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DANE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF REPORT: REZONING PETITION# 7183 (WILSON & BURGESS) Public hearing date: 4/28/98 I. BACKGROUND A. Current petition: Dr. Michael and Patricia Wilson are seeking to rezone a 18,375 square foot triangular parcel (Lot 3 ) from RH-3 to RH-2. This parcel will be attached to an existing RH-2 parcel of 4 acres (Lot 1 on CSM 8479), also owned by the Wilsons. In addition, the Wilsons are seeking to rezone a second parcel of 4.25 acres from RH-3 to RH-2 (Lot 2). Both the expanded lot and the new lot are intended for single family residences. (See attached map.) At the same time, Frank E. Burgess is seeking to rezone an adjacent parcel of 5.17 acres from RH-2 to RH-3. This parcel will be attached to the balance of the Wilson property to form a single lot of 12.9 acres (Lot 1 on draft CSM), which will be used as a private prairie preserve. B. Previous actions: Petition number 6658, approved by the County Board on October 17, 1996, rezoned 12.37 acres (corresponding to the western portion of Lot 1 and all of Lot 2) from RH-4 to RH-3 and rezoned two parcels, one 4 acres (the existing lot referenced above) and the other 5.17 acres (corresponding to the eastern portion of Lot 1), from RH-4 to RH-2. (See CSM#8479 in petition file.) Deed restrictions prohibiting any development were imposed on the 5.17-acre parcel, and on two adjacent lots totaling 19 acres in the Town of Middleton. II. GENERAL SITE AND LOCATIONAL INFORMATION The property is in the Town of Verona, in the northeast quarter of Section 6, immediately south of the Town of Middleton line. The original parcel has approximately 1,390 feet of frontage on the north side of Mid Town Road, and approximately 400 feet of frontage on the east side of Timber Lane. All parcels created by this proposal would have between 400 and 500 feet of frontage onto a public road. The property is approximately three miles west of the City of Madison and approximately four miles northwest of the City of Verona. The site is currently vacant, but is zoned for residential use. Single family residences border the site to the northeast, east and southwest, with agricultural uses,primarily grazing and pasture land, to the north, south and west. The Wilsons and Mr. Burgess own the adjacent properties, currently in grassland, to the north. The Town of Verona Land Use Plan identifies the site's location as within an agricultural preservation area. III. ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES The entire property sits on a northwest slope, with grades ranging from 4%to 16%. The soils on the proposed building lots (Lot 1 on CSM 8479 & Lot 2 on the draft CSM) are a mixture of Edmund and Dodgeville silt loams. Dodgeville soils are a Class 1 Farm soil where slopes do not exceed 6%; such soils cover the southeastern half of Lot 2 along Mid Town Road. Both Dodgeville and Edmund soil types pose moderate to severe limitations on the construction of