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(Chapter 75, Dane County Code). The Plat Review Officer has determined that the resulting parcels are illegal, since they did not comply with the subdivision ordinance at the time they were created. By creating a CSM for the new lot, this petition would at least bring one of these illegally created lots into compliance with county standards. Staff caution, however, that the county should avoid giving the impression that it is legitimizing any remaining illegally created lots through any action on this current petition. See comments below concerning the distinction between compliance with the subdivision ordinance and consistency with the town plan. B. Compliance with Adopted Plans • Town Land Use Plan The Town of Cross Plains Land Use Plan, adopted in May of 1981, shows the site within an agricultural planning district, where the following policy applies: "Lands in the agricultural district should not be rezoned for non farm residential development at an overall density of greater than one dwelling per 35 acres owned as of the dale of adoption of this plan. " The town plan is silent about how to treat parcels that incorporate land from more than one 1981 landholding. As noted above, the proposed RH-3 lot includes land from two original farms. On the old O'Brien farm of 84.19 acres,two (illegal) splits have taken place. This would appear to exhaust the available land divisions under the land use plan for this particular parcel. Note that this determination applies only to interpreting the land use plan, and is not intended to condone or indicate acceptance of illegally created parcels of land. At some point, it is clear that certified survey maps or maps will be necessary to bring the entire area into compliance. On the 1981 Raymond Lee farm of 198 acres, no splits have been taken, leaving 5.6 land divisions available. Although the proposed two acre flag taken from the Raymond Lee farm is a minority of the total proposed area for the new lot, there would appear to be nothing inherently inconsistent with counting the split against this as yet undivided larger parcel. C. Environmental features The property sits on the eastern slope of a mostly wooded hillside. Slopes range from almost 30% along the eastern edge of the proposed parcel,to approximately 10% on the northern 2/3 acre. Buildings, driveways and other improvements should be located on the northern and western edges of the lot to avoid disturbing areas with steep slopes. Appropriate erosion controls for single family residential construction under the Uniform Development Code should also be applied. D. Public, Local Government, And Agency Input • Town Board Action On September 4, 1998,the Cross Plains Town Board voted unanimously to approve Petition #7350 with no conditions. At the time of this report, no other local unit of government or county agency had commented on this proposal. 2