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Dane County Zoning and Natural Resources Committee November 7, 1998 Page 3 Department and the requirement of a site plan. Each of these issues are addressed below. 1. The Proposed Rezoning Complies With The Relevant Town/County Policies. The Town of Christiana Plan Commission unanimously (one abstention) approved the proposed rezoning. The Town of Christiana Plan Commission is the body primarily responsible for planning in the Town. The Town of Christiana Town Board also unanimously approved the proposed rezoning. The Town Board is the governing and legislative body of the Town. What better evidence could there possibly be that the proposed rezoning complies with the relevant town policies than the unanimous approval of the Town Plan Commission and Town Board. After all, the interpretation of the legislative body that promulgated the policies must be given greater weight than any other interpretation. In approving the proposed rezoning, the Town Plan Commission and Town Board had to determine that the proposed rezoning would not result in a commercial strip development along a highway. Town of Christiana Land Use Plan ("Town Land Use Plan"), at 4 (the policy reads To prohibit strip development") (a copy of such page is enclosed herewith). The Town Land Use Plan defines "Strip Development" as follows: Strip Development: the development of a series of commercial or residential land uses generally one lot deep along a road or highway, with each use usually requiring an access to the road. Town Land Use Plan, at 6 (a copy of such page is enclosed herewith). The proposed rezoning will not result in strip development as defined for several reasons. First, an examination of the Zoning Maps for Sec. 1 and Sec. 2 in the Town of Christiana reveals numerous commercially zoned parcels along the North and South sides of U.S.H. 12 & 18 and extending East and West of the parcel proposed to be rezoned. (See reduced copies of Zoning Maps for Sec. 1 and Sec. 2 in the Town of Christiana enclosed herewith; the existing commercially zoned parcels have been highlighted in yellow.) If the proposed rezoning were considered to result in "Strip Development," then logically each one of the existing commercially zoned parcels after the first in time commercially zoned parcel had to constitute "Strip Development." However, each time after the first existing