87.305 Use of certain facilities on St. Feriole island.
(1) Department approval. Notwithstanding s. 87.30 or any rule promulgated, order issued or ordinance adopted under that section, the department shall authorize the connection of a sanitary sewer line from the sewerage treatment plant in the city of Prairie du Chien and connection of the public water system of the city of Prairie du Chien to the railroad depot and the Dousman hotel on St. Feriole island and shall authorize historic use of the Dousman hotel as a hotel, as defined under s. 97.01 (7), if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The department approves the developer's plans and specifications for floodproofing the railroad depot and the Dousman hotel.
(b) The department approves the city of Prairie du Chien's flood warning system and emergency evacuation plan and the city of Prairie du Chien agrees to test the evacuation plan at least once each year.
(c) The department informs the U.S. army corps of engineers, the department of transportation, the division of emergency management and the state historical society of its intention to authorize connection of sewer service and a water system to the railroad depot and the Dousman hotel and occupancy of the hotel and either:
1. Those agencies do not object within 30 days after receiving a copy of the notice; or
2. Any objections of those agencies are resolved in negotiations between those agencies, the city of Prairie du Chien and the developer.
(d) The state historic preservation officer reviews the developer's plans for preservation or rehabilitation of the Dousman hotel and certifies that the preservation or rehabilitation will be consistent with the standards used by the U.S. secretary of the interior to certify rehabilitations under 26 USC 47 (c) (2).
(2) Revocation of approval. The department may revoke the approval granted under sub. (1) if any of the following occur:
(a) A floodproofing and flood warning system are not constructed substantially as designed in the plans and specifications approved by the department under sub. (1) (a).
(b) The owner or operator of the railroad depot and the Dousman hotel fails to maintain the floodproofing system substantially as designed in the plans and specifications approved by the department under sub. (1) (a).
(c) The city of Prairie du Chien fails to maintain the flood warning system and to test the emergency evacuation plan at least once each year.
(d) The state historic preservation officer determines that the preservation or rehabilitation of the Dousman hotel is not consistent with the standards used by the U.S. secretary of the interior to certify rehabilitations under 26 USC 47 (c) (2).
History: 1987 a. 282; 1993 a. 27; 1995 a. 27, 247, 378; 1997 a. 252; 2015 a. 55.
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