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Sheehan Park(the site of Sun Prairie's annual Corn Festival), a Little League baseball complex and three or four single family residences border the property to the north, all within 700 feet of the proposed recycling center site. The City of Sun Prairie has zoned the area to the east for heavy industrial use, and there are two or three commercial/industrial plants and one farmstead in this area. Railroad tracks run across the southeastern edge of the property,with a mix of cropland,pasture and wetlands to the west. (See attached map.) The municipal boundaries of the City of Sun Prairie surround the property on three sides, and the site is within the City of Sun Prairie Urban Service Area. It seems likely that this area will ultimately be annexed to the City of Sun Prairie,but the presence of two small residential lots within the Town of Sun Prairie on the extreme northern tip of the area may prevent annexation from taking place at this time. D. Other federal, state or county approvals required 1995 aerial photography shows a stream with two branches running along the southeastern and western edges of the property,ultimately draining into the Koshkonong Creek. Zoning permits will be necessary before any temporary or permanent structures could be placed on the property. Unless field investigations show these streams to be non-navigable, a special exception permit from the county Board of Adjustments may be necessary before filling or grading could take place. An erosion control plan approved by the Land Conservation Department and appropriate permits under Chapter 14 of the Dane County Code may also be required. II. ANALYSIS A. Compliance with County Ordinances The City of Sun Prairie does not have extraterritorial zoning authority in the Town of Sun Prairie, so the county zoning ordinance (Chapter 10, Dane County Code) applies. Section 10.123(3)(c) of the County Code allows"governmental uses" as a conditional use in the A-1(ex) Exclusive Agriculture District. Section 10.255(2)(h) of the County Zoning Ordinance requires any conditional use to meet all of the following standards: 1. That the establishment, maintenance, or operation of the conditional use will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, comfort or general welfare. 2. That the uses, values, and enjoyment of other property in the neighborhood for purposes already permitted shall be in no foreseeable manner substantially impaired or diminished by establishment, maintenance or operation of the conditional use. 3. That the establishment of the conditional use will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of the surrounding property for uses permitted in the district. 4. That adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and other necessary site improvements have been or are being made. S. That adequate measures have been or will be taken to provide ingress and egress so designed as to minimize traffic congestion in the public streets; and 6. That the conditional use shall conform to all applicable regulations of the district in which it is located 2