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Town of Montrose Land Use Committee April 28, 2014 Meeting Report All members were present: Deb Brucaya,Junior Eichelkraut,Jerome Gobel,John Sayles,Tim Schmitt Minutes are not official until approved by land use committee(LUC)members. The Town of Montrose uses acreage owned as of September 11, 1978 to determine the number of divisions available. Minutes of the March 24, 2014 meeting were amended to indicate that Junior was present only as a conditional use permit (CUP)applicant, not a committee member,and that providing draft LUC minutes will allow them to be available in time for the monthly town board meeting. The amended minutes were then approved. The sole item of business was consideration of Donald and Marie Pauli's request to rezone lands in Section 9 along Observatory Road from A-1 Exc. to a rural home district,to create three home sites. The Pauli's were represented at the meeting by their two sons,Bill and Larry. The land under consideration is hilly and steeply sloped; none of it is cropland. Four splits were available on this original farm. One division was used in 2004 to create a home parcel on Gaffney Road. The Paulis are unsure whether they will use two or all three of the remaining divisions. Due to the hilly topography in this area, special care will be needed to obtain safe sight distances for the driveways that will serve these proposed parcels. The current thinking is that one of the two proposed driveways would be a shared drive, should three parcels be created. Driveway permits to specifically locate the driveways will come later in the joint township/county rezone process. A survey has not yet been scheduled. The across-the-road neighbor was supportive of this proposed rezone and inquired about getting a caution sign installed to alert approaching motorists to the presence of the neighbor's driveway onto Observatory Road. She was referred to town board supervisor Dan Palmer. Committee members agreed that this rezone proposal fits in with the township's LUP. Junior moved and Deb seconded to recommend township approval of the Pauli's request to rezone lands in Section 9 from A-1 Exc.to rural home district designations for the purpose of creating three buildable home lots along Observatory Road. The motion carried unanimously. John informed committed members that the town may need to extend by approximately 200' an existing road in Basco to serve the last of the lots previously created by Steve Versnik, which recently sold. Other possible solutions to access this parcel will be pursued. John announced his and Ann's current application to serve in the Peace Corps. John would be out of the country or otherwise unavailable for a minimum of 27 months. Although the choice of his replacement as LUC chairman is the town board's decision, John urged Tim to seriously consider the post. There was no additional public input regarding any other land use issue. The meeting adjourned. Submitted by: Deborah A. Brucaya, Recording Secretary Town of Montrose Land Use Committee 1