Land Use Planning & Zoning

DeCramer, Carole Administrative Assistant	920-294-4156	cdecramer@co.green-lake.wi.us
Kirkman, Matt Code Enforcement Officer	920-294-4027	mkirkman@co.green-lake.wi.us
Shute, Alan Land Development Director	920-294-4175	ashute@co.green-lake.wi.us
Sorenson, Melissa Code Enforcement Officer	920-294-4028	msorenson@co.green-lake.wi.us
Stanuch, Gerald GIS Specialist	920-294-4174	gstanuch@co.green-lake.wi.us
vacant Code Enforcement Officer	-	-

The Code Enforcement Office is responsible for administration and enforcement of Green Lake County’s land use ordinances and related chapters of the Wisconsin Administrative Code and Statutes. These duties include review and issuance of permits, compliance inspections, complaint investigation, customer assistance, and maintaining records of all this activity. The Code Enforcement Office is under the direction of the Land Development Director and is staffed by three Code Enforcement Officers.

Land Use Program
The Land Use Program includes administration and enforcement of ordinances related to Zoning, Shoreland, Floodplain, Nonmetallic Mining Reclamation, and Land Division. The goal of this program is to promote the use of land in harmony with its neighboring uses and natural resources, and to protect the public’s safety and interest in the location of structures and uses.

POWTS (Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment System) Program
The POWTS Program includes the administration and enforcement of the Green Lake County Private Sewage System Ordinance, Chapters COMM 81-87 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, and Chapter 145 of the Wisconsin Statutes. This program's goals are to insure the proper location of POWTS, the proper maintenance of new and existing POWTS, the identification and correction of failing POWTS, and to provide assistance through the Wisconsin Fund grant program to property owners replacing failed POWTS.

Links

• FEMA
• National Environmental Services Center
• National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Assoc.
• Wisconsin County Code Administrators
• Wisconsin Department of Commerce
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Wisconsin Onsite Wastewater Recycling Assoc.

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Staff Contact:
Matt Kirkman - Code Enforcement Officer
920-294-4027
mkirkman@co.green-lake.wi.us

Melissa Sorenson - Code Enforcement Officer
920-294-4028
msorenson@co.green-lake.wi.us

vacant - Code Enforcement Officer
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The GIS (Geographic Information System) Office is responsible for modernizing and maintaining Green Lake County’s land information records in an electronic format through the development of a countywide GIS. The basic building block of a GIS is the land surveying reference network layer from which all other layers are created and referenced. Other layers include, but are not limited to, parcels, zoning, roads, hydrography, soils, and orthophotography data layers. This office also works with other county departments to integrate their land records data into the GIS for countywide utilization. The GIS allows for the rapid and up-to-date transmission of data for use in daily countywide operations and by the general public.

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Staff contact:
Gerald Stanuch - GIS Specialist
920-294-4174
gstanuch@co.green-lake.wi.us

The Land Development Office oversees all offices and activities within the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department. The office provides coordination and assistance to the Planning and Zoning Committee and the Board of Adjustment, as well as other County committees and departments. This office provides assistance to the public, which includes review and assistance with requests for land division and analysis of development proposals. Additionally, the Land Development Office reviews and recommends updates to land use ordinances such as the Zoning Ordinance, Shoreland Ordinance, Floodplain Ordinance, Land Division Ordinance, Nonmetallic Mining Reclamation Ordinance, and Sanitary Ordinance.

ECWRPC East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission

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Staff Contact:
Carole DeCramer
920-294-4156
cdecramer@co.green-lake.wi.us

Alan Shute - Land Development Director
920-294-4175
ashute@co.green-lake.wi.us

The County Surveyor’s Office was created by State Statutes and is responsible for those duties as outlined therein. The general description of these duties includes performing land surveys required by the County or the court, and maintaining the land surveying records through indexing and filing of land surveying data of Green Lake County. Private land surveying entities must submit copies of land surveys to the County Surveyor’s Office within 60 days of completion; these surveys will then be filed for public record.

 

Data Available in the County Surveyor’s Office

• Original Public Land Survey System Notes and Plats
• 1800 and 1900 County Surveyor Notes
• Partial Town Road Records and Highway Plans
• 1941, 1959, 1970, and 1980 hard copy aerial photos
• USGS and NGS benchmark data
• US Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Monument Records
• Certified Survey Maps (CSM)
• Certificates of Survey (COS)
• High Accuracy Reference Network (HARN) and Densification Data
• Coordinate Values for PLSS Corners of Record (work in progress)
• WisDOT Height Modernization Data (coming soon)

Projects and Services

• Certified Survey Map Review
• Subdivision Plat Review
• Public Land Survey System Corner Identification with County Coordinate Values
• Enforcement of the County Land Division Ordinance
• Provide assistance, when possible, as it relates to land surveying

Links

• Search and View Records
• Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors
• Original Survey Notes
• SCO State Cartographer’s Office
• Wisconsin County Coordinate System for Green Lake County

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Staff Contact:
Alan Shute - County Surveyor
920-294-4175
ashute@co.green-lake.wi.us

Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes (ss. 59.72), the Green Lake County Board of Supervisors adopted, by County Board Resolution # 17-2005, that the County Land Information Office be established within the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department and the department director be designated as the Land Information Officer and the official contact person for that office. 

The Land Information Office:

• Coordinates land information projects within the County involving other governmental and private entities as project participants.
• Develop a county-wide land records modernization plan and obtain approval from the Wisconsin Department of Administration within 2 years after the Land Information Office has been established.
• Review and recommend projects from local governmental units for grants from the Wisconsin Department of Administration.

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Staff Contact:
Alan Shute - Land Information Officer
920-294-4175
ashute@co.green-lake.wi.us