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Page 6 --February 10, 2000 <br /> <br />Z.B. <br /> <br /> Special Exception ~ Board revokes special exception permit for auto body <br /> business <br /> <br /> WISCONSIN (12/21/99) -- Suk°watey applied for a sp~ciaI exc&Ption permit <br /> to operate an auto body business on his commercially zoned proPerty. <br /> Sukowatey's home and several Other buSineSSes were alsb'on th'e prope/-ty. <br /> The permit was granted, subject 'to' several con.diti0.n's. "A.cdording to the <br /> permit,. Sukqwatey could only have 10 C~ receiving auto r~pair work on the <br /> proptrty at any time. The permit also re~uir~ him to keep the auio body'shfip's <br /> exterior neat and orderly. '.. <br /> ".Fiye'yea~s'.iat. er, the Stl Croix'CoufitY Board. of'Xdjustment'rev, tked the <br />ptPmit for failure to comply with the conditions. <br /> "'Suk6Watey Stied', and the eom aff'~ed the board;s d~cisiofi, .. <br /> Sukowatey' appealed, ' arguing the 6 ;idenc. e failed, to ,Support. the board's <br />f'm~ng he.did not comply with the permit's conditions. He contendtd'~ere <br />were cars On the property for other reason?.than auto <br />not have been counted for the purposes of the permit. He claimed the addi- <br />tional cars belonged to the other businesses and his residence.' <br /> <br />DECISION: Affirmed. ' '" .' There was enough evidence to revoke Sukowatey's permit: <br /> At the revocation hearing, the county presented a letter from the zoning <br />administrator containing an inventory of items he had recently observed on the <br />property. It included 28 vehicles with either expired license plates or no license <br />plates. The county also presented a letter written two months later in which the <br />zoning administrator counted 22 vehicles and noted .the property was in a "very <br />similar condition" as previously. ... .. <br /> The board was reasonable in believing the. unlicensed vehicles were not <br />parked on the Property for anyone's personal use. At the hearing, Sukowatey's" <br />att0ra'ey explained Sukowatey used parts from several different cars in his busi- <br />ness. The board reasonably believed the unlicensed cars .were used for parts in <br />the auto body business.' ~:. ~ '. :-~ ... <br />Citation: SUkowatey v. St. Croix County Board of Adjustment, Court Of <br />Appeals of WisconSin, Dist. 3, No. 99-I875-FT (1999). <br />see als°: Klinger v. Oneida County, 440 N.W.2d 348 (1989). <br />see also: Bucyrvz-Erie Co. v. DILHR, 280 N.W. 2d 142 (1979). <br /> <br />ordinance ~ City attempts to regulate natural, gas facility <br /> <br />RHODE ISLAND (01/07/00) -- For almost 30 years, Algonquin LNG trans- <br />ported and sold natural gas from its facility in Providence. Liquid natural gas <br />from outside the state was delivered to a large storage facility. It was then <br />converted into a gas and transmitted through pipes tO customers. The custom- <br />ers included public utilities and customers outside Rhode Island, <br /> <br /> <br />