if not approve, you may be able to appeal