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May 5, 1999 <br /> tior Dear Dane County Committee, Staff, and Interested Parties, <br /> I am concerned about Zoning Petition 7409 in the Town of <br /> Roxbury. The petition does not mention hunting, an important <br /> recreational activity on this land, now purchased by local people <br /> who are ardent hunbers, from the Smedleys, who were ardent <br /> conservationists and vegetarians. <br /> Although the land was returned to owners who enjoy hunting, <br /> the deer season of 1998 had to be a record in discord amongst <br /> the usual area hunters. The acrimony touched on the use of <br /> the Ice Age Trail land access easement to the east of Breunig <br /> Road, plus fence damage to adjoining farmland owners Speth, <br /> Breretons, and Ballwegs . These owners will not accept the <br /> continued degradation of the fence lines; no responsible tenant <br /> or landowner will willfully damage fences where nearby grazing <br /> animals could break through and wreck havoc on crops of their <br /> neighbors. <br /> I am writing on behalf of the hunters who have hunted this <br /> area with landowner permission, and believe I am on good terms <br /> with the area farmers. <br /> Why the new property owners, i.e. , the petitioners and <br /> their relatives/friends (hunters themselves) chose to <br /> aggressively enter, poach, and litter adjoining land without <br /> permission is a mystery. <br /> Last fall ' s altercations were serious enough that at least <br /> one of the adjoining farm families is planning to forbid free <br /> Ihr hunting on their land; four more adjoining farmers are <br /> anticipating being forced to do the same, in great part to <br /> protect themselves from the petitioners/relatives/friends. <br /> If adjoining landowners do carry out their no free hunting <br /> policy, approximately 350 acres of prime hunting will no longer <br /> be available to many of us who have enjoyed hunting privileges <br /> here. <br /> Have you considered that this petition is a wedge for a <br /> multiple homes subdivision? Homes directly adjoining Ice Age <br /> Trail property? The 35+ acre parcel can be subdivided into <br /> a total of 5 . 74 lots; the zoning petition requests changing <br /> this A-1 EX AG land to RH-2 Rural Homes -- more than one! The <br /> very expensive driveway is unlikely to be feasible for only <br /> a single house, but most likely will become a town road for <br /> multiple houses. <br /> By the way, the Roxbury Town Chairman is an uncle to the <br /> petitioners, and he has not abstained from voting on either <br /> Petition 7409 or petitioners ' driveway permit. <br /> Yours truly, <br /> T. Zimmerman <br /> (100, <br /> cc: file RECEIVED <br /> MAY U 1999 <br /> D.C.PLANNING&DEVELOPMENT <br />