Sunday, October 19, 2008

Lake Geneva Club Hearing

October 24 - Pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 30.12, 30.208, 30.209 and 227.42 and Wis. Admin. Code chs. NR 2 and 326 the State of Wisconsin Division of Hearings and Appeals will initiate and hold a telephone prehearing conference in the matter of amendments issued August 11, 2007, and May 16, 2008, to a permit issued February 15, 2007, to Lake Geneva Club authorizing placement of a new cribbed pier and modifying an existing multi-slip pier on the bed of Lake Geneva, Town Of Linn, Walworth County at 10 a.m. Lake Geneva Club, c/o Joe Gardella, 778 Black Walnut Court, Sugar Grove, Illinois, 60554 applied to the Department of Natural Resources for a permit to place a cribbed pier on Lake Geneva. The proposed pier would be 136 feet long by five feet wide with an “L” section and eight finger piers on the east side of the main pier stem. The proposed pier would be supported by ten rock-filled cribs and would provide mooring space for nine boats. Lake Geneva Club has an existing pier that currently moors 21 boats and there are an additional 13 mooring spaces along the shoreline for a total of 34 moorings. Under the new proposal the existing pier would moor 17 boats, the proposed new pier would moor 9 boats and there would be six mooring spaces along the shoreline for a total of 31 moorings on the property. The proposed project is located along Lake Geneva Club Lane in Section 18, Township 1 North, Range 17 East, Village of Fontana, Walworth County. The department approved the Lake Geneva Club’s application with limitations and received a request for a contested case hearing from Attorney David Williams on behalf of Chicago Club of Lake Geneva Homeowner’s Association. No testimony will be heard at the telephone prehearing conference, however, a date may be set for the hearing on the merits at the conference. When the hearing is held it will be a Class 1 contested case pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 227.01(3)(a). For information contact the Division of Hearings and Appeals at (608) 266-7709.

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