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Supervisor Helen Johnson, Chair and Members <br /> Dane County Zoning and Natural Resources Committee <br /> May 4 , 1998 <br /> Page 2 <br /> that : "Within one year of issuing the CUP a new easement or right <br /> of way purchase will be obtained for access to the new tower and <br /> the old easement will be abandoned. " <br /> The applicant objected to this requirement at the public <br /> hearing on the rezoning before the Zoning and Natural Resources <br /> Committee . At its November 5, 1996, the Committee voted to <br /> approve the rezone subject to the single condition that further <br /> development of the property be prohibited by a recorded Deed <br /> Restriction. In a November 14 , 1996 Memorandum to the Pleasant <br /> Springs Town Clerk, Zoning Inspector Kris Schutte advised that <br /> the zoning and Natural Resources Committee "agreed that a Deed <br /> Restriction would not be an appropriate means for forcing <br /> Milwaukee Repeater Service to obtain a new easement to the tower <br /> site . " <br /> Notwithstanding the Committee' s action, the Town of Pleasant <br /> Springs objected to the rezoning unless it were made subject to <br /> the requirement of a Deed Restriction that the owner abandon use <br /> of its legally existent easement and obtain a new access to the <br /> tower site . The applicant objected to this requirement as <br /> confiscatory, unreasonable and unrelated to the legitimate <br /> objectives of the zoning ordinance . However, it had no <br /> alternative but to accept the condition or to delay replacement <br /> of an obsolete and dangerous tower in a critical location. <br /> On December 3 , 1996, the County Zoning and Natural Resources <br /> Committee recommended approval of the rezone, including the <br /> condition required by the Town of Pleasant Springs . At its <br /> meeting on December 19, 1996, the County Board of Supervisors <br /> approved Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 6714 rezoning the <br /> property to the A-2 (1) District, subject to the condition: <br /> That within one year of issuing the CUP <br /> a new easement or right-of-way will be <br /> obtained for access to the new tower and <br /> vehicular access over the old easement will <br /> be discontinued and that no further <br /> development will take place on this property <br /> other than the tower. <br /> The antennae facilities located on this tower are critical <br /> to the operation of regional telecommunications systems . In <br /> addition to serving as a local cell site, the tower includes a <br /> microwave relay antennae that transmits all Madison area <br />