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In 1974 we purchased this parcel of land from a neighboring farmer to comply with the 5 acre horse keeping ordinance. Our neighborhood was very rural at that time with many people having horses. We were surrounded by farm fields and St. Benedict's conservancy woods. We used these 6.5 acres as pasture and even made hay on it. Now, 24 years later, this is no longer a rural setting; it is surrrounded by homes and Bishop's Bay golf course. We have had to move our horses to Lodi as development has taken the lands we rode on. Besides our 6 acre parcel,there were 2 other parcels of open space in our neighborhood. In 1994 a 15 acre parcel adjacent to ours was divided and rezoned from Al-ex to 4 lots, 3 with RH-1 zoning and the 4 acre lot is RH-2. In 1990 the other 20 acre parcel was rezoned from A l-ex to 10 R-1A lots and 1 larger R-3A lot. All of these lots are deed restricted to no further subdivision. We are making the same restriction of no further subdivision. Our parcel is the only remaining Al-ex parcel in the area and is non-conforming because we do not have the 35 acres required for this zoning. When we applied to the Town of Westport for a variance so that we could divide our parcel into 2 lots of 3.2 acres each,they gave their full support, but made the request that we rezone to RH-1 so that we would be in compliance. We have access to this parcel by easements granted to the land when we purchased it in 1974. We also have a letter dated 1985 from Norb Schribner giving permission to build 1 house on this land using the granted easements for the driveway. We have gained unanimous approval and support from the Westport Plan Commission for our zoning change, our variance request,and our land division. John Van Dinter, our town chairman, has visited our site and feels our plan would be good use of the land as it would be infill and consistent with the present character of the neighborhood. He stated that this land is no longer suited for agricultural use. There should be no opposition when the Town Board meets next Tuesday and considers this zoning petitionramilaspkopy simmipoppmarirrolo As we stated, our plan is to divide the 6.5 acre parcel into 2 lots sharing a common driveway. This 10' wide driveway is the same driveway we would use for 1 house,or for 2 houses even if we had the full 60' frontage on the cul-de-sac instead of the 48' that we have. This common driveway approach is already being used for the 4 lot development adjacent to us. Additionally,because our land is bordered on the north by the golf course, there won't be any need of a road through our property in the future.. We have a signed petition of support from the adjacent property owners as well as the neighborhood. We hope this answers your question as to why we a seeking to rezone this land and that you will act favorably upon our request.