Brown County Planning and Land Services

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Brown County Planning and Land Services

• Zoning
• Bill Bosiacki
• 305 E. Walnut St.
• Green Bay WI 54301
• [phone]
• Website http//www.co.brown.wi.us/zoning/

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POWTS In Brown County

• 12,000 total systems in the County (Estimated)
• 8,756 on record
• 5,517 on the maintenance program

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How The Fee Was Determined

• Zoning Office
• 2006 Budget 425,220.00
• 8,190 Total Staff Hours
• 425,220.00 / 8,190 hours 51.91 per hour
• 538 Total Hours Per Year
• 538 x 51.91 27,927.58 per year

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How The Fee Was Determined

• Zoning Department 27,927.58
• Corporation Counsel 2,533.00
• Total 30,460.58

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How Is The Fee Collected

• Wisconsin State Statute 145.20 (4)
• Special Assessments for holding and septic tank
  pumping. A governmental unit may assess the owner
  of a private sewage system for costs related to
  the pumping of a septic or holding tank. The
  governmental unit shall make any assessment in
  the same manner that a city, village or town
  makes an assessment under s. 66.0703.

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Special Assessment

• 5,517 systems on maintenance x 5.00 per year
  27,585.00
• 30,460.58 - 27,585.00 2,875.58 on the tax
  levy.

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How The Fee Is Used

• Postage
• First, Second and Final Notices
• Staff Time
• Corporation Counsel
• Existing System Inspections on all property
  transfers and land divisions

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3 Year Maintenance Notice Activity in 2005
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Existing System Inspections

• 11.21 EXISTING POWTS INSPECTIONS. (1) An existing
  system inspection is required for all property
  transfers and land divisions in which the
  property contains a structure served by a POWTS.
  A system regulated by the mandatory maintenance
  program specified in 11.073(5) at the time of
  division or transfer may be precluded from this
  section at the discretion of the Zoning
  Administrator. An existing system inspection is
  not required if a letter from the host
  municipality is submitted to the Zoning Office
  stating a date by which the structure is required
  to be connected to a sanitary sewer.

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Existing System Inspections2005
PRIVATE ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM PRIVATE ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM PRIVATE ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM PRIVATE ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM PRIVATE ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM PRIVATE ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM PRIVATE ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM PRIVATE ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM PRIVATE ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
PROPERTY TRANSFER INSPECTION PROGRAM PROPERTY TRANSFER INSPECTION PROGRAM PROPERTY TRANSFER INSPECTION PROGRAM PROPERTY TRANSFER INSPECTION PROGRAM PROPERTY TRANSFER INSPECTION PROGRAM PROPERTY TRANSFER INSPECTION PROGRAM PROPERTY TRANSFER INSPECTION PROGRAM PROPERTY TRANSFER INSPECTION PROGRAM PROPERTY TRANSFER INSPECTION PROGRAM

Of the 96 parcels that complied with Ch. 11.21(1) Of the 96 parcels that complied with Ch. 11.21(1) Of the 96 parcels that complied with Ch. 11.21(1) Of the 96 parcels that complied with Ch. 11.21(1) Of the 96 parcels that complied with Ch. 11.21(1) Of the 96 parcels that complied with Ch. 11.21(1) Of the 96 parcels that complied with Ch. 11.21(1) Of the 96 parcels that complied with Ch. 11.21(1) Of the 96 parcels that complied with Ch. 11.21(1)

33 of the systems were failing 33 of the systems were failing 33 of the systems were failing 33 of the systems were failing 33 of the systems were failing 33 of the systems were failing 33 of the systems were failing 33 of the systems were failing 33 of the systems were failing
63 of the systems did not meet the statutory definition of a failing system 63 of the systems did not meet the statutory definition of a failing system 63 of the systems did not meet the statutory definition of a failing system 63 of the systems did not meet the statutory definition of a failing system 63 of the systems did not meet the statutory definition of a failing system 63 of the systems did not meet the statutory definition of a failing system 63 of the systems did not meet the statutory definition of a failing system 63 of the systems did not meet the statutory definition of a failing system 63 of the systems did not meet the statutory definition of a failing system
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