The Sturgeon Bay Common Council took care of procedural items on the agenda Tuesday to align some of the city’s zoning with its comprehensive plan. Council President Dan Williams, who was filling in for Mayor David Ward and ran the meeting, explained the importance of implementing the new ordinances to accommodate the future land use being planned and developed in Sturgeon Bay. 

 

 

Williams notes that Southern Door School District Superintendent Keith Krutzik gave a presentation to the Sturgeon Bay Common Council on the funding issues faced by his and many other school districts in the area.  Having many Southern Door students who reside on the southwestern end of Sturgeon Bay, where apartment complexes have been recently built, greatly impacts voters in both school districts.

 

 

The 50-minute meeting included two public meetings for the proposed amendments to the zoning code, with no one testifying.  The ordinance changes had its first readings approved Tuesday and will need a second reading approval at the next Sturgeon Bay City Council Meeting on February 18 to become enacted.