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DANE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF REPORT: REZONING PETITION#7241 (ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION) Public hearing date: 5/26/98 I. BACKGROUND A. Current petition: The Adult Christian Education Foundation seeks to remove deed restrictions from approximately 16 acres of land in the Town of Westport. The petition would not change the zoning of the parcel, currently B-1 (Local Business District). If approved,this action would allow the Madison Country Day School, which is considering acquiring the property, to operate a private school on the premises. B. History: Adult Christian Education Foundation has operated the Yahara Center, a religious education facility, on the property since the mid-1970s. Madison Country Day School intends to renovate and reuse the existing buildings. Petition number 5706, effective on November 4, 1993 rezoned the site from R-1 to B-1, with deed restrictions limiting the uses to those associated with a business college. Petition# 5706 was made in anticipation of selling the property to the Madison Business College. That proposal fell through and the property was never sold. In 1996,the County approved Petition# 6483, which replaced the restrictions imposed by Petition# 5706 with restrictions limiting the property to the following uses: 1. Retail sales of health and wellness related items, limited to a sales area not to exceed 1,500 square feet, with no exterior storage permitted; 2. Retail service business serving health and wellness needs of individuals and groups; 3. Limited outdoor sales events, such as ice cream socials; 4. Incidental indoor storage of retail-related items or materials; 5. Offices and office buildings only as necessary and related to permitted retail uses; 6. Religious educational facilities; 7. Recreational facilities related to permitted retail uses, which are not lighted for night use; 8. Private clubs and organizations related to permitted retail uses; 9. Theaters and auditoriums related to permitted retail uses. These are the restrictions that currently apply to the property. There have been two previous petitions related to the Madison Country Day School. Conditional Use Permit 1415, to locate the school on property owned by Sam Jacobsen in Sections 29 & 32 of the Town of Westport,was denied by the ZNR on June 3, 1997. Rezoning petition 7170, which would also locate the school on the Jacobsen site,had a public hearing on March 24, 1998 and is currently pending action by the ZNR. Note that both this current petition and Petition 7170 deal with the same use at two alternative locations. Presumably only one such petition should be approved.