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COMPOSITE REPORT - Page 2 APPLICATION NO. STAFF COMMENTS ZONING REVIEW Petition 7252 Kenneth Walstad,Blue Mounds 33 &34-A-1EX to A-2 Walstad wishes to"sell off parcels for house lots and separate farm buildings for sale." Parcels include: -Parcel A, 17.00 acres: Includes the farm buildings,will be offered for sale to an unrelated party,will allow one new SFR; -Parcel B, 72.16 acres:Has no improvements,will be offered for sale to an unrelated party,will allow one new SFR per 16.0 acres; -Parcel C,23.43 acres: Has no improvements, is adjacent to Walstad's home on Lot 1 CSM 8214,will be retained by Walstad. Note:Intermittent and perennial streams tributary to Blue Mounds Branch run NE to SW to West through these parcels. Soils: 25%Class III, 15%Class IV, 60%Class V-VIII Uses: 54%Cropland,42%Pasture,4%Woodland REGIONAL PLANNING Petition 7252. This proposed rezoning of an entire 113-acre farm raises a number of issues and conflicts with the adopted town/county plan policies in the Town of Blue Mounds. This farm is in an agricultural preservation area where the policy is: "Lands in the Agricultural Preservation district should not be rezoned for non farm residential development at an overall density of greater than one dwelling unit per 35 acres. Any land considered for rezoning shall meet the following criteria: The non farm site should be: a. land where there has been no history offarming activity, b. a parcel too small to be economically used for agricultural purposes, c. land inaccessible to farm machinery needed to produce and harvest agricultural products, d. located where it would not create a conflict with nearby farming operations, e. land which will allow construction, under accepted erosion control measures, of a road or driveway, suitable for emergency vehicle travel and safe access on existing roadways, f land which does not disturb or destroy important natural springs, and steep slopes, g. a parcel shape which promotes maintenance of adjacent agricultural parcels and which minimizes the length of access from a public road to the structure, h. planned so as to avoid cuts into steep slopes for both homesites and driveways, i. rezoned so that only that portion of land necessary for the requested use is rezoned. Staff Comments: - This 113-acre farm is allowed a maximum of three(3)nonfarm residential dwelling units. There is a farmstead with a farm residence in the southeast corner of the parcel north of Mayflower Road. So long as this remains a farmhouse,it would not count in the density. The RH-1 parcel at the west edge of the farm--south of the road--was apparently created since the plan was adopted. Therefore,the policy would allow for two more nonfarm residences,which is apparently the request of Petition#7252.