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DANE COUNTY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT 7/7/98 Petition 7252-- Walstad Public Hearing Date: 6/23/98 I. BACKGROUND A. Request Kenneth G. Walstad is seeking to rezone 113 acres from A-1(exclusive) to A-2 on property in the Town of Blue Mounds in order to separate and sell existing farm buildings from the farm (Parcel A, 17 acres), and to sell most of the balance of the farm (Parcel B, 72.16 acres). Mr. Walstad also intends to rezone 23.43 acres (Parcel C) adjacent to his home to keep for his own use. B. Site/Locational Information The property is in the northeast and southeast quarters of Section 33 and the northwest quarter of Section 34 in the Town of Blue Mounds. Mayflower Road separates Parcel C from the balance of the property; total frontage equals approximately 1,300 feet on both the north and south sides of the road. The property is in a rural area, surrounded on all four sides by agricultural operations. D. Other approvals required A Certified Survey Map will be necessary, and if this petition is approved, a delayed effective date should apply. Mr. Walstad has already submitted a draft CSM showing the two lots smaller than 35 acres. Since this action will use up all remaining splits under the town land use plan, deed restrictions on the balance of the property may also be appropriate. Depending on the exact location of buildings and driveways, an erosion control plan and/or a special exception permit for grading and filling may also be required. Zoning permits will be necessary before construction on any building may begin. II. ANALYSIS A. Compliance with County Ordinances The proposed A-2 zoning districts would allow single family residences as permitted uses, and the proposed lots meet minimum lot size requirements for that district. Shoreland zoning would apply within 300 feet of the intermittent and perennial streams, unless field investigation shows the streams not to be navigable. This would require a minimum building setback of 75 feet from the ordinary highwater mark of the stream, limits on vegetation removal within 35 feet of the stream and special exception permits for any filling or grading within 300 feet of the stream. Note that if the surrounding land is converted from agricultural use, any exemptions from shoreland standards for agricultural drainages would no longer apply. B. Compliance with Adopted Plans As proposed, the petition would rezone the entire 113 acre farm out of the A-1(exclusive) zoning district. This would seem to conflict with the Town of Blue Mounds (adopted in 1980) land use plan, which lists a number of criteria(see RPC staff comments in Composite Report) designed to 1