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• II. ANALYSIS A. Compliance with Adopted Plans According to the Town of Verona Land Use Plan (adopted 1987), the property is within a designated agricultural preservation area. Within such areas, nonfarm residential development on lands not classified as prime agricultural soils is permitted,provided densities do not exceed one unit per thirty five contiguous acres owned at the time A-1 (exclusive) zoning was adopted. The Town of Verona adopted A-1(ex) zoning in 1979. As noted above, in 1979 the Merlises' property was part of a 137 acre farm owned by Lerner Enterprises, Inc. Under the town plan,this would yield a total of three splits (Verona does not have a rounding policy). Since that time, the density study shows that a total of eight new legal or zoning lots have been created. Of those eight lots, two (Petition 7183) are zoned or deed restricted to prohibit residential development, and one (part of CSM 7339 Lot 2) is_a zoning lot attached to an existing lot,not a separate building site. This leaves a total of 5 existing building sites (including the Merlises present home) that would count against the town's density limitations (see Map 2), two more than what the town plan would normally allow. In an attempt to compensate for this, the ZNR in 1996 applied deed restrictions to adjoining land in the Town of Middleton when one of the lots on adjoining portions of the original farm was created (Petition 6658, Frank Burgess). Since the Merlises do not own adjoining land in other townships, this would not appear to be an option for the current petition. Petition 7413 would exacerbate this situation, creating two new building sites for a total of seven, three more than the town plan aniticipates. B. Public, Local Government, And Agency Input As of the date of this report,the position of the Town of Verona was not known. No other county or state agencies have commented on this proposal. III. CONCLUSIONS A. Summary of main issues/findings There are currently five building sites on what was originally a 137 acre farm in an area designated for agricultural preservation in the Town of Verona Land Use Plan. The town's density policy would allow a total of only three such sites. This petition would exacerbate this situation by creating two new building sites, bringing the total number of residential development sites to seven, four over the planned density for the area. If the Town wishes to reconsider whether this area should be part of its agricultural preservanon area,then it should make the necessary amendments to its town plan.