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DANE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF REPORT: Petition#7222(Jennri ) Hearing date: 5/26/98 BACKGROUND Arthur and Carolyn Jennrich seek to rezo+ approximately 45 acres of land in the Towns of Primrose and Montrose from A-1(Exclusive Agricul• 1 to RE-1 (Recreational). This action would allow the Jennrich's agent,Mark Renner,to develop portion of a golf course on the site. No residential development is planned in the Dane Coun portion of the proposed development. Most of the proposed golf course would be •••< -• across the county line in Green County. Green County approved a conditional use permit for a +' hole golf course on October 30, 1997. The portion of the course that extends into Dane County w• be used for future expansion of the nine-hole course to an eighteen-hole course if market conditions : +t Mr.Renner currently has no plans to include any residential development as part of this pro'. and expects the course to pay for itself through greens fees. GENERAL SITE AND LOCATIONAL ORMATION The property is located in the southern + of Section 36 in the Town of Primrose and the southern half of Section 31 in the Town of Montrose.The p operty is currently in active farmland,with no residential structures. Farmland entirely surrounds site,with two farmsteads within 500 feet of the eastern property line. The property is appro: , 2.75 miles west of the Village of Belleville,with roughly 1,300 feet of frontage on the west side of gue Road. ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES An intermittent stream flows from north to .• + in the Montrose portion of the property. The Wisconsin Wetland Inventory shows no wetlands on + 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 •n the eastern side of the property,along the road. New Glarus silt loams(NeB2),a Class I F• ++ soil,cover approximately 30%of the property,primarily in the Primrose portion. A mix of Dunbarton ' '2),Elk Mound(EmF)and Seaton(SnC2)soils predominate on the remainder of the prope (see attached map). According to the Dane County Soil Survey,these three soils pose moderate to ere limitations on the construction of golf fairways,due to slopes and the erodible,somewhat drough soil characteristics. Compliance with County ordinances The proposed zoning district,RE-1,would ow golf courses not lighted for night-time use as a permitted use. A conditional use permit would be req ' for night-time operation. The County's Shoreland Zoning Ordinance(Chapter 11,Dane • Code)would apply within 300 feet of the intermittent stream. Any buildings or structures «• +. • would have to be a minimum of 75 feet from the stream's ordinary high water mark. Restrictions on • of vegetation would also apply. Compliance with Adopted Plans The town plans for both the Town of • + • • and the Town of Primrose designate this property as within an agricultural preservation area. i+'e neither plan specifically addresses golf courses,both plans include protection of farm operations •om incompatible,non-agricultural uses as a primary goal of their agricultural preservation areas. The Dane County Farmland Preservation P• and Section 91.77 of the Wisconsin statutes require the county to make the following findings befo rezoning land out of the A-1(Exclusive)district: (a) Adequate public facilities to acco++ ++odate development either exist or will be provided within a reasonable time;