The "Discussion" session of the Sawyer County Zoning Agenda originally scheduled for April 17 has been rescheduled for Friday May 1 @ 9:00 AM. This includes the discussion on point of sale septic inspections.

Washburn County Board of Supervisors voted 12-8 not to approve the proposed Comprehensive Plan. State law requires passage prior to January 1, 2010 or any land use decision may be challenged in court for failure to be consistent with the plan. No prediction can be made what the ramifications of not passing the plan will be?However, It could be very interesting.

Bayfield County Zoning Committee is considering changes to the Camping Ordinance. The proposed changes can be found here. Anyone interested in this issue should check out the proposed changes.

The Washburn County Zoning Committee will be holding a Public Hearing on proposed changes to the Subdivision Ordinance. The proposed changes have generated no objections from our members.

Bayfield County continues on their Comprehensive Plan process without delays. Two Public Open Houses have been scheduled to review the progress of the Committee. It is time for objections to be raised if discovered. The first Open House is April 29 from 6-8 pm at the Iron River Community Center. If you don't know where that is you probably aren't interested in going. The second April 30 from 6-8 pm at the Grand View Town Hall. Ditto.

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Sawyer County Zoning Committee has a couple of items of interest on their April 17 agenda. The idea of mandating septic inspections at time of sale of property will be discussed. They will also be discussing, once again, changes to the subdivision ordinance. Finally a discussion on revising the sign ordinance. No action is expected on any of these items (maybe subdivision). But, very interesting discussions could take place.

Sawyer County Comprehensive Planning Committee will be hosting two Open Houses to update the public on the progress of the plan. The first is at the Sawyer County Courthouse Assembly Room on April 28 from 6:00- 7:30 pm. The second is at the Winter School Library Room on April 30 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm. All interested parties, which should be everyone, are encouraged to attend and learn what is planned for your future.