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DANE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF REPORT: Petition # 7222 (Jennrich) Hearing date: 5/26/98 I• BACKGROUND Arthur and Carolyn Jennrich seek to rezone approximately 45 acres of land in the Towns of Primrose and Montrose from A-1 (Exclusive Agricultural) to RE-1 (Recreational). This action would allow the Jennrich's agent, Mark Renner, to develop a portion of a golf course on the site. No residential development is planned in the Dane County portion of the proposed development. Most of the proposed golf course would be located across the county line in Green County. Green County approved a conditional use permit for a nine-hole golf course on October 30, 1997. The portion of the course that extends into Dane County would be used for future expansion of the nine-hole course to an eighteen-hole course if market conditions warrant. Mr. Renner currently has no plans to include any residential development as part of this project, and expects the course to pay for itself through greens fees. IL GENERAL SITE AND LOCATIONAL INFORMATION The property is located in the southern half of Section 36 in the Town of Primrose and the southern half of Section 31 in the Town of Montrose. The property is currently in active farmland, with no residential structures. Farmland entirely surrounds the site, with two farmsteads within 500 feet of the eastern property line. The property is approximately 2.75 miles west of the Village of Belleville, with roughly 1,300 feet of frontage on the west side of Argue Road. III. ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES An intermittent stream flows from north to south in the Montrose portion of the property. The Wisconsin Wetland Inventory shows no wetlands on the site, and the property is not within a floodplain. The area is hilly, with slopes ranging from 11% to 17%. The bottom of the hill slopes are wooded. A flat area, currently cultivated, of roughly 6 acres lies on the eastern side of the property, along the road. New Glarus silt loarns (NeB2), a Class I Farm soil, cover approximately 30% of the property, primarily in the Primrose portion. A mix of Dunbarton (DuD2), Elk Mound (EmF) and Seaton (SnC2) soils predominate on the remainder of the property (see attached map). According to the Dane County Soil Survey, these three soils pose moderate to severe limitations on the construction of golf fairways, due to slopes and the erodible, somewhat droughty soil characteristics. 1